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.
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 18 September 2024
    • Maternal-infant microbiome

      In this Collection we combine original research that addresses the composition, transmission, development, and health benefits of the shared maternal-infant microbiome.
      • Samat Amat, PhD
      • Bridget Callaghan, PhD
      • Sanda Maria Cretoiu, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 18 September 2024
    • Radio Astronomy

      This collection features research highlights in radio astronomy and technical developments enabling radio observations of various astronomical sources.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 18 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
        • Juzhe Xi, PhD
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 September 2024
      • Preclinical radiotherapy

        This Collection invites original research on preclinical radiotherapy, including studies examining preclinical radiotherapy protocols and the side effects of radiotherapy.
        • Myung-Hoon Han
        • Suchart Kothan
        • Tsair-Fwu Lee
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 14 September 2024
      • Social determinants of health

        This Collection welcomes primary research in the field of health sciences on how social factors shape individual health.
        • Sabit Cakmak, PhD
        • Srinivas Goli, PhD
        • Sharath Chandra Guntuku, PhD
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 14 September 2024
      • Antimicrobial resistance: a silent pandemic

        With this collection, Nature Communications, Nature Medicine, Communications Medicine and Scientific Reports aim to publish research articles spanning the breadth of AMR and across microbial pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites). This includes, and is not limited to epidemiological monitoring of resistance incidence in clinical and environmental settings, novel strategies aiming to combat or prevent AMR (i.e. drug repurposing, drug synergy treatment, and vaccines), improvements in diagnostics, and subsequently tailored treatment, of drug-resistant infections.
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          Submission status: Open Deadline: 12 September 2024
        • Sleep and sleep disorders

          This Collection welcomes original research studies using behavioural, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging methods to investigate sleep and sleep disorders in children, adults, and special populations. Sleep-based intervention studies are also welcome
          • Teresa Arora, PhD
          • Claudia Roberta de Castro Moreno, PhD
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          Submission status: Open Deadline: 12 September 2024
        • Regenerative medicine approaches for Women's Health

          <i>npj Regenerative Medicine</i>, <i>npj Women's Health</i> and <i>Scientific Reports</i> invite research on regenerative medicine approaches applied to conditions that affect women either exclusively, disproportionately, or differently.
          • Marianna Alperin, M.D., M.S.
          • Michelle Oyen, PhD
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 11 September 2024
        • Transport Phenomena in Electrochemical Devices

          This collection welcomes original research aimed at delving into the fundamental understanding of the origin of transport resistances, and development of operando diagnostic techniques, advanced computational models, robust materials, and innovative operating strategies to reduce transport resistances in electrochemical energy conversion devices, including fuel cells, water electrolyzers, CO2/CO/N2 reduction devices, flow batteries, and solid-state batteries.
          • ChungHyuk Lee, PhD
          • Jason Keonhag Lee, PhD
          • Mayank Sabharwal, PhD
          • Gaoqiang Yang, PhD
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 04 September 2024