Applied Sciences

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Compounds and Their Effects

edited by

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: dietary polyphenols; antioxidant properties; anticancer action; antimicrobial properties; anti-inflammatory actions; isolation of polyphenolic compounds (assisted extraction methods or conventional extraction methods)

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

Extraction, Treatment, Characterization, and Applications of Alternative Proteins

edited by

Anthia Matsakidou

and

Fotini Plati

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative proteins; extraction; bioprocessing; technofunctional properties; protein structure; sustainable feed; food formulations; digestibility; food safety; physicochemical characterization

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

Advanced Studies of Geo-Energy Drilling and Development

edited by

Gang Lei

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: geo-energy drilling and development; reservoir pore structure; multiscale modeling; multiphase flow; multi-field coupling; CCUS; reservoir stimulation; enhanced oil recovery (EOR)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Nutritional Interventions, Functional and Fermented Foods in Disease Prevention and Healthy Aging

edited by

Maria Luisa Savo Sardaro

and Dolores Limongi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional foods; fermented foods; probiotics; prebiotics; bioactive compounds; nutritional interventions; gut microbiome; precision nutrition; chronic disease prevention; healthy aging

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Games: 3rd Edition

edited by

Mozgovoy Maxim

and

Paolo Burelli

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: game AI; machine learning; multi-agent systems; player modeling; serious games; gamification; procedural content generation; behavior construction; automated playtesting

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

Novel Research on Food Composition and Nutrition

edited by

Jung-Heun Ha

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: food composition; bioactive compounds; nutrient bioavailability; functional foods; dietary assessment

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

Injury Prevention, Athlete Monitoring and Performance Optimization in Team Sports

edited by

Enrique Alonso-Perez-Chao

and

Adrián López-García

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: prehabilitation; sports performance; sports medicine; return to sport; wearable technology; artificial intelligence; injury prevention; athlete monitoring; performance optimization; team sports; training load

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

Current Advances in Performance Analysis and Technologies for Sports, Second Edition

edited by

Adrian Escudero-Tena

,

Diego Muñoz Marín

and

Sergio José Ibáñez Godoy

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports science; exercise performance; sports performance; real-time monitoring of sport performance; behavior analysis

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

Advances in Civil, Municipal and Mining Waste Management

edited by

Li Li

,

Damien Pham Van Bang

and Mehrez Hermassi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil construction and demolition waste; municipal solid waste and wastewater sludge; recycling and reuse of construction and demolition waste; plastics, glass, tire-derived, and other waste-based materials; safe disposal and reuse of mine wastes; tailings dam design and stability; mine water treatment; contaminated soils and sediments; geotechnical characterization of waste materials; environmental impact mitigation; CO2 capture, utilization, and mineralization; circular economy and resource recovery; sustainable waste management practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advanced Technologies and Applications of Image Processing

edited by Jongnam Kim and Yeh-Chan Ahn

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: filtering; enhancement; reconstruction; segmentation; classification; computer vision; object detection; machine learning; pattern recognition; feature extraction; real-time image processing

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

Advances in Sustainable Meat Products: Innovations in Processing, Quality, Safety and Preservation

edited by

Marta Chmiel

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable meat products; meat-processing technologies; food safety; preservation technologies; quality assessment; shelf-life extension; novel processing methods; meat quality; by-product utilization; digital technologies

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

GeoAI and Big Earth Data for Rainfall-Induced Geohazard Prevention and Risk Reduction

edited by

Gang Mei

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI; Big Earth Data mining; rainfall-induced geohazards; landslide early warning; geohazard prevention; remote sensing; risk reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Applications and Advanced Technologies of Hydraulic Systems: Fluids, Monitoring, and Sustainability

edited by

Vito Tič

,

Darko Lovrec

and

Velibor Karanovic

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic systems; fluid power; hydraulic fluids; electro-hydraulic actuation; pneumatics; condition monitoring; predictive maintenance; energy efficiency; digital twins; tribology and seal compatibility

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

Microbiome Diagnostics: Early Detection

edited by

Theo Portlock

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiome; AI; diagnostics

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

Health Effects of Environmental Exposure to Contaminants

edited by

Csilla Mišľanová

and

Martina Valachovičová

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental contaminants; human biomonitoring; environmental exposure; environmental toxicology; public health; biomarkers of exposure; emerging contaminants; environmental epidemiology; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Optogenetics in Neuroscience: Dissecting Neural Circuits and Behavior

edited by Spencer Chen

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: optogenetics; opsins; optical stimulation; photostimulation; neural circuits; circuit level modulation; behavioral control; decision-making; in vivo neural control; neuroengineering

