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Advances in Powerplant Technologies for Decarbonization in Transportation and Industrial Sectors submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8507 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8145 | 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 , and Taku Fujiyama
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7334 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7023 | 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 6588 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6432 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6410 | 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 and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6216 | 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) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6105 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5715 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional food; novel food; bioactivity; food supplementation; nutraceuticals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)
Advances in Internet of Things (IoT) Security: Challenges and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5301 | Submission Open
Keywords: cyber-security; smart-city; human relationships; relational contexts; meta-analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Feature Review Papers in Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5176 | 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)
Smart Grids and Batteries for Sustainable Power Energy System
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4928 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4490 | 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 and Amira Mouakher
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4271 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4248 | 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 4051 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; detection; prevention; generative AI; supervised learning; unsupervised learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Design of Aircraft
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3429 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3404 | 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)
Anticancer Drugs: New Developments and Discoveries submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3360 | 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)
Smart Materials and Multifunctional Mechanical Metamaterials
edited by Chengjun Zeng, Fei Pan and Xiaozhou Xin
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3333 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3215 | 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)
Feature Review Papers in Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3162 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanical engineering; tribology; materials; manufacturing; mechatronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Precision Measurement Technology
edited by , and Samanta Piano
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3043 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3010 | Submission Open
Keywords: orthodontics; clear aligners; TSADs; CBCT; three-dimensional tooth movement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)
Application and Development of New Materials and Intelligent Technologies in Civil Engineering Construction
edited by Ke Sheng, , Shengtao Zhou and Dongxing Wang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2754 | 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
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2545 | 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 and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2295 | 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 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2223 | 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)
Topical Advisory Panel Members' Collection Series: Waste Reuse, Recycling, and Recovery—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2015 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular economy; extractive metallurgy; metallurgical residues recovery; secondary raw materials; waste management; slag; dusts; sludges; skims; dross; cement and concrete; asphalt; exhaust salts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Advances in Computer Vision and Digital Image Processing
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2007 | 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)
Advanced Geotechnical Engineering Technology and Application in Environmental Detection
edited by , Ling Ji and Yuqing Xia
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1819 | Submission Open
Keywords: geotechnical monitoring technology; environmental adaptability; environmental testing; tunnels; slopes; buildings; standards
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
New Insights into Astronomy and Astrophysics
edited by Chenhui Niu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1806 | Submission Open
Keywords: astronomical instument; astronomical technology; astrometry; telescopes; digital backends; analog signal system; numerical simulation; RFI; pulsar astronomy; galaxy astronomy; HI 21cm
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
Nondestructive Testing and Metrology for Advanced Manufacturing submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1752 | Submission Open
Keywords: additive manufacturing (AM); powder bed fusion (PBF); directed energy deposition (DED); process monitoring; digital twins; nondestructive testing (NDT); metrology; artificial intelligence (AI); X-ray computed tomography (XCT); synchrotron; tomosynthesis; resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS); swept sine; impulse excitation method (IEM); nonlinear RUS; phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT); binder jetting (BJT)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)
Structural Design of Buildings and Civil Engineering Constructions
edited by Shuling Hu and Ruizhao Zhu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1665 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural design; civil engineering construction; smart technologies; resilient infrastructure; green building
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
New Trends in Slope Stability
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1641 | Submission Open
Keywords: slope stability; multi-field coupling; real-time monitoring; numerical modeling; case studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Electrochemistry and Corrosion of Materials
edited by , Sridhar Niverty, and Lyndi Strange
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1473 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemistry and material degradation; long-term corrosion tests; multimodal corrosion measurements; microscopic electrochemistry: scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) and scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM); scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy (SKPFM); multiphysics modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
Environmental Geotechnical Engineering and Geological Disasters
edited by , Huaxiang Yan, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1431 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental geotechnical engineering; geological disasters; contaminated sites; slope stability; earthquake; sustainable geomaterials; eco-engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
5th Anniversary of 'Marine Science and Engineering' Section—Recent Advances in Marine Science submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1406 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine biotechnology; ocean sustainability; marine engineering; climate change and oceans; marine renewable energy; coastal resilience; aquaculture innovation; marine pollution and remediation; ocean monitoring and modeling; chemical and physical oceanography; sustainable marine resources; blue economy and marine technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)
Real-Time Detection in Additive Manufacturing
edited by Zhuo Yang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1352 | Submission Open
Keywords: real-time monitoring; anormaly detection; in situ data; process control; sensors; modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)
Advances in Autonomous Driving: Detection and Tracking submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1295 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous driving; end-to-end learning; object detection and multi-object tracking; sensor fusion; 3D perception; adverse weather robustness; deep learning for perception; real-time systems; domain adaptation; cross-modal learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
Mechanical Properties of Concrete: Advances, Applications and Challenges
edited by Linfei Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1260 | Submission Open
Keywords: mixed-design optimization; durability; sustainability; innovative testing methods; material characterization; field testing and applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Design, Fabrication and Applications of Steel Structures
edited by Jie Wang and Fengjiang Qin
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1250 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced materials; structural design; fabrication technology; additive manufacturing; structural performance; sustainable construction; steel-concrete composite structures; digitalization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Advances in Phytochemicals: Extraction, Isolation, and Identification submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1202 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant natural products; extraction methods; isolation and purification; structure elucidation; nuclear magnetic resonance; mass spectrometry; circular dichroism; X-ray crystallography; spectroscopy; chromatography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)
Recent Developments in Condition Assessment and Maintenance Strategies for Road Infrastructure Networks submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1177 | Submission Open
Keywords: assessment of pavement condition in terms of quality and safety; development of and improvement in pavement management systems; short-term and long-term pavement performance monitoring and modeling; pavement management strategies at both project and network levels; rehabilitation and preservation techniques for pavements; novel materials and technologies for pavement preventive maintenance; pavement life cycle assessment; methods for enhancing pavement resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Risk Assessment for Hazards in Infrastructures submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1144 | Submission Open
Keywords: infrastructure vulnerabilities; resilience; multi-hazard risk assessment; response and recovery planning; inspection and monitoring; financial sustainability of infrastructures; life-cycle cost estimation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Latest Research on Geotechnical Engineering—2nd Edition
edited by Bangbiao Wu, Xia Bian and Yingchun Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1141 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanical behavior of geomaterials; geotechnical challenges in urbanization; sustainable geotechnics; geomaterial– structure interaction; climate change and geotechnics; numerical and analytical modeling; risk assessment and management; geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation; advanced testing and characterization of geomaterials; energy geotechnics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Phytochemicals in Food By-Products: From Bioactive Compounds to Sustainable Utilization
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1130 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytochemicals; food by-products; bioactive compounds; sustainable utilization; extraction techniques; health benefits
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)
Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0: 3rd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1108 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart manufacturing; intelligent manufacturing; Industry 4.0; digital manufacturing; digital metrology; intelligent support systems; manufacturing process control; smart quality assurance; intelligent inspection; predictive and prescriptive maintenance; model-based prognostics; vision systems; collaborative robots; manufacturing health management; artificial intelligence for manufacturing processes; big data analytics; sensor information; digital twins; manufacturing virtualization and simulation; self-configuration and self-diagnosis; Internet of Things; self-optimization models; scheduling and sequencing; blockchain technology; resource efficiency; circular economy tracking; autonomy; autonomous vehicles; drones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Advanced Technologies and Applications of Microwave and Millimeter Wave
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1039 | Submission Open
Keywords: microwave technology millimeter wave; technology telecommunications; defense systems; high-speed wireless networks; high-resolution imaging automotive radar; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things (IoT)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)
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