Collection Overview

Scientific Reports has launched a Guest-Edited Collection on Engineering and management of urban wetlands.

Wetlands are among the world’s most vital and productive ecosystems, which provide crucial habitat for biodiversity, regulate water flows, and offer essential services such as water purification and flood control. They also play a key role in climate mitigation by acting as carbon sinks. However, the rapid pace of urbanization, pollution, and climate change poses significant threats to wetland ecosystem and biodiversity. Wetlands in urban environment are subject to hydrological alterations where sewage, effluents from industries, agricultural wastes runoff and soil erosion are the main source for wetland pollution and degradation if severe. To resolve these challenges of urban wetlands, adopting a scientific approach to wetland management, restoration, and innovative engineering solutions as well as nature-based solutions can help preserve and restore these valuable ecosystems.

This will be a Collection of original research papers and will be open for submissions from all authors – on the condition that the manuscripts fall within the scope of the Collection and of Scientific Reports more generally. We are welcoming submissions until 22 February 2026.

Why is this Collection important? 

“Wetlands are of vital importance for human societies and biodiversity, yet many are endangered, and we have lost a significant number of wetlands on a global scale. There is a need to better understand how changes affect these ecosystems, especially within urban areas, and what the potential solutions are for the future. The collection targets exactly these aspects. Thus, new insights into how water management, biodiversity protection and ecosystem services could be successfully managed are of high relevance and global interest.” - Thomas Hein

This Collection supports and amplifies research directly related to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 13 - Climate Action &
SDG 15 - Life on Land.

Why submit to a Collection? 

Collections like this one help promote high-quality science. They are led by Guest Editors, who are experts in their fields, and In-House Editors and are supported by a dedicated team of Commissioning Editors and Managing Editors at Springer Nature. Collection manuscripts typically see higher citations, downloads, and Altmetric scores and provide a one-stop-shop on a cutting-edge topic of interest. 

Who is involved? 

Guest Editors:

• Thomas Hein, BOKU University, Austria
• Navneet Kumar, United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Germany

Internal Team:

• In-House Editor: Alakananda Karthick, Scientific Reports, India
• Commissioning Editor: Nancy Rogerson, Fully OA Brands, Springer Nature, UK
• Managing Editor: Sarah Jane Hunt, Fully OA Brands, Springer Nature, UK

How can I submit my paper? 

Visit the Collection Page to find out more about this collection and submit your article.