Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field and community by submitting to one of our Collections.

  • Nucleic acid chemistry

    This Collection aims to offer insight and inspiration for nucleic acid chemistry, focusing on the structure, function, generation, modification, characterization, as well as application of nucleic acids.
    • Andrea Rentmeister, PhD
    • Michal Hocek, PhD, DSc
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 November 2024

  • Mechanically interlocked molecules

    This Collection aims to bring together the latest research on mechanically interlocked molecules, including with respect to their design, construction, characterization, properties, function and application.
    • Jose Berna
    • Fredrik Schaufelberger
    • Serena Silvi
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 May 2024

  • Main group chemistry

    This Main Group Chemistry Collection invites submissions covering fundamental and applied research and welcomes both experimental and theoretical contributions.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 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

      • Mass spectrometry method development

        Mass spectrometry is a cornerstone technique across various scientific disciplines, enabling precise analysis of complex samples, characterization of atom clusters and molecules, and elucidation of reaction mechanisms. This cross-journal Collection brings together advances in method development for mass spectrometry, including but not limited to advances in sample preparation, instrumentation, automation and integration, computational data analysis and prediction.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 October 2024

        • Sodium-based battery development

          This cross-journal Collection brings together the latest developments in electrodes, electrolytes, and battery components used in aqueous and non-aqueous sodium-based battery applications.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 October 2024

          • Fluorescent probes for bioimaging and biosensing

            This Collection aims to offer insights and inspiration for the development of fluorescent probes for biological imaging and sensing. We encourage submissions that focus on design strategies and rational response mechanisms, electronic and spectral characteristics, and biological applications as powerful tools for chemical biology.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 September 2024

            • Fragments in Drug Discovery

              In this collection, we want to highlight research that focuses on fragments in drug discovery. Have you found validated fragment hits for a new disease target? Maybe they unlocked an unreported enzyme mechanism? Were you able to develop a method that is useful for fragment-based drug discovery? Perhaps you found a hit that made it to clinical trials? We invite all scientists who work with fragments in the context of drug discovery to submit their interesting fragment stories. We look forward to hearing all about them.
                Collection
                Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 September 2024

              • Advances in catalytic hydrogen evolution

                This collection encourages submissions related to hydrogen evolution catalysis, particularly where hydrogen gas is the primary product. This is a cross-journal partnership between the Energy Materials team at Nature Communications with Communications Chemistry, Communications Engineering, Communications Materials, and Scientific Reports. We seek studies covering a range of perspectives including materials design & development, catalytic performance, or underlying mechanistic understanding. Other works focused on potential applications and large-scale demonstration of hydrogen evolution are also welcome.
                  Collection
                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 18 September 2024

                • Electrochemical interfaces

                  Electrochemical interfaces are complex reaction fields of mass transport and charge transfer. They are the centerpiece of energy storage and conversion devices — such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, solar cells, or electrolyzers — as well as electrochemical syntheses. This Guest Edited Collection brings together the latest works on electrochemical interfaces.
                  • Andrea Paolella, PhD
                  • Maria-Magdalena (Magda) Titirici, PhD
                  • Takashi Tsuchiya, PhD
                  • Wei Zhang, PhD
                  Collection
                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 2024