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Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials: Recent Advances and Prospects
edited by Randall Scott Williamson
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: patient-specific treatments; bioprinting; surgical planning and training; drug delivery systems; advanced smart materials; auxetic structures; 4D; 5D; and 6D printing; regulartory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Innovative Biomechanical Methods for Practical Locomotive Assessments
edited by and Hiroaki Kawamoto
submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomechanics; artificial intelligence; locomotive assessment; motion capture; knee osteoarthritis; fall risk; foot pressure; wearable sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
State-of-the-Art Earth Sciences and Geography in China
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 28 articles | Viewed by 65216 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
Advances in Civil Infrastructures Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 58820 | Submission Open
Keywords: airfields; artificial intelligence; bridges; buildings; climate changes; dams; decarbonization; environment; extreme events; geotechnics; materials; pavements; railways; research; resilience; roads; society; sustainability; sustainable development goals; transport infrastructures; tunnels
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
State-of-the-Art Agricultural Science and Technology in China
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 39420 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop production; crop protection; food sciences and food technology; agricultural statistics; agricultural biotechnology; protected agriculture; agricultural machinery; bioinformatics; farm structure; farm power and machinery; irrigation and drainage; engineering of land and water resources; aquaculture and fisheries; renewable energy; agro-industrial engineering; horticultural and greenhouse engineering; pre- and post-harvest engineering; environment and agricultural information technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)
Measurement and Assessment of Environmental Radioactivity submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 34856 | Submission Open
Keywords: radioactivity measuring; radioactivity sources; radiological monitoring; environmental and health impacts of radioactivity radioactive contamination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)
Multi-Objective Optimization: Techniques and Applications
edited by Douglas Alexandre Gomes Vieira and Lisboa Adriano Chaves
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 31619 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-objective optimization; decision making; deterministic optimization; combinatorial optimization; linear optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Resource Utilization of Agricultural Wastes
edited by , Selma Etteieb and Moncef Chouaibi
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 24294 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial and agricultural residues; biotechnology; environmental chemistry; bioprocess engineering; bioenergy; bioplastics; biopolymers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)
Infrastructure Resilience Analysis
edited by Jianfeng Zhao, Henry Liu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 23469 | Submission Open
Keywords: taxonomy; performance measures; frameworks; optimization approaches; risks and uncertainties; case studies; socio-economic impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Applied Electronics and Functional Materials
edited by and Vitas Valincius
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22726 | Submission Open
Keywords: applied electronics; functional materials; interdisciplinary research; optoelectronics; sensors; energy harvesting; wearable technology; advanced fabrication techniques; hybrid materials; device integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing
edited by Asad Abdi and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 21394 | 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 modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Feature Review Papers in ‘Transportation and Future Mobility’ Section
edited by David Fernández-Llorca, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 21123 | Submission Open
Keywords: transportation; traffic; future mobility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
Empowering Interactions: Advancing Human-Centred AI for Transparent, Collaborative and Accessible Applications
edited by Ioannis Doumanis and Daphne Economou
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 20897 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI transparency; human– AI collaboration; user experience optimization; public health AI applications; cognitive AI modelling; trust and security in AI; AI accessibility; AI in governance; child-friendly interface design; biometric AI analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Intelligent Logistics and Supply Chain Systems submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19331 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart logistics; E-supply chains; ICT systems; risk management; supply chain network design; green logistics; data analytics; demand forecasting; inventory management; innovation; lean and agile; TQM; sustainability; IoT; big data and robotics; planning and scheduling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
Novel Insights into Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17681 | Submission Open
Keywords: rock mechanics; mechanical properties; deformation and fracture; constitutive model; laboratory test; theoretical analysis; numerical simulation; geotechnical engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
Cryptography in Data Protection and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
edited by and Chun-I Fan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13980 | Submission Open
Keywords: privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs); data protection; cryptographic protocols; multiparty computation; digital signatures; blockchain technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advanced Digital Design and Intelligent Manufacturing
edited by , and Ján Semjon
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 13291 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced digital design; intelligent manufacturing; automation; robotics; Industry 4.0; 3D printing; sustainable manufacturing; digital twin; CNC machines; computer aided design (CAD)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Recent Advances in Geochemistry
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12363 | Submission Open
Keywords: resource prospecting; element behavior and migration mechanism; ecological risk assessment; geo-health; source tracing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
5th Anniversary of Aerospace Science and Engineering Section—Recent Advances in Aerospace submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11172 | Submission Open
Keywords: aircraft; engine; propulsion; aerodynamics; flight control; astrodynamics; space science; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
Current Trends in Food Microbiology: Food Fermentation, Safety, and Production
