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Application of Natural Components in Food Production, 2nd Edition

edited by

Barbara Borczak

and

Joanna Kapusta-Duch

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary diet; nutritional patterns; plants; human nutrition; diet-related diseases; food packaging; green chemistry; biopolymers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Recent Development and Emerging Trends in Dental Implants

edited by

SeongYong Moon

and

Jung-Woo Lee

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 889 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental implants; oral cancer; reconstruction

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

Light-Emitting Materials and Devices: Design, Characterization, and Applications of Optoelectronics and Sensing

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 866 | Submission Open

Keywords: light-emitting materials; optoelectronic devices; quantum dots; carbon dots; perovskites; LEDs; optical sensors; photoluminescence

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

The Age of Transformers: Emerging Trends and Applications

edited by

Athanasios Nikolaidis

, Charalampos Strouthopoulos and

George Pavlidis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 864 | Submission Open

Keywords: transformer models; cultural heritage; educational technologies; artificial intelligence; natural language processing; digital humanities; personalized learning; adaptive learning; computational linguistics; machine learning; deep learning; content generation

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

Innovative Remote Sensing Technologies in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Weiping Kong

and

Pantelis E. Barouchas

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 765 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence algorithms; yield estimation; biochemical and biophysical parameters estimation; soil condition monitoring; vegetation remote sensing product validation; commercial crops; grass; and other crops

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

IoT in Smart Cities and Homes, 3rd Edition

edited by

Ryan Gibson

and

Hadi Larijani

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 744 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; intelligent systems; smart sensing; wearable devices; low-power communications; edge computing; fog computing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; algorithmic implementation; optimization methods; data science

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

New Challenges in Metamaterials: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Ke Wu and

Xiaoguang Zhao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 696 | Submission Open

Keywords: programmable and tunable metamaterials; adaptive and non-linear metamaterials; machine learning algorithms for metamaterial optimization; advanced metamaterial fabrication techniques; durability and performance of metamaterials in extreme environments; applications of metamaterials in energy harvesting and sensing; metamaterials in medical imaging and diagnostics; metamaterial-based antennas for 5G and beyond

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

Mechanical Behaviour of Unsaturated Soil

edited by Wei Xiong, Zhuang Cheng and Mengmeng Wu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 675 | Submission Open

Keywords: granular soils; soil mechanics; mechanical behaviour; micro-structures and micro-morphologies; computational geomechanics; modelling and simulation of geomaterials; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Technical Advances in Geosynthetics

edited by

Anna Markiewicz

and

Eugeniusz Koda

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 663 | Submission Open

Keywords: geosynthetics; manufacturing; designing; numerical modeling; laboratory testing; geotechnical engineering; civil engineering; environmental protection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Applied Geophysics for Environmental Monitoring and Cultural Heritage

edited by

Sabrina Grassi

Sebastiano Imposa

and

Claudia Pirrotta

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 515 | 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 399 | 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 318 | 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 311 | 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 287 | 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 244 | 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 233 | 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 212 | 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 202 | 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 191 | 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 178 | 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 133 | 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 122 | 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 121 | 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)

Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials: Recent Advances and Prospects

edited by Randall Scott Williamson

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 104 | 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)

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)

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 62857 | 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 55671 | 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 37532 | 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 33132 | 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 28509 | 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 22865 | 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 20850 | 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 20344 | 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 19789 | 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 19494 | 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 18770 | 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 17670 | 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 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16488 | 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 12411 | 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 11620 | 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 11141 | 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

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9704 | 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 9526 | 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)

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 9508 | 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 9420 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil 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 9401 | 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 9002 | 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 8914 | 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 8736 | 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)

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