Special Issues

Drones publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in UAV Technology
edited by , Peng Wei, William J. Beksi and Dongfang Liu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2042 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; UAV; object detection and tracking; localization and navigation; decision making; planning and control; swarm coordination; geospatial mapping; precision agriculture; environmental monitoring
Application of Drones in Medicine and Healthcare submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: public health; emergency response; mapping of health needs; drone medical deliveries; treatments by UAV; diagnosis by dron; healthcare logistics; UAV economies; drone solution co-design; data rich
Advances of UAV Remote Sensing for Plant Phenology submission deadline 1 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3815 | Submission Open
Keywords: phenology; drone; UAS; UAV; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)
Drones for Natural Hazards submission deadline 16 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15218 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV; drones; hazards; mapping; geographic information science; remote sensing; landslides; floods; wildfires; volcanoes; disasters; relief
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarm-Enabled Edge Computing
edited by , , Qihui Wu, , and
submission deadline 18 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 605 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle swarm; edge computing; energy efficiency; resource allocation; performance analysis; computing security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Technologies and Applications of UAV Channel Models in Communications and Spectrum Awareness submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1575 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV channel model  ; UAV channel sounding  ; UAV ISAC  ; UAV communication  ; UAV spectrum sensing  ; UAV trajectory planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Advances in Autonomous Underwater Drones
edited by , Daxiong Ji, , Pablo Borja, Dena Bazazian and Mohd Hisham Bin Nordin
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open
Feature Papers for Drones in Agriculture and Forestry Section: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: drones for agriculture:; personal remote sensing (PRS); smart farming (crops; dairy; grazing; etc.); site-specific management (SSM) of water; pesticide; fertilizer; etc.; integrated pest management (IPM); phenotyping; yield prediction; environmental emissions (GHG; dust; etc.); water-saving agriculture and irrigation management; applications (crop dusting; seeding; etc.); soil moisture; soil health; soil variability; and carbon-negative practices; smart sensing and smart big data analytics; drones for forestry:; forest fire sensing and management; precision forestry and forestry management; forest mapping and biodiversity; mapping of canopy distribution and gaps; capturing forestry informatics (biomass; stockpile; fuel load; etc.); three-dimensional mapping for carbon storage; tree planting and reforesting with drones; applications (surface fertilizer; growth stimulant; pesticides; etc.); monitoring illegal logging and quarrying (forest security); combating deforestation and desert forestation dynamics; smart sensing and smart big data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)
Embodied Artificial Intelligence Systems for UAVs
edited by and
submission deadline 28 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open
Keywords: edge computing; energy efficiency and real-time performance; hardware acceleration; robustness and privacy; resource management; algorithm hardware codesign
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: On Selected Areas of Quantum Engineering, Internet, Privacy, and Security in Drones
edited by
submission deadline 29 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum internet; quantum communication theory; quantum computing; quantum sensing; quantum codesign over drones; quantum communication protocols; quantum aerial networks; quantum experimental results; quantum prototypes; quantum demonstrations; quantum testbeds; quantum aerial vehicles; quantum theory; quantum aerial communication; quantum navigation; quantum system architectures; quantum drones; quantum repeaters; quantum routing; quantum aerial applications; quantum design principles; quantum-enhanced aerial networks; intelligent quantum methods for drones; quantum entanglement; quantum error techniques; quantum privacy; quantum security; advanced quantum transduction; quantum classification network; federated quantum learning; quantum network; quantum information; quantum computing; quantum technologies; federated quantum learning framework; quantum information-theoretic security; quantum machine learning models; quantum performance metrics; quantum learnable parameters; quantum state; quantum global parameters; quantum entangled state; quantum local training; quantum scheduling algorithm; quantum joint learning; quantum quantization noise; quantum circuit; quantum key distribution; quantum error correction; quantum memory; quantum operations; quantum gates; quantum cryptography; quantum channel; quantum resources; quantum client data; quantum transfer parameters; quantum decoherence; quantum machine learning integration; quantum machine learning algorithms
Recent Advances in Crop Protection Using UAV and UGV submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12098 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop protection; chemical application; remote sensing; intelligent agriculture; forest protection; precision agriculture; agriculture aerial application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)
