Peer reviewers are drowning in work — but not all equally. A few scholars carry the load while others coast. Severin and Chataway interviewed editors, publishers, and researchers to understand what’s beneath the surface of this complicated problem.
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BMC Primary Care seeks research on screening, diagnosis, and management of substance use disorders, including identification and risk assessment of drug, alcohol, and tobacco use, with a focus on primary care interventions and outcomes. Deadline: 8 September 2026.
Journal of Translational Medicine invites papers on AI, network, and computational approaches to drug toxicity and pharmacovigilance, using multi-omics and real-world data to improve safety prediction. Submission deadline: 7 September 2026.
BMC Public Health welcomes papers on HIV stigma, its impact, and solutions, including social, structural, and policy perspectives, with emphasis on equity, lived experience, and global health contexts. Deadline: 3 September 2026.
Applied Artificial Intelligence is seeking submissions for a special issue on cross-domain generative AI applications, AI ethics, and open challenges of AI across healthcare, law, finance, education, and more. Submission deadline: 31 July 2026.
Educational Psychology Review seeks papers on how physical activity shapes learning via psychological mechanisms, with a particular emphasis on integrative reviews, meta-analyses, and theoretical contributions. Submission deadline: 1 September 2026.
BMC Nephrology seeks papers on kidney genomics, including gene function and expression patterns, using approaches such as single-cell RNA sequencing and GWAS to identify biomarkers and targets. Deadline: 5 September 2026.
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies invites papers on AI in traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine, addressing topics such as applications of AI, ethics and responsible use, policies and governance, and impacts on patient care. Deadline: 4 September 2026.
BMC Artificial Intelligence is seeking papers looking at the use of AI in clinical trials — design, recruitment, monitoring, analytics, and ethics — with a focus on improving efficiency, cost, and outcomes through machine learning and data-driven methods. Deadline: 24 August 2025
BMC Microbiology is calling for papers on antimicrobial resistance: molecular mechanisms, evolution, spread, and new therapies, including genomic epidemiology and One Health approaches to combat drug-resistant pathogens. Deadline: 28 August 2026.
