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  • Wind, water and dust on Mars

    In this Collection, we bring together recent work, and invite further contributions, on the nature and characteristics of the Martian surface, the processes at play, and the environmental conditions both in the present-day and in the distant past.
    • Claire Nichols, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open

  • Diversity in Human Genetics

    With this Collection, Nature Communications, Nature Genetics, Communications Biology and Scientific Reports aim to publish research articles based on genetic studies in diverse human populations. This Collection includes the breadth of human genetics research, including but not limited to complex trait association studies, rare variant studies, population genetics and bioinformatics methods. We will also consider Reviews, Perspectives, and Comments addressing these topics.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 17 August 2024

    • Biotechnology for a circular economy

      This collection welcomes research in, but not limited to carbon assimilation, biomanufacturing, waste management, and bioenergy. We are also interested in computational methodology development related to all of the above fields.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 August 2024

      • Liquid biopsy

        This Collection welcomes clinical and translational research on liquid biopsy approaches in cancer.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 13 August 2024

        • Experimental Ecology

          This Collection welcomes primary research articles from any branch of ecology that focus on new experimental findings.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2024

          • Peatlands and wetlands

            In this Collection, we present articles that explore how climate change and land use are affecting peatlands and wetlands, their extent and their biogeochemical cycles. We welcome submissions of complementary studies and opinion pieces that can help broaden the discussion and further our understanding of peatlands and wetlands and their role in the global carbon cycle.
            • Huai Chen, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open

          • 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

          • Dietary interventions for cardiometabolic health

            This is a joint Collection across Nature Metabolism, Nature Communications, npj Metabolism in Health and Disease and Scientific Reports. Please see the relevant journal webpages to check which article types the journals consider. When preparing your submission, please refer to the relevant journal guidelines.
            • Nature Metabolism
            • Nature Communications
            • npj Metabolic Health and Disease
            • Suowen Xu
            • Hisashi Yokomizo
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 19 July 2024

          • Cancer and aging

            This cross-journal Collection invites original research that explicitly explores the role of aging in cancer and vice versa, from the bench to the bedside.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2024