Applied Sciences

Multi-Objective Optimization: Techniques and Applications

edited by Douglas Alexandre Gomes Vieira and Lisboa Adriano Chaves

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 29006 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-objective optimization; decision making; deterministic optimization; combinatorial optimization; linear optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Resource Utilization of Agricultural Wastes

edited by

Tarek Rouissi

, Selma Etteieb and Moncef Chouaibi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 23128 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial and agricultural residues; biotechnology; environmental chemistry; bioprocess engineering; bioenergy; bioplastics; biopolymers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Applied Electronics and Functional Materials

edited by

Žydrūnas Kavaliauskas

and Vitas Valincius

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 21187 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied electronics; functional materials; interdisciplinary research; optoelectronics; sensors; energy harvesting; wearable technology; advanced fabrication techniques; hybrid materials; device integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Infrastructure Resilience Analysis

edited by Jianfeng Zhao, Henry Liu and

Jingfeng Yuan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 20829 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy; performance measures; frameworks; optimization approaches; risks and uncertainties; case studies; socio-economic impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing

edited by Asad Abdi and

Farid Meziane

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 20039 | Submission Open

Keywords: automatic speech recognition; natural language understanding; sentiment analysis; machine translation; voice user interfaces; speech-to-text; text-to-speech; dialogue systems; conversational AI; spoken language understanding; language modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Feature Review Papers in ‘Transportation and Future Mobility’ Section

edited by David Fernández-Llorca,

Suchao Xie

and

Nadia Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19731 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation; traffic; future mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Empowering Interactions: Advancing Human-Centred AI for Transparent, Collaborative and Accessible Applications

edited by Ioannis Doumanis and Daphne Economou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19106 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI transparency; human– AI collaboration; user experience optimization; public health AI applications; cognitive AI modelling; trust and security in AI; AI accessibility; AI in governance; child-friendly interface design; biometric AI analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Intelligent Logistics and Supply Chain Systems

edited by

Panagiotis Tsarouhas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17934 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart logistics; E-supply chains; ICT systems; risk management; supply chain network design; green logistics; data analytics; demand forecasting; inventory management; innovation; lean and agile; TQM; sustainability; IoT; big data and robotics; planning and scheduling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Novel Insights into Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Diyuan Li

,

Quanqi Zhu

and

Pengzhi Pan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16690 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; mechanical properties; deformation and fracture; constitutive model; laboratory test; theoretical analysis; numerical simulation; geotechnical engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Cryptography in Data Protection and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies

edited by

Yi-Fan Tseng

and Chun-I Fan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12671 | Submission Open

Keywords: privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs); data protection; cryptographic protocols; multiparty computation; digital signatures; blockchain technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advanced Digital Design and Intelligent Manufacturing

edited by

Jozef Svetlík

,

Rudolf Jánoš

and Ján Semjon

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11883 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced digital design; intelligent manufacturing; automation; robotics; Industry 4.0; 3D printing; sustainable manufacturing; digital twin; CNC machines; computer aided design (CAD)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Recent Advances in Geochemistry

edited by

Ningqiang Liu

and

Qingjie Gong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11364 | Submission Open

Keywords: resource prospecting; element behavior and migration mechanism; ecological risk assessment; geo-health; source tracing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

5th Anniversary of Aerospace Science and Engineering Section—Recent Advances in Aerospace

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9953 | Submission Open

Keywords: aircraft; engine; propulsion; aerodynamics; flight control; astrodynamics; space science; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)

Application of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics in Aerospace

edited by Yue Zhang and Zhenlong Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9720 | Submission Open

Keywords: supersonic flow; hypersonic flow; flow control; propulsion; shock wave; aerodynamics; scramjet; ramjet

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)

