A Thematic Collection is a collection of articles around a particular theme that will appear in the journal typically within a particular calendar year. There is a deadline for submissions in order for accepted articles to appear within the collection. Submissions are reviewed in the usual way with 2-3 designated guest editors managing the reviews of the entire collection. Accepted articles go through production as usual (one at a time, so there is no delay), but they are ‘tagged’ as belonging to that thematic collection. When published online, articles appear in the regular order but are also identified as belonging to the thematic collection and there is a separate listing for that collection (a virtual special issue). 

Please find full instructions on submitting a thematic collection proposal here.