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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  • 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
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 12 September 2024

  • Oxytocin and social bonding

    This Collection welcomes research articles from both Psychology and Neuroscience investigating the role of oxytocin in promoting all aspects of social behaviour in both animals and humans.
    • Mariana Pereira, PhD
    • James C. Walton, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 August 2024

  • Social behaviour and interaction

    The present Collection welcomes original research articles investigating the factors that modulate interindividual differences in social behaviour and interaction, and the neurobiological processes that underlie them.
    • Valerio Capraro, PhD
    • Aldo Genovesio, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 August 2024

  • Technology and learning

    This cross-journal collection welcomes submissions on the topic of technology and learning, that investigate for instance digital literacy, the promise and challenge of adaptive technology, the role and effect of digital tools, social media, and artificial intelligence in learning.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 06 August 2024

    • Motion perception

      This Collection welcomes original research articles investigating motion perception and the multiple systems that underlie our ability to perceive object motion, self-motion, and control different parts of our body. Research articles on motion perception disorders and approaches to their diagnosis and treatment are welcome.
      • Elena Gheorghiu, PhD
      • J. Farley Norman, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 23 July 2024

    • Social robots and human-computer interaction

      This Collection welcomes original research articles investigating the different roles of social robots, the nature of their interactions with humans, and the psychosocial determinants of their acceptance and trust.
      • Kun Chang Lee, Ph.D
      • Antonella Marchetti, PhD
      • Alessia Saggese, PhD
      • Hsiu-Ping Yueh, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 18 July 2024

    • Mood and psychotic disorders

      This Collection welcomes original research articles investigating recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions that entail mood and psychotic disorders. Studies reporting evidence-based psychological and pharmacological interventions are welcome.
      • Stefan Borgwardt, MD
      • Xenia Gonda, MA PharmD PhD
      • Suzanne Ho-wai SO, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 21 June 2024

    • Fear, anxiety, and phobias

      This Collection welcomes original research articles investigating the processes underlying fear, anxiety, and specific phobias. Empirical animal and human research that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of related anxiety disorders is welcome.
      • Robert M. Sears, PhD
      • Andras N. Zsido, PhD FPsyS
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 20 June 2024

    • Episodic memory and eyewitness testimony

      This Collection welcomes original research articles investigating all aspects of episodic memory in eyewitness testimony. This includes original research investigating potential indicators of accurate and inaccurate eyewitness memories such as eyewitness confidence, response times, or face recognition ability. Articles reporting empirical research that has implications for improving practices in the legal system are particularly welcome.
      • Celine van Golde, PhD
      • Travis M. Seale-Carlisle, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 12 June 2024

    • Risk and reward processes in decision-making

      The present Collection seeks to answer these questions by welcoming original research articles investigating risk and reward processes in human decision-making.
      • Aaron Drummond, PhD
      • Kesong Hu, PhD
      • Kazuhisa Takemura, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 May 2024