Applied Sciences

Recent Advances in Optical Sensors

edited by Oscar E. Bonilla Manrique and

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6541 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensor; spectroscopy; integrated optics; multisensing of different compounds; optical applications; optical sensor applications; new technologies; design and miniaturization of optical sensors; instrumentation

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

Bioactive Compounds for Functional Foods and Sustainability

edited by

Monika Karaś

and

Urszula Szymanowska

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6305 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; functional food; food fortification; waste products from the food production chain; sustainable development in food production; health-promoting activity

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

Advanced Technology and Data Analysis in Seismology

edited by

Carlos Alberto Vargas-Jiménez

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6251 | Submission Open

Keywords: networks; seismic signals; instrumentation; sensors; early warning systems; geophysical variables; AI in seismology

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

Innovative Approaches in Earthquake and Structural Engineering: Resilience, Performance, and Sustainability

edited by

Ivan Kraus

and Davide Lavorato

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6118 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake engineering; structural resilience; seismic risk mitigation; heritage structures; earth-based materials; smart materials; sustainable building solutions; seismic isolation systems; 3D printing; AI in construction engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

A New Approach to Renewable Energy Sources to Increase the Efficiency of Electric Vehicles

edited by

Andrzej Nowrot

and

Anna Manowska

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6010 | Submission Open

Keywords: RES (renewable energy source); EV (electric vehicle); battery; ESS (energy storage system); power grid

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

Novel Insights into Cryptography and Network Security

edited by

Yujue Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5890 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryptography; post-quantum cryptography; cryptanalysis; authentication mechanisms; access control; intrusion detection and prevention technologies; artificial intelligence security

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

Advanced Spectroscopy Technologies

edited by

Xiaotian Li

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5695 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectrometer; Raman spectroscopy; fluorescence spectroscopy; laser spectroscopy; LIBS spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy

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

Natural Language Processing and Text Mining

edited by

John Atkinson Abutridy

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5616 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language processing (NLP); text mining; sentiment analysis; information extraction; machine translation; language modeling; deep learning; neural networks; semantic analysis; syntactic analysis

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

Earthquake Detection, Forecasting and Data Analysis

edited by

Ranjit Das

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5571 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning and AI applications in earthquake detection; forecasting; and data analysis; probabilistic seismic hazard assessment (PSHA); earthquake early warning systems and their efficacy; statistical methods in earthquake data interpretation; seismicity studies; earthquake size

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Biological Activity, Chemical Characterization and Contaminants of Plants and Waste: 2nd Edition

edited by

Tiane Finimundy

and

Marta Mesías

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5497 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological activity; chemical contaminants; chemical characterization; plants; waste; subproducts

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

Mechatronic Systems Design and Optimization

edited by

Stijn Derammelaere

and Amélie Chevalier

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5444 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; automation; mechatronics; manufacturing; healthcare; agriculture; sensing; control; computational technologies; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Innovative Data Mining Techniques for Advanced Recommender Systems

edited by Yue Kou, Xiangmin Zhou and

Chaochao Chen

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5248 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable recommendation; cross-domain recommendation; fairness in recommendation; bias in recommender systems; trustworthiness of recommendation; causal recommendation; contextualized recommendation; large language model-based recommendation

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the IoT

edited by

Bijan Raahemi

and Ahmad Akbari Azirani

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5190 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; Internet of Things; machine learning; automation; intelligent IoT; generative AI; edge learning

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics

edited by Arzu Tugce Guler, Ozkan Cigdem,

Malik Yousef

and

Jeong Seop Sim

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4824 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; drug discovery; personalized medicine; biomedical imaging; systems biology; omics

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

Current Advances and Future Trend in Enhanced Oil Recovery

edited by

Long Xu

, Hailong Zhao and Mingchen Ding

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4615 | Submission Open

Keywords: oilfield development; enhanced recovery; conventional reservoirs; unconventional reservoirs; improved water drive; chemical drive; research progress; development outlook

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Ultrasonic Transducers in Next-Generation Application

edited by

Inn-Yeal Oh

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4534 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor; communication; piezoelectric; MEMS; CMUT; PMUT; array; beam focusing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)

Machine Learning Approaches for Seismic Data Analysis

edited by

Stefania Gentili

and Ester Piegari

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4532 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; supervised and unsupervised learning; noise reduction; clustering; earthquake forecasting; real-time monitoring

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

Intelligent Software Engineering: Innovations, Challenges, and Applications

edited by Mirko Perkusich and Emilia Mendes

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4486 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence in software engineering (AI4SE); data mining in software engineering; DevOps for machine learning-enabled systems (MLOps); Intelligent Software Engineering (ISE); machine learning for software engineering (ML4SE); reasoning under uncertainty in software engineering; recommender systems in software engineering; search-based software engineering; software analytics; software engineering for AI systems (SE2AI)

