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Water Pollution and Wastewater Treatment Chemistry

edited by

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 3874 | Submission Open

Keywords: water/wastewater; treatment processes; water quality; treatment efficiency; pollution impact and risk assessment; water quality index

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

Pattern Recognition Applications of Neural Networks and Deep Learning

edited by

Takashi Kuremoto

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3839 | Submission Open

Keywords: pattern recognition; neural networks; deep learning; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); recurrent neural networks (RNNs); transformer models; large language models (LLMs); reinforcement learning (RL); representation learning; transfer learning; explainable AI (XAI); natural language processing (NLP); computer vision; speech and audio processing; bioinformatics; hybrid AI systems; edge AI; benchmarking; intelligent systems; machine learning applications

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

Applications of Emerging Biomedical Devices and Systems

edited by Leonardo Garcia, Pasindu Lugoda,

Maziar Nekovee

and

Esther Lugo-González

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3706 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical devices; biomedical systems; remote health monitoring; health care connectivity; exoskeletons; wearables; smart textiles; medical robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Synthetic and Natural Drugs: Pharmacological Activity, Biochemical Properties, and Applications

edited by

Kasireddy Sudarshan

and

Hari Prasad Devkota

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3415 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic drugs; natural products; pharmacological activity; biochemical properties; drug discovery; mechanisms of action; ADME (absorption; distribution; metabolism; excretion); drug design; drug resistance; combination therapies; targeted therapy; therapeutic applications; personalized medicine; structure-based drug design; preclinical to clinical translation

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

Pushing the Boundaries of Autonomous Vehicles

edited by

Zhaobin Mo

,

Francesco Zirilli

and Ruidong Yan

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3265 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles (AVs); data challenges in AVs; perception– planning– control architecture

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

Applications of Digital Modeling, 3D Modeling, and Simulation Visualization for Urban Development

edited by

Valeria Ersilia Oniga

,

Costas Armenakis

and

Ana Maria Loghin

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2844 | Submission Open

Keywords: simulation visualization; smart cities; urban infrastructure monitoring; land use change detection; virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR); machine learning in urban modeling; urban heritage preservation; transportation and mobility planning; hydrology and water resource management; AI-driven remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Motivation AI and Its Application to Smart Systems and Industrial Innovations

edited by

Dong Won Kim

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2660 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent modeling; application; control system; robotics system; knowledge-based system; artificial model forecasting

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

Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors: Current Designs and Applications

edited by

Keekeun Lee

and

Wen Wang

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2185 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAW; sensors; piezo-electric substrate; thin film coating; low-dimensional configuration; SAW design architecture; mass loading; acoustoelectric; interface electronics; communication systems; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Sciences and Technology)

Biodiesel Production: Current Status and Perspectives

edited by Renata N. Vilas Bôas, Larissa Rauber Duarte and Marisa Mendes

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2092 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiesel; enzymatic catalysis; fatty acid esters; heterogeneous catalysis; lipases

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

Future Autonomous Vehicles and Their Systems: Emerging Technologies and Applications

edited by

Redouane Khemmar

and

Karim Hammoudi

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1945 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment perception; object detection; deep learning; artificial intelligence; object tracking; mobile robotics; localization; autonomous vehicles; scene analysis and understanding; smart mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Advances in Optical and Optoelectronic Devices and Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xudong Li

and Renpeng Yan

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1920 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser material; optical film; lasers; optical amplifier; active electro-optical sensing; laser application

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

Digital Transformation in Information Systems

edited by

Elisabete Paulo Morais

, Agostinho de Sousa Pinto,

Carlos Fernando de Almeida Grilo

,

Maria João Ferreira

and

Juan C. Infante-Moro

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1703 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital transformation; information systems; artificial intelligence in IS; big data analytics; business process reengineering; digital innovation; cybersecurity and digital privacy; smart cities and e-government; digital business models; digital inclusion and ethics

