All Calls
Special Issue: Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) for Population-Scale Data Use
Closing Date: 30/11/2026
The International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS) invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) for Population-Scale Data Use.
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Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence for Population Data Science
Closing Date: 30/09/2026
This special issue will explore how routinely collected data (from a range of sources and sectors e.g. administrative, hospital) can be used in novel ways to improve health and well-being outcomes, across the life course.
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Focus: People and the Criminal Justice System
Closing Date: 30/10/2026
People who have contact with the criminal justice system experience disproportionate social and health disadvantage both prior to and following their justice involvement, compared to the broader community.
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Special Collection Call - Data Resource Profiles
Opening Date: 02/05/2023
This collection will consist of large population datasets that are of interest for Population Data Science research, and that are available for researchers to use. For example (although not limited to) survey data (cohort and longitudinal), administrative data and digital footprint data collected at a regional, national or international level.
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Standard Issue Call
This call will remain open.
The Standard Issue consists of articles on all areas of Population Data Science and is the main collection of the journal.
It includes all aspects of research, development and evaluation connected with data about people and populations. So whether its technological advances in data storage and management; architectures and infrastructures; legal and regulatory issues; ethical, legal and societal implications (ELSI); privacy-protection methodologies; data and linkage quality; analytical advances; accessing distributed data; linking to emerging/complex data types; using big data; outcomes-based research; epidemiology; service evaluations; public involvement and engagement; capacity building; or delivering and measuring impact, we want to hear from you.
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Call for Letters to the Editor
Opening Date: 15/05/2020
This call will remain open.
Has an IJPDS article captured your attention?
Do you have something valuable to add?
Then why not submit a Letter to the Editor?
Scientific discourse doesn’t stop on publication – help us to build on these new discoveries with your own knowledge and ideas.
Special Collection Call - Notes on Population Data
Opening Date: 02/05/2023
Closing Date: 09/04/2026.
This collection will consist of articles that allow researchers and practitioners to report on unexpected or underestimated data issues they encountered during their population data science projects. These can be any of the aspects of how data was collected, recorded, sampled, captured, processed, standardised, cleaned, transformed, linked, integrated, and merged/fused.
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Special Issue: Linked Data Across the Life Course: Leveraging Data for Health and Wellbeing
Closing Date: 28/02/2026
This special issue will explore how routinely collected data (from a range of sources and sectors e.g. administrative, hospital) can be used in novel ways to improve health and well-being outcomes, across the life course.
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Focus: Linked Administrative Education and Health Data
Closing Date: 12/12/2025
This call seeks to foster an understanding of and support the scoping of international collaborations.
The goal is to model changes across time and nations to identify effective practices that improve outcomes for young people.
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Indexes and Indicators
Opening Date: 29/07/2024
Closing Date: 31/01/2025
The development and use of indexes is an important part of empirical science and policy decision making. IJPDS is delighted to introduce a special issue call focusing on Indexes and Indicators and to invite authors to submit manuscripts for consideration.
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Data Transparency
Opening Date: 08/04/2023
Closing Date: 13/12/2024
Data Transparency is an emerging and essential element in building public trust in the use of personal health and social care data (especially sensitive data) and how such data is being used for research.
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Focus: Maternal and Child Health
Opening Date: 13/05/2023
Closing Date: 31/05/2024
Addressing inequalities in society starts with improving maternal and neonatal health. With so many societal and economic challenges, the aim of this call is to facilitate our understanding of these issues and outcomes and to inform evidence-based preventative interventions.
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Cross-centre Working
Opening Date: 20/04/2017
Closing Date: 30/09/2017
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Data Centre Profiles
Opening Date: 27/11/2018
Closing Date: 31/05/2019
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Public Involvement & Engagement
Opening Date: 21/01/2020
Closing Date: 31/05/2020
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Special Call for manuscripts – Population Data Science for COVID-19
Opening Date: 06/04/2020
Call Closed
We find ourselves in a global pandemic, referred to as COVID-19. There is much research underway on all aspects of the pandemic, including to slow its spread, improve diagnostic tests and develop a vaccine. Population Data Science has a unique part to play because of the availability of large-scale datasets on the general population or on specific cohorts, such as age groups, geographic regions, particular health conditions or socio-economic levels.
We will endeavour to expedite the review process and to publish articles in this special issue as a priority.
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Work designed to influence policy and practice
1st Opening Date: 18/01/2021
1st Closing Date: 31/05/2021
2nd Opening Date: 14/06/2021
2nd Closing Date: 30/09/2021
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Bringing Together Non-routine and Routine Data
Opening Date: 10/01/2022
Closing Date: 31/05/2022
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Advances and Innovation in Data Governance
Opening Date: 16/01/2023
Closing Date: 30/04/2023
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