Applied Sciences

Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Biomedical Engineering

edited by

, Alejandra Álvarez López and Manuel Toledano-Ayala

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; biomedical signal processing; machine and deep learning; cognitive computing; image processing; interpretability; explainability; biosensors; medical devices; biomechanical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Human Biomechanics and EMG Signal Processing, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andrea Tigrini

,

Alessandro Mengarelli

and Federica Verdini

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: human biomechanics; electromyography (EMG); musculoskeletal modeling; gait analysis

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

New Advances in Digital Signal Processing

edited by

Joško Šoda

,

Igor Vujović

and Mirjana Bonkovic

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital signal processing; artificial intelligence for signal processing; adaptive signal processing; sparse and compressed signal processing; edge AI; hardware acceleration; intelligent sensing; wireless signal processing; biomedical signal processing; multimedia signal processing

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

Next-Generation Smart Agriculture

edited by

Paweł Kiełbasa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: next-generation agriculture; precision agriculture; artificial intelligence; machine learning; Internet of Things; sensor systems; agricultural robotics; autonomous systems; digital twins; decision-support systems

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

Industrial Dust Control: Theory and Technology Innovation

edited by Ming Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial dust; dust removal technology; dust suppression; dust removal equipment; dust testing technology; numerical simulation; size and composition analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Applied Physiology in Women’s Sports

edited by

Javier García-Rubio

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: female athletes; exercise physiology; female-specific physiology; women's health; menstrual cycle; injury prevention; recovery; exercise training

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

Infrastructure Management and Maintenance: Methods and Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

José António Silva Carvalho Campos Matos

,

Ngoc-Son Dang

,

Hélder Sousa

,

Alfred Strauss

and Rade Hajdin

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2553 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrastructure; sustainability; resilience; reliability analysis; machine learning; damage assessment; anomaly detection; predictive analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Point-of-Care Diagnostics: Integrating Engineering and Biosciences for Rapid Clinical Solutions

edited by

Gheorghe Nicusor Pop

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2130 | Submission Open

Keywords: point-of-care diagnostics; biosensors; microfluidics; artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare; CRISPR diagnostics; rapid diagnostic testing; disease detection; clinical translation; global health technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Recent Developments in Acoustic Emission and Non-Destructive Evaluation

edited by

Xing Cai

and

Shan Wu

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1394 | Submission Open

Keywords: defect detection; damage monitoring; structural health monitoring; machinery condition monitoring; hybrid NDE systems; digital twins and NDE 4.0; mechanism- and data-driven AE; signal processing and source localization

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

Design and Development of Advanced Thin Films Based on Nanocomposites

edited by

Bogumił Cieniek

and

Ireneusz Stefaniuk

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 941 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanostructued thin films; hybrid nanocomposites; polymers; DMS; inorganic nanostructures; esigning advanced functional nanomaterials; laser and vapor deposition techniques; characterization and applications of the functional nanomaterials; devices integrating thin films based on nanocomposites

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

Structural Health Monitoring and Safety Evaluation for Dams

edited by

Han Zhang

and

Jingren Zhou

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 766 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; dam safety evaluation; reservoir bank slope safety; multi-source sensing; data fusion; anomaly detection; artificial intelligence; monitoring models; digital twin; risk analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Applications of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)

edited by

David F.L. Jenkins

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 482 | Submission Open

Keywords: lead free; piezoelectric; shape memory alloys; transparent conducting oxides; magnetostriction; two-dimensional materials

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

New Insights into Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Geomechanics

edited by

Haoze Li

,

Xinglong Zhao

and

Wenbo Zheng

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 437 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic fracturing; reservoir geomechanics; fracture propagation; unconventional reservoir; geothermal exploitation; multi-physics simulation; induced seismicity; subsurface fluid migration; coupled geomechanics-geochemistry; low-carbon energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Application, Optimization and Architecture of Deep Learning Neural Network, 2nd Edition

edited by

Haigang Gong

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; artificial intelligence; reinforcement learning; image detection and segmentation; forecasting using deep networks; predications using deep networks; applications of deep learning neural networks

