The IAWA Journal is calling for contributions to a Special Issue on the vast topic of digitizing wood collections. Research articles, reviews, opinion papers, technical notes and papers on data derived from wood collections are welcome. The special issue will comprise papers on all aspects of digitalization： catalogues of individual xylaria and other types of wood collections, new wood anatomical descriptions of xylaria specimens and taxa, databases on functional traits derived from collection material, databases on elemental concentrations, stable isotopes and metabolites in wood derived from xylarium specimens, databasing time series of growth-ring features of curated tree cores and stem discs, databasing 2D and 3D images of wood specimens at different magnifications, including applications of computer vision and artificial intelligence.

The Special Issue will constitute the IAWA Journal Volume 47, Issue 4 (2026), but manuscripts will be published online once accepted. 

Please indicate in the cover letter your wish to be included in this Special Issue. Manuscripts can be submitted to the IAWA Journal at https://www.editorialmanager.com/iawa/default.aspx. Deadline for manuscript submission is June 30th, 2026.