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Future Challenges and Trends in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design

edited by Devindi Geekiyanage,

Terrence Fernando

and Kaushal Keraminiyage

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk-sensitive urban planning; climate change adaptation strategies; disaster risk reduction in the built environment; community-inclusive development; equitable urban resilience; resilient and sustainable communities; digital vulnerability and community resilience; technology-enhanced multi-agency collaboration; urban resilience to environmental and digital risks; participatory climate-resilient urban governance

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

New Insights into Power Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by Zhaoyuan Wu and

Xiaolin Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: electricity market; energy policy; new-type power system operation and planning; low-carbon transition

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

The State of the Art in Energy Harvesting for IoT and WSNs (Second Edition)

edited by

Alessandro Lo Schiavo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric energy harvesting; electromagnetic energy harvesting; micro-wind energy harvesting; micro-solar energy harvesting; wearable energy harvesting; hybrid energy harvesting

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

Novel Technologies in Smart Manufacturing

edited by Wenchao Xiao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; Industrial Internet of Things; artificial intelligence; digital twin; advanced robotics; additive manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Technical Advances in 3D Reconstruction—2nd Edition

edited by Xi Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; 3D content generation; Shape representation

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

AI-Powered Smart Transportation: From Predictive Maintenance to Autonomous Control

edited by

Zhiheng Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: predictive maintenance; prognostics and health management (PHM); autonomous driving and control; trajectory prediction and motion planning; cooperative perception and V2X; edge AI and embedded ML; reinforcement learning for traffic management; digital twins for transportation; safety verification and validation; federated learning and privacy

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

Novel Technologies and Discoveries for Nuclear Fusion

edited by Fabio Panza and Francesco Orsitto

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: nuclear fusion; magnetic confinement fusion— MCF; inertial confinement fusion— ICF; Tokamaks; fusion-fission hybrid systems; tritium breeding; plasma

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

Artificial Intelligence in Signal, Image and Video Processing

edited by

Héctor Manuel Pérez-Meana

and

Mariko Nakano-Miyatake

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: biometrics; pattern recognition; enhancement; deep learning algorithms; audio classification; encryption; audios and images authentication; restoration

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

Advanced Composite Materials and Structures: New Trends and Perspectives

edited by

Kai Huang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber-reinforced composites; mechanical behaviors; failure mechanism; structural design and fabrication; performance prediction

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

Applied Structural Health Monitoring in Civil Engineering

edited by

Zhanxiong Ma

Liming Qu

and Peipei Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; multi-sensor data fusion; real-time monitoring systems; damage detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Novel Research on Special Geotechnical Materials and Their Resource Utilization

edited by

Wei Bai

, Xingxing He and

Ping Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: special geotechnical materials; expansive soil; lateritic soil; soft rock; saline soil; silt; construction waste soil; sludge

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Informatics

edited by

Sabatina Criscuolo

, Ersilia Vallefuoco,

Andrea Pollastro

and

Luís Correia

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; biomedical engineering; machine learning; deep learning; medical imaging; digital twins; virtual agents; extended reality (XR); explainable AI; clinical decision support; neurological disorders; embodied conversational agents; virtual human twin

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

Tools for Implementing and Monitoring Circularity in the Built Environment—2nd Edition

edited by

Luís Bragança

and Rand Askar

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy in the built environment; existing and new stock; assessment and monitoring; CE integration into sustainability frameworks; design support tools; circularity indicators; management models; barriers and opportunities; digitalisation and automation; BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Petroleum Engineering: Advances and Prospects

edited by

Wan Cheng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: petroleum engineering; reservoir management; EOR; hydraulic fracturing; geothermal; sustainable energy; CCUS

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

Applications of AI and Big Data in Healthcare and Sports Science

edited by

Yen-Kuang Lin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; big data; healthcare; sports science

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

Bioactive Compounds in Plant-Based Foods

edited by

Dorota Derewiaka

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; bioactive food substances; chromatography; mass spectrometry

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

Data-Driven Physiology in Sport: Optimizing Athlete Performance, Load & Recovery

edited by

Enrique Alonso Perez-Chao

and

Alberto Lorenzo Calvo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: athlete monitoring ; data-driven approaches ; training load ; recovery strategies ; wearable technology ; decision-support systems ; sport performance

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

Optical Measurement: Advanced Techniques and Applications

edited by Jorge L. Flores

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: interferometry; optical profilometry; deflectometry; phase retrieval; denoising; machine learning

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

Perovskite Nanomaterials in Solar Cells and Batteries

edited by

Jaehoon Chung

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: perovskite nanomaterials; solar cells; batteries

