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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  • 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
    • Sustainable packaging

      This Collection of original research aims to serve as a showcase for environmentally conscious practices in packaging for fostering a healthier planet.
      • Miguel Ângelo Parente Ribeiro Cerqueira, PhD
      • Federica Cucchiella, PhD
      • Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 August 2024
    • Cultivated Meat and Alternative Protein Sources

      The editors at Nature Communications, npj Science of Food, Communications Biology and Scientific Reports invite submissions in the areas of alternative/non-animal protein sources, cultivated meat technology (including cell lines, tissue engineering, culture media) and general considerations around cultivated meat.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 August 2024
      • Self-driving labs and automation software for chemistry and materials science

        This cross-journal collection is dedicated to the development and application of automation tools (software and hardware) for chemistry and materials science, curated by Editors from Nature Communications, Communications Chemistry, Communications Engineering, Communications Materials and Scientific Reports.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 07 August 2024
        • Dielectric materials for energy storage applications

          The editors at Nature Communications, Communications Materials, and Scientific Reports invite original research articles about dielectric materials for energy storage applications.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 19 July 2024
          • Ultrawide bandgap semiconductors

            These collective efforts are poised to contribute to the realization of innovative technologies, examples of which include high-frequency electronic devices, ultra-efficient optoelectronic devices, and robust power electronics designed for extreme environments.
            • Uttam Singisetti, PhD
            • Tian-Li Wu, PhD
            • Geonwook Yoo, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 19 July 2024
          • High-entropy Materials

            This Collection aims to collate original research striving to address challenges related to scalability, processing techniques, atomic-level microstructure analysis, and structure-property relationship in this vibrant field.
            • Prasanna V. Balachandran, PhD
            • Ben Breitung, PhD
            • Varun Chaudhary, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 21 June 2024
          • Nanophotonics-enabled Spectroscopy and Microscopy

            This Collection welcomes original research that reports advances in nanomaterials characterization, heterogeneous catalysis, and biomolecule detection fueled by nanophotonics-enabled spectroscopy and microscopy.
            • Alina Karabchevsky, PhD
            • Wei Wang, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 July 2024
          • Engineering of Bioactive Materials

            This Collection welcomes research on design and applications of bioactive materials, including biodegradability, biocompatibility, and surface engineering.
            • Emilio I. Alarcón, PhD
            • Marta M. Alves, PhD
            • Chiara E Ghezzi, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 July 2024
          • Deep Eutectic Solvents

            This themed Collection aims to capture a snapshot of the latest research on exploring new deep eutectic solvents for various applications (e.g., gas separation and batteries), along with deepening comprehension of the correlation between their physicochemical properties and performance.
            • Pankaj Attri, PhD
            • Mara G. Freire, PhD
            • Siddharth Pandey, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 23 July 2024