Applied Sciences

Perovskite Solar Cells: Materials, Technologies, Developments and Future Prospects

edited by Chunyang Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: perovskite solar cells; photovoltaic materials; device stability; scalable fabrication; efficiency enhancement; interface engineering; sustainable energy

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

Advances in Resource Regeneration and Circular Systems

edited by

Tomohiro Tabata

and Peii Tsai

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; material cycles; waste management; waste collection and sorting technologies; waste treatment and recycling; product design; IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence); environmental; economic and social perspectives; life cycle assessment

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

Application of Nondestructive Testing in the Structural Health Monitoring of Industrial Materials

edited by

Pietro Burrascano

and

Mario Versaci

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open

Keywords: nondestructive testing (NDT); structural health monitoring (SHM); industrial materials; machine learning for NDT; IoT in SHM; composite materials; digital twins in SHM

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

Artificial Intelligence in Aerospace Engineering

edited by

Luís Santos

,

André Silva

and

Rui Melicio

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; neural networks; AI vision; aerospace

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

Recent Advances in the Digitalization of Infrastructure

edited by

Laura Inzerillo

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; BIM; civil engineering; maintenance design; sustainability; smart infrastructures; smart monitoring

Digital Technologies and Intelligent Systems for Advanced Communication Networks

edited by

Alessandro Vizzarri

,

Romeo Giuliano

and Franco Mazzenga

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced communication networks; digital technologies; AI for networks; ML for networks; drone networks; 5G/6G communication; edge computing; network security; software-defined networking; blockchain for networks; IoT communication; network optimization

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

Pollution Control Chemistry II

edited by

Carmen Zaharia

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19247 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental analysis and control; environmental chemistry; environment characteristic; environmental remediation/depollution; monitoring; quality; treatment

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

Advances in Industrial Robotics and Control Systems

edited by

Ricardo Balcazar

,

Genaro Ochoa

and

Jaime Pacheco Martínez

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 484 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; automatic control; automation; mechatronics

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

Nuclear Materials: Alloy Design, Processing, Microstructure, Properties, and Qualification

edited by Rongjie Song, Andrea M. Jokisaari and

Lingfeng He

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: nuclear materials; material design; processing; microstructural characterization; mechanical testing; qualification

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

Advances in AI Platform Infrastructure: Databases, Knowledge Management, and Hardware Acceleration

edited by

Gang Wu

and

Katarzyna Antosz

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI platform infrastructure; databases for AI; knowledge management; hardware acceleration; scalability and performance in AI systems

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

Research on and Application of Power Systems

edited by Xu Zhang and Ying Zhan

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system resilience; renewable energy integration; smart grid technologies; energy storage systems; AI-driven power system optimization; dynamic stability analysis; voltage/frequency control; power electronics and high-voltage equipment; carbon neutrality policies; energy market design

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

Enhancing Manufacturing through Human–Collaborative Robot Integration

edited by Anne-Marie Oostveen and Iveta Eimontaite

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– robot collaboration; human– machine interaction; smart manufacturing; industry 4.0; human factors; workforce skills and training; trust and safety in robotics; organizational change; socio-technical systems; regulation of ai and robotics; cultural acceptance of robotics; interdisciplinary robotics research; human-centered automation; cognitive skills in manufacturing; robot adoption and implementation; technological innovation and work; robotics in industrial settings

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Diagnosis: 2nd Edition

edited by

Maximilian Deußing

and

Daniela Hartmann

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; dermatology; non-invasive imaging; machine learning; virtual biopsy; teledermatology; histopathological images; image analysis algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Novel Research on By-Products and Treatment of Waste

edited by

Carlos Morales-Polo

and

Francisco Jesús Fernández Morales

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial by-products; waste-derived streams; digestate valorization; waste valorization; anaerobic digestion; circular economy; resource recovery; waste-to-resource strategies; environmental biotechnology; sustainable waste management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Research on Process Analytics in Natural, Pharmaceutical and Food Products

edited by Jan Sawicki and Agnieszka Skalska-Kamińska

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open

Keywords: sample preparation; sample pretreatment; analysis of plant/food/environment and biomedical samples; analysis of pharmaceuticals; miniaturization; green analytical chemistry; bioavailability; biological activity; functional foods; degradation products

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

Application and Research in Network Security Communication Systems

edited by

Xavier A. Larriva-Novo

and

Andres Marin Lopez

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4782 | Submission Open

Keywords: incident response; insider attack detection; applied post-quantum cryptography; cybersecurity taxonomies; cybersecurity awareness advance services; dynamic risk management; interoperable cybersecurity frameworks; AI applications to cybersecurity

