Calls for papers

All Collections are carefully curated by the editors to capture trends in fast-moving fields of science. Our curated Collections may be 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.

  • The role of habit in decision-making

    The Editors at Communications Psychology, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite research that studies the role of habits in decision-making.
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 01 August 2025

    • Intensive Longitudinal Designs in Psychology

      The Editors at Communications Psychology welcome work that utilizes intensive longitudinal methods, including experience sampling, daily diaries, ecological momentary assessment, and ambulatory assessments, to address psychological research questions.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 September 2025

      • Collective Action

        The editors at Nature Communications, Communications Psychology, and Scientific Reports invite contributions that study Collective Action from the vantage point of the behavioural sciences.
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          Submission status: Open Deadline: 04 December 2025

        • Sex as a biological variable (SABV)

          This Collection promotes research that considers Sex As a Biological Variable (SABV) across all realms of biological research, from molecular and cellular biology to cognitive neuroscience, and across all levels, from in vivo model organisms and humans to in vitro and computational models.
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            Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 August 2025

          • Child and Adolescent Health 2024

            This joint Collection between Nature Communications, Communications Medicine, and Scientific Reports welcomes submissions of primary research that aim to understand and improve child and adolescent development and health.
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 2025

            • Conflict and Health

              This Collection welcomes submissions on the topic of health and medicine in populations impacted by conflict and war, both past and present.
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                Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 July 2025

              • Personality Development across the Lifespan

                The Editors at Communications Psychology, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite submissions that address human personality development across the lifespan.
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                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 July 2025

                • Play and Games

                  The Editors at Communications Psychology welcome work that considers the positive and negative outcomes and sequelae of play and games across the lifespan as well as across diverse groups and settings.
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                    Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 September 2025

                  • Psychological dimensions of immigration

                    The Editors at Communications Psychology, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite submissions on the psychological dimensions of immigration.
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                      Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 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.
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                        Submission status: Open