Applied Sciences

Sustainability in Energy and Buildings: Future Perspectives and Challenges: 2nd Edition

edited by

and

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2626 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative materials for buildings; climate changes and buildings; building adaptive solutions; buildings skins; smart HVAC systems; renewable energies for buildings; LCA and LCC; new energy storage and distributions options; novel sustainability strategies; innovative building analyses

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

Advanced Techniques in Prognostics and Health Management

edited by

Di Liu

and Cun Shi

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: prognostics and health management; failure mechanism analysis; degradation modeling; reliability estimation and prediction; fault diagnosis; fault-tolerant control; risk analysis; maintenance strategy; digital twins; machine learning

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

The Impact of Sport and Exercise on Physical Health

edited by

Cristina García-Muñoz

and

María Jesús Casuso-Holgado

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 39340 | Submission Open

Keywords: exercise; sport; physical health chronic conditions

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

Functional Foods and Natural Products: Bioactive Compounds and Beneficial Effects on Health—3rd Edition

edited by

António José Madeira Nogueira

and

Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 36563 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; bioactive compounds; water quality; antioxidants; anti-inflammatory; antimicrobial; anticytotoxic; cell proliferation and apoptosis

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

Advances in Sports Science and Biomechanics

edited by Fotini Arabatzi

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 17 articles | Viewed by 35727 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanical analysis; injury biomechanics; joint biomechanics; sport science; motor skills; motor control; sports technique; kinematic; kinetic training proposal

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

Current Status and Perspectives in Human–Computer Interaction

edited by

Wonjoon Kim

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 26360 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– computer interaction (HCI); human– AI collaboration; interaction design; virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR); AI/ML in HCI; accessibility in HCI; multimodal interaction; HCI in various domain (healthcare; education; entertainment; etc.)

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

Antioxidants: Discovery, Analysis, Medicinal Prospects and Potential Applications

edited by

Wlodzimierz Opoka

and

Agata Kryczyk-Poprawa

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25904 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural antioxidants; phyto-antioxidants; oxidative stress; functional food; dietary supplements; nutraceuticals; cosmetics

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

Application of Digital Technology in Cultural Heritage

edited by Theodore Ganetsos and

Antreas Kantaros

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 24787 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive techniques; 3D scanning; 3D printing; Raman spectroscopy; FTIR; SEM; XCT; hyperspectral imaging; machine learning; cultural heritage preservation; digital technology

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

Human Performance and Health in Sport and Exercise—2nd Edition

edited by

Barbara Gilic

and

Andrea Fusco

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 24399 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports performance; performance indicators; well-being; healthy lifestyle; health literacy; physical literacy; lifestyle medicine

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

Recent Advances and New Trends in Computer Vision and Image Processing

edited by

Pedro Couto

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23569 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; image processing; video processing; artificial intelligence; and machine learning

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Games: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mozgovoy Maxim

and

Paolo Burelli

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 23395 | Submission Open

Keywords: game AI; machine learning; multi-agent systems; player modeling; serious games; gamification; procedural content generation; behavior construction; automated playtesting

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

Energy and Power Systems: Control and Management

edited by Stelios Ioannou,

Mohamed Darwish

and

Nicholas G. Christofides

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 23106 | Submission Open

Keywords: active power grid periphery; multi-agent systems (MASs); smart grid; power systems; renewable energy

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

Novel Sources of Plant Biostimulants for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Gregorio Peron

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 23039 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant biostimulants; mechanisms of action; agri-food byproducts; sustainable agriculture; plant cultivation; horticulture; plant biochemistry; metabolomics; plant performance; abiotic stress

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

Advances in Natural Products: Extraction, Bioactivity, Biotransformation, and Applications

edited by

Ena Cegledi

, Ana Dobrinčić and

Antonios E. Koutelidakis

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 16 articles | Viewed by 22142 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; algae extracs; microorganisms; underutilized biomass; bioactive compounds; green extraction; biotransformation; phytochemical profiling; functional food

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

Drug Discovery and Delivery in Medicinal Chemistry

edited by

Stoyanka Nikolova

and

Vera Gledacheva

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 20217 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthesis; drug design; drug candidates; drug-delivery; nanoparticles; in silico; biological activity; novel nonclinical approaches

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

Waste Recycling Materials and Technologies: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Miguel Suffo Pino

,

Francisco Jesús Fernández Morales

and Jose Luis García-Morales

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20168 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste recycling; recycling technologies; environmental sustainability; circular bioeconomy and economy; material processing; eco-friendly solutions; waste conversion; textile waste management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advanced Methodology and Analysis in Electrical Materials Science

edited by Xiankun Zhang, Zhiguo Ye and Yuwei Fu

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18976 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrical materials; electrical insulating materials; electrical contact materials; electromagnetic conversion materials; shielding materials; energy storage materials

