Scientific Reports is currently welcoming submissions of original research to a Environmental DNA as biosignatures Collection. As a Guest Editor for the Collection, I hope you will consider this as an outlet for a future research paper.

If you are interested in preparing a manuscript for consideration at Scientific Reports as part of this Collection, please let us know and I would be happy to provide further details. Submissions will be welcomed at any point up until 18th August 2026 .

To submit your manuscript for consideration at Scientific Reports as part of this Collection, please follow the steps detailed on this page. On the first page of our online submission system, under “I’m submitting:” select the option “A research article”. Under the "Details" tab, authors should select the Collection title: “Environmental DNA as biosignatures” from the drop-down option. Authors should express their interest in the Collection in their cover letter.

The median turnaround time from submission to acceptance for papers submitted to our Guest Edited Collections is 102 days. All manuscripts submitted to a Collection are assessed according to the standard Scientific Reports editorial criteria and peer review process and are subject to all standard journal policies.

If accepted for publication, an article processing charge applies (with a standard waiver policy). If you are the corresponding author from a participating institution, you may be eligible to publish with the APC covered or discounted by one of our fully open access agreements. You can read more about our editorial policies on Guest Edited Collections on this page.

This article Collection is a great opportunity to highlight this important area of research, and we hope you will be able to contribute.