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

Artificial Neural Network and Deep Learning in Cybersecurity

edited by Domenico Desiato and

Stefano Cirillo

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1644 | Submission Open

Keywords: data security; data anonymization; data privatization; privacy-preserving social network data; neural networks and deep learning privacy-preserving approaches; security prevention; data analysis; privacy awareness in cybersecurity scenario; cybersecurity

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

Intelligence Image Processing and Patterns Recognition

edited by

Xianye Ben

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1473 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; pattern recognition; machine learning; deep learning; computer vision natural language processing; data mining

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

Advances in Environmental Monitoring and Radiation Protection

edited by

Ileana Radulescu

and Alina Catrinel Ion

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1471 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; radiation protection; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

From Prediction to Action: Next Generation AI Solutions for Disaster Preparedness Emergency Response and Community Safety

edited by

Chalaris Michail

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 668 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); hazard forecasting; emergency response; disaster risk reduction (DRR); machine learning; autonomous systems; community safety; remote sensing; big data analytics; situational awareness

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

Children's Exercise Medicine: Bridging Science and Healthy Futures

edited by

Andrew Sortwell

,

Daniel Almeida Marinho

, Ben G. Piggott,

Ricardo Ferraz

and Jenny Conlon

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 568 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical exercise sport; physical activity; health; rehabilitation; children; lifestyle; motor development; training; posture; chronic diseases; physical education

Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Properties, Structures and Developments

edited by Sara Abouali

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 520 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; lithium metal batteries; solid-state electrolytes; electrode– electrolyte interfaces; battery degradation and failure mechanisms; advanced battery materials; advanced characterization; high-energy-density batteries; modeling in batteries

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

Digital Healthcare IoT and Sensing Platforms

edited by Jordi Carrabina

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Medical Things (IoMT); digital healthcare platforms; wearable devices; smartphone health APPs; AI on healthcare platforms; technoeconomic analysis; remote patient monitoring

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

Robotics, IoT and AI Technologies in Bioengineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Luigi Bibbò

and Alessia Bramanti

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; IoT; human– robot interactions; wearable sensors; virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR)

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

Cardiac Imaging and Heart Diseases: Recent Progress

edited by

Francesco Secchi

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiac imaging; cardiovascular MRI; cardiac CT; 4D Flow MRI; T1 mapping; T2 mapping; late enhancement CT; fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT); artificial intelligence in cardiac imaging; machine learning in cardiology; radiomics; 3D imaging; hybrid imaging; perfusion imaging; motion analysis; automated segmentation; deep learning for cardiac diagnosis; functional assessment; prognostic evaluation; big data in cardiovascular imaging; automated image processing; clinical impact of imaging technologies; cardiovascular disease diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Innovations in Power Electronics for Lighting and Smart Grid Applications

edited by Pedro S. Almeida and Edilson Mineiro Sa Junior

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics for lighting and smart grids; smart grid power conversion; LED and OLED drivers; digital control techniques for lighting and smart grids; advanced control methods in power electronics; grid-interactive lighting systems; GaN and SiC power semiconductors for high-efficiency conversion; wireless power transfer; renewable energy integration; energy storage and grid stabilization; demand-side management; power quality and emi mitigation

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

Research on Biological Characteristics of Macromolecular Crystals

edited by Jingxiang Yang and Wenchao Yang

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein/peptide crystals; DNA/RNA crystals; biological functions of macromolecules; drug target identification; computational structural biology; high-resolution microscopy; synthetic macromolecules

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

Safety and Sustainability in Structural Engineering and Seismic Designs

edited by Fernando González Vidosa

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety; sustainability; seismic; bridges; buildings; ports

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Ecotoxicology and the Fate of Contaminants in the Circular Economy

edited by Giovanni Beggio and Tiziano Bonato

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; recycled products; recycled plastics; textiles; construction and demolition waste; end of waste; waste recycling; waste recovery; emerging contaminants (CECs); non-intentionally added substances (NIAS); secondary raw materials; migration; exposure characterization; bioavailability; ecotoxicology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advanced Database Systems

edited by

Ania Cravero

, Mónica Caniupan and

Shi-Jinn Horng

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: database; data governance; data quality; database type; data modeling; data repositories; query optimization; data processing algorithms; adaptive database systems; team management in database projects; metadata and schema evolution; data integration

