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.

  • Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Cancer

    In this cross-journal collection between Nature Communications, npj Digital Medicine, npj Precision Oncology, Communications Medicine, Communications Biology, and Scientific Reports, we invite submissions with a focus on artificial intelligence in cancer.
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 December 2024

    • Smart Materials for Bioengineering and Biomedicine

      In this cross-journal Collection at Nature Communications, Communications Biology, Communications Engineering, Communications Materials, Communications Medicine and Scientific Reports, we welcome submissions focusing on various aspects, from mechanistic understanding to clinical translation, of smart materials for applications in bioengineering and biomedicine, such as, drug delivery, biosensing, bioimaging and tissue engineering.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 December 2024

      • Prokaryotic Immunity and Viral Evasion Systems

        In this cross-journal Collection, we invite submissions investigating prokaryotic immunity and viral evasion systems, drawing on genomics, genetics, cell and structural biology, virology and other approaches.
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          Submission status: Open Deadline: 12 December 2024

        • Conservation Genomics

          This Collection seeks submissions to Nature Communications, Communications Biology and Scientific Reports that highlight the contribution of genomic data to animal conservation strategies and population management
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            Submission status: Open Deadline: 03 December 2024

          • Sleep in health and disease

            This Collection welcomes submissions focused on the study of sleep that consider factors that negatively impact sleep health, evaluate approaches to improve sleep and further the mechanistic understanding of sleep processes in health and disease.
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 November 2024

            • Resistance to targeted cancer therapy

              In this cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Medicine, Communications Biology and Scientific Reports, welcomes research to improve our understanding of and address the issue of resistance to targeted cancer therapy.
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                Submission status: Open Deadline: 20 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
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                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.
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                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 10 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.
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                    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.
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                      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 October 2024