Calls for papers

All Collections are carefully curated by the editors to capture trends in fast-moving fields of science. Our curated Collections may be associated with an open call for papers. All manuscripts in curated Collections are selected and managed by the journal's editors according to our standard procedures.

  • Boredom

    The Editors at Communications Psychology invite submissions that address psychological questions related to boredom. Submissions may come from developmental, social, educational, industrial/organisational, cognitive and clinical psychology as well as any field of psychology or neighbouring disciplines addressing relevant questions.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 October 2024

    • Emotion and language

      The Editors at Communications Psychology, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite research submissions that address the bidirectional link between emotion and language.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 September 2024

      • Health and wellbeing of healthcare workers

        This joint collection welcomes submissions that advance our understanding of the mental and physical impact of working in healthcare on the health of healthcare workers.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 25 September 2024

        • Psychological dimensions of immigration

          The Editors at Communications Psychology, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite submissions on the psychological dimensions of immigration.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 August 2024

          • Technology and learning

            This cross-journal collection welcomes submissions on the topic of technology and learning, that investigate for instance digital literacy, the promise and challenge of adaptive technology, the role and effect of digital tools, social media, and artificial intelligence in learning.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 06 August 2024

            • Behavioural change and health

              The Editors at Communications Psychology, Communications Medicine, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite submissions that address the contextual conditions, psychological predictors and effects that diminish or widen the gap between public advice, people’s intention to make healthy choices, and actual behaviour and health outcomes.
                Collection
                Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 July 2024

              • Climate change and mental health

                The Editors at Communications Psychology, Communications Medicine, and Communications Earth and Environment invite submissions of public health, medical, environmental, and psychological research that shed light on the predictors, mechanisms, and knock-on effects of the interaction between climate change and mental health.
                  Collection
                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 June 2024

                • AI and human decision making

                  The Editors at Communications Psychology invite submissions that address the interaction between AI and human decision making.
                    Collection
                    Submission status: Open Deadline: 16 May 2024

                  • Group diversity

                    The editors at Nature Communications, Communications Psychology and Scientific Reports invite submissions to a Collection on the topic of group diversity.
                    • Jennifer Kubota, PhD
                    Collection
                    Submission status: Open Deadline: 24 July 2024

                  • Ageing and well-being

                    This curated Collection of research articles seeks to bring together high-quality publications that address the relationship between aging and psychological, cognitive, or subjective wellbeing.
                    • Communications Psychology
                    Collection
                    Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 June 2024