Submit a Manuscript to the Journal
Temperature
For a Special Issue on
Heat exposure of vulnerable populations: Physiological insights for policy action
Manuscript deadline
Special Issue Editor(s)
Heat exposure of vulnerable populations: Physiological insights for policy action
Guest Editors: Aaron Bach, PhD; Fergus O’Connor, PhD; Robert Meade, PhD; James Smallcombe, PhD; Supriya Mathew, PhD; Jim Cotter, PhD.
This special issue seeks research that strengthens the real-world application of thermophysiology to protect vulnerable populations from heat exposure. Increasingly, heat-health advice is often inconsistent, overly generic, or poorly grounded in physiological evidence, and favours the current generations of our single species.
We welcome submissions that improve both the generation and translation of evidence into practice; ranging from ecologically valid lab studies to field research assessing heat impacts and informing public health and clinical guidelines. Work involving underrepresented or vulnerable populations will be appreciated, which may include clinical, global south and future generations, and other species.
Call for Papers – Deadline July 31st, 2026
Submission Instructions
We welcome three types of submissions that advance thermal physiology for real-world heat protection:
Comprehensive Reviews: Systematic well-illustrated and thoroughly referenced reviews (including meta-analyses) of thermal responses across populations, critical evaluations of knowledge gaps in vulnerable groups, and assessments of existing heat-health interventions for example.
Priority Reviews: Focused reviews on hot topics such as emerging at-risk populations, novel physiological assessment approaches, or urgent translation needs from laboratory findings to public health practice.
Research Papers: Original studies demonstrating clear translation pathways from physiology to policy. We especially encourage multi-method studies that test main hypotheses through different approaches or conduct multiple experiments. Research may include, for example:
· Field studies in real-world settings particularly with (not just on) vulnerable populations
· Laboratory studies with strong ecological validity and clear application pathways
· Validation of physiological measures in new populations or contexts
· Effectiveness studies of heat-health interventions
*Fee waivers for page charges will be offered for up to two papers and will be prioritised for accepted articles led by early career researchers, preferencing those from institutions in low income countries and early submissions.