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

Microbiology and Antibiotic Resistance in Environment

edited by

Lorenzo Pace

and

Valeria Rondinone

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; One Health; environment; foods; WGS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in User Experience for Human–Computer Interaction

edited by

Yi Yang

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive; context-aware and cross-device interfaces; multimodal interaction (voice; gesture; gaze); extended reality (AR/VR/MR) & spatial computing; conversational and agentic systems; accessibility & inclusive design; human-centered AI and explainability; UX metrics; analytics & reproducibility; trust; privacy & ethics in UX

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

Deployment and Control of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

edited by Aohan Li and

Mikio Hasegawa

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks (WSNs); energy-efficient communication; sensor deployment; real-time monitoring and control; IoT and edge computing integration; WSN security and privacy

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

Innovative Computer Vision and Deep Learning Applications

edited by Boeun Kim

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous driving and vehicle perception; industrial computer vision and quality inspection; medical image analysis and diagnosis; security and safety in vision systems; robotics vision and manipulation; remote sensing and satellite imagery analysis; sports analytics and player tracking; agricultural computer vision applications; face recognition and biometric systems; intelligent surveillance and security; augmented and virtual reality; object detection; recognition; and tracking; 3D vision and scene reconstruction; image and video segmentation; human pose estimation and action recognition; video understanding and temporal modeling; vision-language models and multimodal learning; generative models and image synthesis; real-time and edge computing for vision; explainable AI in computer vision; efficient neural network design and compression; low-level vision and computational imaging

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

New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches in Food Allergy, 2nd Edition

edited by

José Antonio Canas

,

Blanca Cárdaba

and Rubén Fernández-Santamaría

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: food allergy; T2 response; IgE-mediated mechanisms; basophil activation test; immunotherapy

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

New Trends in Wine Analysis and Production

edited by

Panagiotis Tataridis

,

Alexandra Evangelou

,

Effimia Hatzidimitriou

and

Irini F. Strati

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: enzymes; online sensors; machine learning; non-Saccharomyces; bio-protection; NOLO wines; dealcoholisation; pulsed electric fields (PEF); high-pressure processing (HPP); high hydrostatic pressure (HHP); Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR); Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR); Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS); sensory techniques

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

Biomechanics in Disability Sport: Injury Prevention, Trauma and Compensatory Training

edited by Anna Zwierzchowska and

Barbara Rosołek

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: parasport; athletes; injury prevention; disability; performance

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

Modern Processing Routes for Metallic Alloys

edited by

Verona Biancardi Aguiar

,

Ana María Camacho

and

Álvaro Rodríguez-Prieto

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI and machine learning in metal processing; additive manufacturing (am) of metals; advanced thermal processing; severe plastic deformation (spd) techniques; green and sustainable metal processing; in situ characterization during processing; processing of high-entropy alloys (heas) and complex concentrated alloys (ccas); metallic coatings and surface treatments; digital twins and smart manufacturing; nano- and micro-scale metal forming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Orthopedic Trauma and Fractures: From Pathophysiology to Novel Therapeutic Approaches, 2nd Edition

edited by

Giuseppe Rinonapoli

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture; osteoporosis; osteosynthesis; surgery; bone; diagnosis

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

Advances in Cancers and Tumor Targeted Immunotherapy

edited by

Kaushlendra Tripathi

and

Kulbhushan Sharma

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer immunotherapy and DNA damage; cancer stem cell and chemoresistance; organoid and spheroid; combination drug therapy; cancer therapy; drug delivery systems; cocultures

