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Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Industry 4.0/5.0: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

edited by

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submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9496 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial artificial intelligence; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; predictive maintenance; quality control; cyber– physical systems; collaborative robotics; digital twins; IIoT; smart factories

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

Chemistry, Quality, and Processing Technology of Different Cereals, Pseudocereals, Legumes and Oilseeds Grain Types

edited by

Georgiana Gabriela Codină

and

Adriana Dabija

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9369 | Submission Open

Keywords: cereals; pseudocereals; oilseeds; legumes; variety; type; microstructure analysis; rheological properties; textural properties; technological process; nutritional value; new product development; consumer acceptance

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

Data Visualization Techniques: Advances and Applications

edited by Javier Sevilla and

Kwan-Hee Yoo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9322 | Submission Open

Keywords: visualization literacy; data visualization; computer graphics; visual analytics; virtual reality; immersive visualization

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

Advanced Services for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry

edited by

Andrei Crisan

, Sorin Herban and

Lars Abrahamczyk

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9200 | Submission Open

Keywords: BIM; 3D scanning; parametric modelling; IoT; digital building permits; AR/VR/MR

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

Advanced Welding Technology and Its Applications

edited by

Radoslaw Winiczenko

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9143 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-state welding; laser welding; fusion welding; arc welding; dissimilar materials; mechanical properties; microstructure; FEA; optimization

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

Sustainable Urban Green Infrastructure and Its Effects

edited by

Maria Manso

and

Cristina M. Monteiro

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9013 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban; sustainable green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; ecosystem services; benefits; urban resilience; climate change mitigation; stormwater management; buildings thermal improvement; urban carbon neutrality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advanced Materials for Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion

edited by

Luis Alberto Estudillo-Wong

and Jorge Gabriel Vazquez Arenas

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8463 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-precious materials; nanomaterials; photoanode; synthesis route; HER; water splitting; strong interfacial interaction

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

Smart Healthcare: Techniques, Applications and Prospects

edited by

Emi Yuda

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8319 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart healthcare; machine learning; wearable technology; biosensor monitoring; health management

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

Advances and Techniques in Rock Fracture Mechanics

edited by

Junwei Chen

, Zhi Zhao and Jian-Zhi Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8288 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock fracture mechanics; rock engineering; rock slope and tunnel; numerical method; experimental study

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Green Transportation and Pollution Control

edited by

Luka Vukić

and

Alen Jugović

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6465 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transport; green solutions; environmental protection; decarbonization; climate change; technological improvement; social well-being

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

Emerging Trends in Heavy Metal Contamination, Absorption and Accumulation

edited by

Carmen Rubio-Armendariz

and

Flavio Rodrigues

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6162 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metals; heavy metal contamination; heavy metal sources; heavy metal transfer; metal accumulation; heavy metal concentration; heavy metal toxicity; trace heavy metals; bioaccumulation; heavy metals in air; soil; water; and wild animals; heavy metals and the environment; heavy metals and human health; detoxification; removing heavy metals; heavy metal remediation; bioconcentration; phytoremediation; toxicological evaluation; exposure assessment; ecological impact; cadmium; arsenic; mercury; lead; copper; zinc

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advanced Technology and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Laurentiu Luca

and Sergiu Caraman

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6027 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced control strategy; process optimization; optimal setpoint-based control; predictive maintenance; artificial intelligence application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Syntheses and Applications in Medicinal Chemistry

edited by Qiuji Ye,

Fabrizio Carta

and

Stoyanka Nikolova

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5868 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal chemistry; drug discovery; drug metabolism; synthesis; organic chemistry; chemical biology; disorders and diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Soil Ecotoxicology and Agroecosystems: Concerns, Innovations and Advances

edited by

Antonio Calisi

Francesco Dondero

and

Teodoro Semeraro

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5842 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil ecotoxicology; agriculture; agroecosystems; emerging pollutants; pest management; invasive species; water reuse; climate change; reclamation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

EEG Horizons: Exploring Neural Dynamics and Neurocognitive Processes

edited by

Giacinto Barresi

and

Yelena Tonoyan

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5477 | Submission Open

Keywords: electroencephalography (EEG); brain– computer interface (BCI); brain activity; brain diseases; neural dynamics; neurocognitive; computational neuroscience; neurotechnology; neuro-engineering; neuroergonomics; neuroadaptive systems; connectomics; neuromodulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Neuroscience and Neural Engineering)

Advances and Applications of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), 2nd Edition

edited by

Joon Ahn

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5471 | Submission Open

Keywords: turbulence simulation; multi-phase flow; combustion and reacting flow; aero-acoustics; fluid– structure interactions; optimization; data science and AI; industrial applications

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

Control of Power Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jožef Ritonja

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5439 | Submission Open

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

Research on Wood and Lignocellulosic-Based Materials for Cultural Heritage

edited by

Federica Antonelli

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5357 | Submission Open

Keywords: wooden cultural heritage; wood degradation; conservation and preservation of wooden artefacts; technological innovation in wood study; new products for wood preservation

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

Digital Health, Mobile Technologies and Future of Human Healthcare

edited by

Saeed Sharif

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5101 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence and deep learning; deep learning for healthcare; real-time intelligent biosignal and medical image acquisition; healthcare and big data analytics; intelligent control and IoT; optimizations for efficient intelligent control based on deep learning; biosignal processing for healthcare; intelligent control; biosignal and medical image analysis; AI-aided smart cyber-physical systems for healthcare; human interaction and healthcare; other emerging subjects in healthcare and medical technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Precision Manufacturing Technology

edited by

Zixuan Wang

and Cheng Fan

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5069 | Submission Open

Keywords: atomic scale manufacturing; ultra-precision machining; additive manufacturing; micro/nanomachining modeling; process optimization; surface and subsurface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Computer Graphics and 3D Technologies

edited by

Lihua You

and

Zhidong Xiao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4782 | Submission Open

Keywords: geometric computing; computer graphics; computational geometry; physically based modelling; computational photography; 3D reconstruction; shape matching; shape and surface modelling

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

Recent Developments and Emerging Trends in Dental Diseases and Dental Materials

edited by

Felice Femiano

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4691 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental materials; dental diseases; oral health; biocompatibility; dentistry; restorative materials

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

Sports, Exercise and Healthcare

edited by

Seung-Taek Lim

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4582 | Submission Open

Keywords: health; physical activity; exercise; well-being; quality of life; elderly; adolescent; sports

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

Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering: Emerging Research and Perspectives

edited by

Jingang Wang

and Pengcheng Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4581 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrical engineering; renewable energy; signal processing; telecommunications; control systems; networked systems; electromagnetics; bioengineering; emerging technologies; advanced materials; experimental validation; theoretical contributions; artificial intelligence (AI); applied engineering solutions; engineering applications

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

Novel Approaches for High Speed Optical Communication

edited by

Roger Dorsinville

and

Amin Malek

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4559 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber communications; free-space optical; artificial intelligence; optical wireless communication and energy-efficient

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

Additive Manufacturing and Machining Technologies for Engineering Materials

edited by

Pierpaolo Iovane

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4550 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; engineering materials; 3D printing; process optimization

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

Advanced Photonic Metamaterials and Its Applications

edited by

Edik U. Rafailov

and

Tatjana Gric

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4510 | Submission Open

Keywords: metamaterial; metasurface; graphene; effective medium; anisotropy

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

Advances and Applications of Antioxidant Activity of Natural Compounds from Plants

edited by

Fernanda Barbisan

and Marina Prigol

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4419 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural antioxidants; advances in antioxidant research; bioactive compounds; oxidative stress

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

Intelligent Optical Signal Processing in Optical Fiber Communication

edited by Junhe Zhou

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4131 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical signal processing; optical fiber communication; optical communication

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

Building Materials: Assessment of the Radon Exhalation and the Radiological Risk Due to Natural Radioactivity Content

edited by

Francesco Caridi

, Stefania Da Pelo,

Giuliana Faggio

Michele Guida

and

Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4056 | Submission Open

Keywords: building materials; radon exhalation; environmental radioactivity; radiation protection from healthcare to environment and scientific research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Physiology and Biomechanical Monitoring in Sport

edited by Andrea Ceciliani,

Gabriele Russo

and Federico Nigro

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3926 | Submission Open

Keywords: performance; biomechanics; recovery; fatigue; athletes; hormones; biochemical; training methodology; microbiome; muscle architecture; body composition; cognitive function; sleep

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

Advancements in HVAC Technologies and Zero-Emission Buildings

edited by

Abdo Abdullah Ahmed Gassar

and

Erwin Franquet

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3797 | Submission Open

Keywords: zero emission performance; indoor air quality; heat pump technology; renewable energy integration; smart control systems; thermal comfort optimization; energy management; smart zero-emission design; zero-emission building lifecycle; AI and IOT applications

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

Secure Cloud Computing Infrastructures

edited by

Andrey Brito

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3697 | Submission Open

Keywords: trusted platforms and trustworthy infrastructures; confidential computing and its limitations; trusted execution environments; attestation and interoperability; formal verification; validation and performance evaluation of trusted hardware; supply chain security; threat analysis; abstractions and runtimes

