Special Article Collection 

For the 12^th European Conference on Echinoderms, we will publish a Special Collection of articles across two international peer-reviewed journals produced by the Natural History Museum, Systematics and Biodiversity and the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.

We invite you to submit manuscripts to be considered for publication in this Special Collection. Manuscripts on extant echinoderms should be submitted to Systematics and Biodiversity and papers on fossil echinoderms should be submitted to the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. Please adhere to the style guidelines listed under the Instructions for Authors for the relevant journal (Systematics and Biodiversity and Journal of Systematic Palaeontology). Manuscripts should be approximately 2500 to 5000 words (not including references) with two to four figures/tables.

There will be no charge to publish in this Special Collection. Papers will be published online as soon as they are ready, with the complete Special Collection made free to access for six months following the publication of the final paper.

Please indicate in your cover letter that you wish your manuscript to be considered for publication in the Special Collection based on the European Conference on Echinoderms.

To submit a manuscript on extant echinoderms to Systematics and Biodiversity, please use the following link.

To submit a manuscript on fossil echinoderms to the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, please use the following link.

If you have any questions, please contact the relevant Editor-in-Chief: Tom White (tom.white@nhm.ac.uk) for Systematics and Biodiversity and Imran Rahman (imran.rahman@nhm.ac.uk) for the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.

 The deadline for submitting manuscripts is 31^st December 2026.