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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We are inviting submissions of original research to the "<u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA1eb1de30-1537-ddad-f0ce-cbe4eb4bb3df" href="https://link.springer.com/collections/bajchfdgjj?utm_medium=email&utm_source=generic&utm_content=null&utm_term=null&utm_campaign=CONR_10791_CON1_GL_PHSS_03HEM_bajchfdgjj">Graph
Representation Learning for Biomedical Applications</a></u>" Collection in <i>Discover Computing</i>. As Guest Editor, we encourage you to consider this as an opportunity to showcase your work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;"><i><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA4c7d6cce-521b-bd5c-539f-10b385dad33b" href="https://link.springer.com/journal/10791">Discover Computing</a></u></i> (previously
<i>Information Retrieval Journal</i>, 2023 IF: 1.7; expected first IF under new name in 2026; Indexed in DOAJ, Web of Science’s Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Scopus with a CiteScore 2024 of 3.2) is an open-access journal and part of the
<u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA059f6d11-5e9d-f629-d83c-2e82c096661f" href="https://link.springer.com/brands/discover">Discover journal series</a></u>, focused on fast submission and review processes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Submission Deadline:</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> March 31, 2026. If you need more time, feel free to contact us as we may be flexible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">How to Submit (here <u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAc365b848-bad4-e6ed-930b-39de70bf7ac5" href="https://link.springer.com/journal/10791/submission-guidelines">guidelines</a></u>):</span></div>
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During submission, you can select this Collection from the drop-down menu in step 3.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">All submissions are subject to <i>Discover Computing</i>
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journal policies. If accepted for publication, an <u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA3acabf1a-cf66-4cd0-ff2b-51155b2dadc7" href="https://link.springer.com/journal/10791/how-to-publish-with-us#Fees%20and%20Funding">article processing
charge</a></u> applies (with a <u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAb60525cc-6229-7c16-a6ef-1e5d2776ade8" href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/policies/journal-policies">standard waiver policy</a></u>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">For more details or questions, feel free to reach out. Also, kindly share this invitation with colleagues who might be interested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We look forward to your contributions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Guest Editors: Giorgio Valentini, Mauricio Abel Soto Gomez (mauricio.soto@unimi.it), Jessica Gliozzo (jessica.gliozzo@gmail.com)</span></div>
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