Current Trends in Food Microbiology: Food Fermentation, Safety, and Production

edited by

Batrinou Anthimia

and Spyros Konteles

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9683 | Submission Open

Keywords: food microbiology; food fermentation; microbiome; pathogen detection; food safety; food preservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Advances in Acoustic Emission Technique: Tests Interpretation and Numerical Simulations

edited by

Giuseppe Lacidogna

and

Ignacio Iturrioz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9585 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage; nondestructive testing; wave propagations; acoustic emission; fracture mechanics; numerical simulations; mechanics theory and modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)

Earthquake Engineering: Geological Impacts and Disaster Assessment

edited by Abbas Abbaszadeh Shahri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9511 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake engineering; geological impacts; disaster assessment; prediction model; computational approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Manufacturing Processes: Technologies and Applications

edited by

Gustavo H. S. F. L. Carvalho

,

Ivan Galvão

and

Rui Manuel Leal

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9099 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; solid-state welding; impact welding processes; explosive welding; magnetic pulse welding; diffusion bonding; advanced fusion welding processes; powder metallurgy/sintering; machining; numerical modelling and simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Communication Networks: From Technology, Methods to Applications

edited by

Mirosław Klinkowski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8997 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical networks; wireless communication; 5G/6G technologies and applications; access; aggregation; and core networks; cloud computing; edge computing; data-center networking; network security; network optimization; machine learning and data analytics in networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Methods, Applications and Developments in Biomedical Informatics: 2nd Edition

edited by

Giorgio Leonardi

and

Enno van der Velde

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8915 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; data mining/machine learning; clinical guidelines; decision support and therapy improvement; business process management/process mining; health data acquisition and analysis; healthcare information systems/knowledge representation/reasoning; medical imaging and pattern recognition; architectures and technologies for telehealth; medical signal and data processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advances in Powerplant Technologies for Decarbonization in Transportation and Industrial Sectors

edited by

Pedro Piqueras

and

Joaquin de la Morena

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8576 | Submission Open

Keywords: decarbonized powertrains; fuel cells; batteries; hybridization; emission control; exhaust after-treatment systems; catalysts formulation; advanced combustion; low-carbon fuels; on-board diagnostics; CO2 capture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Deep Learning for Signal Processing Applications-2nd Edition

edited by

Valentina Emilia Balas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8329 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; signal processing; object detection; image reconstruction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advancing Public Transport and Urban Infrastructures for Micro-Mobility in Sustainable Cities

edited by

Sebastian Seriani

,

Fernandes Vicente

and Taku Fujiyama

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7465 | Submission Open

Keywords: equity; accessibility; and sustainability; service-level analysis; intermodality; and railway infrastructure; inclusive design and universal accessibility in public transport; crowd management and public space; spatial analysis of mobility and big data; the use of innovative technologies and methodologies; urban environment and mobility challenges; public policies in sustainable mobility; strategies for the promotion of public and non-motorized transport; the resilience of public transport systems and urban infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Mechanical Properties and Characterization Technologies of Composite Materials

edited by

Sebastiano Candamano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7207 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural fibers; fiber-reinforced mortars and concrete; textile-reinforced mortars (TRMs); harsh exposure; FRCM; 3D printing; supplementary cementitious materials; nanomaterials and nanocomposites; unconventional reinforcement; recycled aggregates; waste; self-healing mortar and concrete; smart/multifunctional composite; self-sensing composites; alkali-activated materials; geopolymers; building materials; calcium sulfoaluminate binders; cementitious composites; hybrid binders; calcinated clays; fly ash; blast furnace slag; natural pozzolans; waste management; immobilization of toxic wastes; foamed and lightweight concretes; mortars; grouts and renders; reinforced concrete; precast concrete; corrosion; durability; environmental assessment; materials processing; rheology; performance-based specifications; activators; additives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

Monitoring, Diagnosis, Analysis, and Control of Stability in Power Systems

edited by Ningning Ma and Lei Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7021 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system stability; frequency stability; transient stability; voltage stability; wideband oscillation; stability monitoring; stability diagnosis; stability analysis; stability control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence on the Edge for Industry 4.0