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

Applications of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Platforms

edited by

Sotirios Kontogiannis

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4377 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber-physical systems; human– robot interaction; industrial maintenance systems; industrial automation; deep learning industrial applications; decision support systems; digital twins; VR; AR industry appliances; industrial robotics; haptic systems and teleoperations

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

Recent Research on Biomechanics and Sports

edited by

Alejandro Sánchez-Pay

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4356 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanics; sports; sport biomechanics; performance analysis; sport training; strength; new technologies

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

3D Printing Applications in Dentistry

edited by

Ioannis A. Tsolakis

and

Tarek Elshebiny

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4226 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D printing; dentistry; 3D bioprinting; aligners; retainers; dental casts; dental crown; dental bridge; implant guide

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

Urban Geospatial Analytics Based on Big Data

edited by

Anna Kochanek

and

Agnieszka Generowicz

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4081 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial data; databases; spatial analysis; spatial information systems; GIS; spatial relationships; big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Seismic Resistant Design and Analysis for Building Structures and Infrastructure Systems

edited by

Mintaek Yoo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3994 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic design; dynamic behavior; buildings; infrastructures; numerical analysis; dynamic load test; seismic risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Edge Intelligence and Green Communication Networks for IoT

edited by Raul Parada and

Jože Guna

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3770 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable IoT architectures; energy harvesting in IoT; intelligent resource management; eco-friendly network infrastructures; decentralized edge computing; AI-driven network optimization; low-power IoT devices

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

Robust and Secure Learning and Applications for Heterogeneous Data from Multiple Sources

edited by Kaixiang Yang, Jichao Bi, Dan Dai and

Zhiwen Yu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3418 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterogeneous data integration; robust machine learning algorithms; secure and privacy-preserving learning; multi-modal data fusion; explainable and interpretable AI

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

The Advances and Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

edited by

Alexander Mitov

and

Hassane Naji

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3389 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics; hydraulic machines; fluid power; heat transfer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Synthesis and Characterization of Carbonaceous Nanostructured Materials for Innovative Applications

edited by

Gianluigi De Falco

and Maurin Salamanca

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3191 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon nanomaterials; functional applications; nanocomposites; chemical/structural characterization; optical characterization; morphological characterization/microscopy; energy storage and production; sensors; flame synthesis; deposition of nanostructured thin films; electrochemical characterization

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

Advances and Applications in Mechanical Fatigue and Life Assessment

edited by

Andrei Andras

and

Konstantinos P. Baxevanakis

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3082 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical fatigue; life assessment; fatigue crack initiation and propagation; high-cycle fatigue (HCF) and low-cycle fatigue (LCF); fatigue testing methods; fatigue life prediction; damage tolerance and fracture mechanics; environmental effects on fatigue; fatigue-resistant materials; additive manufacturing (AM) and fatigue; probabilistic fatigue modeling; structural health monitoring (SHM); fatigue in aerospace and automotive industries; multiaxial fatigue analysis; fatigue optimization in engineering design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Emerging and Exponential Technologies in Industry 4.0

edited by

Gabriel Gaspar

,

Michal Kebísek

and

Guangjie Han

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3003 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; IoT; sensor; AI; robotics; microcontroller; embedded systems; digital twin

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

Advances in Safety Detection and Quality Control of Food

edited by

Natalia Casado Navas

,

María Isabel Sierra Alonso

and

Sonia Morante Zarcero

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2986 | Submission Open

Keywords: food contaminants; bioactive compounds; biomarkers; analytical procedures; functional foods; food sample preparation; green methodologies; microextraction; food control

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

AI, VR, and Visual Computing in Mechatronics and Robotics

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2806 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; VR; computer vision; mechatronics; robotics

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

Multimodal Robot Intelligence for Grasping and Manipulation

edited by

Tae-Seong Kim

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2797 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal robot intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; deep reinforcement learning; machine vision intelligence; visuomotor/sensorimotor tasks; short- and long-horizon grasping and manipulation; single- and dual-arm grasping and manipulation

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

Dietary Supplements in Clinical and Translational Practice: Mechanisms, Applications and Future Directions

edited by

George Jitca

,

Amelia Tero-Vescan

and

Bianca-Eugenia Ősz

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2771 | Submission Open

Keywords: dietary supplements; nutrient– drug interactions; safety; phytonutrients; therapeutic efficacy

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

Green Technology Innovation and Sustainable Development Based on Data Fusion Mining

edited by

Ke Zhang

and Aibin Chen

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2711 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion mining; green technology innovation; sustainable development; artificial intelligence

