Cells | Call for Special Issue Proposals

Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of cell biology, molecular biology, and biophysics, published monthly online by MDPI. The Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), Signal Transduction Society (STS), Nordic Autophagy Society (NAS), Spanish Society of Hematology and Hemotherapy (SEHH), and Society for Regenerative Medicine (Russian Federation) (RPO) are affiliated with Cells, and their members receive discounts on the article processing charges. The Cells editorial team is pleased to announce this open call for Special Issue proposals, which gives a group of authors the possibility to work on an interconnected set of papers on an innovative topic. We would like to solicit high-quality proposals that will be evaluated in a competitive procedure on a rolling basis throughout the year.

Proposals for a Special Issue should have a well-articulated unifying topic and reflect, on an international level, on the best work in a particular research area, either an established or an important emerging area, in which future investigations may be boosted by the publication of a set of excellent papers. Hence, an international group of Guest Editors and a few high-quality planned papers are always encouraged when it comes to proposals.

Proposals for Special Issues need to be sent to the Editorial Office (cells@mdpi.com), which will then forward them to the Editor-in-Chief of Cells for evaluation.

Information to be provided in a proposal:

A 300–500-word summary to rationally explain the significance, novelty, technical advancement, and adherence to the scope of the journal of the proposed topic;
A few keywords on the topic;
A plan for obtaining quality papers or a list of at least three planned papers;
A brief resume of the proposed Guest Editors, together with their information (title, name, email, affiliation, personal website, keywords of interests);
A proposed submission deadline (we normally run a Special Issue for 8–12 months).

Guest Editor’s role:

Once the proposal is accepted, the GE will circulate the Call for Papers for the Special Issue and invite submissions;

The Guest Editor has the opportunity to publish 1 paper free of charge in this Special Issue and invite 10 feature papers to be published with discounts;

Each submission will undergo a formal peer review process, after which we will ask the GE, the Editor-in-Chief, or a suitable Editorial Board Member to decide whether the paper is acceptable for publication in Cells;
If five or more papers are published in the Special Issue, the Guest Editor(s) could publish an editorial free of charge;
If ten or more papers are published in this Special Issue, we can print a Special Issue book and send a hard copy to each Guest Editor.

Editorial Office’s role:

The Editorial Office will take care of setting up the Special Issue website, arrange promotional material, assist with invitations to contribute papers, and take care of administrative tasks associated with peer review, including inviting reviewers, collating reports, contacting authors, and professional production before publication.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office if you are interested and would like further details and clarifications.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Cells Editorial Office