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Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field and community by submitting to one of our Collections. Collections at npj Viruses provide a high-profile venue for topics of substantial interest to the community. Papers included in a Collection are published in the journal and featured on our collection page.

  • Viral infections and the nervous system

    This collection invites research on the neuropathogenesis of viral infections at the molecular, cellular, tissues, host and population level.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 25 November 2026

    • Phages as antimicrobial therapy

      This collection spotlights the translational research of phage therapy, with a focus on manufacturing innovation, quality control, regulatory alignment and clinical deployment.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 21 August 2026

      • Phages as a resource for molecular biology

        This Collection explores the cutting-edge applications of phages and their proteins as molecular tools, in nano- and biotechnology, and synthetic biology.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 21 August 2026

        • Phages in the environment

          This collection invites research on bacteriophages from any types of environments to reveal their diversity and ecological significance.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 21 August 2026

          • Plant viruses

            Plant viruses are economically important pathogens causing serious crop losses, yet no effective or durable control measures exist despite growing genomic and host interaction knowledge.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 12 August 2026

            • Animal influenza virus epidemiology

              This Collection invites research on different aspects of animal influenza epidemiology, including outbreak investigation and surveillance, molecular epidemiology and viral evolution, disease characteristics, and transmission and host range.
                Collection
                Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 July 2026

              • Toxins and Mycoviruses at the Host–Fungal Interface

                This Collection invites research on fungal toxins and/or mycoviruses in host–fungus interactions, focusing on their roles in virulence, immune modulation, crop health, food safety, and strategies to manage fungal diseases.
                  Collection
                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 June 2026

                • Viruses and cancers

                  One in ten new cancers cases worldwide are linked to viral infections. The collection explores the viral, cellular and epidemiological dimensions of viral oncogenesis.
                    Collection
                    Submission status: Open Deadline: 12 June 2026

                  • Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses

                    This Collection covers all aspects of hemorrhagic fever viruses research including molecular biology, pathogenesis, countermeasures, as well as clinical and technical aspects.
                      Collection
                      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2026

                    • Virome

                      This Collection invites research in virology, ecology, genomics, ecology, Al and public health to advance viral discovery, track evolution and improve disease management.
                        Collection
                        Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2026

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