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Scientific Data call for papers

Current call-for-papers opportunities for Scientific Data. Ranking signals: Indexed (Active), JIF 6.9. Use the official publisher page to verify scope and submission rules.

Accepting CFPs for Scientific Data

Transcriptomics data from clinical isolates

Deadline 2026-10-08Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection of articles focuses on transcriptomic data from a range of microbial pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites isolated in clinical settings.

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Computer vision in plant science and agriculture

Deadline 2026-10-10Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection invites Data Descriptors documenting the generation, curation, and validation of datasets that underpin computer vision applications across plant biology, crop science, and agricultural systems.

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Genomics in freshwater and marine science

Deadline 2026-10-23Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection of articles focuses on transcriptomic datasets and genome assemblies from freshwater and marine taxa.

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Plant transcriptomic responses

Deadline 2026-10-28Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection presents datasets of plant transcriptomic responses, as this information is crucial for developing sustainable agricultural practices, conserving plant biodiversity, and advancing biotechnology for food security and ecosystem health.

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Biogeochemistry in terrestrial environments

Deadline 2026-10-29Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection welcomes Data Descriptors that detail the collection, curation, and validation of datasets from forests, grasslands, wetlands, agricultural systems, and other land-based environments.

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Water storage

Deadline 2026-11-09Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection of articles focuses on descriptions of datasets related to any aspect of water collection, treatment, or infrastructure.

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Glaciology, sea ice and inland waters ice

Deadline 2026-11-12Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection of articles describes datasets related to glaciology, sea ice, lake ice and river ice.

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10 years of the FAIR principles

Deadline 2026-11-14Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection invites researchers to submit manuscripts related to FAIR-aligned infrastructure, policy, or standardisation.

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Physiological and biosignals data for stress detection

Deadline 2026-11-17Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection of articles focuses on descriptions of datasets relevant to stress detection, captured through techniques such as EEG, ECG, EDA, EMG, and heart‑rate monitoring.

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Datasets in education

Deadline 2026-11-19Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection invites Data Descriptors that describe the generation, curation, and validation of open datasets related to educational systems, practices, and outcomes across diverse contexts and populations.

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Data to support chemical reactions, synthesis and structure prediction

Deadline 2026-11-24Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection is open to any machine‑readable dataset of molecules, reactions, and associated properties or studies focused on improving infrastructure and policy in chemical reactions, synthesis and structure prediction.

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Seismology

Deadline 2026-11-26Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection of articles focuses on descriptions of seismology datasets from any global region, geological setting, or application.

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Data from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Deadline 2026-12-01Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection welcomes submissions describing datasets generated using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, across a wide range of scientific disciplines.

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Data from archaeological samples, museum collections and historical records

Deadline 2026-12-08Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection invites submissions that describe datasets derived from the rich and diverse sources of our shared past, including: archaeological samples, museum holdings, and historical records.

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Industry, construction and manufacturing data

Deadline 2026-12-10Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection of Data Descriptors will focus on the outputs and efficiency of manufacturing and construction processes, from project or region‑level datasets through to national and global scales.

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Bacteria, archaea and virus genomics

Deadline 2026-12-12Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

Bacteria, Archaea, and viruses represent vital areas of study across ecology, medicine, and biotechnology. This Scientific Data collection celebrates these domains by inviting researchers to contribute articles describing genome assemblies from these taxonomic groups.

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Bioacoustic Data

Deadline 2026-12-17Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection focuses on annotated bioacoustics datasets, collected from a variety of sources and environments.

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Environmental metagenomics

Deadline 2026-12-23Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection of articles focuses on any metagenomics dataset relevant to these aims, including both primary community characterisations and DNA barcoding to measure populations of known organisms.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Deadline 2026-12-30Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection welcomes any human brain MRI dataset, including structural and functional data types, for use in diagnosis, studies of human behaviour, or fundamental neuroscience research.

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Data to support cancer treatment, diagnosis, and disease understanding

Deadline 2027-01-02Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection welcomes descriptions of any dataset relevant to cancer research, including ’omics data; in vitro, in vivo, in silico, and human studies; early‑phase drug discovery data; as well as larger cohort and population‑level datasets related to measuring outcomes and disease occurrence at large scales.

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Characterisation and performance data of energy materials

Deadline 2027-01-07Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection aims to showcase the latest experimental and theoretical datasets on the development, characterisation, and performance of materials such as supercapacitors, solar cells, fuel cells, photovoltaic and thermoelectric materials, batteries, superconductors, and any other material relevant for energy science.

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Remote sensing our cities

Deadline 2027-01-07Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection focuses on remote‑sensing datasets used to address research questions related to urban planning, civil engineering, hazard assessment, urban land use, infrastructure, and other topics relevant to city science.

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'omics data for livestock and veterinary applications

Deadline 2027-01-13Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection of articles focuses on descriptions of datasets generated using any recognised ’omics method and relating to any domesticated animal.

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Input-output tables and satellite accounts

Deadline 2027-01-22Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection welcomes the submission of Data Descriptors that detail the construction, curation, and validation of input–output datasets and environmentally extended input–output frameworks.

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Data for wildfire monitoring, prevention and management

Deadline 2027-01-27Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection focuses on datasets related to monitoring active fires and burned areas (via satellites, UAVs, or other remote‑sensing tools) as well as ecological studies of wildfire‑affected ecosystems.

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Computer vision for animal studies

Deadline 2027-02-01Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection of articles focuses on descriptions of datasets in computer vision related to animal studies, covering use cases such as identification, welfare monitoring, phenotyping, and occurrence data.

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Terrestrial geochemistry

Deadline 2027-03-22Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection of articles will focus on geochemical data from terrestrial environments, supporting a range of applications such as geochronology, paleoclimate and climate reconstruction, resource management, and environmental protection.

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Systems biology

Deadline 2027-03-29Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection will feature descriptions of data that include two or more of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epigenomics, phenotypic data, or other whole-system approaches relevant to systems biology.

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Traffic data for urban modelling

Deadline 2027-03-30Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection will support the modelling and broader study of traffic management and urban planning, and is open to data from any journey type, transport mode, or location.

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Forest and woodland data

Deadline 2027-04-01Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection of papers is open to descriptions of any datasets relevant to forest science, including both bottom-up measurements (e.g. primary ecological, plant science, and meteorological observations) and top-down approaches (e.g. remote sensing and other large-scale data techniques).

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Datasets for forensics science

Deadline 2027-04-03Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection invites submissions describing datasets that support research in forensic science.

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Electroencephalogram (EEG) data

Deadline 2027-04-06Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection of Data Descriptors is open to electroencephalogram (EEG) datasets from any application, including descriptions of both open and controlled-access datasets, depending on sensitivity.

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Biomechanics for hand movement and gestures

Deadline 2027-04-15Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection of articles will showcase data related to the anatomy, biomechanics, neuroscience, and kinematics of hand movement.

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Data on veins, arteries, and airways

Deadline 2027-05-04Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data collection of articles will feature descriptions of data from any area relevant to these systems, including medical imaging, physiological monitoring, anatomical studies, and broader health and epidemiological research.

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Biodiversity and habitats after disasters

Deadline 2027-05-05Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection will focus on the critical need to track and monitor disaster-affected ecosystems, supporting recovery, ongoing assessment, prevention, and the management of biodiversity stress and loss.

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Food security

Deadline 2027-05-13Springer NatureIndexed (Active)

Journal: Scientific Data

This Scientific Data Collection is open to descriptions of any dataset relevant to food security science, with submissions warmly encouraged from a diverse range of disciplines (e.g. environmental, biological, or social sciences).

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