This Special Issue will highlight recent advances in various aspects of natural product signaling. Submit your manuscript by October 31, 2025.
Natural compounds play myriad roles in biology as signaling molecules that influence development, communication, and defense across life. As the field of natural products undergoes a post-genomic renaissance, recent investigations and discoveries – from the micro to the macro – are forging a new understanding of how natural small molecules play a big role in signaling within organisms and systems.
The Journal of Natural Products is opening submissions for a Special Issue on “Natural Product Signals—from Microbiomes to the Environment”. The goal of this Special Issue is to highlight the latest advances and challenges in this field.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Host-microbe communication
- Small molecule-mediated cellular development
- Microbiome
- Interkingdom chemical modulation
- Plant-insect interaction
- Marine animal-algal networks
Organizing Editors
Rebecca Butcher, Guest Editor
University of Florida, United States
Jason Crawford, Guest Editor
Yale University, United States
Georg Pohnert, Guest Editor
Universität Jena, Germany
Bradley S. Moore, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Natural Products
University of California San Diego, United States
Submission Information
We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through October 31, 2025. For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.
Authors are welcome to submit any manuscript that fits within the scope of the Special Issue. The journal publishes full-length research Articles, shorter Notes, comprehensive Reviews, and focused Perspectives. For all Reviews and Perspectives, or if you have any general questions about a topic’s suitability, please send a presubmission inquiry to the Editor-in-Chief (eic@jnp.acs.org).
Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.
Open Access: There are diverse open access options for publications in American Chemical Society journals. Please visit our Open Science Resource Center for more information.
How to Submit
- Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
- Select the "Journals" tab.
- Choose Journal of Natural Products.
- Click "Submit."
- Select your manuscript type and under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Natural Product Signals."
If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact eic@jnp.acs.org.
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