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

Advances and Challenges in Wind Turbine Mechanics, 2nd Edition

edited by Małgorzata A. Śmiałek,

Ryszard Szwaba

and

Janusz Telega

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind turbine design; wind turbine experimental research; wind turbine simulations; wind turbine optimization; wind potential assessment; wind turbine data processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advanced Drilling, Cementing and Completion Technologies

edited by

Yan Xi

, Wei Lian and Hongwei Yang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: drilling engineering; cementing engineering; well completion engineering; rate of penetration; wellbore safety; wellbore integrity; intelligent analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Low-Carbon Energy and Storage: CO₂ Geological Utilization and Sequestration and Underground Hydrogen Storage

edited by Yujie Yuan and

Reza Rezaee

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 geosequestration; carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS); underground hydrogen storage; unconventional energy resources (shale gas, shale oil, coalbed methane)

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

Biomechanical Analysis of Dental Implants

edited by Dario Milone,

Dario Santonocito

and

Giacomo Risitano

submission deadline 25 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1176 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental implants; biomechanics; finite element analysis; prosthodontics; implant design; bone–implant interface; occlusal forces; bioengineering; digital dentistry; personalized treatment

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

Feature Review Papers in Environmental Sciences

edited by

Francisco Javier Gutiérrez Ortiz

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20523 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; water pollution; air quality; air pollution; soil; urban environment; ecological environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Quantum Communication and Quantum Information

edited by Alice Meda and

Salvatore Virzì

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6939 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum communication; quantum information theory; quantum cryptography; quantum key distribution (QKD); quantum networks; quantum entanglement; quantum error correction; foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum computing and algorithms; quantum nonlocality and contextuality

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

Sustainability in the Mechanism and Prevention of Coal-Rock Dynamic Disaster and Rock Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yubing Liu

,

Dongming Zhang

and Shan Yin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2034 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal and rock dynamic disaster; coal and rock disaster prevention and control; coal and rock instability mechanism; coal and rock fluid–solid interaction; coal and rock fluid flow characteristics; coal and rock fluid flow characteristics; experimental coal and rock testing; disaster evolution process and mechanism; risk identification and evaluation; monitoring and early warning

Recent Advances and Applications of Electromagnetic Metamaterials

edited by

Guoyan Dong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1747 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic metamaterials; metasurfaces; topological photonics; metamaterial cloaking; nonlinear metamaterials; quantum metamaterials; energy harvesting; wireless communications; advanced sensing; reconfigurable optics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Research Progress of Smart Grids and Microgrids

edited by

Juan Manuel Rey

and

Eduardo Mojica-Nava

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 635 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grids; microgrids; distributed energy resources (DERs); grid modernization; energy storage systems; advanced metering infrastructure (AMI); energy management system; grid resilience; demand response

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

Wireless Sensor Networks for Intelligent Monitoring, Detection and Control

edited by Salvador Villarreal-Reyes, Saul Eduardo Pomares Hernandez and

Rolando Menchaca-Méndez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 541 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks; cyber–physical systems; intelligent cross-layer design; e-Health; Industry 5.0

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

Advanced Technologies for Indoor Localization and Navigation

edited by

Meng Sun

and

David Plets

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor positioning; AI for localization; multi-source sensor fusion; data-efficient learning; SLAM

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

Advanced Environmental Systems and Sustainable Solutions in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus

edited by

Roxana Elena Ionete

and

Violeta-Carolina Niculescu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: water–energy–food nexus; environmental systems; climate change mitigation; climate change adaptation; sustainable agriculture; water treatment and reuse; stable isotopes; environmental monitoring; resource efficiency; circular economy; bio-based materials; soil remediation; food safety and traceability; environmental analytics; digital tools for sustainability; ecosystem resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in X-Ray Computed Tomography and Material Characterization: Insights into Mechanical Behavior

edited by

Mario Šokac

and Marko Katic

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT); material characterization; digital metrology; image analysis and segmentation; mechanical behavior of materials; defect detection and porosity analysis; additive manufacturing; biomedical and engineering materials; AI-assisted image processing; CT-based modeling and digital twins

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

New Advances in Antioxidant Properties of Bee Products, 2nd Edition

edited by

Claudia Pașca

,

Otilia Bobis

and

Daniel Severus Dezmirean

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: apitherapy; hive products; apilarnil; modern extraction techniques; analytical methods; antioxidant potential of bee products; plants; quality products

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

Thermal–Dynamic Error Modeling, Monitoring and Intelligent Control of Precision Machine Tools

edited by Lingtao Weng, Weiguo Gao, Faze Chen, Shipeng Li,

Junkang Guo

and

Wenjie Tian

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine tools; machine tool design and optimization; machine tool assembly and integration; error modeling and compensation; error testing and measurement; error traceability and calibration; thermal control; artificial intelligence in machine tools; smart manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Dual Modulation of Radiation Response by Natural Compounds: Mechanisms and Translational Applications

edited by

Miguel Alcaraz Baños

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: radioprotection; radiosensitivity; dual modulation; natural antioxidants; rosmarinic acid; carnosic acid; polyphenols; ionizing radiation; cell cycle; apoptosis; DNA damage; melanoma; cancer cell models; cytogenetic biodosimetry; micronucleus assay; translational radiotherapy

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

Agentic AI and Large Language Models for Applied Intelligent Systems

edited by Man-Fai Leung and

Tenglong Huang

submission deadline 10 May 2027 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: agentic AI; large language models; intelligent systems; AI agents; multi-agent systems; knowledge retrieval; human–AI interaction; decision support; trustworthy AI; applied AI

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

Design and Functionalization of Polymeric Materials

edited by

Alexandra Bargan

and

Alina Soroceanu

submission deadline 15 May 2027 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymeric materials; polymer composites; design of polymeric materials; functionalization; environmental applications; biomedical applications

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

Bioactive Analysis and Applications of Honey and Other Bee Products

edited by Daniela Pauliuc,

Mircea Oroian

and

Sorina Ropciuc

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6815 | Submission Open

Keywords: honey; films; hydro-gels; analytical methods; honey authentication

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

Digital Multi-Hazard Risk Modelling and Life-Cycle Assessment for Next-Generation Resilient and Sustainable Built Environments

edited by

Shaghayegh Karimzadeh

,

Omid Hassanshahi

and

Amirhossein Mohammadi

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2114 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-hazard risk assessment; cascading and compound hazard processes; probabilistic and scenario-based modelling; digital simulation and parametric modelling; vulnerability and fragility analysis; AI, machine learning and surrogate modelling; structural reliability; climate-change impacts on hazards; climate-resilient design; low-carbon and sustainable construction materials; carbon neutrality / low-carbon design; life-cycle assessment (LCA); life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA); environmental impacts of earthquake damage; digital twins and computational hazard modelling; sustainable and resilient infrastructure; AI and data-driven methods in hazard and risk analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Current Applications of Microfluidics for Biosensing and Diagnostics

edited by

Fan-Gang Tseng

and Koyel Dey

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2100 | Submission Open

Keywords: in vitro sensing; biomedical device; point of care; microfluidics for biosensing; biomedical applications; point-of-care testing; diagnostic devices; lab-on-a-chip; biomarkers; disease detection; real-time monitoring; machine learning; AI-based decision-making

