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Advanced Research on Integrated Circuits and Systems

edited by

Yishu Zhang

and Wenzhang Fang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3339 | Submission Open

Keywords: logic devices; memory technologies; power elecronics; integrated circuits manufacturing; design for manufacturability

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

Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare: Technologies, Applications, and Impact

edited by

Arnulfo Alanis

and

Teresa Guarda

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3281 | 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)

Modern Internal Combustion Engines: Design, Testing, and Application

edited by

Zbigniew Matuszak

, Zbigniew Korczewski and

Marek Jaśkiewicz

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3226 | Submission Open

Keywords: problems of internal combustion engine construction; internal combustion engine research; applications of internal combustion engines; the problem of quality of engine components; supply chains of engine components at the stage of manufacture and operation

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

High-Performance Concrete: Preparation, Properties, Evaluation and Applications

edited by

Yimmy Silva

and

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3095 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance concrete; supplementary cementitious materials; durability; eco-concrete

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Reliability and Risk Analysis of Structures and Applications to Design and Optimization, 2nd Edition

edited by

Junho Chun

and

Won-Hee Kang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2895 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural reliability; risk analysis; reliability-based design and optimization; system reliability; complex systems; machine learning; data-driven uncertainty quantification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

EV (Electric Vehicle) Energy Storage and Battery Management

edited by

Levon Gevorkov

and

Lluís Trilla

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2861 | 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)

Advances in Intelligent Transportation and Its Applications

edited by

Jaeho Lee

and Jinwoo Kim

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2684 | 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)

Advanced Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Photovoltaic Systems

edited by Alexandru-Ionel Constantin, Lucia Andreea El-Leathey, Paula Anghelita and

Andrzej Ordys

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2428 | Submission Open

Keywords: photovoltaic systems; monitoring system; fault detection; fault diagnosis; automatic supervision; online monitoring; real-time monitoring

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

Application of Software Engineering Techniques in Human-Computer Interactions

edited by Carlos Toxtli and Paige Rodeghero

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2038 | Submission Open

Keywords: software engineering; human-computer interaction; user interface design; requirements engineering; user-centered design; interactive systems; software testing; agile development; design patterns; quality assessment

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

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

edited by

Eleni Kasapidou

and

Georgios Papatzimos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1878 | 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)

X-ray Scattering Characterization in Materials Science

edited by Yoshiharu Sakurai

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1850 | Submission Open

Keywords: small-/wide-angle X-ray Scattering; X-ray diffraction; X-ray total scattering; X-ray Raman scattering; resonance inelastic X-ray scattering; X-ray Compton scattering; energy materials; quantum materials; soft materials; disordered materials

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

Industrial Applications of Laser Ultrasonics

edited by

Cuixiang Pei

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1596 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser ultrasonics; non-destructive testing; industrial applications

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

AI-Driven Innovations in Rehabilitation: Integrating Neurological, Musculoskeletal, Sports Medicine and Occupational Therapy Interventions

edited by

Christos Kokkotis

and

Paraskevi Malliou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1571 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation; artificial intelligence; neurological disorders; musculoskeletal therapy; sports medicine; occupational therapy; personalized treatment; biomechanical assessment

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

Sustainable and Low-Carbon Building Materials in Special Areas

edited by

Gaowen Zhao

Shifeng Lu

Gang Liu

and Le Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1503 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete durability; sustainable materials; low-carbon building materials; low-carbon construction method; soil treatment; solid waste disposal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Software Engineering and Computer Science for Sustainable IoT Systems

edited by Luís Filipe dos Santos Gomes,

Isabel Sofia Sousa Brito

and

João Paulo Barros

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1429 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; cyber– physical systems; embedded computing; sensor networks; energy-aware computing; distributed systems; real-time systems; sustainable IoT systems

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

Sustainable Nanomaterials for Biotechnological and Medical Applications: Current Developments

edited by

Rodolfo Ramos-González

and

Anna Ilyina

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1427 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable nanomaterials; biotechnology; medicine; green synthesis; drug delivery; hyperthermia; bio-imaging; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; biosensors; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences)

Industrial Ecology: Sustainable Production and Environmental Solutions

edited by

Valentin Romanovski

and

Elena Romanovskaia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1299 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental impact assessment; life cycle analysis; waste minimization; water treatment; wastewater treatment; gas emission minimization; green technology

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

Advances in Aircraft Design, Optimization and Flight Control

edited by

Izabela Krzysztofik

Grzegorz Kopecki

Slawomir Blasiak

and Andrzej Żyluk

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1140 | 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)

