Applied Sciences

State of the Art in Food Science: Food Processing and Preservation

edited by

and Małgorzata Moczkowska-Wyrwisz

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3563 | Submission Open

Keywords: meat processing; egg processing; preservation; food safety; quality; nutrition value; shelf-life extension; preservation methods; new technologies; packaging

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

Big-Data-Driven Advances in Smart Maintenance and Industry 4.0

edited by

Vicente González-Prida

and

Adolfo Crespo Márquez

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3557 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data; critical infrastructure; digital twins; digitalisation; facility management; Industry 4.0; information and data assets; life cycle management; maintenance; performance and condition of physical assets; risk and reliability analysis; servitization; smart factory; standards; sustainability

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

Pharmaceutical Development and Drug Delivery

edited by Gioconda Millotti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3382 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceutical development; enhanced drug delivery; advanced treatments; personalized medicine; addressing unmet medical treatments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Intelligent IoT Networks and Wireless Communication

edited by

Hosung Park

,

Taehun Yang

and

Soochang Park

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3062 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless communication protocols; IoT Network Architectures; edge computing and fog computing; artificial intelligence and machine learning in IoT; security and privacy; energy efficiency; interoperability and standardization; data management and analytics

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

Advances in Honeybee and Their Biological and Environmental Threats

edited by

Franco Mutinelli

and

Michela Bertola

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3041 | Submission Open

Keywords: honey bee health; disease; invasive species; predators; parasites; diagnosis; control; prevention; bioindicators; environmental monitoring; management practices

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

Advances in Sports Science and Biomechanics

edited by Fotini Arabatzi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3027 | 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)

Grounding Systems Optimization for Low-Frequency Fault Currents and Lightning Strikes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Eduardo Faleiro

,

Gabriel Asensio

and

Jorge Moreno

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3012 | Submission Open

Keywords: transient response; lightning-induced fields; non-negligible internal impedance; optima ground-line location; grounding electrode heating; ampacity study; coated electrodes; grounding system damage; effects of electrode corrosion; grounding malfunction detection test; influence of soil modeling

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

Numerical Modeling and Mechanical Properties Analysis for Metallic and Composite Materials and Structures: 2nd Edition

edited by

Maria Amélia Ramos Loja

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2860 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite structures; metallic structures; hybrid material structures; numerical modelling; properties estimation; homogeneization techniques; performance of materials and structures; parametric analyses

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

Green Technologies and Applications

edited by

Sergio Correia

and

João Pedro Matos-Carvalho

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2814 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy and green technology; green smart cities; green technologies and applications; green communication systems and networks; artificial intelligence for green IoT; applied mathematical modeling in renewable energy; ai application to sustainable technologies

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

Natural Language Processing and Semantic Technologies: From Theories to Applications

edited by André Pomp and Christoph Quix

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2626 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language processing; large language models; semantic web; knowledge graphs; ontologies; semantic interoperability; semantic modeling

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

Climate Change in the Environmental Impact: Monitoring, Observation and Applications

edited by

Ricardo Castedo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2575 | Submission Open

Keywords: field measurements; data analysis; numerical modeling; risk assessment; hazards; mitigation; prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Virtual Reality and Emerging Technologies in Physical Activity, Sports and Healthcare

edited by

Jacek Polechoński

and Agnieszka Nawrocka

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2085 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality; wearable technology; mobile health; mHealth; AI in health; physical activity; sport; healthcare; exergames; fitness; serious games; telemedicine; health monitoring; rehabilitation

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

Advances in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

edited by

Hang Lin

, Yifan Chen and

Shijie Xie

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2062 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; soil and rock engineering; geo-environmental engineering; novel geotechnical construction techniques; applied geology for design and construction; methods and theories for assessing geological stability; rock test and geomechanics analysis; numerical simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

AI-Enhanced Metal/Alloy Forming

edited by

Zili Wang

and

Yong Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2005 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal/alloy forming; deep learning algorithms; optimization algorithms; digital twin technology; large language models; rolling; forging; extrusion; drawing; stamping; hydroforming

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

New Challenges in Conceptual Design of Robotic and Mechatronic Systems: 3rd Edition

edited by

Kanstantsin Miatliuk

and

Henrik Gordon Petersen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1939 | Submission Open

Keywords: conceptual design; mechatronic systems; robotic systems; human– computer interaction; design methods

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

Smart Technologies Integrating AI with Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications

edited by

Tien Chi Huang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1746 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); machine learning; human– computer interaction (HCI); immersive technologies; computer vision; real-time data processing; intelligent systems; adaptive learning environments

