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.

  • Childhood respiratory diseases

    This joint Collection seeks primary research articles related to all aspects of infectious and non-communicable childhood respiratory diseases. Topics include biomarkers, vaccines, pathology, therapies, microbiome, epidemiology, and public health.
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 2025

    • Health in Africa

      We aim to promote high-quality research that advances our understanding of health issues in Africa, and advocates for better healthcare on the continent in line with the UN’s SDGs.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 December 2025

      • Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

        The year 2023 marks the mid-point of the 15-year period envisaged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, targets for global development adopted in September 2015 by all United Nations Member States.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open