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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  • Eating behaviour and disorders

    This Collection welcomes original research articles on eating behaviour and disorders. Studies that investigate the prevalence of eating disorders in clinical populations or examine the effectiveness of potential treatments for abnormal eating habits are welcome.
    • Joanna H. Sliwowska , Ph.D., D. Sc.
    • Anna M. Witkowska, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 November 2024

  • Loneliness

    The Editors at Communications Psychology, Communications Medicine, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite submissions on the topic of loneliness, including what makes people lonely, how it shapes their experience, and what loneliness means for health outcomes.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 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.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 November 2024

      • Postpartum depression

        This Collection welcomes original research on the incidence, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of postpartum depression.
        • Luai A. Ahmed, MBBS, PhD
        • Carola Dell’Acqua, PhD
        • Oludoyinmola Ojifinni, PhD
        • Kornelia Zareba, MD, PhD, DSc
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 13 November 2024

      • Contemplative practices and social well-being

        This Collection welcomes original research articles from Psychology, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and related fields that report work on the application of contemplative practices to social well-being outcomes and associated neurophysiological, behavioral, and other mechanisms.
        • Kirk Warren Brown, PhD
        • Johannes Alfons Karl, PhD
        • Antonino Raffone, PhD
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 November 2024

      • Multimorbidity

        This joint collection welcomes clinical, epidemiological, and public health research focused on multimorbidity.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 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

        • Substance use disorders and addictions

          This Collection welcomes original research articles on SUDs and related addictions. Studies investigating the genetic, neurobiological, psychological, and environmental risk factors for the development of these disorders and approaches to their diagnosis and treatment are welcome.
          • Chella Kamarajan, PhD
          • Markus Muehlhan, PhD
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 September 2024

        • Health and wellbeing of healthcare workers

          This joint collection welcomes submissions that advance our understanding of the mental and physical impact of working in healthcare on the health of healthcare workers.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 25 September 2024

          • Mental health in healthcare professionals

            This Collection will highlight original research on the wellbeing of all healthcare professionals, including the causes, frequency, and consequences of mental health issues, as well as strategies for ameliorating them.
            • Danilo Garcia, PhD
            • Thiago Medeiros da Costa Daniele, PhD
            • Um I Lela, PhD
            • Juzhe Xi, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 September 2024