Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field and community by submitting a data descriptor to one of our Collections.

  • Clinical informatics

    This Scientific Data Collection presents descriptions of a series of datasets for use in clinical informatics fields. Datasets in clinical informatics are vital for improving healthcare quality, efficiency, and patient outcomes.
    • Emma Tonkin, PhD
    • Kristina Y. Yordanova, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 19 September 2025

  • Phenology and species distributions

    This Scientific Data Collection aims to provide descriptions of Phenology and species distribution datasets, as these data can together inform conservation strategies, biodiversity management, and ecosystem restoration efforts.
    • Desiré Lee Dalton, PhD
    • Xiaolei Huang, PhD
    • Le Yu, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 14 August 2025

  • Genetic markers, variants and recombination data

    This Scientific Data Collection contains descriptions of sequence, genetic marker, variant, and recombination data relevant to genetics, population genetics and population genomics.
    • Jason Flannick, PhD
    • Chengtao Li, PhD
    • Yang Liu, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 July 2025

  • Single-cell datasets for cancer profiling

    This Scientific Data Collection presents a series of articles that focus on the genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of cancer cells at the single-cell level, employing scRNA-seq or alternative single-cell multi-omic technologies.
    • Roderick L. Beijersbergen, PhD
    • Dan Czajkowsky, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 11 July 2025

  • Topography and bathymetry

    This Scientific Data Collection provides descriptions of data for topography and bathymetry, which may be collected through techniques such as GPS, remote sensing, LiDAR, land surveys, sonar, and satellite altimetry.
    • Àngels Fernàndez-Mora, PhD
    • Anna Nora Tassetti, PhD
    • Yusuke Yokota, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 19 June 2025

  • Soil science datasets

    This Scientific Data Collection features a series of articles that detail curated datasets focused on the functions of soil.
    • Shoji Hashimoto, PhD
    • Enqing Hou, PhD
    • Aleksi Lehtonen, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 09 June 2025

  • Environmental pollution: emissions

    This Collection highlights a series of articles detailing curated datasets focused on air pollution emissions, such as greenhouse gas emissions, air toxins, and various pollutants.
    • Mingxi Du, PhD
    • Dabo Guan, PhD
    • Shushi Peng, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 April 2025

  • Human microbiome metagenomics

    The microbiome is increasingly recognized as playing a pivotal role in human health and disease. This Collection highlights a series of articles detailing curated metagenomic domains, including gut, skin, and oral microbiota communities.
    • Pratik Banerjee, PhD
    • Seong-Tshool Hong, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 25 April 2025