Applied Sciences

Machine Learning Applications in Healthcare

edited by

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1410 | Submission Open

Keywords: clinical decision support systems; improved diagnosis and disease identification; predictive models in precision medicine; electronic health records; natural language processing; information-driven care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Plant Management and Soil Improvement in Specialty Crop Production—2nd Edition

edited by

Xunfeng Chen

and

Linchuan Fang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1384 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant management; soil improvement; nutrient management; sustainable production; specialty crops

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

Non-Destructive Evaluation of Composite Structures with Focus on Ultrasonic Testing

edited by

Justina Sestoke

,

Marco Scalerandi

and Luigi Solazzi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1325 | Submission Open

Keywords: contact and air-coupled technics; phased array transducers; guided Lamb waves; various types of defects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Smart Underground Construction and Tunneling Design

edited by Peizhi Zhuang,

Pinqiang Mo

, Ran Yuan,

Hong-Ya Yue

and

He Yang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1315 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in underground intelligent construction; AI-driven innovations for underground and tunnel engineering; Resilience-based design of underground and tunnel infrastructure; advanced analytical solutions and numerical methods for underground and tunnel engineering; health monitoring and predictive maintenance of underground structures; robotics for hazardous underground work; smart monitoring systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances and Challenges in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Meng Li

and

Peng Huang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1285 | Submission Open

Keywords: rockmass instability; rockmass mechanics; fractured rockmass; constitutive models; energy evolution; strata control; backfill mining; rock engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants

edited by

Tonderayi Matambo

and Rosina Nkuna

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1259 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioremediation; environmental Pollutants; microbial Communities; phytoremediation; bioinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Novel Advances in Biomedical Signal and Image Processing

edited by Dariusz Radomski and Artur Przelaskowski

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1243 | Submission Open

Keywords: physiological system identification; multiscale signal processing; bioinformatics; medical image analyses; explainable artificial intelligence; clinical decision support systems; pregnancy monitoring; fetus monitoring; pelvic floor muscle monitoring and therapy support; physiological measurements of sexual reactions; nonlinear signal processing and system identification; causal modeling; Bayesian nets; probabilistic nets; health intelligence

Advances in Intelligent Transportation and Sustainable Mobility

edited by Dyczkowska Joanna and

Norbert Chamier-Gliszczyński

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1241 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation solutions; mobility as a service; sustainable urban development; smart supply chains; logistics planning using artificial intelligence; automation; warehouse management

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

Deep Well Drilling and Sustainable Practices in Petroleum Engineering

edited by

Petar Mijić

and

Nediljka Gaurina-Međimurec

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1212 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep well drilling; sustainable petroleum engineering; environmental impact; wellbore stability; energy-efficient technologies; biodegradable materials; digitalization in drilling; waste minimization; advanced drilling technologies; CO2 emissions reduction

State-of-the-Art Peri Implant Therapy

edited by

Silvia Sabatini

and

Andrea Scribante

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1188 | Submission Open

Keywords: implant therapy; non surgical peri-implant therapy; peri-implant mucositis; peri-implantitis

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

Applied Superconductivity: Material, Design, and Application

edited by Andrea Musso and Antonello Tebano

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1170 | Submission Open

Keywords: superconductivity; high-temperature superconductors; superconducting magnets; ferromagnetic materials; piezoelectric materials

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

Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics—2nd Edition

edited by Nan Ma, Taohong Zhang and Yang Yang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1150 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicle; intelligent interaction; self-driving environment perception; machine vision; visual understanding

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

Advances in Optics, Photonics and Lasers

edited by

Aleksej Rodin

and

Sergey Y. Yurish

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 1004 | Submission Open

Keywords: optics; photonics; lasers; MOEMS; optical sensors; quantum optics; optoelectronic

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

Recycling and Second Life Applications of Lithium-Ion Batteries

edited by

Alessandra Zanoletti

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 959 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; critical raw materials; strategic metals recovery; circular economy; sustainability

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

Low-Dimensional Quantum Materials: Synthesis, Properties, and Potential Applications

edited by

Yi Zhang

and Can Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 911 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum dots; nanowires; 2D materials; atomically thin crystals; moiré superlattices; van der Waals heterostructures; topological quantum states; topological insulators; Dirac semimetal; Weyl semimetal; nodal-line semimetals; Majorana fermions; quantum spin Hall effect; charge density wave; excitons; valleytronics; quantum magnetism; superconducting interfaces; monolayer semiconductors; quantum confinement; quantum criticality; molecular beam epitaxy; chemical vapor deposition; scanning tunneling microscopy; scanning tunneling spectroscopy; angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy; scanning tunneling electron microscopy; quantum transport