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

Air Quality Monitoring, Analysis and Modeling

edited by

Hyo Choi

and Kuruvilla John

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 18146 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution monitoring and analysis of particulate matters and gaseous (ratio matrix; importance; moving average technique); air pollution monitoring and mapping (Surfer; QGIS; etc.) and improvement of satellite images (SAR; MODIS; etc.) and geographical information system (GIS); AI (artificial neural network modeling; machine learning and deep learning) and multivariate statistical modeling; 3D-numerical modeling on air pollutant concentration and its dispersion; air quality variation affected by the atmospheric boundary layer and severe weather (cold front; internal gravity waves; etc.); emission and transport of air pollutants; nocturnal ozone increase due to transportation and ozone folding; air pollution impact on human health; desertification of land through climate change due to the increase in carbon dioxide; improvement method and policy of air pollution state; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Robotics and Automation Systems in Construction: Trends and Prospects

edited by

Phuong Hoang Dat Nguyen

and Alireza Golabchi

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17991 | Submission Open

Keywords: construction engineering and management; robotic construction equipment; 3D printing; drones; exoskeletons; building information modeling; artificial intelligence; unmanned aircraft systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Machine Learning-Based Feature Extraction and Selection: 2nd Edition

edited by

David Ruano-Ordás

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17564 | Submission Open

Keywords: information retrieval and text mining; machine learning; data mining and knowledge discovery; deep learning; information extraction; machine learning for NLP; dimensionality reduction

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

Feature Review Papers in Environmental Sciences

edited by

Francisco Javier Gutiérrez Ortiz

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17391 | 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)

Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Realm of Applied Science

edited by

Vincenzo Pierro

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16179 | Submission Open

Keywords: gravitational wave; astronomy; relativity; optics; material science; detection theory; signal processing; computer science

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

Advances in Drying Technologies for Food Processing

edited by

João Renato de Jesus Junqueira

,

Jefferson Luiz Gomes Corrêa

and Javier Telis-Romero

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 14135 | Submission Open

Keywords: heat and mass transfer; dehydration; kinetic modeling; food engineering; food quality; food processing; hybrid drying; innovative technologies

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

Rock Mechanics and Mining Engineering

edited by Yong Zhao and Tianhong Yang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 13 articles | Viewed by 13903 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; mining engineering; disaster warning and prevention; multi-field coupling; surrounding rock stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Image Processing: Technologies, Methods, Apparatus

edited by Benjamin Milgrom,

Andrei Doncescu

,

Cheonshik Kim

and

Ki-Hyun Jung

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13855 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; algorithms; machine learning

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

Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM): The Newest Technologies and Applications

edited by

Ionel Cristian Vladu

,

Costin Badica

,

Ionuţ Daniel Geonea

, Nicu Bîzdoacă and

Cristina Pană

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11869 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; automation; mechatronics; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; autonomous systems; Industry 4.0; smart manufacturing; cyber-physical systems (CPS); robotic process automation (RPA); exoskeletons; humanoid robots; sensing and control systems; autonomous vehicles; intelligent systems

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

Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare: Technologies, Applications, and Impact

edited by

Arnulfo Alanis

and

Teresa Guarda

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 11603 | Submission Open

Keywords: data mining; quantum machine learning; wearable devices; Internet of Medical Things; natural language processing; generative artificial intelligence

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

Cybersecurity: Advances in Security and Privacy Enhancing Technology

edited by

Young-Gab Kim

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11446 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; interoperability; metaverse; privacy-enhancing technology (pet); security by design; security architecture

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

Advances in Smart Construction and Intelligent Buildings

edited by

Na Xu

and

Wei Chen

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11155 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; IoT-enabled infrastructure; sustainable urban resilience; generative AI in architecture; autonomous construction robotics; self-healing building materials; blockchain for lifecycle management; cognitive building automation; energy-positive structures; big data analytics in BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Feature Review Papers in “Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering” Section

edited by

Mohamed Benbouzid

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11133 | Submission Open

Keywords: tidal and wave power; wind power; microgrids; energy management; fault detection and diagnosis; fault-tolerant control

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

New Trends in Robot-Assisted Surgery

edited by

Vlad-Laurentiu David

and

Giovanni Cochetti

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10943 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotic-assisted surgery; minimal invasive surgery; medical and technological advancements; innovation; challenges; and trends in robotic surgery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

New Insights into Physical Therapy

edited by

Patsaki Irini

and

George A. Koumantakis

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10357 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical rehabilitation; new technologies; virtual reality; augmented reality; telerehabilitation; clinical pilates; blood flow restriction; manual therapy; motor imagery; electrophysical modalities; therapeutic exercises; neurology; musculoskeletal; geriatric; respiratory; acute illness; cardiovascular

