Applied Sciences

Decision-Making and Decision Support Systems: Methods and Applications

edited by Georgia Dede and Thomas Kamalakis

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11763 | Submission Open

Keywords: decision-making; decision support systems; artificial intelligence; uncertain decisions; DSS evaluation; operational research; management science; risk management; cognitive science

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

Advances in Air Pollution Detection and Air Quality Research

edited by

Mihaela Tinca Udriștioiu

,

Silvia Puiu

and

Liliana Velea

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11281 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; measurement techniques; sensor networks; air quality monitoring; community; air quality predictions; datasets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in Green Coal Mining Technologies

edited by

Shengrong Xie

and

Dongdong Chen

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 10873 | Submission Open

Keywords: green mining; non-pillar mining; narrow pillar of extra-thick coal seam; end-mining coal pillar; sustainable mining; high-efficiency gas extraction; separated strata grouting; ecological restoration; solid waste high-efficiency utilization; water resources protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Sensory Evaluation and Flavor Analysis in Food Science

edited by

Katarzyna Świąder

, Anna Piotrowska and

Sylwia Żakowska-Biemans

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10697 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensory evaluation; flavor analysis; food science; expert evaluation; consumer assessment; sensory characteristic; functional food; novel food

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

Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibration

edited by

Giovanni Iarriccio

and

Matteo Strozzi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9852 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear dynamics; vibrations; bifurcation; stability; nonlinear interaction; continuous systems; multi-degree of freedom systems; periodic structures; experimental methods

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

Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Advanced Polymeric and Amorphous Materials

edited by

Nektarios Nasikas

and

Dionysis E. Mouzakis

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9844 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymeric materials; amorphous materials; mechanical properties; thermal properties; extreme environments; novel polymeric material synthesis; polymeric and amorphous material applications

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

Paleoseismology and Disaster Prevention

edited by Shaopeng Dong, Zhongyuan Yu and

Yanxiu Shao

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9424 | Submission Open

Keywords: paleoseismology; disaster prevention; active tectonics; hazard assessment; earthquake prediction; natural disaster chains; seismic risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Applied Biomaterials for Dental Implantology: Researches and Applications

edited by

Paolo Carosi

and

Claudia Lorenzi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9350 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer-guided surgery; navigation surgery; robotic surgery; digital implantology; bone regeneration; soft tissue augmentation

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

Intelligent Techniques and 3D Virtual Reconstruction for Architectural Heritage

edited by

Federico Luis Del Blanco García

,

Luis Javier Sánchez Aparicio

and

Rafael Martín Talaverano

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9216 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling (BIM/HBIM); digital twin; 3D reconstruction; 3D modelling; virtual reality; augmented reality; artificial intelligence; point clouds; NURBS modelling; architectural heritage; smart technologies; heritage conservation; computational design

Cosmetics Ingredients Research—3rd Edition

edited by Anna Waszkielewicz

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 9073 | Submission Open

Keywords: cosmetics ingredients; skin; permeation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Antennas for Next-Generation Electromagnetic Applications

edited by

Giada M. Battaglia

,

Navid Ghavami

, Sabrina Zumbo, Eliana Canicattì and Eleonora Razzicchia

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8904 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna synthesis; artificial intelligence-driven antenna design; adaptive and smart antenna arrays; antenna miniaturization and energy efficiency; biomedical antennas and wearables; deep learning-based optimization; metasurfaces and metamaterials; near-field wireless communications; integrated sensing and communications; 6G antenna systems

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

Recent Advances in Manufacturing and Machining Processes

edited by

Ivan Peko

and

Rogante Massimo

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8825 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced manufacturing; non-conventional machining; advanced materials; smart manufacturing; additive manufacturing; artificial intelligence; modeling and optimization; Industry 4.0/5.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Fluid Mechanics Analysis

edited by Valente Hernández-Pérez

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8759 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluid flow; fluid dynamics; multiphase flow; computational fluid dynamics; rheology; fluid structure interaction; aerospace; heat transfer; biofluids; microfluid; nanofluids; pipe flow; bubble dynamics; turbulence

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

Research Progress on LLMs (Large Language Models): Catastrophic Forgetting, Alignment and Safety and Hallucinations

edited by Hwan-Seung Yong

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8717 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language models; catastrophic forgetting; alignment & safety; hallucinations

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

AI Technology and Security in Cloud/Big Data

edited by

Jisu Park

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8250 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud; big data; AI; security; application technology

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

Application of Polymer Materials in Optical Fiber Technology and Photonics

edited by

Malgorzta Gil-Kowalczyk

and Paweł Mergo

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7817 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fibers; photonics; polymer materials; thermal and spectroscopic analysis; optical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Mapping and Localization for Intelligent Vehicles in Urban Canyons

edited by Xiwei Bai

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7703 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS positioning; high-definition map; urban canyons

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

Cereal-Based Food Processing and Nutritional Quality: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Dorota Teterycz

,

Anna Wirkijowska

and

Piotr Zarzycki

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7486 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereal-based food; food processing; nutritional quality; chemical composition of food; health properties of food; innovative technology; bioactive substances