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

Applied Numerical Analysis and Computing in Mechanical Engineering

edited by Zeljko Tukovic and Tomislav Maric

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 897 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical analysis; computational mechanics; finite element analysis (FEA); computational fluid dynamics (CFD); heat and mass transfer; multi-physics modeling; mesh-free methods; optimization techniques; fluid-structure interaction; machine learning in engineering; dynamics and control; applied mathematics in engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence Applied to Power Systems and Lightning Protection

edited by

Martino Nicora

,

Rodolfo Antônio Ribeiro De Moura

and

Daniele Mestriner

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 862 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; power systems; smart grids; lightning protection; lightning detection; lighting prediction; fault detection; risk assessment

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

Application of Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing—Second Edition

edited by

Mário João S. F. Santos

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasound in civil; aerospace; and geological materials; ultrasonic NDT; ultrasonic NDE; ultrasonic-based SHM; material characterization; ultrasound phased arrays; guided waves; ultrasound transducers

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

Just Transition in Mining: Methane Mitigation, Energy Recovery, and Smart Ventilation Systems

edited by Marek Borowski and

Zwolińska-Glądys

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 777 | Submission Open

Keywords: green mining; methane emissions; smart ventilation; energy efficiency; digital twin; mine environmental control; emission mitigation; underground mining; modeling and simulation; ventilation systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Intelligent Information Retrieval and Context-Aware Computing

edited by Taha Osman and

Kichun Lee

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 767 | Submission Open

Keywords: context awareness; information retrieval; NLP; domain knowledge; large language models; generative AI

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

Medicinal Plants: From Health Benefits to Chemical Composition

edited by

Foluso Oluwagbemiga Osunsanmi

and

Karuppusamy Arunachalam

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 703 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytomedicine; secondary metabolites; herbal products; biotherapeutic; metabolic diseases; chemical composition; bioactive compounds; medicinal plants; botanical products

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

Current Advances in Intelligent Semantic Technologies

edited by

Knut Hinkelmann

and

Bernhard Humm

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 674 | Submission Open

Keywords: knowledge representation and reasoning (KR& R); rule-based systems; ontology; knowledge graphs; ontology engineering; automated reasoning; semantic interoperability; scalable knowledge graphs; formal verification in AI; explainable AI; logic-based AI and deductive systems

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

Challenges and Future Trends in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Control, Sensor Integration, Networks, Systems and Applications

edited by

Lidia Belmonte Moreno

and

Rafael Morales

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 665 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles; drones; control; sensor integration; networks; systems and applications

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

Advances in Energy Dissipation Systems

edited by

George D. Hatzigeorgiou

and

Panagiota Katsimpini

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 654 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy absorption mechanisms; structural damping; vibration control; seismic energy dissipation; dynamic response mitigation; passive damping systems; active damping systems

Future Applications of Large Language Models

edited by

Luigi Laura

,

Maurizio Naldi

and Paolo Fantozzi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 597 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language models (LLMs); LLM applications; generative AI; explainable AI (XAI); natural language processing; artificial intelligence; human– computer interactions; agentic AI; multimodal AI

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

Applied Computer Methods in Building Engineering

edited by Hyunkyu Shin and

Sanghyo Lee

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 578 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling (BIM) and digital twins; computational design and performance analysis; automation in design; planning; and construction; artificial intelligence and machine learning for building systems; smart building operations and facility management; sensor technologies and real-time monitoring; predictive maintenance using data-driven approaches; visualization; AR/VR; and digital workflows; human– computer interaction in building environments; data analytics and decision support tools in construction

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

Machine Learning and Metaheuristics for Nonlinear Control Systems: Bridging Theory and Diverse Applications

edited by

Otniel Portillo-Rodríguez

,

Victor Manuel Ramírez Rivera

and Mihailo Ristic

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 563 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear systems control; machine learning for control; metaheuristic optimization; adaptive control strategies; reinforcement learning; robotics; photovoltaic systems; biological systems

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

Laser-Induced Self-Formed Structures: From Physical Phenomena and Theoretical Concepts to Engineering Applications

edited by Huaiyu Cui and

Jinshi Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 557 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser processing; self-formed structures; micro/nano; surface behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Utilization of Industrial Waste in Cemetitious Materials

edited by

Shan Gao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 550 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial waste; building demolish waste; municipal waste; mineral tailings; foundry sands; cemetitious materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Engineering Soil Properties and Testing for Ground Stabilization, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mien Jao

and

Mian C. Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil properties; soil evaluation; ground stabilization; ground improvement; traditional and nontraditional admixtures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Surface Engineering for Tribological Applications

edited by

Noé López Perrusquia

,

Marco Antonio Doñu-Ruíz

, Ernesto David Garcia Bustos and

Milton Carlos Elías-Espinosa

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 503 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced tribology; hard coatings; surface treatments; tribological modeling and simulation; microstructure and properties

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

Advanced Intelligent Technologies in Bioinformatics and Biomedicine

edited by

Young-Rae Cho

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 496 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning approaches to biomedical data analysis; computational genomics; proteomics; and metabolomics; single-cell omics data analysis; network biology and systems biology; biomarker discovery and personalized medicine; pharmacogenomics and drug discovery; AI-driven medical imaging and diagnostics; bioinformatics tools and software development