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

New Insights into Nanostructured Thermoelectrics

edited by José F. Serrano-Claumarchirant and

Mario Culebras

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanostructured thermoelectrics; thermoelectric generators (TEGs); energy harvesting; conductive polymers; ionic thermoelectrics; synthesis of nanomaterials; computational modeling; structure-property relationships; thermal transport engineering

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

New Sight in Sports Biomechanics and Sports Rehabilitation

edited by

Kyoungkyu Jeon

and

Dong-il Kim

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports biomechanics; rehabilitation; musculoskeletal rehabilitation; human functional movement; muscle contraction; posture control; kinematics and kinetics analysis evaluation; musculoskeletal rehabilitation; performance improvement; injury prevention; understanding of acute and chronic pain

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

Exposure Pathways and Health Implications of Environmental Chemicals, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ronald A. Glabonjat

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental chemicals; exposure pathways; health effects; multidisciplinary approach; analytical chemistry; toxicology; epidemiology; emerging contaminants; public health policies; regulatory frameworks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Inorganic Functional Materials: From Precise Synthesis to Application

edited by

Guoqiang Liu

and

Zhijing Zhu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: inorganic functional materials; precise synthesis and structural design; structure– property relationships; multiscale in situ/operando characterization; photocatalysis and electrocatalysis; environmental remediation and pollutant degradation; optoelectronic and multifunctional devices; green building materials; Al-assisted material design

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

Flight Mechanics and Aerodynamics Design

edited by Liang Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: flight mechanics; aerodynamic design; unsteady aerodynamics; aeroelasticity; stability and control; multidisciplinary design optimization; eVTOL aerodynamics

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

Advances in Molecular Biology: Theory, Methods and Applications

edited by

Vladimir Alexandrov

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular biology; gene expression; genome editing; multi-omics; computational biology

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

Artificial Intelligence in Virtual Design and Construction (VDC): Present Status, Opportunities and Future Challenges

edited by

Yuhan Jiang

Dapeng Li

and Qingwei Shi

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3696 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI) technologies; innovations in virtual design and construction (VDC); leveraging AI and VDC for resilience; AI equity: ensuring access to AI for all

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

New Insights into Food Bioactive Compounds: Safety, Quality and Nutritional Determinants

edited by

Antonios E. Koutelidakis

and

Nikolaos D. Andritsos

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3683 | Submission Open

Keywords: food acceptability; functional foods; health; nutrition; food quality; food safety

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

Composites from Sustainable Resources: Properties, Manufacturing, and Applications

edited by Camelia Pinca-Bretotean

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3430 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite; resins; fibers; technology; properties; testing; applications; ecology; sustainability

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

State of the Art in Smart Materials and Flexible Sensors

edited by Foram Ranjeet Madiyar and

Melanie Ecker

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 782 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart materials; flexible sensors; sensor technologies; adaptive materials; sensor integration; material design; industrial applications; environmental monitoring; healthcare sensors

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

Recent Applications of Plant Extracts in the Food Industry: 2nd Edition

edited by

Nuria Muñoz-Tebar

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; natural preservatives; antioxidant properties; plant-based food additives; sustainability; antimicrobial agents

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

Application of Machine Learning in Geoinformatics

edited by

Zifu Wang

and

Cheng-Yu Ku

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: ML/AI in geoinformatics; remote sensing; spatial prediction and pattern recognition; geospatial big data; natural language processing (NLP); large language models (LLMs); urban planning and transportation safety; environmental monitoring and disaster management; public policy applications; ethical and interpretable AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances in Terahertz and Laser Technologies: Innovations, Applications, and Future Directions

edited by Hui Li and

Chenglong Zheng

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: terahertz technology; laser applications; metasurfaces; wave manipulation; photonic devices; imaging and sensing; non-destructive evaluation; ultra-broadband communication; optical engineering; terahertz metamaterials

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

Sustainability in Energy and Buildings: Future Perspectives and Challenges: 2nd Edition

edited by

Sergio Montelpare

and

Camilla Lops

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative materials for buildings; climate changes and buildings; building adaptive solutions; buildings skins; smart HVAC systems; renewable energies for buildings; LCA and LCC; new energy storage and distributions options; novel sustainability strategies; innovative building analyses

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

Advanced Techniques in Prognostics and Health Management

edited by

Di Liu

and Cun Shi

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: prognostics and health management; failure mechanism analysis; degradation modeling; reliability estimation and prediction; fault diagnosis; fault-tolerant control; risk analysis; maintenance strategy; digital twins; machine learning

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

The Impact of Sport and Exercise on Physical Health

edited by

Cristina García-Muñoz

and

María Jesús Casuso-Holgado

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 29307 | Submission Open

Keywords: exercise; sport; physical health chronic conditions

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

Current Status and Perspectives in Human–Computer Interaction

edited by

Wonjoon Kim

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21193 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– computer interaction (HCI); human– AI collaboration; interaction design; virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR); AI/ML in HCI; accessibility in HCI; multimodal interaction; HCI in various domain (healthcare; education; entertainment; etc.)

