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.

  • Genomes of endangered species

    This Scientific Data Collection of articles focuses on genome assemblies of endangered or threatened species.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 01 April 2026

    • Neurogenetics

      This Scientific Data Collection welcomes the submission of Data Descriptors describing the curation, validation, and sharing of datasets relevant to neurogenetics.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 19 March 2026

      • Environmental pollution in aquatic systems

        This Scientific Data Collection presents descriptions of contamination and pollution data collected from marine and freshwater ecosystems.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 12 March 2026

        • Invertebrate omics

          This Scientific Data Collection welcomes Data Descriptors documenting the curation, validation, and open sharing of genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic datasets for invertebrate species.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 February 2026

          • Geodata for human wellbeing

            This Scientific Data Collection welcomes Data Descriptors detailing the curation, validation, and open sharing of georeferenced datasets that support research on human wellbeing.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 02 February 2026

            • Bioacoustic Data

              This Scientific Data Collection focuses on annotated bioacoustics datasets, collected from a variety of sources and environments.
                Collection
                Submission status: Open Deadline: 17 January 2026

              • Data for crop management

                This Scientific Data Collection welcomes submissions of Data Descriptors associated with datasets for crop management, which are essential for optimising agricultural productivity, sustainability, and food security.
                  Collection
                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 17 January 2026

                • Droughts

                  This Scientific Data Collection highlights a series of articles describing drought datasets.
                    Collection
                    Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 December 2025