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

Wireless Power Transfer and Inductive Charging

edited by José Alberto and

Leonardo Sandrolini

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1706 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless power transfer; magnetic resonance; resonator arrays; inductive power transfer; inductive charging; near-field power transmission

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

Marine-Derived Bioactive Compounds and Marine Biotechnology

edited by Ana Augusto,

Susana F. J. Silva

,

Marco F. L. Lemos

and

Patrícia Valentão

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1462 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine microalgae; marine macroalgae; green extracts; biotechnology; natural compounds; food additives; high-value compounds; shelf life; seafood by-products; nutritional profile

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

Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors: Current Designs and Applications

edited by

Keekeun Lee

and

Wen Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1427 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAW; sensors; piezo-electric substrate; thin film coating; low-dimensional configuration; SAW design architecture; mass loading; acoustoelectric; interface electronics; communication systems; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Sciences and Technology)

Advanced Additive Manufacturing for Metal Materials and Components

edited by

Sipokazi Mabuwa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1362 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; metal materials; process optimization; novel alloys; mechanical properties; post processing; aerospace applications; biomedical engineering; quality control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)

New Challenges and Future Perspectives in the Treatment of Central White Matter Pathologies

edited by

Mario Valentino

and

Christian Zammit

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 1110 | Submission Open

Keywords: white matter injury; leukodystrophies; multiple sclerosis; lacunar stroke; ALS

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

Security and Privacy in Artificial Intelligence: Technology, Applications, and Challenges

edited by Yiming Li, Xiaojun Jia and Zhengyu Zhao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open

Keywords: trustworthy ML; responsible AI; LLM safety; AI copyright protection; fairness and privacy

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

Advances in Optical and Optoelectronic Devices and Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xudong Li

and Renpeng Yan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1026 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser material; optical film; lasers; optical amplifier; active electro-optical sensing; laser application

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

Advanced Processing and Characterization of Metals and Their Alloys

edited by

Héctor Herrera-Hernández

, Carlos Omar González Morán,

Jose de Jesus Agustin Flores Cuautle

and

Jorge Morales Hernández

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 947 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials processing; corrosion; electrochemical; surface protection; metal manufacture; casting alloy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Novel Advances in Precision Machining and Manufacturing

edited by

Shen-Yung Lin

,

Shih-Ming Wang

and Deshin Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision machining; additive manufacturing; 3D printing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advanced Studies in Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems

edited by

Francisco J. Perez-Pinal

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 673 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources; harvest energy; energy storage; diversification of energy supply; sustainable energy conversion; power electronics converters; modeling and control of power electronic converters; (smart) pico- and microgrids; transportation electrification

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

Application of Green Chemistry in Environmental Engineering

edited by

Valerio Paolini

and

Patrizio Tratzi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 636 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; biorefinery; LCA

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Application of Finite Element Analysis in Fracture Mechanics

edited by

Elad Priel

,

Brigit Mittelman

and

Alberto Campagnolo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fracture mechanics; classical fracture mechanics; generalized fracture mechanics; crack initiation; crack propagation; stress intensity factor; energy release rate; J-integral; cohesive zone modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Resistance Training: Acute Responses, Short and Long-Term Adaptations in Athletic Performance and Health

edited by

Nikolaos Zaras

and

Spyridon Methenitis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 496 | Submission Open

Keywords: resistance training; functionality and health; acute/short-/long-term training interventions; sports performance; body composition; neuromuscular adaptations; muscle architecture characteristics; muscle fiber type composition; non-communicable chronic diseases; elderly and sedentary individuals

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

Machine Learning for Healthcare Analytics

edited by Franck Fontanili and Xavier Alacoque

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 479 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare IoT; healthcare data and process mining; electronic health records (EHR); natural language processing (NLP) in healthcare; disease diagnosis; medical imaging analysis; patient outcome prediction; genomic data analysis; time series analysis in medicine; healthcare recommender systems; patterns identification; risk score calculation; prediction; classification; decision support system

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

Emerging Technologies in Food Processing: Innovations, Challenges, and Applications

edited by

Monika Sujka

and Magdalena Kachel

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 456 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging technology; food processing; ultrasound; pulsed electric field; nanotechnology; cold plasma

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

Degraded Soil Treatment and Influence on Biodiversity

edited by

Marta Bik-Małodzińska

,

Kamila Rybczyńska-Tkaczyk

and

Anna Jakubczyk

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 364 | Submission Open

Keywords: soils; soil degradation; soil reclamation; reclamation methods; soil management; biodiversity; biological life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in Ocean Acoustics

edited by Tongwei Zhang and

Huifang Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater acoustic communication; underwater acoustic positioning; underwater PNT (positioning; navigation; and timing); underwater navigation systems; acoustic signal processing; autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) acoustics; underwater acoustic networks; oceanographic acoustic sensors; acoustic localization techniques; underwater acoustic imaging

