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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  • Contemplative practices and social well-being

    This Collection welcomes original research articles from Psychology, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and related fields that report work on the application of contemplative practices to social well-being outcomes and associated neurophysiological, behavioral, and other mechanisms.
    • Kirk Warren Brown, PhD
    • Johannes Alfons Karl, PhD
    • Antonino Raffone, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 November 2024

  • Healthy ageing and brain health

    The present Collection welcomes original research articles investigating the genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors that influence brain health and accordingly, promote or compromise healthy ageing.
    • Carmela Rita Balistreri, PhD
    • Nafisa M. Jadavji, PhD
    • Veronica Mazza, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 October 2024

  • Substance use disorders and addictions

    This Collection welcomes original research articles on SUDs and related addictions. Studies investigating the genetic, neurobiological, psychological, and environmental risk factors for the development of these disorders and approaches to their diagnosis and treatment are welcome.
    • Chella Kamarajan, PhD
    • Markus Muehlhan, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 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

    • Mental health in healthcare professionals

      This Collection will highlight original research on the wellbeing of all healthcare professionals, including the causes, frequency, and consequences of mental health issues, as well as strategies for ameliorating them.
      • Danilo Garcia, PhD
      • Thiago Medeiros da Costa Daniele, PhD
      • Um I Lela, PhD
      • Juzhe Xi, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 September 2024

    • 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