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

Petrophysical Formation Evaluation and Well Logging in Energy Exploration Systems

edited by

Liang Xiao

,

Hongyan Yu

and Cheng Feng

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1876 | Submission Open

Keywords: pore structure; sedimentary microfacies; unconventional reservoirs characterization; effectiveness prediction; productivity estimation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Artificial Intelligence: Fundamental Research and Emerging Applications in the Era of Autonomous Systems

edited by

Wenbing Zhao

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | Viewed by 1192 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; autonomous systems; model context protocol (MCP); neuromorphic computing; causal inference; retrieval-augmented generation (RAG); knowledge graphs; federated learning; AI safety & reliability

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

Recent Advances in Secure Software Engineering

edited by Young Lee and Jeong Yang

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1150 | Submission Open

Keywords: secure software developement; mobile application security; cloud security; security vulnerabilities; privacy and data security; artificial intelligence and machine learning in cybersecurity; IoT security; data protection; internet safety; encryption; authentication; cyber threats; intrusion detection; security architecture

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

Plasma Physics: Theory, Methods and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by Shuxia Zhao

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 613 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-temperature plasma; thermal nuclear fusion plasma; discharge structure hierarchy; self-coagulation; inter-disciplinary research; self-organization

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

Fatigue Life Prediction and Reliability Enhancement Technology for Manufacturing Equipment

edited by

Pengpeng Zhi

and

Zhonglai Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | Viewed by 542 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatigue life prediction; fatigue reliability analysis; predictive models; time-varying reliability; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Future Autonomous Vehicles and Their Systems: Emerging Technologies and Applications

edited by

Redouane Khemmar

and

Karim Hammoudi

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3852 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment perception; object detection; deep learning; artificial intelligence; object tracking; mobile robotics; localization; autonomous vehicles; scene analysis and understanding; smart mobility

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

Multimodal Cognitive Computing and Deep Representation Learning

edited by Zheng Wang

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal cognitive computing; deep representation learning; multimodal fusion; cross-modal alignment; vision-language learning; self-supervised learning

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

Advances in Safety, Reliability and Resilience of Complex Engineering Systems

edited by

Dongming Fan

and

Aibo Zhang

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex engineering systems; resilience; safety; maintenance; AI technology

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

Feature Review Paper in "Earth Sciences" Section

edited by

Ke Wu

,

Salvatore Passaro

and Andrea Di Capua

submission deadline 30 May 2027 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geoinformatics; GIScience; earth observation; geohazards; geochemistry; geophysics; geology; geosciences; mineral resources; energy resources; geotechnical engineering; marine geoscience; hydrology; hydrogeology; climate change; environmental contamination; earth system science; digital earth; spatiotemporal modeling; big data; artificial intelligence; machine learning; multi-source data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Intelligent Automation Technologies for Industry 4.0

edited by Angelo Marcelo Tusset

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 656 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; artificial intelligence; intelligent sensors; automation; monitoring; control technology; open source; smart factory solutions; automation and AI integration; intelligent process optimization; industrial sensor networks

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

Advances in Diagnosis and Control of Common Diseases in Animals

edited by Ronnie Antunes de Assis

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: infectious diseases; cattle; equine; swine; dog; cat; small ruminants

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

Emerging Trends and Applications in Computer Vision

edited by Cheng-Yaw Low and

Chin Poo Lee

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; deep learning; vision transformers; foundation models; multimodal learning; image and video understanding; remote sensing; computer vision applications

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

Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging: Methods, Technologies, and Future Directions

edited by

Alessandro Ramalli

, Valentino Meacci and

Daniele Mazierli

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: beamforming and image reconstruction techniques; ultrafast flow imaging; super-resolution and nonlinear imaging; functional and neuroimaging; quantitative ultrasound imaging; cardiovascular imaging; transducers and systems

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

Engineering Structure Risk Assessment and Decision-Making Support

edited by

Qi-Ang Wang

submission deadline 1 Jun 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 647 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural risk assessment; decision support systems; quantitative analysis; risk mitigation strategies; lifecycle management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

New Trends in Sports Science and Health

edited by

Artur Kruszewski

, Andrzej Tomczak and

Anna Kopiczko