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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  • Air Pollution Policy and Governance

    In this cross-journal collection, we invite contributions that assess the effectiveness of local, regional, and global air pollution policies and actions, and we also welcome studies that address national and international air pollution governance and cooperation.
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 01 June 2025

    • Emerging treatments for SMA

      This Collection welcomes original research that focuses on advancing treatments for SMA. In addition to manuscripts describing studies at discovery, pre-clinical and clinical trial stages, fundamental research into SMA with an aim to identify diagnostic and monitoring markers will also be considered.
      • Matthew E. R. Butchbach, PhD
      • Toshio Saito, MD, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 20 November 2024

    • Insulin-like growth factor signalling

      This Collection welcomes original research on all aspects of insulin-like growth factor signalling, from structural chemistry through cell biology and clinical medicine.
      • Ernestina Marianna De Francesco, PhD
      • Antonio Villalobo, MD, PhD
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 20 November 2024

    • Metal-organic frameworks for photocatalysis

      This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Materials and Scientific Reports brings together the latest advances in using metal–organic frameworks as photocatalysts for broad applications such as, and not limited to, chemical synthesis, water splitting, and pollutant degradation.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 20 November 2024

      • Resistance to targeted cancer therapy

        In this cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Medicine, Communications Biology and Scientific Reports, welcomes research to improve our understanding of and address the issue of resistance to targeted cancer therapy.
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          Submission status: Open Deadline: 20 November 2024

        • Wood-Derived Nanomaterials

          This Collection aims to gather the latest research efforts on pushing the boundaries of their applicability, such as in aerogels and flexible electronics, and exploring scalable and eco-friendly production methods, such as enzymatic pretreatments.
          • Haishun Du, PhD
          • Jagpreet Singh, PhD
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 20 November 2024

        • 3D Bioprinting

          Exploring the cutting-edge field of 3D bioprinting in tissue engineering and more. From technique to application, delving into its role in medicine and research.
          • Alok Kumar, PhD
          • Swee Leong Sing, PhD
          • Elnaz Tamjid, PhD
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 17 November 2024

        • Injury prevention and control

          This Collection welcomes original research on the prevention and control of injuries related to road traffic accidents, gun and domestic violence, and other causes
          • Thurmon Lockhart, PhD
          • Agustina Maria Marconi, MD, MPH
          • Takahito Miyake, MD, PhD
          • Bayu Sutarjono, MD
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 16 November 2024

        • Additive manufacturing

          From aerospace components to biomedical implants, discover how additive manufacturing is reshaping the landscape of manufacturing engineering.
          • Sara Bagherifard, PhD
          • Chang-Hwan Choi, PhD
          • Sophie Cox, PhD
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 November 2024

        • Intergenerational transmission of behaviour and social capital

          This collection covers research on intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic variables, non-biological traits, preferences, behaviors and environments, and how they relate to social mobility.
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            Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 November 2024