Special Issue

Advances in Spinal Cord Injury – Insights from AIM-SCI 2025

Submission Deadline: 30 Nov 2026

Guest Editors

  • Portrait of Guest Editor Nuno A. Silva

    Nuno A. Silva PhD

    Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

    Interests: spinal cord injury; regenerative medicine; neuroprotection; axonal regeneration; pharmacology; cell therapies; biomaterials

  • Portrait of Guest Editor Susana Monteiro

    Susana Monteiro PhD

    Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

    Interests: neuroimmunology; immunomodulation; microglia; myeloid cells; sympathetic nervous system; spinal cord injury

  • Portrait of Guest Editor Belém Sampaio-Marques

    Belém Sampaio-Marques PhD

    Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal;ICVS/3B's Associate Lab, PT Government Associated Lab, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

    Interests: Parkinson's disease; secretome; stem cells; disease modeling; Parkinson's disease models

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a special issue dedicated to the AIM-SCI 2025 – Azores International Meeting on Spinal Cord Injury.

This issue will highlight the latest research presented at AIM-SCI 2025, by publishing all the accepted abstracts for the meeting. Moreover, submissions are encouraged from all participants of the meeting and may include original research articles, reviews, systematic reviews, short communications, editorials, opinions, and letters to the editor. This special issue will bring together contributions from basic science, translational studies, and clinical research aimed at understanding and improving outcomes in spinal cord injury (SCI).

While the special issue is based on AIM-SCI 2025, submissions from non-participants are also welcome, provided they focus on spinal cord injury. The scope includes (but is not limited to):

  • Mechanisms of SCI and neural repair
  • Neuroprotection and regeneration
  • Inflammation and immune responses in SCI
  • Rehabilitation and functional recovery
  • Neurotechnologies and neuromodulation
  • Translational and clinical studies
  • Preclinical models and therapeutic development

Dr. Nuno A. Silva, Dr. Susana Monteiro and Dr. Belém Sampaio-Marques
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted via our online editorial system at https://imr.propub.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to start your submission. Manuscripts can be submitted now or up until the deadline. All papers will go through peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published in the journal (as soon as accepted) and meanwhile listed together on the special issue website. 

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. Please visit the Instruction for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. There is an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal. For details about the APC please see here. Submitted manuscripts should be well formatted in good English.

Published Papers (2)

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