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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  • Leveraging mucosal immunity

    The mucosal system, covering various tracts, relies on a specialized immune system. This collection explores mucosal immunity from function to treatment.
    • Cheng-Yuan Kao, PhD
    • Mehmet Kesimer, PhD
    • Shajan Peter, MD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 November 2024

  • Immune evasion in cancer

    This Collection welcomes original research examining immune evasion in cancer, including studies examining mechanisms of immune evasion and immunotherapies targeting immune evasion.
    • Tanya Nadine Augustine, PhD
    • Anupam Basu, PhD
    • Anutosh Ganguly, PhD
    • Yujin Kudo, MD, PhD
    • Wen H. Shen, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 13 November 2024

  • Plant responses and adaptations to abiotic stress

    Communications Biology, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports welcome the submission of articles spanning the breadth of research on plant responses and adaptations to abiotic stress.
    • Showkat Ganie, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 13 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

  • RNA therapeutics

    In this cross-journal Collection, we welcome submissions of articles that focus on the basic principles, method developments, and applications of RNA-based therapeutics.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 10 November 2024

    • Protein degradation in disease

      This Collection is aimed at improving our understanding of protein degradation in disease and is open to original research examining protein degradation in a disease setting.
      • Aldrin V. Gomes, PhD
      • Yufeng Tong, PhD
      • Kwon-Yul Ryu, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 09 November 2024

    • Cellular Responses to Stress

      This Collection aims to gain a deeper understanding of how cells face diverse stresses, offering insights into the fundamental principles of cellular response. It welcomes original research on cellular response to stress, from molecular mechanisms to disease treatment and cancer therapies.
      • Sabina Galiniak, PhD
      • Junichi Iwata, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 November 2024

    • Immune cell engineering for cancer therapy

      In this cross-journal Collection, we invite submissions of primary research articles that focus on preclinical and clinical development of immune cell-based therapies for cancer treatment.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 November 2024

      • Non-equilibrium dynamics of biological droplets: from Phase Separation to Self-Assembly

        This cross-journal Collection between Communications Physics, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports welcomes contributions where the description of the dynamics of biological droplets advances our understanding of specific biological processes, as well as more general contributions identifying common mechanisms and generating novel biophysical insight across the realm of biological droplets.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 06 November 2024

        • Advances in dialysis

          This multi-disciplined Collection welcomes original research from the fields of nephrology, biotechnology, bioengineering and membrane science that contribute to improving performance, implementation and tolerance of dialysis for the future.
          • Amira Abdelrasoul, PhD, PEng
          • Sola Aoun Bahous, MD, PhD
          • Akira Mima, MD, PhD
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 05 October 2024