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Geological Disasters: Mechanisms, Detection, and Prevention

edited by

Qinglu Deng

and

Xingwei Ren

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 998 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic geological hazards; landslide; landslide susceptibility; slope stability; geotechnics; pipeline; frozen soil mechanics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Technology for Mine Disaster Monitoring and Prevention

edited by Enlai Zhao and

Jinxin Wang

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent monitoring; disaster warning system; artificial intelligence prediction; smart mining; disaster prevention and control; digital twin; multi-source data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Multi-Scale Characterization and Numerical Modelling of Geo-Materials

edited by Qifan Ren and

Jianhua Hu

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: geo-materials; multi-scale modelling; numerical simulation; experimental characterization; homogenization; RVE; FEM; DEM; coupled processes; AI-assisted modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Seepage Problems in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

and

submission deadline 3 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6334 | Submission Open

Keywords: seepage mechanics; porous media; soil and water conservation; groundwater pollution percolation; numerical simulation; theoretical model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Green and Low-Carbon Concrete Technology and Construction

edited by

Peng Liu

submission deadline 3 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4889 | Submission Open

Keywords: green and low-carbon; durability; zero maintenance costs; concrete structure; construction technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Food Quality and Characterization of Animal-Based, Plant-Based and Hybrid Products

edited by

Eleni Kasapidou

and

Georgios Papatzimos

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2593 | Submission Open

Keywords: food quality assessment; plant-based foods; hybrid food products; animal-based foods; food sustainability; sensory evaluation; food processing innovations; consumer perception; nutritional characterization; alternative proteins

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

Advanced Technologies for Food Packaging and Preservation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Eva Hernández García

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances technologies; food packaging; food preservation; bioactive compounds; food safety; environmentally friendly; artificial intelligence; food control; food quality

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

New Technologies and Systems for Sustainable Buildings

edited by Vincent Y. Blouin

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy integration; green building materials; building automation; smart building systems; sustainable HVAC systems; water conservation technologies; life cycle assessment (LCA); economic feasibility; cost– benefit analysis; return on investment (ROI); energy payback time; financing mechanisms; green premium; incentives and subsidies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Bioinspired Photonics

edited by

Branko Kolaric

, Sébastien R. Mouchet and

Maria Antonietta Ferrara

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoscale dynamics in biological systems; coupling of optical and mechanical dynamics; photonic crystals; plasmonics and natural photonic architecture; linear and nonlinear optics; fluorescence; holography; thermal management and photonic architectures and related topics

Harnessing Microalgae and Seaweed for the Food Sector, 2nd Edition

edited by

Teresa Mouga

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: seaweed; microalgae; algal biomass

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

Recent Advances in Biomechanics of Human Movement and Its Clinical Applications: 2nd Edition

edited by

Weijie Wang

and

Dong Ming

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24165 | Submission Open

Keywords: gait; artificial intelligence; machine learning and deep learning; electromyograph (EMG); electroencephalogram (EEG); strength; rehabilitation; physiotherapy; stroke; cerebral palsy; motion capture; sensor; joint and bone; muscle; artificial implant; algorithms

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

Biological Activities of Medicinal Plants and Their Potential Applications

edited by

Georgiana Duta-Cornescu

and

Petros Tarantilis

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 22060 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; pharmacology; primary metabolites; secondary metabolites; biological activities; bioactive compounds

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

Emerging Technologies for Assistive Robotics

edited by

Andrea Zanela

and

Alessandro Di Nuovo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18550 | Submission Open

Keywords: assistive robotics; personalized healthcare; aging population; cognitive support; human– robot interactions; machine learning; adaptive control algorithms; smart sensors; multimodal interfaces

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

Graph-Based Methods in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, 2nd Edition

edited by

Barbara Strug

and

Grażyna Ślusarczyk

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 16748 | Submission Open

Keywords: graph representation; GNN; graph data mining; graph data management; graph databases; graph machine learning

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

Advanced Technologies for User-Centered Design and User Experience: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ilsun Rhiu

and

Myung Hwan Yun

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9937 | Submission Open

Keywords: user-centered design; user experience; usability; human– computer interaction; smart products/applications

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

Extended Reality (XR) and User Experience (UX) Technologies

edited by Katashi Nagao and

Hiroyuki Mitsuhara

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7688 | Submission Open

Keywords: extended reality; user experience; human– computer interaction; body/hand tracking; haptics; emotional interaction; psychophysiology

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

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Healthcare and Precision Medicine, 2nd Edition

edited by

Giorgio De Nunzio

and

Luana Conte

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 6299 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; omic sciences; precision medicine; personalized medicine; genomics; proteomics; metabolomics; radiomics; radiogenomics; robotic surgery; assisting technologies; health monitoring; computer-assisted detection/diagnosis; chatbots; medical imaging; disease prediction; prognostics; drug discovery