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

Evaluation, Measurement and Verification of Energy Savings

edited by

Filippo Busato

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 451 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy savings; measurement and verification; inflation rate; interest rate; payback; carbon emission factor

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

Advances in Noise and Vibration Signal Processing in Transportation Systems

edited by

Tomasz Figlus

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 446 | Submission Open

Keywords: noise; vibration; signal processing; transportation systems; transport; means of transport; transportation infrastructure; technical condition; safety; diagnosing; measurement; durability; wear; operation; reliability; fault detection; data transmission; artificial intelligence; filtration; fault diagnosis

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

Machine Learning-Aided Design of New and Existing Buildings

edited by

Konstantinos Morfidis

and

Konstantinos Kostinakis

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 427 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic design of reinforced concrete (R/C) structures; seismic design of steel structures; seismic design of masonry structures; seismic assessment and retrofitting of existing structures; soil– structure interaction effects; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; software development; materials science; structural health monitoring; structural system identification; structural control; building information modeling; digital twins

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

Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Biomedical Data: 2nd Edition

edited by

Do-Young Kang

,

Sangjin Kim

and

Hyuntae Park

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 423 | Submission Open

Keywords: imaging: X-ray; US; CT; MRI; fMRI; PET; SPECT; molecular imaging; pathologic slice; cell imaging; etc.; text: EMR data; descriptive data; etc.; waveform: EEG; MEG; ECoG; ECG; voice; electrophisiologic data; etc.; genetic data; CNN; RNN; transformer; large language model; generative AI; multimodal data

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

Advances in Technologies for Data Privacy and Security

edited by

Tanja Pavleska

and Reiner Creutzburg

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 406 | Submission Open

Keywords: data privacy; cybersecurity; artificial intelligence; generative AI; privacy -preserving machine learning; federated learning; differential privacy; model security; homomorphic encryption; blockchain security

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

Current Updates on Optical Scattering

edited by Zhipeng Yu and

Puxiang Lai

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 387 | 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)

Advances in Decarbonization and Circularity in the Built Environment

edited by

Giacomo Di Ruocco

, Elisabetta Palumbo and

Fulvio Re Cecconi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 380 | Submission Open

Keywords: building LCA; zero CDW; bioclimatic design; life quality; environmental impacts mitigation; local supply chain; circular economy; environmental; social and economic sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Fatigue and Fracture in Advanced and Sustainable Materials

edited by

Teresa Leonor Martins Morgado

and

Mario Pereira

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture; fatigue; structural integrity; finite elements; energy-based approaches; testing; machine learning; data-driven approaches; additive manufaturing; advanced materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Technologies, Algorithms and Applications for Planning, Scheduling and Optimization

edited by

Richard C. Millham

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: logistical planning; just-in-time manufacturing; route optimization; IOT; bio-inspired optimization; data streaming; big data analytics; meta-heuristics

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

Sports Medicine: Latest Advances and Prospects—2nd Edition

edited by Javier Portillo and

Alfredo Bravo-Sánchez

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports medicine; exercise medicine; sports science; injury prevention; regenerative therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Blasting Analysis and Impact Engineering on Materials and Structures

edited by

Shujian Yao

and

Kai Liu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: impact dynamics; structural response; material failure; protective design; high strain rate; energy absorption; multi-scale simulation

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

Advanced Techniques and Applications in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

edited by Krzysztof Malczewski and Ryszard Kozera

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open

Keywords: MRI; fMRI; DTI; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; nuclear magnetic resonance; medical physics; nuclear; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Cognitive Modeling: Theory, Methods and Applications

edited by

Bertalan Forstner

, Luca Szegletes and

Ah-Lian Kor

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

Keywords: neural networks; cognitive modeling; machine learning; educational assessment; ADHD; learning difficulties; synthetic data generation; model validation; adaptive learning; psychometric modeling; attention disorders; computational psychology; artificial intelligence; cognitive simulation; educational technology; case studies; biofeedback; item response theory; cognitive abilities; individual differences

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

New Challenges in Intelligent Agent Systems

edited by

Claudio Cubillos

and

Luis Javier Garcia Villalba

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: multiagent system; agent-based simulation; education; transportation; security; healthcare; sustainability

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

Advancements in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Data Mining Technologies

edited by

Zdena Dobesova

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; data mining; GIS; spatial pattern; prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Secure and Privacy-Preserving Technologies for Satellite Communications

edited by

Qinglei Kong

and Songnian Zhang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 297 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite constellation; remote sensing; satellite navigation; security and privacy; on-orbit processing

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

Neural Networks for Circuit Design

edited by Sneha Banerjee and

Graziella Scandurra

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: neural networks; circuit design; electronic design automation (EDA); reduced-order modeling; compact modeling; analog and digital circuits; RF and mixed-signal systems; neural network-based optimization; automated circuit design; circuit performance prediction models

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

Application of Antioxidants in Pharmaceutics and Physical Chemistry

edited by