Applied Sciences

AI-Based Machinery Health Monitoring

edited by

Alexandru Stanciu

and

Rui Araújo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 20 articles | Viewed by 57447 | Submission Open

Keywords: predictive maintenance; fault diagnosis and prognostics; advanced sensing and monitoring techniques; digital twins; remaining useful life prediction; deep learning; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Recent Advances and Application of Virtual Reality

edited by

Chrysostomos Stylios

, Athanasios Christopoulos and

Stylianos Mystakidis

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 39840 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality; VR technology; immersive experiences; VR applications; healthcare; education; training; social interaction; collaboration; gaming; ethics

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

Advances in Dairy Products: Composition, Properties, Detection, Application, and Development

edited by

Małgorzata Ziarno

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 29845 | Submission Open

Keywords: dairy products; milk; cheese; yogurt; ice cream; protein; calcium; nutrients; probiotics; prebiotics; functionality; food safety; production technologies; microbiology; biochemistry; sensory analysis; new products

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

Intelligent Techniques and 3D Virtual Reconstruction for Architectural Heritage

edited by

Federico Luis Del Blanco García

,

Luis Javier Sánchez Aparicio

and

Rafael Martín Talaverano

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 26436 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling (BIM/HBIM); digital twin; 3D reconstruction; 3D modelling; virtual reality; augmented reality; artificial intelligence; point clouds; NURBS modelling; architectural heritage; smart technologies; heritage conservation; computational design

Physical Chemistry, Formulation and Processing, Intersection of Food Sciences, Engineering and Global Health

edited by Teresa Carvajal and

Gustavo F. Gutiérrez-López

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 21725 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface chemistry; water isotherms; hysterisis; powder caking; powder flow; particle interactions; particle morphology; formulation; regulatory considerations; awareness diversity equity inclusion (DEI)

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

Sports, Exercise and Healthcare

edited by

Seung-Taek Lim

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 21601 | 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)

Feature Review Papers in Section Applied Industrial Technologies

edited by

Antonella Petrillo

and

Alexandre Carvalho

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19263 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied industrial technologies; manufacturing processes; automation and robotics; materials science; industrial IoT; smart manufacturing; industrial innovation; emerging technologies in industry; advanced production systems; Industry 4.0; ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC); massive machine-type communication (mMTC); cyber-physical production systems (CPPS); network slicing for distributed parallel processing

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

New Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Data Science

edited by

Han Liu

, Hongyang Chen and Xiaotong Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 18741 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; data mining; large language models; medical data

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

Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Emil Pricop

and

Khalil El-Khatib

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18571 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; cybersecurity; AI-based cybersecurity; AI-based threat detection; threat intelligence; AI-based malware detection; adversarial machine learning; adversarial artificial intelligence; robust and reliable AI-based cybersecurity

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

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 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 16187 | Submission Open

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

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

Technologies and Techniques for the Enhancement of Agriculture 4.0

edited by

Roberto Romaniello

and

Claudio Perone

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15942 | Submission Open

Keywords: Agriculture 4.0; smart farming; agri-technologies; precision agriculture; information technologies; robotics; machine learning; big data; artificial intelligence (AI); Internet of Things (IoT); virtual and augmented reality

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

Smart Healthcare: Techniques, Applications and Prospects

edited by

Emi Yuda

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15161 | Submission Open

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

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

Deep Learning and Its Applications in Natural Language Processing

edited by Caren Han, Josiah Poon, Siwen Luo and Yihao Ding

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14903 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; natural language processing (NLP); large language models (LLMs); multimodal models; text generation; NLP applications; financial NLP; medical NLP

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

Advancements in HVAC Technologies and Zero-Emission Buildings

edited by

Abdo Abdullah Ahmed Gassar

and

Erwin Franquet

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14725 | 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)

Ground Penetrating Radar: Data, Imaging, and Signal Analysis

edited by

Xuan Feng

,

Haoqiu Zhou

and

Zejun Dong

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14586 | Submission Open

Keywords: GPR; imaging; signal processing; modeling; inversion; application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Animal Nutrition: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Polyana Pizzi Rotta and

Alex Lopes da Silva

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12388 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal nutrition; feed additives; nutrient metabolism; gut health; feed efficiency; precision feeding; sustainable livestock production; functional ingredients; climate-smart nutrition; microbiome; digital agriculture; ruminants; monogastrics; aquafeed; feed innovation