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

Evolutionary Computation in Biomedical Signal Processing

edited by

Hari Mohan Rai

and

Eva H. Dulf

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 7312 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical signals; evolutionary computation; natural selection; genetic algorithms; machine learning; biomedical data analysis; personalized medicine; signal processing; real-time analysis; medical diagnosis

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

Data Science for Human Health Monitoring with Smart Sensors

edited by

Lisbeth Rodríguez Mazahua

and

Asdrúbal López Chau

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7164 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; deep learning; machine learning; data science; smart sensors; wearable sensors; human health monitoring

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

Novel Approaches for Water Resources Assessment

edited by

Ilinca Cornel

, Negisa Darajeh and

Shahabaldin Rezania

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6877 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources engineering; water management; water footprint; hydrology; hydroscience; hydroenergy; ecohydrology; computational methods in water resources; hydrological and hydrometeorological modeling; machine learning approaches; statistical modeling; probabilistic approach; extreme events

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in Automation and Controls of Agri-Food Systems

edited by

Claudio Perone

and

Roberto Romaniello

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6861 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture modeling; automation; wireless sensor network and IoT; smart sensors and actuators; strategy for resource use efficiency; control and energy optimization; decision support systems; machine vision systems; AG-robotics; autonomous guidance

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

Inspection and Monitoring Techniques for Bridges and Civil Structures, 2nd Edition

edited by Steve C.S. Cai

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6743 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-contact inspection; artificial intelligence; digital techniques and equipment; structure inspection; damage detection; computer vision-based techniques; structural health monitoring; smart sensing technology; structure condition assessment; repair; retrofitting; and rehabilitation of structures; innovative materials and technology for structure repair

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Research on Microplastics, Human Exposure and Food Safety

edited by

Kornelia Kadac-Czapska

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6659 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics contamination; food safety; human health; exposure routes; estimation of intake; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Machine Learning for Object Detection and Scene Description in Images and Videos

edited by Marcin Iwanowski,

Sungho Kim

and

Zhaoqing Pan

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6375 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; scene description; object detection; image segmentation; semantic segmentation; image captioning; video summarizing; robot vision; action recognition

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

Identification and Measurement of Displacements and Deformations of Engineering Structures: 2nd Edition

edited by

Boštjan Kovačić

,

Rinaldo Paar

and

Ján Erdélyi

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6053 | Submission Open

Keywords: displacement; deformation measurement; vibration monitoring; contactless vision-based monitoring; monitoring systems; geodetic monitoring: structural monitoring and geo-monitoring; modal natural frequencies; structural health monitoring (SHM); finite element method (FFT); fast Fourier transformation (FFT); geodetic instruments (TS; RTS; IATS; IASTS; GNSS; TLS; LIDAR); sensors (accelerometers; LVDT; clinometers; strain gauges; vibrometers; speedometers; tilt sensors); ground-based radar interferometry; low-cost sensors; techniques for online real-time system condition monitoring; spatial data analysis; experimental and in situ measurements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Application of Biomechanics in Sports Science

edited by

Fábio Juner Lanferdini

, Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga and

Cosme Franklim Buzzachera

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6038 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports; athletes; biomechanics; adaptation; performance; injury; kinematic; kinetic; dynamometry; electromyography; ultrasonography

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

Recent Advances in Artificial and Natural Antioxidants for Food

edited by

Monica Gallo

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5923 | Submission Open

Keywords: oxidation; free radicals; beneficial effects; rancidity; browning; alteration of aroma; food waste; circular economy; nanotechnology; extraction techniques

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

Emerging Lithium‐Ion Batteries: Design, Characterization, and Applications

edited by

Davide Clerici

and

Francesco Mocera

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5913 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion cell design; computation modelling of lithium-ion batteries; experimental testing for lithium-ion batteries; mechanics of lithium-ion batteries; EIS; innovative applications for lithium-ion batteries; in situ testing; SOH estimation; remaining useful life estimation; AI modelling of lithium-ion batteries

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

Fiber-Reinforced Concrete: Recent Progress and Future Directions

edited by Rubén-Daniel López-Carreño and

Pablo Pujadas Álvarez

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5859 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC); fiber materials (synthetic; natural; recycled); crack control; toughness; and ductility of concrete; durability and resilience; ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); sustainable construction materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Recent Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Structures

edited by

Fernando Ávila

, María Esther Puertas García and

Chiara Bedon

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5569 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction materials; sustainable structures; earth-based materials; green technologies; construction recycling; materials characterization; computational methods; sustainable structural design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Application of Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain for Smart Systems

edited by

Joao C Ferreira

and

Bjørn Jæger

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5339 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); data science; smart systems; federated learning; blockchain; explainable AI (XAI); decision-making systems; AI security and privacy; AI-driven healthcare; smart energy management; AI for logistics and transportation

