Applied Sciences

Advances in Applied Geophysics for Environmental Monitoring and Cultural Heritage

edited by

Sabrina Grassi

,

Sebastiano Imposa

and

Claudia Pirrotta

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 480 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied geophysics; cultural heritage preservation; environmental monitoring; non-invasive investigation techniques; geophysical data integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Switched Systems: Modeling, Analysis, and Applications

edited by Elisa Mostacciuolo and

Andrea Ballo

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: switched system; stability; control; hybrid system; switched capacitor

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

Terahertz Imaging Technologies and Applications

edited by Yuping Yang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz imaging; continuous wave imaging; pulsed wave imaging; near-field imaging; computed-tomographic imaging; real-time imaging; biomedicine; agriculture; artworks; security inspection; non-destructive testing

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

Application of Molecular Biology in Parasitology

edited by

Roland Wesołowski

,

Karolina Kot

and

Dawid Jańczak

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular diagnostics; parasitic infections; genotyping; molecular epidemiology; parasite detection; environmental parasitology; food safety; host– parasite interactions; genomics and transcriptomics; molecular techniques in parasitology

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

Natural Products in Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Applications

edited by

Camelia Munteanu

,

Danny N. Dhanasekaran

and

Ciro Isidoro

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open

Keywords: lncRNAs; autophagy; cancer; natural compounds; vitamins; antioxidants

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

Sustainable Recovery of Bioactive Compounds from Food Industry By-Products

edited by Gloria Domínguez-Rodríguez,

José Ignacio Alonso-Esteban

and Stefania Pagliari

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced extractions; green chemistry; food by-products; sustainability; bioactive compounds; green solvents; human health

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

New Insights into Construction Materials: Greener, Smarter and Stronger

edited by

Stamatia Gavela

, Afroditi Ntziouni and

Nikolaos Nikoloutsopoulos

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional properties; durability of building materials; (ultra) high-performance concrete materials and structures; multifunctional/smart concrete; green concrete; incorporation of recycled materials; nanotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Their Applications

edited by Jianquan Wang,

Haiyong Luo

, Zhangchao Ma and Qu Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: data driven; real-time reliable networks; AI empowerment; digital twin; green manufacturing; low-carbon technologies

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

Data-Driven Digital Twin for Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

edited by

Davor Kolar

and

Tihomir Opetuk

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; industrial engineering; data-driven modelling; predictive maintenance; cyber– physical systems; industrial IoT; process optimization; condition monitoring

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

Perspectives in Dynamic Modeling and Control: Applications to Structural Engineering

edited by

Yves Gourinat

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance structures; dynamic modeling; structural control; non-linear models; structural thermodynamic control; active dynamic control

Biomechanics in Human and Animal Movement

edited by

Wanda Górniak

and

René Schwesig

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: human biomechanics; animal biomechanics; locomotion; gait analysis; motion capture; sports performance; injury prevention; rehabilitation; sensors

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

Advanced Design and Control Methods for Magnetic Levitation Systems

edited by Zhizhou Zhang and

Chao Zhai

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic bearings; maglev train; magnetic levitation motor; magnetic levitation vibration isolation platform; magnetic levitation flywheel

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advanced Dielectric Materials for Multifunctional Energy Storage Applications

edited by

Agnieszka Cizman

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: structure– property relationships; multifunctionality; interface engineering; scalable processing methods for next-generation energy storage technologies and their practical integration into devices

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

Recent Advances in Functional Nanomaterials: Discovery, Characterization and Applications

edited by

Andrey Kistanov

and

Alberto Jiménez Suárez

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanostructures; density functional theory; synthesis; semiconductors; optical and solar cells materials

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

New Technologies for Water Quality: Treatment and Monitoring

edited by

Manolia Andredaki

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; advanced treatment technologies; real-time monitoring; emerging contaminants; smart sensors; nanotechnology; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Innovative Biomechanical Methods for Practical Locomotive Assessments

edited by

Hanatsu Nagano

and Hiroaki Kawamoto

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanics; artificial intelligence; locomotive assessment; motion capture; knee osteoarthritis; fall risk; foot pressure; wearable sensors

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

Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials: Recent Advances and Prospects

edited by Randall Scott Williamson

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: patient-specific treatments; bioprinting; surgical planning and training; drug delivery systems; advanced smart materials; auxetic structures; 4D; 5D; and 6D printing; regulartory

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

State-of-the-Art Earth Sciences and Geography in China

edited by

Hua Zhong

and

Difei Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 28 articles | Viewed by 62443 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances in Civil Infrastructures Engineering

edited by

José Neves

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 55055 | Submission Open

Keywords: airfields; artificial intelligence; bridges; buildings; climate changes; dams; decarbonization; environment; extreme events; geotechnics; materials; pavements; railways; research; resilience; roads; society; sustainability; sustainable development goals; transport infrastructures; tunnels

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

State-of-the-Art Agricultural Science and Technology in China

edited by

Xiumin Wang

and

Encai Bao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 37229 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; crop protection; food sciences and food technology; agricultural statistics; agricultural biotechnology; protected agriculture; agricultural machinery; bioinformatics; farm structure; farm power and machinery; irrigation and drainage; engineering of land and water resources; aquaculture and fisheries; renewable energy; agro-industrial engineering; horticultural and greenhouse engineering; pre- and post-harvest engineering; environment and agricultural information technology

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

Measurement and Assessment of Environmental Radioactivity

edited by

Filomena Loffredo

and

Maria Quarto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 32785 | Submission Open

Keywords: radioactivity measuring; radioactivity sources; radiological monitoring; environmental and health impacts of radioactivity radioactive contamination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental 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 27899 | 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 22619 | 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 20514 | 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 19821 | 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 19498 | 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 19236 | 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 18377 | 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 17396 | 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 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16215 | 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 12133 | 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 11300 | 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 10942 | 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)

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 9443 | 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)

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

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9385 | 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)

Earthquake Engineering: Geological Impacts and Disaster Assessment

edited by Abbas Abbaszadeh Shahri

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9334 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil 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 9333 | 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 9181 | 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)

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 8877 | 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 8814 | 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 8516 | 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 8465 | 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 8025 | 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 7254 | 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 6931 | 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 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6476 | 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)

Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency

edited by

Jingguang Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6324 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield; crop nutrition; fertilizer use

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

Artificial Intelligence on the Edge for Industry 4.0

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6247 | 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)

Biomechanics and Technology in Sports

edited by

Toni Modric

and

Sime Versic

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6090 | 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 5919 | 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)

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