Journal of Tissue Repair and Regeneration · JTRR
Propose a special issue
Journal of Tissue Repair and Regeneration welcomes proposals for focused collections that address important questions in tissue repair and regeneration. Researchers with relevant expertise are invited to review the proposal requirements and contact the editorial office.
What makes a good collection
A special issue works when it gathers work that is genuinely better read together than apart: a question the field is actively arguing about, a method that several groups are developing at once, or a tissue or condition where the biological, material and clinical literatures have grown apart and would benefit from being set side by side.
A proposal is stronger when it says who would submit, and why those authors would send this work here rather than to their usual venue.
What a proposal should contain
- The topic, and why now
- A working title and a paragraph explaining the question the collection addresses and its relation to tissue repair or regeneration, judged against the aims and scope.
- The guest editors
- Names, affiliations, ORCID iDs and a short statement of the relevant expertise of each proposed guest editor, together with any competing interests.
- The likely contributions
- An indication of the range of work the collection would gather. Fundamental, methodological, observational, replication, synthesis, translational and clinical contributions are all eligible where the connection to repair or regeneration is substantive.
- A workable timetable
- Proposed opening and closing dates for submissions, allowing for review.
How a collection is run
These safeguards are what make a special issue worth the same as any other part of the journal's record.
- The same review
- Every manuscript in a collection goes through the journal's ordinary process. Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
- The same decision criteria
- Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. An invitation to contribute is an invitation to submit, and the decision follows the review.
- Guest-editor independence
- A guest editor's own submission to their collection is handled by a journal editor instead, and guest editors stand aside from any manuscript where they hold a competing interest. Final editorial authority stays with the journal.
- The same terms
- Articles in a collection carry the same article processing charge and the same CC BY 4.0 license conditions as any other article, set out on the charges page.
Sending a proposal
Write to info@openaccesspub.org with the four items above, putting the proposed title in the subject line. The editorial office will respond with the outcome and, where a collection goes ahead, will agree the timetable and the guest-editor arrangements before it opens.
Individual manuscripts do not need a collection. Regular submissions are accepted throughout the year through the submission page.