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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  • Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

    The year 2023 marks the mid-point of the 15-year period envisaged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, targets for global development adopted in September 2015 by all United Nations Member States.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open

    • Green electronics

      This upcoming Collection will feature articles on developing environment and human-friendly materials for electronics and their powering components (e.g. batteries), integrating green materials into electronic devices, and evaluating/improving the performance of these unconventional electronics.
      • Sunil Kumar
      • Taiichi Otsuji
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2024

    • Organic solar cells

      This Collection aims to showcase the latest advances in the topic of organic solar cells, paving the way to sustainable energy technologies.
      • Yutaka Moritomo
      • Ajay Pandey
      • Kai Xiao
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2024

    • Sustainability of water desalination technologies

      This Collection invites original research on recent developments in water desalination technologies, as well as strategies to minimize its environmental impact.
      • Shadi Wajih Hasan
      • Zhenmeng Peng
      • Shuaifei Zhao
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2024

    • Animal Cognition and Behaviour

      This Collection welcomes submissions from the fields of comparative psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on studies investigating the cognitive and neural processes underpinning animal behavior.
      • Christian Agrillo
      • Gareth Arnott
      • Martina Manns
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 June 2024

    • Non-canonical functions of enzymes

      This collection welcomes original research describing non-canonical/non-enzymatic functions of enzymes, including “moonlighting” proteins.
      • Louis YP Luk
      • Stella M Valenzuela
      • Adele Williamson
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 June 2024

    • Carotenoids

      This Collection welcomes research on all aspects of carotenoids, including their evolutionary history, their synthesis and molecular function, their roles across species, and their impacts on human health.
      • Christophe Brunet
      • Siva Ramamoorthy
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 01 July 2024

    • Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Diagnosis and Treatment

      This Collection welcomes original research articles from Psychology, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience, reporting studies on the characteristics and prevalence of mild cognitive impairment and dementia, as well as potential advances in clinical diagnostics and treatment.
      • Becky C. Carlyle
      • Rodrigo Morales
      • Jun-ichi Iga
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 June 2024

    • Postharvest biology

      This Collection considers submissions of original research on vegetable and fruit postharvest biology, including postharvest physiology, senescence, and pathology.
      • Tie Liu
      • Lluís Palou
      • Sunil Pareek
      • Gianfranco Romanazzi
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 June 2024

    • Advances in biochar production and applications

      This Collection aims to highlight the benefits and drawbacks of biochar and welcomes original research on biochar production and applications towards a sustainable environment.
      • Anna Bogush
      • Bruno Glaser
      • Shubiao Wu
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 June 2024