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

Spatial Data and Technology Applications

edited by

Dongmei Chen

,

Yongmei Lu

and Lu Wang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5232 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial analysis; geographic information systems; decision-making; urban planning; healthcare; epidemiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Titanium and Its Compounds: Properties and Innovative Applications

edited by

Aleksandra Radtke

and

Adrian Topolski

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5125 | Submission Open

Keywords: titanium; titanium alloys; titanium (IV) coordination compounds; composites; nanomaterials; properties; applications

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

Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing Techniques

edited by Jie Yang

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5038 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language models; machine reading comprehension; information retrieval; text mining; language generation; machine translation; multilingual systems; chain of thought; retrieval-augmented generation; DL-based techniques and tools for NLP

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

Digitalization of Cultural Heritage with Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning and Deep Learning Solutions

edited by

Marcello La Guardia

,

Valentina Bonora

and

Andrea Masiero

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4972 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; TLS; photogrammetry; machine learning; deep learning

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

Innovative Approaches and Tools for Healthcare and Medical Applications

edited by

Cristina Veres

and

Adrian Gligor

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4945 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare technology; medical applications; artificial intelligence; personalized medicine; telemedicine; diagnostic; imaging technology; sensor technologies; healthcare innovation

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

Multiscale Heat and Mass Transfer and Artificial Intelligence

edited by Guice Yao,

Chuang Wen

and

Jin Zhao

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4934 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; heat transfer; multiscale modelling; multidisciplinary energy conversion; temperature reconstruction; flow dynamics; physics-informed neural network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Thermal Engineering)

IoT Technology and Information Security

edited by

Beibei Li

, Jianbing Ni, Yuling Liu and Ming Zhao

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4592 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; information security; cyberthreats against the IoT; vulnerability

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

Advances in High-Performance Buildings: Comfort, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Opportunities

edited by

Franco Cotana

, Veronica Lucia Castaldo and

Ilaria Pigliautile

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4385 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor and outdoor comfort; energy efficiency; environmental impact; renewable energies; PtX; LCA; CFD; dynamic simulation; microclimate mitigation; multiphysic analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Medical Data Analytics

edited by Rui Fonseca-Pinto

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4301 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical data analysis; radiomics; predictive models; telemedicine

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

AI-Based Biomedical Signal Processing—2nd Edition

edited by

Agnese Sbrollini

and

Aurora Saibene

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4293 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; biomedical signal processing; filtering and denoising; machine and deep learning; clinical decision-support systems; cognitive computing; computer vision; interpretability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Application of Electromagnetic Prospecting in Civil and Environmental Engineering

edited by

Haiyan Yang

and Shuanggui Hu

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4260 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric and electromagnetic measurement methods; applications in civil and environmental engineering; artificial intelligence; machine learning; and deep learning; data processing; simulation; inversion; and interpretation

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

Affective Computing for Human–Computer Interactions

edited by Cristina Luna-Jiménez and

Manuel Gil-Martín

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4250 | Submission Open

Keywords: affective computing; emotion recognition; sign language recognition and translation; trustworthiness recognition; multimodal perceptual models; human– computer interaction; sensor and wearable devices; dialogue systems; generative models; natural language processing

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

Advances in Food Analysis and Processing

edited by

Joanna Maria Klepacka

and

Marta Czarnowska-Kujawska

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4244 | Submission Open

Keywords: food; processing; analysis; nutritional value; safety; consumers

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

New Materials and Procedures for the Preservation-Restoration of Ancient Artifacts

edited by

Ion Sandu

and

Rodica Mariana Ion

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4225 | Submission Open

Keywords: historical artefacts; archaeometry; archeology; architectural monuments; conservation state; degradation; deterioration; preservation; restauration; scientific investigation; compatibility; feasibility; authentication; patrimonial evaluation; valorization; museums; nanomaterials; cleaning; consolidation; coatings; protective layers/protective films; binders; pigments; alloys; ceramics; stone; glass; wood; composites materials; easel paintings; wall paintings; statues; mosaics; stained glass; textiles; skin; parchment; paper (cellulosic support); natural and synthetic polymers; concrete; mortar

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

State-of-the-Art Structural Health Monitoring Application

edited by

Mario De Oliveira

,

Donato Perfetto

and Jozue Vieira Filho

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3635 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); AI/machine learning; sensing technology; real-time SHM systems; embedded systems for SHM; digital twins; rotor systems; EOV/wind turbine; remaining useful life methods; IoT solutions for SHM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Developing Urban Resilience Through Environmental and Earth Sciences

edited by

Tiantian Gu

and

Dezhi Li

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3504 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; environment resilience; smart city; community engagement; infrastructure resilience; urban policy; built environment; urban renewal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Innovative Applications of Big Data and Cloud Computing, 2nd Edition

edited by

Chao-Tung Yang

and

Chen-Kun Tsung

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3374 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; cloud computing; innovation service design; practical platform implementation

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

Communication Technology for Smart Mobility Systems

edited by

Kyounghee Lee

and

Christos J. Bouras

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3310 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart mobility; mobility as a service (MaaS); autonomous vehicle; V2X communications; intelligent transport system (ITS); shared mobility; connected car; low-latency communications

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

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