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

Recent Advances in Optical Sensors

edited by Oscar E. Bonilla Manrique and

Pedro Martín-Mateos

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11515 | 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)

Power Systems and Energy Systems: Technologies and Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yingyi Liu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10992 | Submission Open

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

Additive Manufacturing and Machining Technologies for Engineering Materials

edited by

Pierpaolo Iovane

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10004 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances and Challenges in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Meng Li

and

Peng Huang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 9684 | Submission Open

Keywords: rockmass instability; rockmass mechanics; fractured rockmass; constitutive models; energy evolution; strata control; backfill mining; rock engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Applied Biomechanics for Sport Performance and Injury Rehabilitation

edited by

Francisco García-Muro San José

and Ángel Luis Rodríguez-Fernández

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9674 | Submission Open

Keywords: sport physiotherapy; sport biomechanics; injury; performance; rehabilitation

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

Titanium and Its Compounds: Properties and Innovative Applications

edited by

Aleksandra Radtke

and

Adrian Topolski

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8691 | Submission Open

Keywords: titanium; titanium alloys; titanium (IV) coordination compounds; composites; nanomaterials; properties; applications

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

Remote Sensing Technology in Landslide and Land Subsidence—2nd Edition

edited by

Jiewei Zhan

,

Wu Zhu

and

Qing Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8565 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; landslide; land subsidence; hazard detection; risk scenarios

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Sustainable Research on Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

edited by Yang Zou, Zongze Li and Marion Fourmeau

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8147 | 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)

Novel Approaches for High Speed Optical Communication

edited by

Roger Dorsinville

and

Amin Malek

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7931 | 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)

Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics—2nd Edition

edited by Nan Ma, Taohong Zhang and Yang Yang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7566 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicle; intelligent interaction; self-driving environment perception; machine vision; visual understanding

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

Recent Advances and Innovations in Dairy Science and Processing Technologies

edited by

Małgorzata Ziarno

,

Iwona Ścibisz

and

Mariola Kozłowska

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6973 | Submission Open

Keywords: dairy product reformulation; plant-based dairy alternatives; high-pressure processing; pulsed electric fields; non-thermal technologies; quality and safety of milk products; biotechnology in dairy science; microbiology in dairy science; probiotics and prebiotics; bacteriophages

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

Research on Properties of Novel Building Materials

edited by

Yue Gu

, Lin Liu and Kai Lyu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6766 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction materials; durability; low carbon; CO2 uptake; energy storage; self-sensing; artificial intelligence; nano-modified

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Technologies in Oral Surgery—2nd Edition

edited by

Aida Meto

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6557 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral surgery; surgical techniques; biomaterials; implantology; maxillofacial reconstruction; anesthesia; pain management; 3D printing; regenerative medicine; minimally invasive surgery; robotic surgery; digital planning; tissue engineering; dental implants; interdisciplinary collaboration; patient care; pregnancy; surgical innovation; technological innovations; case studies; clinical insights; oral health

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

Technical Advances In and Applications of Low-Cost/Power Sensors

edited by

Hicham Klaina

and

Peio Lopez-Iturri

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6495 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-cost sensors; low-power sensors; wireless technologies; smart cities; 5G; artificial intelligence (AI); virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); Internet of Things (IoT); sensor networks; energy-efficient systems

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

Application of Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing—Second Edition

edited by

Mário João S. F. Santos

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5863 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasound in civil, aerospace, and geological materials; ultrasonic NDT; ultrasonic NDE; ultrasonic-based SHM; material characterization; ultrasound phased arrays; guided waves; ultrasound transducers

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

Development of Intelligent Software in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Yan Xi

and Jingshu Xu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5532 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; software development; drilling technology research; slope stability; debris flow; chain-induced hazards; tunnelling engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in and Research on Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5489 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive testing; ultrasonic testing; structural health monitoring; PAUT; signal processing, sensor network; EMAT; sensor arrays, ultrasonic guided waves

Traffic Safety Measures and Assessment: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xinguo Jiang

and

Konstantinos Mattas

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5338 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety statistical modeling; safety behavior analysis; surrogate traffic safety analysis; traffic safety evaluation