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

Emerging Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical, Control, Geological, Sensing, and Intelligent Detection Engineering: Integration and Innovations

edited by

Changping Li

, Yang Yang and

Wenjian Yang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2624 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; emerging applications; optimizing complex systems; real-time monitoring; data-driven; innovative methods

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

Sustainable Research on Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

edited by Yang Zou, Zongze Li and Marion Fourmeau

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2426 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; geotechnical engineering; underground energy storage; sustainable mining; numerical modeling; rockburst and stability analysis; tunneling and excavation; fatigue and creep behavior; acoustic emission monitoring; carbon capture and storage (CCS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Cutting-Edge Neural Networks for NLP (Natural Language Processing)

edited by

Xue Li

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2366 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced architectures; application and performance; multimodal and multilingual approaches; ethical and practical considerations

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

Agro-Industrial Waste for Sustainable Green Production: Advancements and Challenges

edited by

Charles Manful

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2268 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; value addition; antioxidants; polyphenols; chronic diseases; pollution reduction

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

Advances in Dental and Oral Surgery

edited by

Giorgio Lo Giudice

, Enrico Nastro Siniscalchi and Ciro Emiliano Boschetti

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2217 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral surgery; minimally invasive surgery; salivary glands surgery; regenerative medicine; imaging techniques; dental implantology; biocompatible materials; digital dentistry

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

Quantum Communication and Quantum Information

edited by Alice Meda and

Salvatore Virzì

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2198 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum communication; quantum information theory; quantum cryptography; quantum key distribution (QKD); quantum networks; quantum entanglement; quantum error correction; foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum computing and algorithms; quantum nonlocality and contextuality

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

Latest Research in Radiation Detection and Protection

edited by

Giuseppe La Verde

and

Zhongchen Wu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2191 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation detection; radiation monitoring; radiation protection; ionizing radiation; non-ionizing radiation; measurement methods; applied physics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Physics General)

Advancing Human–Machine Interaction Through Intelligent Sensors and Technology

edited by

Sandra Cano

and

Fernando Moreira

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2159 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensors; voice recognition; gesture recognition; human– machine interaction; natural language processing; emotion recognition; sentiment analysis; wearable technology; haptic feedback; artificial intelligence; user experience design (UX); physiological monitoring; biometric authentication; personalized interaction; adaptive user interfaces; virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR)

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

Nanoscale Electronic Devices: Modeling and Applications

edited by

Monica La Mura

,

Enver Faella

and

Patrizia Lamberti

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2157 | Submission Open

Keywords: electron devices; nanomaterials; graphene; field effect transistors; nanoscale electronics; modeling; finite element method; circuit simulation; high-frequency electronics; advanced sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences)

Novel Insights into Medical Images Processing

edited by Irazú Hernández Farías and Hayde Peregrina-Barreto

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2043 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; image analysis; medical image devices; image classification; image segmentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Heterocyclic Compounds: Discovery, Synthesis and Applications

edited by

Anna Caruso

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1985 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterocyclic compounds; N-containing heterocycle; O-containing heterocycle; S-containing heterocycle; medicinal chemistry; drug development; industrial applications; therapeutic agent; biological activity

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

Plasma Applications in Material Processing

edited by

Viktorija Grigaitienė

,

Liutauras Marcinauskas

and

Žydrūnas Kavaliauskas

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1972 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasma sources; plasma diagnostics; numerical simulations of plasmas and surfaces; plasma– liquid interactions; surface treatment; plasma spraying; plasma-processed thin films and coatings; nanotechnologies; plasma waste recycling

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

Human-Computer Interaction: Advances, Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Yong Min Kim

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1848 | Submission Open

Keywords: user-centered design; intelligent systems; VR/AR/MR interaction; AI-driven personalization; adaptive user interfaces; collaboration with AI agents; autonomous systems; human– robot interaction

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

Innovative Approaches in Animal Nutrition and Feed Additives: Enhancing Productivity and Product Quality

edited by

Gabriela Maria Cornescu

,

Anca Gheorghe

and

Tatiana Dumitra Panaite

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1789 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal; nutrition; productive performance; functional ingredient; feeding strategies; behaviour and welfare; innovative solutions

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

Advanced Analytical Methods for Natural Products and Plant Chemistry

edited by

Viviani Nardini Takahashi

and

Vitor Lacerda Sanches

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1763 | Submission Open

Keywords: green chemistry; analytical chemistry; chemometrics; bioactive compounds; analytical validation; sample preparation

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

Innovative Approaches to Optimize Future Multi-Energy Systems

edited by Gabriele Volpato and

Martina Capone

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1722 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-energy systems; optimization; uncertainty; machine learning; forecasting

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

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