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

Innovative Technologies in Water Treatment

edited by

Juliane Cristina Forti

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; wastewater treatment; innovative technologies; water sustainability; advanced oxidation processes; bioremediation; environmental monitoring; water reuse; water resources management; environmental engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Analysis and Application of Mechanical System Vibrations

edited by

Grzegorz Szymański

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration; vibration measurements and analysis; modal analysis; vibration-based machine diagnostics; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Multifunctional Composites and Structures: Integrating Energy Storage, Sensing, and Load-Bearing Capabilities

edited by Yiwei Ma, Hanbin Yin and

Victor Franco Correia

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: multifunctional composites; fiber optic sensors; structural batteries; interfacial mechanics; mechano-electrochemical coupling; integrated sensing; smart structures; structural health monitoring (SHM); in-operando characterization; multi-physics modeling

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

Safe Autonomy and Secure Operation in Cyber–Physical and Unmanned Systems: Attack‑Resilient Perception, Planning and Control

edited by

Anyang Lu

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber– physical systems; unmanned aerial/ground/surface systems; safe autonomy; collision avoidance; reliable tracking; attack detection; secure state estimation; runtime assurance; adversarially robust perception; resilient planning and control

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

Multi-Scale Analysis and Computing of Materials and Structures

edited by

Qiang Ma

and

Maria Amélia Ramos Loja

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite materials; multiscale asymptotic analysis; multi-physics modelling; fracture simulation; homogenization; data-driven multiscale modeling; engineering application

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

Environmental Health: Innovation and Application

edited by

Ana Monteiro

and

Marina Almeida-Silva

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment; health; innovation; application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Multi-Band/Broadband Antenna Design, Optimization and Measurement—2nd Edition

edited by

Keum Cheol Hwang

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: broadband antenna; antenna design and optimization; antenna measurement; multi-band antenna

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

Sports Biomechanics and Injury Prevention

edited by

Jorge Sánchez-Infante

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13287 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports biomechanics; injury prevention; motion analysis; preventive interventions; sports technology; sports rehabilitation; risk factors; biomechanical assessment; sports performance; sports education and training; physiotherapy; rehabilitation; sports medicine; muscle injury; prevention and treatment of injuries

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

New Challenges in Urban Underground Engineering

edited by

Pengfei Li

and

Qian Fang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8688 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground engineering; urban tunnels; laboratory test; monitoring; theoretical analysis; numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Novel Advances in High Voltage Insulation

edited by Rahmat Ullah and

David Clark

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7937 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; modern insulation system; insulation aging; life expectancy; machine learning in insulation system

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

Human Activity Recognition (HAR) in Healthcare, 3rd Edition

edited by

Luigi Bibbò

and J. Artur Serrano

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5158 | Submission Open

Keywords: human activity recognition; machine learning; wearable sensor; Internet of Things; ambient assisted living; ambient intelligent

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

Security and Privacy in Complicated Computing Environments

edited by Yingwen Chen, Xiao Bin and Chunqiang Hu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5001 | Submission Open

Keywords: access control; encryption; threat detection; incident response; trust and reputation management; and so on; privacy issues not limited to data protection; privacy-preserving data mining and analytics; anonymization and de-identification; data minimization security and privacy in hardware or software heterogeneous systems; security and privacy in distributed computing environment; security and privacy in software stacks and microservices; security and privacy in frequent updated; scalable and elastic systems; security and privacy in system monitoring and troubleshooting; security and privacy in system resource management and optimization; security and privacy in system interoperability

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

Recent Progress of Information Security and Cryptography

edited by

Juan Antonio López Ramos

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4853 | Submission Open

Keywords: public key cryptography; cryptographic protocols; cryptanalysis; post-quantum cryptography; coded-based cryptography; chaos theory; steganography; lattice-based cryptography; hash-based cryptography

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

Virtual Reality and Emerging Technologies in Physical Activity, Sports and Healthcare

edited by

Jacek Polechoński

and Agnieszka Nawrocka

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4633 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality; wearable technology; mobile health; mHealth; AI in health; physical activity; sport; healthcare; exergames; fitness; serious games; telemedicine; health monitoring; rehabilitation

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

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