Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field by submitting to our Collections, carefully curated to capture trends in fast-moving fields of science and regularly associated with an open call for papers. All manuscripts in curated Collections are selected and managed by the journal's Editors according to our standard procedures.

  • Plant hormones in growth and development

    This Collection welcomes submissions to Nature Communications, Communications Biology, and Scientific Reports of primary research that aim to better our understanding of the metabolism, transport and signaling of plant hormones and how this impacts growth and development.
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 July 2024

    • Mechanisms and actions of ferroptosis

      This Collection welcomes submissions on cellular signalling and mechanisms of ferroptosis and its roles in a pathological context.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 June 2024

      • Tumour microenvironment

        This Collection welcomes submissions on the interplay between tumours and their microenvironment, as well as how these interactions impact on cancer therapy.
        • Toril Holien, PhD
        • Mythreye Karthikeyan, PhD
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 07 June 2024

      • Diversity in Human Genetics

        With this Collection, Nature Communications, Nature Genetics, Communications Biology and Scientific Reports aim to publish research articles based on genetic studies in diverse human populations. This Collection includes the breadth of human genetics research, including but not limited to complex trait association studies, rare variant studies, population genetics and bioinformatics methods. We will also consider Reviews, Perspectives, and Comments addressing these topics.
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          Submission status: Open Deadline: 17 August 2024

        • Biotechnology for a circular economy

          This collection welcomes research in, but not limited to carbon assimilation, biomanufacturing, waste management, and bioenergy. We are also interested in computational methodology development related to all of the above fields.
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            Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 August 2024

          • Experimental Ecology

            This Collection welcomes primary research articles from any branch of ecology that focus on new experimental findings.
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2024

            • Biomaterials-based therapeutics

              This Collection welcomes submissions focusing on targeted drug delivery vehicles, biomaterials, nanoparticles and the exciting field of nanotheranostics.
              • Huan Bao, PhD
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 01 August 2024

            • 3D engineered tissues as disease models

              This Collection welcomes research on the recent advances in the development of engineered 3D disease models.
              • Ngan F. Huang, PhD
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 16 July 2024

            • Molecular determinants of intracellular infection

              This Collection welcomes submissions focusing on pathogen-host biology and involving intracellular bacteria and parasites.
              • Nishith Gupta, PhD
              • Karthika Rajeeve, PhD
              • Bang Shen, PhD
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 16 July 2024