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6667 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0 and beyond; smart manufacturing and automation; digital twins; augmented and virtual reality; cybersecurity in Industry 4.0; blockchain technology; sustainable manufacturing; human-machine collaboration; additive manufacturing; Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation of manufacturing; collaborative robots (cobots); education; innovation and change management in the industrial sector; data science; artificial intelligence and machine learning; deep learning; explainable AI and trustworthiness; computer vision; supply chain optimization; quality control and defect detection; energy management and optimization; robotics and automation; natural language processing for customer service; fraud detection and prevention; cybersecurity and threat detection; big data analytics for industry; optimization of industrial processes; precision agriculture; predictive maintenance Internet of Things and Industrial Internet of Things; smart cities and IoT; industrial automation and the IIoT; IoT-enabled smart homes; IoT and environmental monitoring; IoT and supply chain management; IoT and cybersecurity in industrial environments; IoT analytics and machine learning; 5G and the IoT; IoT and IIoT connectivity technologies and standards; IoT and IIoT interoperability and integration with legacy systems and protocols; cloud and edge computing; edge computing use cases and applications across different industries; cloud and edge security challenges and solutions; distributed systems and data management in the cloud and at the edge; edge computing hardware and software platforms and their integration with the cloud; cloud and edge performance and scalability challenges and solutions; edge computing architectures and their integration with cloud providers; edge computing and cloud computing interoperability and integration; edge computing and cloud computing for real-time and mission-critical applications; fog computing and its relationship to cloud and edge computing; edge computing for mobile and wireless networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency

edited by

Jingguang Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6552 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield; crop nutrition; fertilizer use

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Biomechanics and Technology in Sports

edited by

Toni Modric

and

Sime Versic

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6430 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports biomechanics; movement assessment; sports technology; athletic performance; wearable sensors; motion analysis; kinematics; kinetics; data-driven training; performance enhancement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Sustainable Mobility and Transportation (SMTS 2025)

edited by

Dogossy Gábor

and

Szabolcs Kocsis Szürke

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6394 | Submission Open

Keywords: vehicle development; diagnostics and testing; materials technology; autonomous vehicle; fuels and lubricants; electromobility; mobility and society; AI and control; manufacturing technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Functional Foods and Their Impact on Human Health: From Mechanisms to Applications

edited by

Ewelina Zielińska

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5835 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional food; novel food; bioactivity; food supplementation; nutraceuticals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Feature Review Papers in Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Francesco Cappello

,

Alessandra Maria Vitale

and

Stefano Burgio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5745 | Submission Open

Keywords: histology; embryology; microscopic anatomy; tissue bioengineering; bioinformatics; regenerative medicine; biomaterials; translational bioengineering; personalized medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Advances in Internet of Things (IoT) Security: Challenges and Applications

edited by

Hoon Ko

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5699 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber-security; smart-city; human relationships; relational contexts; meta-analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Smart Grids and Batteries for Sustainable Power Energy System

edited by

Rajesh Karki

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5029 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grids; battery storage; sustainable energy; renewable integration; energy efficiency; grid stability; system reliability; infrastructural and operational resilience; digital communication; automation in energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)

Current Technological, Methodological, and Organizational Research Trends in the Construction Industry, Third Edition

edited by

Bożena Hoła

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4866 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction industry; automation and robotization of construction processes; technological and organizational solutions; controlling executive processes; investment process; occupational safety; risks and hazards; safety management; sustainable development; management in construction; diagnostic of building structures; construction waste management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Machine Learning and Its Application for Anomaly Detection

edited by

Naeem Ayoub

and Amira Mouakher

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4501 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; explainable AI (XAI); time-series analysis; generative AI; predictive maintenance; cybersecurity; industrial monitoring; healthcare analytics; real-time systems; federated learning; privacy-preserving machine learning; image anomaly detection; edge computing; cloud-based detection; outlier detection; adaptive detection systems and industrial IoTs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Occupational Well-Being: Enhancing Safety and Ergonomics in the Work Environment

edited by

Anna Dąbrowska

and

Małgorzata Okrasa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4307 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational safety and health; smart personal protective equipment; smart working environment; internet of things; cyber-physical system; Industry 4.0/Industry 5.0; wearables; smart materials; AR/MR/VR/XR