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

Advances in Deep Learning-Based Medical Image Analysis: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mohib Ullah

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; weakly supervised learning; tumor segmentation; oxygenation measurements; desmoking; image enhancement; activity recognition; classification; semi-supervised learning; multi- and cross-modality learning

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

Advances in Structural Health Monitoring and Seismic Assessment of Civil Engineering Structures

edited by

Tiago Ribeiro

,

Shieh-Kung Huang

,

Marcin Górski

and

Luís Filipe Almeida Bernardo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; predictive maintenance; inspection planning; reliability; sensing networks and optimization; signal processing; system identification; damage detection; location; and quantification; structural performance evaluation; numerical modeling and model updating; model analysis; artificial intelligence and data-driven approach; environmental effect

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Recent Trends in Physical Exercise and Applied Physiology

edited by

Tamás Szabó

and

Annamária Zsákai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy supplying systems; body composition; speckle tracking techniques; oxygen deficit

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

Innovative Approaches to Energy Efficiency in Building Design and Operation

edited by

Gabriele Battista

and

Emanuele De Lieto Vollaro

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; building lifecycle; sustainable design; advanced materials; renewable energy integration; smart building technologies; thermal load reduction; passive design strategies; artificial intelligence in building; zero-energy buildings (ZEBs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Digital Healthcare IoT and Sensing Platforms

edited by Jordi Carrabina

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Medical Things (IoMT); digital healthcare platforms; wearable devices; smartphone health APPs; AI on healthcare platforms; technoeconomic analysis; remote patient monitoring

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

Recent Developments in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence Modeling

edited by

Georgios Sofiadis

and

Ioannis Sarris

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics (CFD); turbulence modeling; turbulence models; data-driven turbulence modeling; high-performance computing (HPC); RANS; LES; DNS

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

Biodiesel Production: Current Status and Perspectives

edited by Renata N. Vilas Bôas, Larissa Rauber Duarte and Marisa Mendes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiesel; enzymatic catalysis; fatty acid esters; heterogeneous catalysis; lipases

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

Applications of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Energy Saving Technologies in Buildings

edited by

Evangelos Bellos

and Georgios Mitsopoulos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy savings; dynamic simulation; positive buildings; sustainability; sustainable materials; renewable energy sources; solar thermal collectors; photovoltaics; heat pumps

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

Advanced Planning, Scheduling and Routing Problems—Models, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Paweł Sitek

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: planning and scheduling; optimization and algorithms; supply chains; urban logistics; last-mile delivery; autonomous vehicles; UAV fleet routing and scheduling; drone delivery systems; computer network routing; dynamic routing and scheduling; manufacturing; E-commerce logistics; AI-driven approach to modeling and solving; data-driven and robust optimization

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

Thin Films and Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

edited by

José Alberto Luna López

and Dainet Berman-Mendoza

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; thin films; semiconductors; transparent conductor oxides; devices

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

Recent Advances in Data Privacy, Transparency and Cybersecurity: Theory and Applications

edited by Wenjuan Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber security; intrusion detection; trust management; system security; data privacy; data regulation; information transparency

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

Recent Advances in Prospecting Geology

edited by

Jakub Ciążela

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: ore deposits; remote sensing; geophysics; geochemistry; marine geology; machine learning; planetary geology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances in Human–Computer Interaction and Collaboration

edited by

Mladen Bošnjaković

and Kristian Dokic

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– computer interaction; natural user interfaces; large language models; gesture recognition; adaptive interfaces; artificial intelligence; augmented reality; virtual reality

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

Advances in Environmental Monitoring and Radiation Protection

edited by

Ileana Radulescu

and Alina Catrinel Ion

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; radiation protection; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Water Pollution and Wastewater Treatment Chemistry

edited by

Carmen Zaharia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: water/wastewater; treatment processes; water quality; treatment efficiency; pollution impact and risk assessment; water quality index

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

Agricultural Waste and By-Products: New Management Strategies for Environmental Sustainability

edited by Beatriz Cervejeira Bolanho Barros,

Otávio Akira Sakai

,

Michele Rosset

and Suelen Pereira Ruiz

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; zero waste; bioactive compounds; eco-friendly; agroindustrial chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Innovations in Remote Sensing Technology for Resource and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

George Johannes Chirima

,

John Odindi

,

Cletah Shoko

and Paidamwoyo Mhangara

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; environmental changes; resource assessment; sensor technology; high-resolution imaging; LiDAR; hyperspectral imaging; artificial intelligence; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

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