Why publish in a Focus Collection?

When you contribute your work to a Focus Collection, you can:

• Increase the visibility of your research: When you submit to a Focus Collection, your article is published upon acceptance in a regular issue of the journal. It will then be labelled with the Focus Collection tag and featured on a dedicated webpage alongside other papers in the collection, making it easier for readers to discover your work.
• Join a community of experts: Focus Collections align with the aims and scope of the journal and are organized by Guest Editors who are specialists in their field, ensuring your work is part of a high-impact, relevant conversation. These collections also offer a valuable opportunity to connect and collaborate with other researchers. Guest Editors may be members of the journal’s Editorial Board, or they may be members of the journal’s community.
• Be featured among trusted research: Our Focus Collections undergo the same rigorous peer review and research integrity checks as regular articles, overseen by our internal editorial teams. With compliance to COPE and DOAJ industry standards, you can trust that your work is published in a collection committed to research integrity and excellence.
• Work with a publisher that puts purpose above profit: We are a leading society publisher of advanced physics research and any profits generated are invested back into science. We promise that by publishing your work with us, it will benefit the scientific community, not shareholders. Find out more about our Purpose-Led Publishing initiative here.

Whether you’re contributing to a themed issue or responding to a call for papers, publishing in a Focus Collection is a great way to amplify your research and connect with peers in your field.