Current Developments in Nutrition Special Collections

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The submission period for proposals has closed.

Winners will be announced here at a later date.

Each year, ASN’s exclusively open access journal, Current Developments in Nutrition (CDN) seeks out proposals to launch an exciting new series of Special Collections. These solicited collections target timely topics of interest to the community of nutrition scholars.

This call for proposals is directed to the Research Interest Sections (RIS) within the ASN membership. Each RIS is encouraged to engage their membership as well as researchers outside of ASN to develop one or more proposals. Multiple RIS groups also may collaborate on joint proposals.

CDN expects to help fund 5-6 proposals. Top-rated proposals will qualify for 100% waiver of open access publication fees. Other proposals may receive 25–50% discounts in article processing charges beyond standard member rates.

Selection Criteria

Selection criteria will include timeliness of the topic, quality of the proposed papers, alignment with CDN scope, and credentials of the guest editor(s). In addition, the Special Collections will be publicized with banner ads, highlighted on the journal and society webpages, and promoted via social media.

The general expectation is that each collection would contain 4–8 papers that could include a combination of review papers and original research papers. Additional ad hoc manuscripts may be submitted to the selected collections but will be subject to publication charges. Peer-review of manuscripts will be chaperoned by a Guest Editor nominated within the proposal. The guest editor will be trained on CDN’s manuscript processing website, and will be responsible for manuscript evaluation, reviewer selection, and overall publication recommendations to CDN editors. Guest editors will also be invited to write editorials to expound upon the importance of the research area addressed by the collection.

Timeline

Proposals will be received until midnight September 14, 2020. Funding decisions will be made by September 30 with expectation that manuscripts will be submitted within 6 months — by March 26, 2021. Failure to submit manuscripts by the established deadline could jeopardize publication fee discounts.

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Winners of the 2019 CDN Research Interest Section Special Collection Competition

Diet, Nutrition and Sustainability: Promoting a Healthy Planet and Healthy People

Multi-omics Characterization of Nutritional Metabolism

Towards New DRIs for Vitamin A and Carotenoids in Early Life

Questions?

Direct questions to:

Jack Odle
Editor in Chief,
Current Developments in Nutrition
jodle@nutrition.org

CDN Special Collections 2020

Proposal Submitted by:*
First Last
Email*
Phone*
Institutional Affiliation*
Primary RIS affiliation of this proposal*
Has RIS chair(s) been notified of your proposal?*
- Yes
- No
Do you plan to collaborate with another RIS? If so, please indicate additional RIS below. Otherwise, select "Primary RIS only".*
Title of proposed Special Collection*
Introduction/Summary of the Collection. 500 word limit. Introduce and summarize the collection. Describe the rationale for and focus of the proposed collection. If selected, this text may be posted to the CDN website to solicit additional ad hoc manuscript submissions to your collection.*
Keywords: Assign up to 8 keywords or phrases.*
Anticipated Manuscripts. CDN expects the collections to range from 4-8 papers in length. They may be a combination of review articles and original research articles. Provide an outline containing prospective titles, authors and their institutional affiliations for each paper in the collection. Designate the Corresponding Author for each manuscript and include his/her email address. Include a short (<200 word) draft abstract for each manuscript describing its central focus and contribution.*
Suggested CDN Deputy Editor*
Suggested CDN Academic Editor*
Guest Editor 1. Provide name and affiliation(s) of proposed guest editor for the collection. Summarize their scientific and editorial credentials (300 character limit).*
Upload CV for Guest Editor 1. Upload brief CV and statement of conflicts of interest as doc or pdf file. 6 page max, NIH biosketch format preferred..*
Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 10 MB.
Guest Editor 1: Conflict of Interest Information*
- The guest editor declares no COI as outlined by ASN (see link below)
- The guest editor discloses the following potential conflicts (enter in field below)
COI guidelines: https://nutrition.org/publications/guidelines-and-policies/conflict-of-interest/
Potential Conflict of Interest for Guest Editor 1
(Optional) Co-Guest Editor 2. Provide name and affiliation(s) of proposed guest editor for the collection. Summarize their scientific and editorial credentials (300 character limit).
(Optional) Upload CV for Co-Guest Editor 2. Upload brief CV and statement of conflicts of interest as doc or pdf file. 6 page max, NIH biosketch format preferred.
Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 10 MB.
Guest Editor 2: Conflict of Interest Information*
- The guest editor declares no COI as outlined by ASN (see link below)
- The guest editor discloses the following potential conflicts (enter in field below)
COI guidelines: https://nutrition.org/publications/guidelines-and-policies/conflict-of-interest/
Potential Conflict of Interest for Guest Editor 2