Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field by submitting to our Collections, carefully curated to capture trends in fast-moving fields of science and regularly 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.

  • Obesity

    This cross-journal collection welcomes submissions of clinical and preclinical work that explores all aspects of obesity, including causes, pathophysiological mechanisms, incidence, prevention, treatment and impact.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 24 April 2026
    • Glycobiology

      Manuscripts exploring glycans in the broadest sense, such as basic, translational, and applied glycobiology research fall within the scope of this collection.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2026
      • Forces in Cell Biology

        Cell generate forces to maintain normal tissue morphology and function. Cells can also sense and process forces appropriate to their correct tissue context. With this cross-journal Collection between Communications Biology and Nature Communications, we welcome the submission of primary research articles exploring molecular mechanisms underlying how cells react to external mechanical stimuli, to forces between cells, and to intercellular forces
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 April 2026
        • Mitosis and Mitotic Defects

          This cross-journal Collection aims to explore the most recent advances on the topic of mitosis, mitotic regulation mechanisms, mitotic defects and their repercussions for cell growth and fate.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 March 2026
          • Stem cell-derived therapies

            This cross-journal Collection welcomes submissions that explore stem cell biology, their therapeutic potential, and the use of stem cells and stem cell-derived products to treat human disease.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 March 2026
            • Infection and Cancer

              This cross-journal Collection welcomes submissions on the underlying mechanisms of the complex interplay between infection and cancer.
                Collection
                Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 March 2026
              • Lymphatic vasculature diversity across tissues

                This Collection highlights the functional heterogeneity and specialization of the lymphatic vasculature across different tissues and organs.
                  Collection
                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 March 2026

                Search

                Quick links