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.

  • Group diversity

    The editors at Nature Communications, Communications Psychology and Scientific Reports invite submissions to a Collection on the topic of group diversity.
    • Jennifer Kubota, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 24 July 2024

  • Ageing and well-being

    This curated Collection of research articles seeks to bring together high-quality publications that address the relationship between aging and psychological, cognitive, or subjective wellbeing.
    • Communications Psychology
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 26 June 2024

  • Foreign language learning

    The Editors at Communications Psychology invite submissions on the topic of foreign language learning, featuring work that addresses the research topic from an educational, cognitive, or developmental perspective.
    • Marike Schiffer
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2024

  • 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

    • Moral cognition

      The Editors at Communications Psychology invite submissions on the topic of moral cognition, seeking to unite perspectives from developmental psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, human-AI interface, and behavioural change research.
      • Marike Schiffer
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 June 2024

    • Altered states of consciousness

      The editors at Communications Psychology invite research manuscripts from psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and psychiatry, investigating altered states of consciousness, for example induced by psychoactive substances, hypnosis, meditation, or arising as a consequence of traumatic events and injury.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 August 2024

      • Psychology of Resilience

        The editors at Communications Psychology invite submissions of research manuscripts on the Psychology of Resilience. Submissions may come from any field of psychology or neighbouring disciplines, such as social work, education, and psychiatry.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 June 2024

        • Replication and generalization

          This Collection invites submissions of direct replication and generalization studies of primary research papers in psychology.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 December 2024