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

Robotics and Intelligent Systems: Technologies and Applications

edited by Qiang Liu and

Alessandro Gasparetto

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6193 | Submission Open

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

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

Current Advances in Rehabilitation Technology

edited by

Nitika Kumari

Imran Khan Niazi

, Denise Taylor and

Sharon Olsen

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5780 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation technology; rehabilitation innovation; wearable sensors; non-invasive brain stimulation; artificial intelligence; digital health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Condition Monitoring and Intelligent Fault Diagnosis for Mechanical Equipment and Complex System

edited by

Morteza Soleimani

and Xingyu Zhao

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5567 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; prognostics; complex mechanical systems; artificial intelligence; predictive maintenance; machine learning; IoT in maintenance; data-driven fault detection; remaining useful life (RUL)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Anticancer Drugs: New Developments and Discoveries

edited by

Ana C. Henriques

and

Patrícia M. A. Silva

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5473 | Submission Open

Keywords: anticancer drugs; mechanisms of drug resistance; targeted therapy; drug delivery systems; nanotechnology in cancer treatment; cancer immunotherapy; drug toxicity and safety; computational drug repositioning; bioinformatics in oncology

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

Novel Approaches for Optimal Design and Seismic Performance Assessment for Civil Structures

edited by Dimitris Sophianopoulos and Charalampakis Aristotelis

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5463 | Submission Open

Keywords: “ smart” materials; artificial intelligence; optimization; modeling techniques; earthquake engineering and structural dynamics; buildings; bridges; soil-structure interaction; stability; fuzzy logic; computer-aided design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Translational Research in Dentistry: Latest Advancements and Prospects

edited by

Roberta Gasparro

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5230 | Submission Open

Keywords: translational dentistry; dental innovation; regenerative dentistry; stem cell therapy; biomaterials; clinical applications; oral health research; precision dentistry

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

Advances in Antimicrobial Mechanisms and Resistance Pathways

edited by

Alvaro Mourenza Flórez

and

Michal Letek

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4722 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial peptides; combination therapies; host-directed therapies; bioinformatics; resistance mechanisms

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

The Integration of BIM and Emerging Technologies: Present Status and Future Trends

edited by

Rodrigo Garcia Alvarado

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4634 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling; artificial intelligence; big data; virtual reality; parametric design; digital fabrication; UAV; robotics; automation; additive construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Application of Fracture Mechanics in Structures

edited by

Marko Katinić

Pejo Konjatić

Abílio M. P. De Jesus

and

Jesús Toribio

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4300 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture mechanics; structural integrity; fatigue; crack growth; numerical methods; structural design; failure analysis; experimental techniques; damage prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Surface Coatings: Materials and Techniques

edited by John Henao,

Carlos A. Poblano-Salas

and

Diego Germán Espinosa-Arbeláez

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4269 | Submission Open

Keywords: coatings; thin films; thermal spray; chemical vapor deposition; physical vapor deposition; aerosol deposition; cold spray; characterization techniques; functional applications; materials precursors

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

EV (Electric Vehicle) Energy Storage and Battery Management

edited by

Levon Gevorkov

and

Lluís Trilla

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4217 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics; energy storage systems; automotive electrification; renewable energy integration; wide-bandgap semiconductors; battery management; smart grids; sustainable technologies

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

Biomechanics and Ergonomics in Prevention of Injuries

edited by Jesus Ramon Jimenez-Octavio and Corina Klug

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4173 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanics; ergonomics; injury prevention; human performance; sports science; road safety; rehabilitation technologies

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

Advances in Intelligent Transportation and Its Applications

edited by

Jaeho Lee

and Jinwoo Kim

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4076 | Submission Open

Keywords: automotive; mobility; ITS; transportation; safety; AI-based intelligence; security and networks; sensing; object detection for transportation; visualization

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

Recent Advances in Biomedical Data Analysis

edited by

Josué Álvarez Borrego

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3561 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; algorithms; image analysis; pattern recognition; data analysis; biomedicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advanced Wind Turbine Control and Optimization

edited by

Alan Wai Hou Lio

and Xun Shen

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3040 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind energy; wind turbine; control; optimization; Kalman filter; state estimation

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

System Reliability and Predictive Maintenance in Industrial Engineering—2nd Edition

edited by

Natalia Trapani

and

Filippo De Carlo

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2813 | Submission Open

Keywords: system reliability; predictive maintenance; condition monitoring and diagnostics

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

A Geotechnical Study on Landslides: Challenges and Progresses

edited by

Haijia Wen

and

Zhongqiang Liu

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2722 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslides; infrastructure resilience; civil engineering; water conservancy engineering; road and railway engineering; landslide remediation; numerical modeling; remote sensing; risk management; disaster mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