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

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

edited by

Jae-Kwang Ahn

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10057 | Submission Open

Keywords: geology; seismic engineering; earthquakes; seismology; geotechnical investigation; geotechnical engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Innovative Building Materials: Design, Properties and Applications

edited by

Markssuel Teixeira Marvila

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9871 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; Portland cement; pozzolans; geopolymers; natural fibers; ceramic materials; wastes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Medical Imaging: Techniques and Applications

edited by

Rui Pedro Pereira De Almeida

and

JungHwan Oh

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9554 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical imaging; diagnostic radiology; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; image reconstruction; artificial intelligence; quantitative imaging; image-guided interventions; radiation dose optimization; image quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

AI in Object Detection

edited by Fengping An,

Haitao Xu

and Chuyang Ye

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9373 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; object tracking; target identification; remote sensing; deep learning

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

Challenges and Current Applications of 3D Information Technologies for Cultural Heritage

edited by

Marek Milosz

,

Jacek Kęsik

and

Jerzy Montusiewicz

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9308 | Submission Open

Keywords: IT in cultural heritage; digital availability and accessibility of cultural heritage; 3D scanning and visualization; motion capture for cultural heritage; 3D modelling; cultural heritage dissemination; 3D models archiving; virtual reconstruction; virtual presence; modern exhibition techniques; haptic cognition; gamification in cultural heritage; 3D printing of cultural heritage artifacts; games for cultural heritage promotion and education; 3D techniques for research of cultural heritage; AI in cultural heritage research

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Fault Detection, Diagnosis, and Prediction

edited by Amelia Zafra and Bruno Miguel Veloso

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8941 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault detection; fault diagnosis; predictive maintenance; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; anomaly detection; industrial systems

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

Advancements in Natural Language Processing, Semantic Networks, and Sentiment Analysis: 2nd Edition

edited by Silvia García-Méndez, Enrique Costa-Montenegro and Francisco De Arriba-Pérez

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8483 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; emotion detection; large language models; machine learning; natural language processing; pre-trained language models; semantics and pragmatics; sentiment analysis

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

Sustainable Land Management Through Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation Technologies

edited by

Huaizhi Tang

and Yongzhong Tan

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8025 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; data assimilation; cultivated land protection; land use; land consolidation; well-facilitated farmland; precision agriculture; cultivated land reserve resources; multispectral imaging; hyperspectral data; satellite data integration; agricultural monitoring; sustainable land management; multisource data

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

Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Smart Cities

edited by

Junho Jeong

,

Jin-Woo Jung

and

Seungmin Oh

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7950 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart infrastructure; data analytics and predictive modeling; intelligent transportation systems; energy management; public safety and security; environmental monitoring and management; smart healthcare

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

Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits

edited by Yiqu Xiong, Yonghua Cao and Yongjun Shao

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7921 | Submission Open

Keywords: W-Sn deposit; Li-Be deposit; Nb-Ta deposit; granite; pegmatite; magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit; mafic– ultramafic intrusion; cobalt mineralization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Remote Sensing Applications in Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science, 2nd Edition

edited by

Romano Lottering

,

Kabir Peerbhay

and

Samuel Adelabu

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7693 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; earth observation; environmental sciences; machine learning; deep learning

Advances in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

edited by Yong-Il Kim

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7552 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital orthodontics; clear aligner therapy; TAD; AI; biomechanics; personalized orthodontics; interdisciplinary treatment

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

Signal and Image Processing: From Theory to Applications: 2nd Edition

edited by

Maria Pia Morigi

and

Marco Seracini

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7095 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; image processing; mathematical models; inverse problems for signal and image processing; applications in signal theory; applications in image processing

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

Current Research and Future Trends in Power Electronics Applications

edited by

Nicola Toscani

and

Francesco Castelli-Dezza

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7060 | Submission Open

Keywords: AC/DC; DC/AC; and DC/DC converters; multilevel converters; modular multilevel converters; DAB converters; SiC; GaN semiconductors; monolithic bidirectional devices; wireless power transfer; HVDC converters; fast and ultra-fast recharging station; power converter control

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

Intelligent Transportation Systems for Sustainable Mobility

edited by Nicholas E. Lownes

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6828 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation safety; smart infrastructure; sustainability; automated vehicles; equitable design; multi-modal transportation

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

Recent Advances in Transportation Machinery

edited by Daniel Miler,

Momir Sjerić

and

Matija Hoić

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6499 | Submission Open

Keywords: decarbonization; hybrid systems; transportation machinery; IC engines; powertrain optimization; power transmission; clutches; friction; tribology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

AI Technologies for eHealth and mHealth, 2nd Edition

edited by

István Vassányi

,

István Kósa

and László Balkányi

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6185 | Submission Open

Keywords: eHealth; ambient assisted living; personalized care; machine learning; medical expert systems

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

Technical Advances in Hydraulic Structure

edited by Yonglai Zheng and Liquan Xie

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5884 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic structures; marine geotechnical engineering; soil-structure interaction; structural damage detection; structural health monitoring; artificial intelligence applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI