Applied Sciences

Food Processing and Preservation Technologies: Advances and Applications—2nd Edition

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submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7640 | Submission Open

Keywords: food processing; food preservation technologies; innovative foods; functional foods; shelf life extension; food safety; valorization of food processing by-products; energy efficiency

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

Advances in Fusion Engineering and Design Volume II

edited by

Arkady Serikov

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6792 | Submission Open

Keywords: fusion technology; fusion engineering and design; neutronics; thermal hydraulics; system analysis; computer modelling; model integration; blankets; liquid-metal blankets; MHD thermofluids; breeding blankets; materials; magnets; fusion fuel cycle; tritium; plasma facing components; beryllium; plasma material interactions; plasma; plasma heating; ITER; DEMO; JET; ARIES-ST; JT-60SA; Helias; W7X; NIF; IFMIF-DONES; diagnostics; fusion safety; waste management; private fusion

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

New Trends in Renewable Energy and Power Systems

edited by

Monica Borunda

and

Oscar A. Jaramillo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6670 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy; renewable energy; wind energy; solar energy; smart energy systems; energy tools and models; energy storage; clean energy sources; carbon capture; electromobility; sustainability; artificial intelligence

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

Athletes Performance and Analysis in Combat Sports and Martial Arts: Second Edition

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submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6523 | Submission Open

Keywords: martial arts; combat sports; fight analysis; technical and tactical preparation; training control; kickboxing; boxing; Judo; Karate; Taekwondo; Ju-Jitsu; grappling; Muay Thai

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

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

edited by

Małgorzata Ziarno

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6409 | Submission Open

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

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

Application of Smart Learning in Education

edited by

Huseyin Uzunboylu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6138 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart learning; personalized learning; virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); online learning; mobile Learning

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

Innovative Functional Textiles and Their Applications

edited by Meredith McQuerry

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5882 | Submission Open

Keywords: textiles; functional apparel; material; fabric; garment; protective clothing; personal protective equipment; wearable technology; comfort; mobility

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

Photobiomodulation and Photodynamic Therapy in Dentistry and Oral Science

edited by

Morena Petrini

and

Emira D’Amico

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5859 | Submission Open

Keywords: photobiomodulation; photodynamic therapy; LED; LASER; light therapy

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

Applications of Nanoparticles in the Environmental Sciences

edited by

Jason G. Parsons

and

Mataz Alcoutlabi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5675 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; nanoparticles; environmental chemistry; nanotechnology-based energy storage; environmentally relevant catalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

New Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Data Science

edited by

Han Liu

, Hongyang Chen and Xiaotong Zhang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5529 | Submission Open

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

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

Advanced Blasting Technology for Mining

edited by

Krzysztof Skrzypkowski

and Andrzej Biessikirski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5279 | Submission Open

Keywords: blasting works; explosives; fragmentation; detonation properties; blast-induced vibration; drilling; blast and ring design; blasting safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Emerging Technologies for Waste Treatment, Reuse and Energy Production

edited by

Agapi Vasileiadou

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Vasilis Evagelopoulos

and

Costas Tsioptsias

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5265 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste utilization; waste to energy; energy production; waste treatment; thermochemical conversion; biochemical conversion; sustainable development; circular economy; intergrated WtE systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Recent Advances in Asphalt Materials and Their Applications

edited by Syed Waqar Haider

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5125 | Submission Open

Keywords: unbound materials; asphalt; recycled concrete aggregates; aggregate base; sub-base; stabilization; durability; moduli

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Novel Extraction Methods and Applications

edited by

Alexandra Cristina Blaga

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4926 | Submission Open

Keywords: new extractions techniques; the applications of extraction techniques; extraction mechanisms; influencing factors and related applications

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

Artificial Intelligence in Medical Diagnostics: Second Edition

edited by

Jan Mulawka

,

Dorota Dunin-Wąsowicz

and

Piotr Socha

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4825 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; medical diagnostics; expert systems; radiomics; knowledge acquisition; machine learning; neural networks

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

Maintenance 4.0 Technologies for Sustainable Manufacturing: Second Edition

edited by

Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek Małgorzata

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4721 | Submission Open

Keywords: predictive maintenance; prescriptive maintenance; big data analytics; digital twin; internet of things; augmented/virtual reality; 3D printing; servitization; remaining useful life; maturity; resource efficiency

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

Applications of Wearable Sensors in Healthcare, Rehabilitation and Sports Biomechanics

