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Perception, Learning and Reasoning

Proposals invited · Special issues

Propose a special issue

Guest editors are invited to propose special issues of our journals on a focused theme — including selected papers from a conference or seminar. Every paper goes through the journal’s peer review and is published Online First with a Crossref DOI.

No feeto propose or guest-edit
Same reviewdouble-blind, with the Editorial Board
Online Firstpapers published when ready
Crossref DOIfor every paper
4 journalsto choose from

Send a special issue proposal See our journals

Open Access free of charge in 2026
All articles submitted to our journals in 2026 are published free of charge and are freely accessible to readers — no APC. From 2027, the choice between Standard publication and Open Access Plus described here applies again.

Our journals

Please read the aims and scope of the journal your theme suits, and its current calls on the Special Issues page.

How a special issue works

  • Guest editors shape the theme, invite authors and work with the journal’s Editorial Board on every decision.
  • Submissions — authors and guest editors submit papers on the Manuscript Portal, naming the special issue.
  • Same standards — every paper has the journal’s double-blind peer review and similarity check.
  • Online First — papers are published as soon as they are ready, then gathered in the special issue.

Your proposal

What to include

  1. Proposed title, theme and the journal it suits
  2. Why the theme matters now, and who will read it
  3. Guest editors with short CVs and affiliations
  4. A draft call for papers with topics
  5. Expected number of papers and likely contributors
  6. Timeline: call, submissions, review, publication
  1. Guest editorsSend the proposalThrough the Contact form or to office@gathacognition.com.
  2. Editorial BoardReview of the proposalThe journal’s Editorial Board considers the theme, the guest editors and the timeline.
  3. WeCall for papersThe call is published on the journal’s Special Issues page and announced.
  4. Authors & guest editorsSubmissions & peer reviewPapers are submitted on the Manuscript Portal and peer reviewed.
  5. WePublicationOnline First with a Crossref DOI, then the special issue is compiled.

Fees

  • No fee to propose or guest-edit a special issue.
  • Authors pay the same as for any other article: Standard publication at no cost, or Open Access Plus with an APC of ₹7,500 (India) or $200 (outside India), with waivers. See the Open Access Policy.
  • Sponsors can prepay Open Access for the issue’s authors: 10 articles at 20% off (₹60,000 or US$1,600).
  • Language editing on request — copy editing from ₹75 per page.

Have a theme for a special issue?

Send us your special issue proposal.

The proposal goes to the journal’s Editorial Board, and we write back with its decision.

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