AI-Aided Intelligent Vehicle Positioning in Urban Areas

edited by Xiwei Bai and Yingying Wang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2623 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-aided positioning; intelligent vehicles; sensor fusion; urban canyons

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

Heritage Buildings: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Graziella Bernardo,

Luis Palmero-Iglesias

Domenico Caputo

and

Ilaria Capasso

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2595 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative conservation; heritage circularity; resilient adaptation; sustainable materials; smart heritage management; low-impact retrofitting; climate change mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: From Disease Prediction to Personalized Treatment

edited by Samuel Danso

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2144 | Submission Open

Keywords: ariticial intelligence; deep learning; generative AI; early detection; diagnosis; personalised medicine; explainability; drug discorvery; disease management; clincal trials

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

Advances in Audio Signal Processing

edited by

Jesús B. Alonso-Hernández

and

María Luisa Barragán-Pulido

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2134 | Submission Open

Keywords: audio signal processing; artificial intelligence in audio; speech enhancement and recognition; environmental acoustics; multichannel; spatial audio analysis

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

Clinical Research on Severe Asthma: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Stefan Frent

and

Stefan Mihaicuta

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1909 | Submission Open

Keywords: severe asthma; biologics; remission; safety; therapeutic switch; comorbidities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Innovative Applications of AI, Machine Learning, IoT, and Assistive Robots in Health Monitoring and Care

edited by

Pedro J. S. Cardoso

João M. F. Rodrigues

, Javier Medina Quero and

Aurora Polo Rodríguez

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1856 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; Internet of Things; data sciences; wearable and assistive technologies; assistive robots; health monitoring and healthcare

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

Transfer Learning: Techniques and Applications

edited by

Hasan Tercan

and Yang Li

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1571 | Submission Open

Keywords: transfer learning; domain adaptation; deep learning; artificial intelligence; pre-training; knowledge transfer; machine learning; sim-to-real transfer; transfer learning in continual and dynamic environment; test-time adaptation

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

Advances in Biomechanics and Sports Medicine

edited by

Zbigniew Waśkiewicz

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1436 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanical analysis; injury prevention; sports rehabilitation; wearable technology; human movement science; athletic performance optimization; musculoskeletal modeling; sports medicine applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advances in Aircraft Design, Optimization and Flight Control

edited by

Izabela Krzysztofik

Grzegorz Kopecki

Slawomir Blasiak

and Andrzej Żyluk

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1403 | Submission Open

Keywords: aircraft design; flight control systems; sustainable aviation; aerodynamic optimization; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); flight dynamics; aviation safety

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

Research on the Movement Dynamics of Ships and Underwater Vehicles

edited by

Yao Shi

, Qiaogao Huang,

Tiezhi Sun

and Yiwei Wang

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1296 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater vehicles; ship; trans-media; multiphase flow; impact loading and structural response; multi-vehicle interference; hydrodynamics

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

AI-Based Spatial Planning and Analysis

edited by

Iwona Kaczmarek

and

Stefania Pindozzi

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1034 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; geospatial data analysis; spatial planning; urban development; AI-driven decision

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

Vibration Analysis of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems

edited by Yong Wang and

Pavlo Krot

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1000 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration analysis; nonlinear mechanical system; nonlinear dynamics; nonlinear vibration; vibration control; structural stability; analytical method; bifurcation and chaos analysis; nonlinear dynamic behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Carbon Nanotubes and Nanotechnology: Novel Applications and Future Perspectives

edited by

Sandra Zarska

Wojciech Ciesielski

and

Damian Kulawik

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 984 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; mechanical properties; biomedical applications; energy storage (e.g.; batteries; supercapacitors); environmental applications; electronic devices; future trends in carbon nanotechnology

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

Advances in Applied Geophysics for Environmental Monitoring and Cultural Heritage

edited by

Sabrina Grassi

Sebastiano Imposa

and

Claudia Pirrotta

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 952 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied geophysics; cultural heritage preservation; environmental monitoring; non-invasive investigation techniques; geophysical data integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Smart Transitions: Digital Technologies Empowering Sustainability and Circular Economy in Industry

edited by

Marlene Amorim

João Carlos Gonçalves dos Reis

and

Adriane Cavalieri

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 952 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy in industrial sectors; circular supply chains; circular waste management; circular-oriented decision support systems; circular decision support tools; Internet of Things; artificial intelligence; big data analytics

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

Phase Transitions in Polymer Composites

edited by Ning Liu,

Bin Yang

and Zhongsen Zhang

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

Keywords: phase transition; molecular dynamics; multifunctional polymer composites; polymer interphase; machanine learning

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

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