edited by and Spyros Konteles
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10924 | Submission Open
Keywords: food microbiology; food fermentation; microbiome; pathogen detection; food safety; food preservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)
Earthquake Engineering: Geological Impacts and Disaster Assessment
edited by Abbas Abbaszadeh Shahri
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9966 | Submission Open
Keywords: earthquake engineering; geological impacts; disaster assessment; prediction model; computational approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Advances in Acoustic Emission Technique: Tests Interpretation and Numerical Simulations submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9937 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage; nondestructive testing; wave propagations; acoustic emission; fracture mechanics; numerical simulations; mechanics theory and modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Acoustics and Vibrations)
Methods, Applications and Developments in Biomedical Informatics: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9908 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; data mining/machine learning; clinical guidelines; decision support and therapy improvement; business process management/process mining; health data acquisition and analysis; healthcare information systems/knowledge representation/reasoning; medical imaging and pattern recognition; architectures and technologies for telehealth; medical signal and data processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)
Advanced Manufacturing Processes: Technologies and Applications submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9576 | Submission Open
Keywords: additive manufacturing; solid-state welding; impact welding processes; explosive welding; magnetic pulse welding; diffusion bonding; advanced fusion welding processes; powder metallurgy/sintering; machining; numerical modelling and simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Communication Networks: From Technology, Methods to Applications submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9361 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical networks; wireless communication; 5G/6G technologies and applications; access; aggregation; and core networks; cloud computing; edge computing; data-center networking; network security; network optimization; machine learning and data analytics in networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
Deep Learning for Signal Processing Applications-2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 9213 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; signal processing; object detection; image reconstruction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Advances in Powerplant Technologies for Decarbonization in Transportation and Industrial Sectors submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8847 | Submission Open
Keywords: decarbonized powertrains; fuel cells; batteries; hybridization; emission control; exhaust after-treatment systems; catalysts formulation; advanced combustion; low-carbon fuels; on-board diagnostics; CO2 capture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
Advancing Public Transport and Urban Infrastructures for Micro-Mobility in Sustainable Cities
edited by , and Taku Fujiyama
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8008 | Submission Open
Keywords: equity; accessibility; and sustainability; service-level analysis; intermodality; and railway infrastructure; inclusive design and universal accessibility in public transport; crowd management and public space; spatial analysis of mobility and big data; the use of innovative technologies and methodologies; urban environment and mobility challenges; public policies in sustainable mobility; strategies for the promotion of public and non-motorized transport; the resilience of public transport systems and urban infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
Feature Review Papers in Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7991 | Submission Open
Keywords: histology; embryology; microscopic anatomy; tissue bioengineering; bioinformatics; regenerative medicine; biomaterials; translational bioengineering; personalized medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Mechanical Properties and Characterization Technologies of Composite Materials submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7831 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural fibers; fiber-reinforced mortars and concrete; textile-reinforced mortars (TRMs); harsh exposure; FRCM; 3D printing; supplementary cementitious materials; nanomaterials and nanocomposites; unconventional reinforcement; recycled aggregates; waste; self-healing mortar and concrete; smart/multifunctional composite; self-sensing composites; alkali-activated materials; geopolymers; building materials; calcium sulfoaluminate binders; cementitious composites; hybrid binders; calcinated clays; fly ash; blast furnace slag; natural pozzolans; waste management; immobilization of toxic wastes; foamed and lightweight concretes; mortars; grouts and renders; reinforced concrete; precast concrete; corrosion; durability; environmental assessment; materials processing; rheology; performance-based specifications; activators; additives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
Sustainable Mobility and Transportation (SMTS 2025) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7744 | Submission Open
Keywords: vehicle development; diagnostics and testing; materials technology; autonomous vehicle; fuels and lubricants; electromobility; mobility and society; AI and control; manufacturing technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)
Artificial Intelligence on the Edge for Industry 4.0 submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7615 | Submission Open
Keywords: Industry 4.0 and beyond; smart manufacturing and automation; digital twins; augmented and virtual reality; cybersecurity in Industry 4.0; blockchain technology; sustainable manufacturing; human-machine collaboration; additive manufacturing; Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation of manufacturing; collaborative robots (cobots); education; innovation and change management in the industrial sector; data science; artificial intelligence and machine learning; deep learning; explainable AI and trustworthiness; computer vision; supply chain optimization; quality control and defect detection; energy management and optimization; robotics and automation; natural language processing for customer service; fraud detection and prevention; cybersecurity and threat detection; big data analytics for industry; optimization of industrial processes; precision agriculture; predictive maintenance Internet of Things and Industrial Internet of Things; smart cities and IoT; industrial automation and the IIoT; IoT-enabled smart homes; IoT and environmental monitoring; IoT and supply chain management; IoT and cybersecurity in industrial environments; IoT analytics and machine learning; 5G and the IoT; IoT and IIoT connectivity technologies and standards; IoT and IIoT interoperability and integration with legacy systems and protocols; cloud and edge computing; edge computing use cases and applications across different industries; cloud and edge security challenges and solutions; distributed systems and data management in the cloud and at the edge; edge computing hardware and software platforms and their integration with the cloud; cloud and edge performance and scalability challenges and solutions; edge computing architectures and their integration with cloud providers; edge computing and cloud computing interoperability and integration; edge computing and cloud computing for real-time and mission-critical applications; fog computing and its relationship to cloud and edge computing; edge computing for mobile and wireless networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Biomechanics and Technology in Sports
