Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field and community by submitting to one of our carefully curated collections to highlight topical areas of medicine and public health. All manuscripts in curated collections are selected and managed by the journal's Editors according to our standard procedures.

  • Phages: from biology to the clinic

    This cross-journal Collection welcomes manuscripts covering a broad spectrum of research related to phages, including fundamental studies on phage biology and ecology, implications of phage-bacteria interactions, biotechnological applications, as well as pre-clinical and clinical development of phage-based therapies.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 December 2025
    • Advances in neurodegenerative diseases

      This Collection aims to bring together research from various domains related to neurodegenerative conditions, encompassing novel insights into disease pathophysiology, diagnostics, therapeutic developments, and care strategies. We welcome the submission of all papers relevant to advances in neurodegenerative disease.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 24 December 2025
      • Healthy Aging

        This collection welcomes submissions based on studying preclinical models, as well as population-wide and clinical studies. Studies that advance our understanding of mechanisms behind healthy aging are also welcomed. Clinical research of interest will include epidemiological studies, observational studies, longitudinal cohort studies, systematic reviews and clinical trials.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 01 December 2025
        • Therapies for Cystic Fibrosis

          This Collection aims to capture the latest breakthroughs and insights in therapies for cystic fibrosis, providing a platform for researchers and clinicians to share their findings and foster collaboration in this dynamic field.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 November 2025
          • Global Cancer Care: Obstacles, Solutions, and Impact on Survivorship

            This cross-journal collection welcomes submissions of research Articles and Registered Reports that highlight developments in understanding barriers to cancer care and strategies to improve them in different regions.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 19 November 2025
            • Targeted diagnostics and therapies for autoimmune diseases

              This cross-journal Collection welcomes pre-clinical, translational, clinical and public health research addressing the complexities of immune-mediated diseases and their management.
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                Submission status: Open Deadline: 27 October 2025
              • Health outcomes of adversity in early life

                This cross-journal collection welcomes submissions investigating any health outcome resulting from adversity experienced in early life, including studies focused on prevention, epidemiological factors, pathophysiological mechanisms, the impact of socioeconomic factors, or advances in treatment options.
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                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 25 September 2025
                • Cancer epigenetics and epitranscriptomics

                  With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at Nature Communications, Communications Biology, Communications Medicine and Scientific Reports invite submissions covering the breadth of research carried out in the field of cancer epigenetics and epitranscriptomics.
                    Collection
                    Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 September 2025
                  • The Clinical Microbiome

                    This joint Collection invites submissions of cutting-edge translational and clinical research, including microbiome-based diagnostics, therapeutics, interventions, and clinical trials.
                      Collection
                      Submission status: Open Deadline: 11 September 2025
                    • Medical devices for low-resource settings

                      This Collection welcomes submissions related to novel devices and innovations and improvements to existing devices aimed at the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions in low resource settings.
                        Collection
                        Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 August 2025