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

Precision Nanomedicine and Smart Drug Delivery: From Rational Design to Therapeutic Application

edited by

Stoyanka Nikolova

,

Vera Gledacheva

and

Iliyana Stefanova

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug design; drug delivery; computational modeling; nanoparticles; nanocarriers; bioavailability; stability; therapeutic efficacy; precision targeting; patient-specific approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Optimization, Navigation and Automatic Control of Intelligent Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos E. Castañeda

and

Antonio Valderrabano-Gonzalez

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent control systems; optimization algorithms; autonomous navigation; adaptive and nonlinear control; machine learning in control systems

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

Fluid Dynamics in Medicine

edited by

Gionata Fragomeni

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-physics models; computational fluid dynamics; numerical methods; bioengineering; fluid flow; blood

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

The Techniques and Applications of Anomaly Detection

edited by

Yixin Liu

and Kaize Ding

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; outlier detection; machine learning; deep learning; time-series analysis; multimodal data; streaming data; industrial applications

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

Challenges and Approaches in Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation

edited by Luciano Maria Catalfamo

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral rehabilitation; maxillofacial rehabilitation; dental implants; digital dentistry; regenerative medicine

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

Innovations in Oral Rehabilitation: Emerging Technologies, Advanced Materials and Clinical Outcomes

edited by

Cristina Bettencourt Neves

and

Jaime Portugal

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral rehabilitation; oral bioactive systems; smart dentistry; CAD-CAM technology; digital dentistry; dental imaging; 3D printing; artificial intelligence; oral biomaterials

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

Application of Visualization Systems and BIM in Sustainable Architecture

edited by

Alcinia Zita Sampaio

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative architectural BIM applications; digitization in architectural design; data collection and analysis algorithms in architecture; plugins and extensions to enhance BIM capabilities; integration of BIM and AI; interaction between BIM and VR; BIM and 3D visualization case studies; advances in Lean construction with BIM; advances in the circular economy with BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Technologies for Urban Mining and High‑Value Materials Recovery

edited by

Fabrizio Quadrini

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mining; material recovery; recycling; reuse; waste management; end-of-life product treatment; smart sorting; high-value material extraction; sustainability

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

Next-Generation Construction ICT: BIM and Automation

edited by

Joo-Sung Lee

and Byeol Kim

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling (BIM); construction automation and robotics; digital twin; artificial intelligence in construction; explainable machine learning; computer vision- and sensor-based monitoring; construction safety management; off-site and modular construction; smart construction management; infrastructure asset lifecycle management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Sustainable Construction and Maintenance of Built Structures

edited by

Jaeheum Yeon

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; built structures; structural maintenance; life-cycle assessment; digital twin; BIM-based construction management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Interdisciplinary Methodologies for Real-World Challenges and Applications

edited by James M. Griffin

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; data mining; natural language processing; large language models; computer vision; object detection; decision support systems; explainable AI; intelligent manufacturing; autonomous vehicles; AI in healthcare; edge AI

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

Advances in Intelligent Sensing for Battery Manufacturing

edited by Erdogan Guk and

Timothy A. Vincent

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensing; battery manufacturing; lithium-ion batteries; ultrasonic testing; non-destructive evaluation; electrode characterisation; process monitoring; machine learning; in-line quality control; electrochemical diagnostics

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

Intelligent Monitoring Systems and Technology for Coal Mine Safety

edited by

Wei Chen

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal mine safety; intelligent monitoring; internet of things; artificial intelligence; multi-source data fusion; digital twin

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

New Trends in Sustainable Food Processing and Development

edited by

Mihaela Begea

,

Sorin-Ștefan Biris

and

Nicoleta Nicole Radu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging processing technologies; agro-industrial production chains; non-thermal processing; functional foods and drinks; terroir-based products; ingredients and alternative protein sources; clean label; circular economy; zero-waste processing; local food security

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

Advanced Polymer Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Applications

edited by

Stelios K. Georgantzinos

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymer additive manufacturing; 3D printing; polymer composites; process–structure–property relationships; process monitoring; numerical modelling; machine learning; digital twins; quality assurance; sustainable manufacturing

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

Sustainability and Challenges of Underground Gas Storage Engineering

edited by

Xuerui Wang

,

Jianbo Zhang

, Yang Zhao and Fengyuan Zhang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6789 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground gas storage; geomechanics; wellbore integrity; hydrogen storage; reservoir integrity; CO2 geo-storage; risk assessment; intelligent UGS

Technical Advances in Non-Destructive Testing

edited by

Guoqiang Cai

and

Li Zhu

submission deadline 27 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive testing; technical advances; digital twin; intelligent detection; virtual simulation; multi-modal interaction; structural health monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

High-Performance Concrete: Preparation, Properties, Evaluation and Applications

edited by

Yimmy Silva

and

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14430 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance concrete; supplementary cementitious materials; durability; eco-concrete