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7414 | Submission Open
Keywords: sports biomechanics; movement assessment; sports technology; athletic performance; wearable sensors; motion analysis; kinematics; kinetics; data-driven training; performance enhancement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Advances in Internet of Things (IoT) Security: Challenges and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7020 | Submission Open
Keywords: cyber-security; smart-city; human relationships; relational contexts; meta-analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6983 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop yield; crop nutrition; fertilizer use
(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)
Functional Foods and Their Impact on Human Health: From Mechanisms to Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6431 | Submission Open
Keywords: functional food; novel food; bioactivity; food supplementation; nutraceuticals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)
Current Technological, Methodological, and Organizational Research Trends in the Construction Industry, Third Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6138 | Submission Open
Keywords: construction industry; automation and robotization of construction processes; technological and organizational solutions; controlling executive processes; investment process; occupational safety; risks and hazards; safety management; sustainable development; management in construction; diagnostic of building structures; construction waste management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Smart Grids and Batteries for Sustainable Power Energy System
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5338 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart grids; battery storage; sustainable energy; renewable integration; energy efficiency; grid stability; system reliability; infrastructural and operational resilience; digital communication; automation in energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
Machine Learning and Its Application for Anomaly Detection
edited by and Amira Mouakher
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5183 | Submission Open
Keywords: anomaly detection; explainable AI (XAI); time-series analysis; generative AI; predictive maintenance; cybersecurity; industrial monitoring; healthcare analytics; real-time systems; federated learning; privacy-preserving machine learning; image anomaly detection; edge computing; cloud-based detection; outlier detection; adaptive detection systems and industrial IoTs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Machine Learning and AI Techniques for Intrusion Detection and Prevention
edited by Pierre Parrend
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5011 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity; detection; prevention; generative AI; supervised learning; unsupervised learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
Occupational Well-Being: Enhancing Safety and Ergonomics in the Work Environment submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4565 | Submission Open
Keywords: occupational safety and health; smart personal protective equipment; smart working environment; internet of things; cyber-physical system; Industry 4.0/Industry 5.0; wearables; smart materials; AR/MR/VR/XR
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
Precision Measurement Technology
edited by , and Samanta Piano
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4278 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision measurement; metrology; measurement; measurement systems; optical measurement; coordinate measurement; surface measurement; accuracy; smart sensors; quality control; precision engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Advanced Research in Structures and Rocks in Geotechnical Engineering: 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4184 | Submission Open
Keywords: geotechnical engineering; rock mechanics; soil mechanics; foundation engineering; slop stability; computational geotechnics; landslides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Design of Aircraft
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4071 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidisciplinary design; coupling optimization; intelligent design; inverse design; high fidelity; high efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
Smart Materials and Multifunctional Mechanical Metamaterials
edited by Chengjun Zeng, Fei Pan and Xiaozhou Xin
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4046 | Submission Open
Keywords: stimuli-responsive materials; shape-memory polymers; bio-inspired composites; mechanical metamaterials; energy absorption; smart structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
Trends and Prospects of Orthodontic Treatment, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4029 | Submission Open
Keywords: orthodontics; clear aligners; TSADs; CBCT; three-dimensional tooth movement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)
Feature Review Papers in Mechanical Engineering, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3588 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanical engineering; tribology; materials; manufacturing; mechatronics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
Application and Development of New Materials and Intelligent Technologies in Civil Engineering Construction
edited by Ke Sheng, , Shengtao Zhou and Dongxing Wang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3164 | Submission Open
Keywords: civil engineering construction; new materials; intelligent technologies; sustainable construction; tunnel engineering; slope stabilization; intelligent monitoring systems; numerical simulation; green construction materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Soil Liquefaction in Geotechnical Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2952 | Submission Open
Keywords: liquefaction; earthquake; shear waves; seismic hazard; centrifuge modeling; liquefaction evaluation; numerical simulation; data mining; high overburden stress; geological age; porewater pressure; bender element test; static cone penetration test; standard penetration tests
(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
Biotechnology in Animals submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2518 | Submission Open
Keywords: biotechnology; livestock; genetic improvement of livestock; genetically modified animals; gene editing; comparative genomics and biodiversity; reproductive biotechnologies; disease resistance; therapeutic proteins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)
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