Advances in Wood and Wood-Based Products
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 March 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editor
Interests: wood products; greener products; timber; engineered wood products; timber buildings; wood construction; wood industrialization; wood industry; wood construction industry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the disorderly consumption of non-renewable materials in manufactured goods and the acceleration of global climate change, there is an urgent need for more sustainable solutions. Based on lignocellulosic bioresources, wood products have emerged as greener alternatives for diversified applications in household and decoration objects, furniture, construction, building parts, musical instruments, sports equipments, toys, and others.
Dr. Victor De Araujo, a top scientist in the field of wood and engineered wood products and professor of wood construction in a postgraduate program in civil engineering, invites scientists and researchers to submit their research on wood and wood products, highlighting advances in wood science, wood engineering, and wood industry. Laboratory studies, case studies, sectoral surveys, populational studies, design science research studies, and systematic literature reviews are welcome. This Special Issue aims to address frontier scientific challenges, focusing on developing innovative technologies for wood industry and designing greener solutions in wood product categories, focus on there applications.
Relevant topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Topics directly related to timber engineering and bioresource engineering;
- Wood characterizations (species, properties, performances, applications, etc.);
- Wood artisanal processing, machining, modification, preservation and reuse;
- Wood industrial processing, machining, modification, preservation and reuse;
- Design, development and production of innovative wood products;
- Design, development and production of new technologies for wood industry;
- Wood product analyses (sectoral survey, case study, review, DSR, etc.);
- Wood industry analyses (sectoral survey, case study, review, DSR, etc.);
Prof. Dr. Victor Almeida De Araújo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- timber
- wood products
- engineered wood products
- wood industrialization
- wood engineering
- wood industry
- wood products chain
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