Propose a Special Issue

Please read the Special Issue Guidelines before proposing. All special-issue papers go through the journal's normal double-blind peer review, final decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief, and guest editors never handle their own papers or those of close colleagues. The form takes about 10 minutes; fields marked * are required.

1. The special issue

Proposed title * Aims and scope * (about 200–400 words; this becomes the call for papers) Topics of interest (one per line) Keywords (separated by ;) Why is this topic timely, and how does it fit the journal? *

2. Lead guest editor

Title

Full name *

Email (institutional preferred) *

Phone

Current position

Institution *

Country

ORCID iD *

Google Scholar / Scopus profile

Number of publications

CV of the lead guest editor (PDF or Word, max 5 MB) *

3. Co-guest editors (optional)

One per line: Name, Affiliation, Email, ORCID

Guest editors from different institutions are preferred.

4. Plan

Expected number of papers

Proposed submission deadline

Target completion / publication Potential contributors (names and institutions; they will not be promised acceptance) Conflicts of interest (financial, institutional or personal) — write “None” if none I have read the Special Issue Guidelines; I understand that all papers are peer reviewed as usual, that the Editor-in-Chief makes final decisions, and I agree to the processing of this information as described in the Privacy Policy.