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

Functional Foods and Natural Products: Bioactive Compounds and Beneficial Effects on Health—3rd Edition

edited by

António José Madeira Nogueira

and

Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 20385 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; bioactive compounds; water quality; antioxidants; anti-inflammatory; antimicrobial; anticytotoxic; cell proliferation and apoptosis

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

Advances in Sports Science and Biomechanics

edited by Fotini Arabatzi

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 19894 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanical analysis; injury biomechanics; joint biomechanics; sport science; motor skills; motor control; sports technique; kinematic; kinetic training proposal

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

Antioxidants: Discovery, Analysis, Medicinal Prospects and Potential Applications

edited by

Wlodzimierz Opoka

and

Agata Kryczyk-Poprawa

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17959 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural antioxidants; phyto-antioxidants; oxidative stress; functional food; dietary supplements; nutraceuticals; cosmetics

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

Application of Digital Technology in Cultural Heritage

edited by Theodore Ganetsos and

Antreas Kantaros

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17623 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive techniques; 3D scanning; 3D printing; Raman spectroscopy; FTIR; SEM; XCT; hyperspectral imaging; machine learning; cultural heritage preservation; digital technology

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

Energy and Power Systems: Control and Management

edited by Stelios Ioannou,

Mohamed Darwish

and

Nicholas G. Christofides

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16291 | Submission Open

Keywords: active power grid periphery; multi-agent systems (MASs); smart grid; power systems; renewable energy

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

Waste Recycling Materials and Technologies: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Miguel Suffo Pino

Francisco Jesús Fernández Morales

and Jose Luis García-Morales

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15955 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste recycling; recycling technologies; environmental sustainability; circular bioeconomy and economy; material processing; eco-friendly solutions; waste conversion; textile waste management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advanced Methodology and Analysis in Electrical Materials Science

edited by Xiankun Zhang, Zhiguo Ye and Yuwei Fu

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15264 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrical materials; electrical insulating materials; electrical contact materials; electromagnetic conversion materials; shielding materials; energy storage materials

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

Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Realm of Applied Science

edited by

Vincenzo Pierro

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14502 | Submission Open

Keywords: gravitational wave; astronomy; relativity; optics; material science; detection theory; signal processing; computer science

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

Drug Discovery and Delivery in Medicinal Chemistry

edited by

Stoyanka Nikolova

and

Vera Gledacheva

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14449 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthesis; drug design; drug candidates; drug-delivery; nanoparticles; in silico; biological activity; novel nonclinical approaches

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

Human Performance and Health in Sport and Exercise—2nd Edition

edited by

Barbara Gilic

and

Andrea Fusco

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14165 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports performance; performance indicators; well-being; healthy lifestyle; health literacy; physical literacy; lifestyle medicine

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

Novel Sources of Plant Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Gregorio Peron

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 13104 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant biostimulants; mechanisms of action; agri-food byproducts; sustainable agriculture; plant cultivation; horticulture; plant biochemistry; metabolomics; plant performance; abiotic stress

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

Robotics and Automation Systems in Construction: Trends and Prospects

edited by

Phuong Hoang Dat Nguyen

and Alireza Golabchi

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12555 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction engineering and management; robotic construction equipment; 3D printing; drones; exoskeletons; building information modeling; artificial intelligence; unmanned aircraft systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Machine Learning-Based Feature Extraction and Selection: 2nd Edition

edited by

David Ruano-Ordás

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12055 | Submission Open

Keywords: information retrieval and text mining; machine learning; data mining and knowledge discovery; deep learning; information extraction; machine learning for NLP; dimensionality reduction

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

Air Quality Monitoring, Analysis and Modeling

edited by

Hyo Choi

and Kuruvilla John

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12004 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution monitoring and analysis of particulate matters and gaseous (ratio matrix; importance; moving average technique); air pollution monitoring and mapping (Surfer; QGIS; etc.) and improvement of satellite images (SAR; MODIS; etc.) and geographical information system (GIS); AI (artificial neural network modeling; machine learning and deep learning) and multivariate statistical modeling; 3D-numerical modeling on air pollutant concentration and its dispersion; air quality variation affected by the atmospheric boundary layer and severe weather (cold front; internal gravity waves; etc.); emission and transport of air pollutants; nocturnal ozone increase due to transportation and ozone folding; air pollution impact on human health; desertification of land through climate change due to the increase in carbon dioxide; improvement method and policy of air pollution state; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

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