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submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4079 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; biosensors; sport equipment sensors; equipment attached sensors; explainable AI; multimodal signal processing; video; image; and sensor signals; human activity recognition (HAR); human activity modelling and analysis (HAMA); human motion modelling and analysis (HMMA)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Applied Geophysical Imaging and Data Processing

edited by Vincenzo Lapenna

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4076 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied geophysics; geophysical imaging; tomography; signal processing; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Work Environment Effects on Health and Safety of Employees

edited by

Nicola Magnavita

and

Venerando Rapisarda

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4070 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational health; prevention; health promotion; one health; total worker health; occupational disease; injury; stress; burnout; inequality; disability management

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

Antenna and Radio-Frequency Technologies for 5G and 6G Wireless Communications

edited by Shu-Han Liao and

Donald Y.C. Lie

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3595 | Submission Open

Keywords: fifth generation (5G); sixth generation (6G) wireless system; antenna; Radio-Frequency technologies

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

IoT for Solar Monitoring and Photovoltaic Sensing

edited by Radu Etz and

George Dan Mois

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3211 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; IoT in PV systems; PV systems monitoring; irradiance measurements; environmental parameters measurements; prediction; machine learning; artificial intelligence; energy management; microgrids

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

Virtual Reality-Based Training System for Autonomous Learning

edited by

Pablo Fernández-Arias

and

Diego Vergara

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3137 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual realty; training; autonomous learning; self-learning; inmersive learning; autonomous exploration; efficient learning; engagement and motivation

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

Advanced Studies in Orthodontics

edited by Giuseppina Laganà

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3087 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthodontics; dental digital treatment; dental science

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

Innovative Engineering Technologies for the Agri-Food Sector

edited by

Alessandro Leone

,

Antonia Tamborrino

and

Antonio Berardi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3018 | Submission Open

Keywords: competitive and sustainable technology; innovative food process; environmental sustainability; agri-food products; smart farming; remote sensing; automation and robotics in agriculture; pre- and post-harvest processing; pest management; waste product valorization; physical and biological processes; food safety; food quality; circular economy; renewable energy

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

A New Approach to Renewable Energy Sources to Increase the Efficiency of Electric Vehicles

edited by

Andrzej Nowrot

and

Anna Manowska

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2936 | Submission Open

Keywords: RES (renewable energy source); EV (electric vehicle); battery; ESS (energy storage system); power grid

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the IoT

edited by

Bijan Raahemi

and Ahmad Akbari Azirani

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2701 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; Internet of Things; machine learning; automation; intelligent IoT; generative AI; edge learning

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

Fifth Anniversary of 'Food Science and Technology' Section—Recent Advances in Food

edited by

Piotr Minkiewicz

,

Roberta Foligni

and

Wojciech Kolanowski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2428 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; food security; food technology; lifestyle-related diseases; healthy diet; proteins; bioactive peptides; functional properties; proteolysis; chemical modifications enzymatic modifications; allergy; bioinformatics; cheminformatics; chemical information

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

Advanced Spectroscopy Technologies

edited by

Xiaotian Li

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2376 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectrometer; Raman spectroscopy; fluorescence spectroscopy; laser spectroscopy; LIBS spectroscopy; infrared spectroscopy

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

Progress and Challenges of Rock Engineering

edited by

Tae Young Ko

and

Min-Seong Kim

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2362 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock engineering; extraterrestrial rock mechanics; artificial intelligence in rock engineering; in situ monitoring; underground space development; lunar/Mars construction; smart sensing technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Explainable Artificial Intelligence Technology and Its Applications

edited by

Guoyang Liu

,

Weidong Zhou

and

Lan Tian

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2324 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); post hoc explainability; ante‑hoc (intrinsic) interpretability; causal and counterfactual explanations; cognitive science‑inspired XAI; biologically inspired XAI; interpretable deep learning; trustworthy and responsible AI; human– AI interaction and usability studies; explainable biomedical signal processing; explainable computer vision; explainable natural language processing; edge and hardware‑efficient XAI

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

Intelligent Software Engineering: Innovations, Challenges, and Applications

edited by Mirko Perkusich and Emilia Mendes

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2297 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence in software engineering (AI4SE); data mining in software engineering; DevOps for machine learning-enabled systems (MLOps); Intelligent Software Engineering (ISE); machine learning for software engineering (ML4SE); reasoning under uncertainty in software engineering; recommender systems in software engineering; search-based software engineering; software analytics; software engineering for AI systems (SE2AI)

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

Urban Geospatial Analytics Based on Big Data

edited by

Anna Kochanek

and

Agnieszka Generowicz

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2291 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial data; databases; spatial analysis; spatial information systems; GIS; spatial relationships; big data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Bioactive Compounds for Functional Foods and Sustainability

edited by

Monika Karaś

and

Urszula Szymanowska

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2271 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; functional food; food fortification; waste products from the food production chain; sustainable development in food production; health-promoting activity

