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Biotechnology for a circular economy

Submission status
Open
Submission deadline

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outline 17 interconnected grand challenges that represent areas where urgent action is required to safeguard the well-being of all people and the planet. Biotechnology is at the heart of many of these goals - from sustainably producing products for feeding, fueling and healing to combating environmental pollution and climate change. Biotechnology is increasingly poised to accelerate the transition from a petroleum-based linear economy to a sustainable and circular economy. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • One carbon assimilation 
  • Biomanufacturing of chemicals or materials, particularly using renewable feedstocks
  • Waste management, including recycling, valorisation and bioremediation
  • Bioenergy, including biofuels and bioelectricity

We are also interested in computational methodology development related to all of the above fields.

All participating journals invite submissions of original research, with Nature Communications and Communications Biology also considering Reviews, Perspectives and Comments which fall within the scope of the collection. All submissions will be subject to the same peer review process and editorial standards as other articles submitted to the participating journals.

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Green industrial development concept with grass of factory. Eco power production

This Collection is open for submissions from all authors – and not by invitation only – on the condition that the manuscripts fall within the scope of the Collection and of Nature Communications, Communications Biology, and Scientific Reports more generally.

All manuscripts will be considered for publication according to the editorial policies of the specific journal which they are submitted through Nature Communications, Communications Biology, and Scientific Reports. Visit Nature Portfolio’s Collections guidelines for more details.

When submitting your manuscript to Nature Communications, Communications Biology, or Scientific Reports via our online submission system, please choose the appropriate Collection title from the drop-down menu on the submission form. Please be sure to express your interest in the Collection in your cover letter. Please only submit to one journal, but note authors have the option to transfer to another participating journal following the editors’ recommendation.

This Collection has not been supported by sponsorship.