Spotlight On… Collections: The Benefits for Journals, Editors, and Authors

Collections, also known as ‘special’ or ‘focus’ issues, have been around for decades to attract high quality submissions to a journal. In recent years, these issues have been rising in popularity. A 2023 survey of Springer Nature authors and readers (n=4809) revealed that 72% of authors submitted to a collection. Why is this?

Join the conversation and find out why authors choose to submit to collections, why editors feel the experience positively contributed to journal development and how they raise journal impact.

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