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

Applications of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Geoscience

edited by

Yuzhu Wang

, Xiaoping Mao, Junqiang Zhang and

Zhangbing Zhou

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3671 | Submission Open

Keywords: geosciences; geoinformatics; machine learning; deep learning; artificial intelligence; knowledge discovery; knowledge graph; large language model; remote sensing; spatial analysis; environmental modeling; geological data mining; big data analysis; big data processing

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

New Technologies and Theories Applied in Oil and Gas Development Under Complex Conditions

edited by

Bo Zhang

and

Tengfei Sun

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3622 | Submission Open

Keywords: well structure optimization design; well control in complex formation; well integrity evaluation; detection and mitigation; drilling technologies and equipment to increase ROP; methods for the further enhancement of oil and gas recovery; AI and big data applied in oil and gas development; wellbore cleaning in long horizontal well and large-size wellbore; new materials applied in drilling; fracturing; production and cement; the optimization of well construction for underground energy or CO2 storage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Eye-Tracking Techniques and Its Applications

edited by Lucia Madleňáková and

Radovan Madleňák

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3575 | Submission Open

Keywords: eye-tracking technology; hardware and software; calibration and validation techniques; data collection and analysis; cognitive psychology and neuroscience; human– computer interaction; marketing and consumer research

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Internet of Things

edited by

César A. Collazos

Juan Calleros

and

Huizilopoztli Luna García

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3570 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence of Things; edge computing; machine learning in IoT; predictive analytics; IoT data security

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

Sports Medicine and Physiology: Bones, Arthrosis and Muscles

edited by

Julio Martin Ruiz

and

Antonio Ammendolia

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3326 | Submission Open

Keywords: bone; osteoarthritis; muscle; fitness; conditioning; strength; agility; mobility; stiffness

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

Advances in Deep Learning and Intelligent Computing

edited by Jinyang Guo and

Giacomo Fiumara

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3301 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; intelligent computing; efficient methods; generative large model

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

Power Electronics and Motor Control

edited by

Yong Chen

and Bin Guo

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3171 | Submission Open

Keywords: power devices; power electronic topologies; power electronic control; electromagnetic compatibility; motor; advanced motor controller chips; electric driver; advanced control algorithms

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

Impact Behaviour of Composite Materials

edited by Raúl Muñoz and

Chongdu Cho

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3088 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite materials; impact loading; finite element; buckling; damage tolerance

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

Compressive Strength, Impact Damage and Crushing Behavior of Materials

edited by

Maria Pia Falaschetti

and

Enrico Troiani

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2912 | Submission Open

Keywords: crashworthiness; impact damage; compressive strength; experimental tests; numerical simulations

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

Integrating Multi-Omics Microbiome Research into the One Health Approach: Probiotics, Functional Foods, and Farm-to-Fork Concept

edited by

Anna Kostka

and

Ana López Moreno

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2885 | Submission Open

Keywords: One Health; farm-to-fork; probiotics; prebiotics; synbiotic; functional food; gut microbiota; gut microbiome

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

Advancements in Fire Safety Science and Engineering: From Fundamental Understanding to Practical Applications

edited by

Chuanbo Cui

and

Hao Shao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2857 | Submission Open

Keywords: ventilation technology; gas prevention and control; fire prevention; dust prevention; mining safety; innovative safety management concepts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Wood Processing Technology: 2nd Edition

edited by

Martin Kučerka

Alena Očkajová

and

Richard Kminiak

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2786 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood processing technology; processing of ecological wood composites; first stage wood processing; second stage wood processing; advanced properties; natural fibres processing

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

Applied Research on Energy Harvesting and Storage

edited by

Kai Yang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2614 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent design; energy harvesting; energy storage; aerospace; marine; industry application; mathematics

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

Novel Research on Radiotherapy and Oncology

edited by

Catalin Andrei Bulai

and

Dragos Georgescu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2515 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiotherapy; oncology; cancer treatment; drug development; personalized medicine; artificial intelligence; translational research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Application of AI in Energy and Mining Research

edited by

Xiaoping Ma

and

Difei Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2482 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; energy and resources; AI-based geology; intelligent mining; AI+ applied sciences; intelligent building

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

Wearable Sensor Technology in Gait Analysis and Medical Applications

edited by

Lorenzo Brognara

René Schwesig

and

Arkady Voloshin

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2466 | Submission Open

Keywords: gait; wearable sensor; accelerometry; inertial sensor; wearable device; fall risk

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Innovations in Rock Mechanics and Mining Engineering

edited by

Yuantian Sun

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2445 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical modeling; intelligent monitoring; risk assessment; grouting; rock reinforcement; sustainable mining; artificial intelligence; mine safety; underground mine utilization; automated mining; geothermal energy extraction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

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