Publication: The contribution articles, based on the SDANCA-26 talks are invited for submission to a joint focus collection between Physica Scripta and Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, entitled "Focus on nuclear shapes and symmetries as probes of fundamental properties of matter" and published after passing the regular peer review procedure. The submitted manuscripts should be complete and comprehensive articles related to the Workshop topics and meeting the quality standards of the both journals. The authors are free to choose to which of the two journals their articles will be submitted. While the accepted manuscripts will appear as regular articles in the chosen journal all they will be linked to the focus collection web page. The submission deadline is 31-st of January 2027. More details are given on the Focus collection page.