Physical-Layer Security in Drone Communications
edited by Dongming Li, and Yi Lou
submission deadline 18 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open
Keywords: drone communications; physical-layer security; key generation; drone jitter; beamforming and jamming; trajectory planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Advances in Detection and Tracking Applications for Drones and UAM Systems submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5400 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial systems; urban air mobility; sense and avoid; artificial intelligence; sensor fusion; tracking
Advances in IoT and Wireless Networks of UAVs: State of the Art, Achievements and Perspectives
edited by David Gesbert, Rajeev Gangula, Omid Esrafilian and Satyam Agarwal
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAVs; aerial corridor connectivity; internet of drone things (IoDT); O-RAN; UAV localization and sensing; UAV path planning
Autonomous Flight of Drone: Control, Trajectory Optimization and Mission Planning: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: pilot control; intelligent control; UAV formation control; trajectory optimization; mission planning; autonomous system
Acquisition and Reliability of Geospatial Data from UAV Platforms for Environmental Management and Monitoring submission deadline 20 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV platforms; geospatial data; UAVs with LiDAR; feature extraction; change detection; 3D reconstruction; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)
Advances of UAV in Precision Agriculture submission deadline 25 Dec 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22717 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural UAV; guidance; navigation and control; SLAM; swarm intelligence; remote sensing; crop phenotype awareness; crop and/or water stress assessment; drones for agricultural applications; drones for precision agriculture; precision viticulture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)
Trends in Embodied-Intelligence Unmanned Vehicle Technology and Applications of Intelligent Transport Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open
Keywords: vehicle; unmanned systems; embodied intelligence; agricultural and industrial applications; intelligent transport; autonomous driving; UGV; UAV; SLAM; perception; decision-making; control
Drones for Green Areas, Green Infrastructure and Landscape Monitoring
edited by
submission deadline 26 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision urban agriculture; remote sensing; unmanned aerial vehicles; green areas; image processing; object detection; green infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)
Advances in Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
edited by Yueneng Yang
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9079 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
Honorary Special Issue for Prof. Max F. Platzer submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 23499 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV/μ UAV/MAV/NAV; fixed-wing/rotary-wing/flapping-wing drones; space/marine/aerial/underwater drones; flight dynamics and control; drone design and development; fluid– structure interaction/aeroelasticity/hydroelasticity; bioinspiration and biomimicry; drone development; stability; and manufacturing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
Evidence-Based Drone Innovation & Research for Healthcare submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6616 | Submission Open
Keywords: evidence based; FAIR data; point of care; healthcare drone ontologies; medicine drone delivery; healthcare logistics; UAV for human health; medicine quality; medicine stability; drug packaging; medicine compliance; patient samples
Cybersecure and Trustworthy Deployment of Drones and Autonomous Vehicles submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3194 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence  ; autonomous systems  ; cybersecurity  ; hardware integration  ; signal processing  ; unmanned aerial vehicles  ; vehicle-to-vehicle communications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
UAV-Assisted Intelligent Vehicular Networks 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1648 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); vehicle-to-everything (V2X); vehicular networks; mobile edge computing (MEC)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
UAV Detection, Classification, and Tracking submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV detection; UAV classification; UAV tracking; optical sensors; IR sensors; RF sensors; radars; deep learning
AI-Assisted Control Strategies and Their Applications to the Stabilization, Guidance and Navigation of Drones
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: drone technology; optimal design; drone dynamics; drone navigation; machine learning; design optimization; dynamic modeling; navigation systems; autonomous drones; object detection; collision avoidance; tracking systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
Advances in Cartography, Mission Planning, Path Search, and Path Following for Drones
edited by , and Delia Elena Spridon
submission deadline 20 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open
Keywords: drone; UAV; cartography; path following; mission planning; machine learning; sensor fusion; data acquisition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
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