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

A Geotechnical Study on Landslides: Challenges and Progresses

edited by

Haijia Wen

and

Zhongqiang Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8048 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; infrastructure resilience; civil engineering; water conservancy engineering; road and railway engineering; landslide remediation; numerical modeling; remote sensing; risk management; disaster mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances in Particle and Powder Technology: Theory, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Dmitry Portnikov

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7360 | Submission Open

Keywords: particle technology; powder technology; granular materials; fluid–particle interactions; bulk solid handling; multiphase flows; numerical modeling of particulate systems; experimental characterization; industrial applications of powders

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Mathematical Models and Artificial Intelligence Methods for Digital Twins in Science, Engineering and Medicine

edited by

Francesco Zirilli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5872 | Submission Open

Keywords: mathematical model; artificial intelligence; digital twin; sensor; numerical method

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

Novel Approaches for Future Supply Chains and Smart Logistics

edited by

Vittorio Solina

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5761 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain management; smart logistics; blockchain; artificial intelligence; Industry 4.0

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

Novel Approaches and Applications in Ergonomic Design, 4th Edition

edited by

Heecheon You

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4843 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognition; anthropometry; biomechanics; safety, macro-ergonomics; human–system integration; user-centered design; universal design; experience design; sustainable design; affective computing; autonomous systems; artificial intelligence; machine learning; digital twin; VR/AR/MR; aging; healthcare; neuro-ergonomics; musculoskeletal disorders; human–robot interaction; exoskeleton

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

Recent Advances and Innovations in Microfluidics

edited by

Fariba Malekpour Galogahi

,

Haotian Cha

and

Jun Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2879 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro- and nanofluidics; micro- and nanofabrication; fluid dynamics; lab-on-a-chip; miniaturized systems

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

Optical Technology in Dentistry

edited by

Maria Tejada-Casado

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2743 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital dentistry; color science in dentistry; hyperspectral imaging; light–tissue interactions; digital shade matching; non-invasive dental imaging; dental material characterization; optical properties of dental tissues

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

Big Data Driven Machine Learning and Deep Learning

edited by

Linzi Yin

and

Anca Udristoiu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2715 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data-driven machine learning; big data-driven decision modeling; big data and data mining; deep learning and applications; artificial intelligence and applications

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

Vibration Power Harvesting and Its Applications

edited by

Raju Ahamed

and Kristoffer McKee

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2530 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration energy harvesting; piezoelectric, electromagnetic, and triboelectric harvesters; hybrid and nonlinear energy harvesting; smart materials for energy harvesting; MEMS and micro-scale harvesters; IoT and wireless sensor networks; power management and storage; structural health monitoring; self-powered systems; energy-efficient smart devices

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

Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Cultural Heritage

edited by Zhenyu Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2287 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; cultural heritage; archaeology; artifact identification; archaeological prediction; classification

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

Rock-Like Material Characterization and Engineering Properties, 2nd Edition

edited by

Taoying Liu

and

Jianhua Hu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1725 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex geological environment; macro- and micro-failure mechanical properties; damage fracture model and failure mechanism; numerical calculations and theoretical analysis; laboratory test and engineering application

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

Geochemistry and Geochronology of Rocks

edited by

Yang Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1560 | Submission Open

Keywords: geochronology; isotope geochemistry; petrotectonic assemblages; sedimentary provenance; physical properties; ore deposit; geobarometer and geothermometer; data-driven petrology/geochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing—Second Edition

edited by

Asad Abdi

and

Farid Meziane

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1350 | Submission Open

Keywords: automatic speech recognition; natural language understanding; sentiment analysis; machine translation; voice user interfaces; speech-to-text; text-to-speech; dialogue systems; conversational AI; spoken language understanding; language modelling

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

Sustainable and Automated Design Strategies for Advanced Bridge Engineering

edited by

David Martínez-Muñoz

,

José Antonio García

and Andrés Ruiz-Vélez

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1309 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable bridge engineering; structural health monitoring; resilient infrastructure; artificial intelligence in civil engineering; lifecycle assessment; smart materials and structures; bridge maintenance and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Novel Approaches for Sustainable Energy System Assessment

edited by Milton M. Herrera and Mauricio Uriona-Maldonado

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1294 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy systems; modelling approaches; developing countries; machine learning; system dynamics

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

Analysis of Antioxidant and Bioactive Compounds in Agriculture

edited by

Roberta Tardugno

and

Eleonora Di Salvo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1079 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant compounds; bioactive compounds; plant secondary metabolites; agronomic practices; extraction; antioxidant assays; microbiological assays; enzymatic assays; chemical analyses; functional properties

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

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