Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field and community by submitting to one of our calls for papers, for our upcoming Guest Edited Collections. For enquiries, please contact scirep.collection@springernature.com.

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  • Advances in climate modeling

    This Collection welcomes original research on climate models of variable complexity, including at the global or regional scale.
    • AP Dimri, FNA, FNASc
    • Wei Zhang, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 October 2024

  • Advances in dialysis

    This multi-disciplined Collection welcomes original research from the fields of nephrology, biotechnology, bioengineering and membrane science that contribute to improving performance, implementation and tolerance of dialysis for the future.
    • Amira Abdelrasoul, PhD, PEng
    • Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD
    • Akira Mima, MD, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 05 October 2024

  • Biology of rare genetic disorders

    This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Biology, npj Genomic Medicine and Scientific Reports brings together research articles that provide new insights into the biology of rare genetic disorders, also known as Mendelian or monogenic disorders.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 October 2024

    • Exceptional climate conditions in 2023

      In this cross-journal Collection, we invite submissions that investigate at a local, regional or global scale how the climate or climate impacts of the year 2023 were remarkable or unexpected.
      • Seung-Ki Min, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 October 2024

    • Regulatory T cells

      This Collection welcomes original research on all aspects of regulatory T cells, including their development, their function, and their roles in conditions and diseases such as autoimmunity and cancer.
      • Khalid Muhammad, PhD
      • Shresh Pathak, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 October 2024

    • Smart manufacturing systems and industry 4.0 technologies

      Explore how advanced sensors, robotics, and machine learning algorithms are optimizing production efficiency, quality control, and supply chain management.
      • Rodolfo Haber, PhD
      • Andrei Lobov, Dr. Sci
      • Jing Shi, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 October 2024

    • Preterm labour and birth

      This Collection welcomes original research on the prevalence, causes, and treatment of preterm labour and birth, with an eye towards reducing the global toll of this phenomenon.
      • Fook-Choe Cheah, MD, MMed (Paeds), FRACP, FRCPCH, PhD, FASc
      • Pankaj Goyal, PhD
      • Sandra E. Reznik, MD, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 October 2024

    • Self-Assembled Soft Matter

      In this cross-journal Collection, across Nature Communications, Communications Chemistry, Communications Materials and Scientific Reports, we focus on different forms of self-assembled soft matter, from fundamental studies to applied systems. This includes, for example, coacervation and liquid-liquid phase separation, chiral systems and polymer assemblies.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 October 2024

      • Subsoils for Sustainable Agriculture

        This Collection encourages original research on integrating subsoil management into holistic agricultural practices, with an emphasis on site-specific approaches that consider the unique characteristics of each subsoil and its interaction with the topsoil. This includes the use of precision agriculture technologies to map and monitor subsoil properties, enabling targeted interventions that optimize subsoil health and function.
        • Asim Biswas, PhD
        • Shah Fahad, PhD
        • Gloria Falsone, PhD
        • Ornella Francioso, PhD
        • Georgia Ntatsi, PhD
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 October 2024

      • Healthy ageing and brain health

        The present Collection welcomes original research articles investigating the genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors that influence brain health and accordingly, promote or compromise healthy ageing.
        • Carmela Rita Balistreri, PhD
        • Nafisa M. Jadavji, PhD
        • Veronica Mazza, PhD
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 October 2024