Call for papers: Microbial metabolic interactions (cross-journal Collection)
Nature Microbiology, Nature Communications, Communications Biology & Scientific Reports Open worldwide
Four Nature Portfolio journals jointly invite studies of how microbes exchange nutrients and interact metabolically, including ecology and evolution. Research articles, reviews and perspectives are considered depending on the journal.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your cover letter for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: choice of four participating journals.
One-off themed collection; submissions open until 30 June 2027. Next deadline: 2027-06-30.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: paper.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Submission deadline 30 June 2027”
Who can apply
- Open to researchers
What you will need
- PaperOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name. The deadline is 30 June 2027.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your cover letter for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Nature Microbiology, Nature Communications, Communications Biology & Scientific Reports without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.