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

Advances in Audio/Image Signals Processing

edited by Karolina Nurzynska and

Sebastian Iwaszenko

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2898 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing and understanding; image recognition; computer vision; multimodal image understanding; multispectral image understanding; visual attention; image denoising; knowledge discovery; image-understanding applications; audio processing and understanding; frequency analysis; wavelet analysis; speech recognition; signal denoising; signal decomposition; timeseries analysis; feature discovery; pattern recognition; pattern identification

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

Advances in Modern Control Interfaces Based on Brain–Computer Interfaces, Vision Systems, and Voice Systems

edited by

Arkadiusz Kubacki

and Michael Döllinger

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: brain– computer interfaces; vision system; voice system; neurorehabilitation; future trends

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Applied Biomechanics for Sport Sciences

edited by

Alfredo Bravo-Sánchez

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: cycling; running; swimming; sport performance; injury prevention

Water Resilience in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas Through a Green Innovation Approach

edited by

Liliana Lizárraga-Mendiola

and

Gabriela A. Vázquez-Rodríguez

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate adaptation; integrated water management; urban ecosystem services; low-impact technologies; hybrid infrastructure (gray– green– blue); sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Energy Storage Systems and Bidirectional Converters: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Julio Cesar Rosas Caro

,

Avelina Alejo-Reyes

and

Jesús Elias Valdez Resendiz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: bidirectional DC-DC converters; energy storage systems; switching ripple reduction; optimization algorithms; converter design and control; fuel cell and battery integration; high-efficiency power conversion; smart grids and electrified mobility

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

Intelligent Designs and Processes in Additive Manufacturing

edited by

Dimitrios-Nikolaos Pagonis

, Nicholas Sgouros and

Sotiria Dimitrellou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; design optimization; decision-making; DfAM; process planning; AM data analytics; real-time monitoring; defect detection; quality inspection; AI/ML algorithms

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

Data Processing in Biomedical Devices and Sensors

edited by

Emi Yuda

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical signal processing; wearable sensors; noise reduction; feature extraction; machine learning; real-time monitoring; physiological signal analysis; healthcare technologies; sensor fusion; biomedical devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Applications of Deep and Machine Learning in Remote Sensing

edited by

Francesco Zirilli

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning

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

Design and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems, 3rd Edition

edited by

Zoran Jurković

,

David Ištoković

and

Janez Gotlih

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 10 | Submission Open

Keywords: manufacturing systems; layout design; Industry 4.0; smart factory; production planning; scheduling; optimization; simulation

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

New Advances in Cybersecurity Technology and Cybersecurity Management

edited by Reiner Creutzburg

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity technology; cybersecurity management; cyber resilience; open-source intelligence (OSINT); critical infrastructure protection; cyber-physical systems; disaster management; secure communications and cryptography

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

Recent Advances in Geospatial Big Data Mining

edited by

Qiliang Liu

, Yan Shi and Zhanjun He

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 29367 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial big data; spatio-temporal clustering; spatio-temporal outlier detection; spatio-temporal association; spatio-temporal prediction; GIS-based Applications; human mobility; urban computing; LiDAR Data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Intelligent Prediction and Performance Optimization for Deep Underground Resource Excavation Process

edited by Tao Meng,

Gan Feng

, Reza Taherdangkoo, Guanghui Zhao and Tingzhuang Han

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2737 | Submission Open

Keywords: rocks; materials; mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

The Internet of Things (IoT) and Its Application in Monitoring

edited by

Cristina Stolojescu-Crisan

and

Fabrizio Marozzo

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16882 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; intelligent systems; smart homes; smart cities; healthcare monitoring

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

Modernly Designed Materials and Their Processing

edited by

Lubos Kascak

and

Emil Spišák

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15578 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials; new trends in materials processing; progressive technology; additive manufacturing; numerical simulation

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

Effects of Physical Training on Exercise Performance—2nd Edition

edited by

Marcin Maciejczyk

and

Przemysław Bujas

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13514 | Submission Open

Keywords: training; sport; health; fitness; aerobic performance; anaerobic performance; strength; endurance; power; intensity; speed; balance; physical capacity; co-ordination; hypoxia; plyometrics; interval training

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

Intelligent Interaction in Cultural Heritage

edited by

Tibor Szkaliczki

,

Desislava Paneva-Marinova

,

Detelin Luchev

, Nektarios Moumoutzis, János Demetrovics and Radoslav Pavlov

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10665 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; user interactions; machine learning; multimedia; content presentation; human– computer interaction; augmented reality; virtual reality

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

The Future Is Blue: Exploring Safety, Sustainability, and Innovation in the Seafood and Aquaculture Industry

edited by

Giovanni Luca Russo

and

Antonio Luca Langellotti

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5464 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic products; aquaculture; innovative technologies; seafood quality; food security; food safety; biotechnology; nutraceuticals; food processing; feeds