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

Robotics and Intelligent Systems: Technologies and Applications

edited by Qiang Liu and

Alessandro Gasparetto

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2241 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; intelligent systems; autonomous systems; machine learning in robotics; robot grasping; human– robot interaction; swarm robotics; robotic sensing and perception; adaptive control systems; robotic applications

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

Synthesis and Characterization of Carbonaceous Nanostructured Materials for Innovative Applications

edited by

Gianluigi De Falco

and Maurin Salamanca

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2238 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon nanomaterials; functional applications; nanocomposites; chemical/structural characterization; optical characterization; morphological characterization/microscopy; energy storage and production; sensors; flame synthesis; deposition of nanostructured thin films; electrochemical characterization

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

Novel Insights into Cryptography and Network Security

edited by

Yujue Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2215 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryptography; post-quantum cryptography; cryptanalysis; authentication mechanisms; access control; intrusion detection and prevention technologies; artificial intelligence security

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

GIS-Based Spatial Analysis for Environmental Applications

edited by

Raffaella Brigante

and

Valerio Baiocchi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2054 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; geomatics; remote sensing; UAV; emergency management; spatial analysis; environmental monitoring; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Musical Acoustics and Sound Perception

edited by Spyros Polychronopoulos,

Ana Maria Barbancho

and

Andrea Santoni

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2053 | Submission Open

Keywords: musical acoustics; acoustic measurements; spatial audio; head-related transfer function (HRTF); sound perception; psychoacoustics; auditory cognition; simulation; audio signal processing; finite element method (FEM); boundary element method (BEM)

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

Natural Language Processing and Text Mining

edited by

John Atkinson Abutridy

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2037 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language processing (NLP); text mining; sentiment analysis; information extraction; machine translation; language modeling; deep learning; neural networks; semantic analysis; syntactic analysis

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

Current Advances and Future Trend in Enhanced Oil Recovery

edited by

Long Xu

, Hailong Zhao and Mingchen Ding

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2016 | Submission Open

Keywords: oilfield development; enhanced recovery; conventional reservoirs; unconventional reservoirs; improved water drive; chemical drive; research progress; development outlook

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Machine Learning Approaches for Seismic Data Analysis

edited by

Stefania Gentili

and Ester Piegari

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1958 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; supervised and unsupervised learning; noise reduction; clustering; earthquake forecasting; real-time monitoring

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

Selected Papers from the 12th International Conference of Environmental Protection and Energy

edited by

Ewa Brągoszewska

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1889 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental protection; environmental engineering; renewable energy; circular economy; sustainable development

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

Innovative Data Mining Techniques for Advanced Recommender Systems

edited by Yue Kou, Xiangmin Zhou and

Chaochao Chen

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1838 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable recommendation; cross-domain recommendation; fairness in recommendation; bias in recommender systems; trustworthiness of recommendation; causal recommendation; contextualized recommendation; large language model-based recommendation

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

Emerging Technologies in Innovative Human–Computer Interactions

edited by

Shana Smith

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1806 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-computer interaction; extended reality; brain-computer interface; wearable technologies; conversational artificial intelligence

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

Edge Intelligence and Green Communication Networks for IoT

edited by Raul Parada and

Jože Guna

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1805 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable IoT architectures; energy harvesting in IoT; intelligent resource management; eco-friendly network infrastructures; decentralized edge computing; AI-driven network optimization; low-power IoT devices

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

Advances in Virtual Reality Applications

edited by György Wersényi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1757 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality; virtual and augmented realities; cognitive infocommunication; 3D immersion; human factors

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

Seismic Resistant Design and Analysis for Building Structures and Infrastructure Systems

edited by

Mintaek Yoo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1726 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic design; dynamic behavior; buildings; infrastructures; numerical analysis; dynamic load test; seismic risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics

edited by Arzu Tugce Guler, Ozkan Cigdem,

Malik Yousef

and

Jeong Seop Sim

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1611 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; drug discovery; personalized medicine; biomedical imaging; systems biology; omics

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

Biological Activity, Chemical Characterization and Contaminants of Plants and Waste: 2nd Edition

edited by

Tiane Finimundy

and

Marta Mesías

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1610 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological activity; chemical contaminants; chemical characterization; plants; waste; subproducts

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

Cutting-Edge Neural Networks for NLP (Natural Language Processing)

edited by

Xue Li

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1596 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced architectures; application and performance; multimodal and multilingual approaches; ethical and practical considerations

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

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