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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  • 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

    • Biology of rare genetic disorders

      This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Biology, npj Genomic Medicine and Scientific Reports brings together research articles that provide new insights into the biology of rare genetic disorders, also known as Mendelian or monogenic disorders.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 October 2024

      • Thyroid Auto-immune Diseases

        This Collection will present primary-research that increases our knowledge of the underlying causes and mechanisms behind thyroid autoimmune diseases or presents strategies or tools for earlier diagnosis and improved treatment of these diseases.
        • Tommaso Aversa, MD, PhD
        • Stefano Stagi, MD
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 18 October 2024

      • Advances in organ transplantation

        This cross-journal Collection welcomes submissions of original preclinical and clinical research studies focused on addressing unmet needs in organ transplantation.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 14 October 2024

        • Microscopic Imaging in Deep Tissue

          This Collection will highlight Articles that involve new tools and emerging techniques for imaging at increased penetration depths within tissue as well as considering advances in conventional and state-of-the-art light microscopy techniques.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 09 October 2024

          • Pancreatic & Biliary Disease

            This Collection aims to bring together primary research papers that explore the mechanisms underlying pancreatic and biliary diseases or describe potential diagnostic techniques and interventions to improve disease outcomes.
            • Savio George Barreto, PhD
            • Maria Hatziapostolou, PhD
            • Shridhar G Iyer, PhD
            • Kosei Takagi, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 September 2024

          • Polypharmacy in the Over 60s

            This Collection will bring together primary research that considers incidence of polypharmacy and its impact on patients over 60 or evaluates interventions to reduce inappropriate prescription.
            • Wegdan Bani-issa, PhD
            • Pankaj Bhardwaj, MD
            • Shang-Ming Zhou, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 September 2024

          • Chronic kidney disease

            This Collection aims to bring together primary research papers that describe methods for improved CKD early diagnosis, monitoring or treatment or provide mechanistic insight into the underlying causes of the disease.
            • Giuseppe Coppolino, PhD
            • Jin Ho Hwang, MD, PhD
            • Akira Mima, MD, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 September 2024

          • Musculoskeletal disorders in aging

            This Collection will attract original research investigating the diagnosis, progression, risk factors, and treatment of age related musculoskeletal disorders.
            • İlke Coşkun Benlidayı, MD
            • Chih-Hsiu Cheng, PT, PhD
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 September 2024

          • Health and wellbeing of healthcare workers

            This joint collection welcomes submissions that advance our understanding of the mental and physical impact of working in healthcare on the health of healthcare workers.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 25 September 2024