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

City Resilience to Windstorm Hazard

edited by

Zhenru Shu

,

Yun-Cheng He

and

Xiao Li

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5241 | Submission Open

Keywords: hazard evaluation; hazard mitigation strategies; wind characteristics; urban aerodynamics; wind-excited structural dynamic responses; serviceability and occupant comfort; structural safety and reliability assessment; post-event damage analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Dynamics and Vibrations of Nonlinear Systems with Applications

edited by

Nicolae-Doru Stănescu

, Nicolae Pandrea, Polidor-Paul Bratu, Veturia Chiroiu and Ligia Munteanu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4949 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinearity; periodic solution; bounded solution; chaos; analytical and numerical solution; control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Digital Information System

edited by

Anabela Mesquita

, João Vidal Carvalho and António Abreu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2567 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital information systems; generative AI; technological advancements; industry applications; commerce innovation; educational technology; empirical research; systematic literature reviews

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

Recent Advances and Applications of Laser-Based Additive Manufacturing

edited by

Juan Ignacio Ahuir-Torres

,

Tahsin Öpöz

and Martin Sharp

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2060 | Submission Open

Keywords: powder bed fusion; selective laser sintering; selective laser melting; direct energy deposition; spatial light modulator; material jetting; stereolithography; super isotropic alloys; mechanical properties; biomaterial; corrosion

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

Aerosol Measurement, Properties and Its Impacts

edited by

Tymon Zielinski

and

Luca Ferrero

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1615 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol role in climate change; aerosol pathways/sources; aerosol chemical composition; transformation of aerosol optical properties; radiative balance/radiative forcing; remote sensing; impacts of aerosol loadings for sustainability of global changes; field and theoretical studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Enhanced Oil Recovery

edited by Yuliang Su and Guanglong Sheng

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1364 | Submission Open

Keywords: enhanced oil recovery; artificial intelligence; reservoir simulation; real-time monitoring and management; data-driven; optimization operations

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

Polymer Chemistry: Polymerization Reactions, Catalysts and Applications

edited by

Fábio Rodrigues

and

Rui Carrilho

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1336 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural polymers; synthetic polymers; polymer synthetic methods; catalytic polymerization approaches; polymerization catalysts; polymer functionalization and modification; polymer characterization; biopolymers; polymeric and biopolymeric composites; polymer applications

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

Environmental Pollution and Wastewater Treatment Strategies

edited by

Robert Kowalik

and Mária Kaňuchová

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1097 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced wastewater technology; natural wastewater treatment system; biological treatment and physicochemical treatment; wastewater quality; wastewater treatment and health; sewage sludge treatment and disposal; hormones in water and wastewater; water reuse; resource recovery; municipal wastewater; wastewater reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

EEG Recognition and Biomedical Signal Processing

edited by

Andrea Giorgi

and

Christoph Hintermüller

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 632 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosignal acquisition; signal processing; electroencephalography (EEG); physiological monitoring; biomedical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Technology and Organization Applied to Civil Engineering

edited by

Marzena Lendo-Siwicka

,

Roman Trach

and

Grzegorz Wrzesinski

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil engineering; technology in civil engineering; economics in civil engineering; management in civil engineering; construction works; construction projects; the operation of building facilities; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Biological Sample Analysis Techniques and Devices

edited by

Gerardo Perozziello

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 544 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensors; screening techniques; screening devices; microfluidics; lab on a chip; optofluidics; spectroscopy techniques

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

Current Updates on Optical Scattering

edited by Zhipeng Yu and

Puxiang Lai

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical scattering; optical wavefront shaping; optical modulation; optical phase conjugation; intelligent algorithms; transmission matrix; artificial intelligence; machine learning; and deep learning; optical encryption; optical holography

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

Optimized Design and Analysis of Mechanical Structure

edited by

Hyun-Bum Park

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite material; structural design and analysis; optimal design; solid mechanics; FEM analysis; impact damage; failure criteria; manufacturing; structural test

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

Recent Advances in Halophytes Plants

edited by

Helena Silva

and

Diana Cláudia Pinto

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23558 | Submission Open

Keywords: saline crops; salinized crops; rhizosphere microbiome; biological activities; phytochemistry; plant metabolites

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

State-of-the-Art 3D Imaging, Processing and Display Technologies

edited by Rafiq Swash, Anil Fernando and

Hongying Meng

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D display; 3D camera; 3D imaging; 3D acquisition; 3D processing; 3D perception; 3D sensing; 3D compression; 3D computer graphics; 3D video communication

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

Biomedical Imaging Technologies for Cardiovascular Disease, 4th Edition

edited by

Julio Garcia Flores

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiac echocardiography; cardiac computed tomography; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiovascular imaging; image-guided interventions; positron emission tomography; personalized cardiac imaging

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

Feature Papers in Robotics and Automation

edited by

Paolo Tripicchio

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1217 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; automation; mechatronics; control theory; artificial intelligence; sensor technologies; actuators; material science; Internet of Things; computer vision

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

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