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  • Trust and Democracy

    This Collection and open call for papers brings together work that researches the role of trust for society and - by extension - a functional democracy.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 21 July 2025

    • Innovative methods for treating mental disorders

      This cross-journal collection welcomes submissions of clinical and preclinical work on innovative methods for treating all mental disorders, including major depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorder, substance use disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 20 May 2025

      • 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.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open Deadline: 01 May 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 March 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: 28 February 2025

            • Intergenerational transmission of behaviour and social capital

              This collection covers research on intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic variables, non-biological traits, preferences, behaviors and environments, and how they relate to social mobility.
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                Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 February 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.
                  Collection
                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 29 April 2025

                • Loneliness

                  The Editors at Communications Psychology, Communications Medicine, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports invite submissions on the topic of loneliness, including what makes people lonely, how it shapes their experience, and what loneliness means for health outcomes.
                    Collection
                    Submission status: Open Deadline: 28 February 2025

                  • Multimorbidity

                    This joint collection welcomes clinical, epidemiological, and public health research focused on multimorbidity.
                      Collection
                      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 April 2025

                    • Health and wellbeing of healthcare workers

                      This joint collection welcomes submissions that advance our understanding of the mental and physical impact of working in healthcare on the health of healthcare workers.
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                        Submission status: Open Deadline: 25 March 2025