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Machine Learning and AI Techniques for Intrusion Detection and Prevention

edited by Pierre Parrend

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4242 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; detection; prevention; generative AI; supervised learning; unsupervised learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Anticancer Drugs: New Developments and Discoveries

edited by

Ana C. Henriques

and

Patrícia M. A. Silva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3775 | Submission Open

Keywords: anticancer drugs; mechanisms of drug resistance; targeted therapy; drug delivery systems; nanotechnology in cancer treatment; cancer immunotherapy; drug toxicity and safety; computational drug repositioning; bioinformatics in oncology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Multidisciplinary Collaborative Design of Aircraft

edited by

Baigang Mi

and

Wei Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3556 | Submission Open

Keywords: multidisciplinary design; coupling optimization; intelligent design; inverse design; high fidelity; high efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)

Advanced Research in Structures and Rocks in Geotechnical Engineering: 2nd Edition

edited by

Roohollah Kalatehjari

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3554 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; rock mechanics; soil mechanics; foundation engineering; slop stability; computational geotechnics; landslides

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Smart Materials and Multifunctional Mechanical Metamaterials

edited by Chengjun Zeng, Fei Pan and Xiaozhou Xin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3481 | Submission Open

Keywords: stimuli-responsive materials; shape-memory polymers; bio-inspired composites; mechanical metamaterials; energy absorption; smart structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)

In Situ and Laboratory Tests for Analysis and Application in Soil Mechanics

edited by

Antonio Cavallaro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3341 | Submission Open

Keywords: in situ tests; laboratory tests; soil mechanics; calculation models; earthquake hazards; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Precision Measurement Technology

edited by

Mohammed A. Isa

,

Mingyu Liu

and Samanta Piano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3266 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision measurement; metrology; measurement; measurement systems; optical measurement; coordinate measurement; surface measurement; accuracy; smart sensors; quality control; precision engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Trends and Prospects of Orthodontic Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jong-Moon Chae

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3238 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthodontics; clear aligners; TSADs; CBCT; three-dimensional tooth movement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

Feature Review Papers in Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Ruggiero

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3237 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical engineering; tribology; materials; manufacturing; mechatronics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Application and Development of New Materials and Intelligent Technologies in Civil Engineering Construction

edited by Ke Sheng,

Xin Liu

, Shengtao Zhou and Dongxing Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2834 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering construction; new materials; intelligent technologies; sustainable construction; tunnel engineering; slope stabilization; intelligent monitoring systems; numerical simulation; green construction materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Soil Liquefaction in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Yu Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2614 | Submission Open

Keywords: liquefaction; earthquake; shear waves; seismic hazard; centrifuge modeling; liquefaction evaluation; numerical simulation; data mining; high overburden stress; geological age; porewater pressure; bender element test; static cone penetration test; standard penetration tests

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

A Geotechnical Study on Landslides: Challenges and Progresses

edited by

Haijia Wen

and

Zhongqiang Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2387 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; infrastructure resilience; civil engineering; water conservancy engineering; road and railway engineering; landslide remediation; numerical modeling; remote sensing; risk management; disaster mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Biotechnology in Animals

edited by

Kristina Gvozdanović

,

Ivona Djurkin Kušec

and

Dubravko Škorput

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2265 | Submission Open

Keywords: biotechnology; livestock; genetic improvement of livestock; genetically modified animals; gene editing; comparative genomics and biodiversity; reproductive biotechnologies; disease resistance; therapeutic proteins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Advances in Computer Vision and Digital Image Processing

edited by

Panayiotis Vlamos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2110 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; digital image processing; deep learning; object detection; image segmentation; generative AI; medical imaging; scene understanding; multimodal data fusion; embedded vision systems; human– computer interaction; real-time image analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

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