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

Impact Behaviour of Composite Materials

edited by Raúl Muñoz and

Chongdu Cho

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5024 | Submission Open

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

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

Recent Advances in Control Strategies and Applications for Mechatronic Systems

edited by

Jesús Sandoval

,

Eusebio Bugarin Carlos

and Jose Gudalupe Romero

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4963 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced control algorithms; nonlinear control strategies; real-time control applications; control of autonomous systems; modeling; real-time embedded system; practical challenges in implementation; intelligent control; simulation

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

Optical Imaging and 3D Display Technologies

edited by Hanle Zhang,

Xiaowei Li

and

Yan Xing

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4855 | Submission Open

Keywords: integral imaging; holographic displays; autostereoscopic 3D displays; 3D security; 3D interaction techniques; 3D imaging and display systems; holographic microscopy; data storage

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

AI Applications in Modern Industrial Systems

edited by Degang Xu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4712 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine vision; system modeling; parameter detection; big data; process control

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

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Marcelo Barbosa Júnior

and

Paulo Flores

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4628 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; automation; computer vision; decision support systems; digital agriculture; field management; precision agriculture; predictive models; remote sensing; smart farm

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

Sustainable Urban Mobility: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mihaela Popa

, Șerban Raicu,

Dorinela Costescu

and

Grzegorz Karoń

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4490 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mobility; public transportation; integrated urban mobility networks; smart mobility; modeling of urban mobility; sustainable city logistics

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

Deep Learning and Predictive Maintenance

edited by Wei Cheng,

Zelin Nie

, Yilong Liu and Shuming Wu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4462 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; predictive maintenance; health managment; fault diagnosis; remaining useful life; monitoring and warning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Soil Pollution and Remediation: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives, 2nd Edition

edited by

George Fouad Antonious

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4337 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; inorganic, organic and biological pollutants; soil remediation; phytoremediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advanced Orthodontics and Dental Imaging Techniques

edited by Britta A. Jung

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4041 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital technologies and imaging; MRI radiation-free visualization; skeletal anchorage; focal adhesion kinase; in vitro cell system(s); mechanobiology; mechanotransduction; senescence; tissue homeostasis; wound healing; yes-associated protein; personalized treatment strategies; orthodontic accelerators

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

Computational Approaches to the Discovery and Design of Pharmaceutical Drugs

edited by

Jose Ignacio Bueso-Bordils

and Pedro A. Alemán-López

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3825 | Submission Open

Keywords: cheminformatics; data mining; drug discovery; drug design; graph theory; molecular descriptors; QSAR/QSPR modelling; biological activity; physicochemical property; pharmacokinetic property

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Recent Advances and Future Challenges in Manufacturing Metrology

edited by

Michał Jakubowicz

,

Bartosz Gapiński

and

Alejandro Pereira

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3754 | Submission Open

Keywords: metrology; measurement system; coordinate measuring technique; multisensory; uncertainty; geometrical product specification

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

Advances in Environmental and Applied Mycology

edited by

António Manuel Santos Carriço Portugal

and

Diana Sofia Coutinho Silva de Paiva

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3656 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied mycology; environmental mycology; fungal biodegradation and biodeterioration; fungal bioremediation; fungal biotechnology; fungal bioresources; fungi for food; bioeconomy; fungal metabolites and toxins; plant health

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

Biomedical Applications of Bioactive Ingredients from Natural Products—2nd Edition

edited by

Georgia Eirini Deligiannidou

and

Christos Kontogiorgis

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3245 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; pure compounds; encapsulation; antioxidant; anti-inflammatory; nanoparticles; bioactive compounds; in vitro; in vivo

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advanced Technology in Information Security, Cybersecurity and Privacy

edited by

Marisa Maximiano

and

Mario Antunes

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3244 | Submission Open

Keywords: information security; cybersecurity; data privacy; artificial intelligence; machine learning; risk analysis

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

Eye Tracking Technology and Its Applications

edited by

Pawel Kasprowski

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3223 | Submission Open

Keywords: eye tracking; gaze; eye movement; user interfaces; medical applications; accessibilty

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

Advancing Human–Machine Interaction Through Intelligent Sensors and Technology

edited by

Sandra Cano

and

Fernando Moreira

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3179 | 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)

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