Novel Ecofriendly Refrigeration System: Technology and Application

edited by

Vicente Pérez-García

and

Juan Jose Garcia Pabon

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 1069 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-GWP refrigerants; natural refrigerants; disruptive refrigeration

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

Advances in Physiotherapy and Neurorehabilitation

edited by

Nyeonju Kang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1042 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation; neuromodulation; movement; recovery; exercise

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

Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering: Implications and Sustainable Solutions for Infrastructures and the Environment

edited by Paulo A.L.F. Coelho,

António M.G. Pedro

and

Diego Gino

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 831 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake geotechnical engineering; liquefaction; environment; sustainability; performance-based design; unconventional geomaterials; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Intelligent Vehicle Collaboration and Positioning

edited by Yang Li and

Salvatore Strano

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 830 | Submission Open

Keywords: collaborative positioning; intelligent vehicle; vehicular networks; autonomous vehicles

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

Advances in Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics

edited by

Reza Hassanian

and Morris Riedel

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 772 | Submission Open

Keywords: CFD; experiment; turbulent; machine learning; deep learning; Lattice Boltzmann; energy; AI-based model; simulation; prediction model; compressible; incompressible; fluid dynamics; high-performance computing

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

Applied Machine Learning in Industry 4.0

edited by

Xiaomin Zhu

and

Zhun Fan

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 756 | Submission Open

Keywords: domain-constrained intelligence; decision-centric systems; human-AI co-reasoning; knowledge graph integration; multimodal data fusion; real-time feedback optimization; compliance-driven AI; semantic alignment; distributed learning privacy; cognitive efficiency optimization

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

Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical Properties for Additive Manufacturing Material

edited by

Przemysław Strzelecki

Michał Stopel

, Maciej Kotyk,

Joamin Gonzalez-Gutierrez

and

Ricardo Branco

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 714 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; mechanical property; fatigue property; analytical model; numerical simulation; failure analysis; structural integrity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Optimization, Navigation and Automatic Control of Intelligent Systems

edited by

Carlos E. Castañeda

and

Antonio Valderrabano-Gonzalez

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 673 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent control systems; optimization algorithms; autonomous navigation; adaptive and nonlinear control; machine learning in control systems

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

Underwater Acoustic Communications and Protocols: Challenges, Trends and Applications

edited by

Fangjiong Chen

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 662 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater communication theory and technology; cross-media integrated communication and networking; architectures; methods and protocol stacks of cross-domain networking; collaborative resource management; allocation and scheduling; applications of intelligent technologies in underwater communication networks; application of underwater commnucation platforms and prototype

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

Mining-Induced Rock Strata Damage and Mine Disaster Control

edited by Yunjiang Sun, Gen Li and Guangchao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 636 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal mining; rock strata failure and movement; mine disasters related to rock strata failure and movement; control theory and technology of overburden movement; complex stress field; key strata theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Imaging and Therapy

edited by

Arif Gulzar

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 633 | Submission Open

Keywords: targetted alpha therapy; radiotherapy; positron emission tomography; isotopes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Backfill-Integrated Water-Conserving Green Mining Technology in Coal Mining

edited by

Qiang Sun

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 557 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining; backfill; green mining technology; water-saving strategies; eco-friendly materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Dietary Bioactive Compounds and Their Neuroprotective Potential

edited by

Małgorzata Komar (Matysek)

and

Edyta Kowalczuk-Vasilev

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 524 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; neuroprotection; dietary bioactives; polyphenols; flavonoids; brain health; oxidative stress; neuroinflammation; neurodegeneration; functional foods; nutraceuticals; cognitive decline; gut– brain axis

Quality Assessment of Dairy Products

edited by

Mirela Lučan Čolić

Katarina Lisak Jakopović

and

Jasmina Lukinac

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiological quality; chemical composition; physical properties; sensory evaluation; technological innovations

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

Food Contamination: Applications of Analytical Detection Methods

edited by

Dimitra Diamantidou

, Agnieszka Anna Niklas and

Adriana Dabija

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 454 | Submission Open

Keywords: food contact materials; food contaminants; pesticide residues; environmental contaminants; veterinary drugs residues; processing contaminants; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS); liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS); high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS)

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

PDE-Based Neural Operator Learning for Material Modeling, Fatigue, and Fracture Mechanics

edited by

Natalie Rauter

and

José António Correia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-carbon learning; material modeling; neural operator learning; PDE-based learning; multi-phase material

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

Petroleum Engineering: Production Forecasting, Process Design, and Implementation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Wei Zhou

Hongbin Yang

and

Martin Ma

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: production forecasting; field implementation; process design; optimization algorithms; machine learning; multiphase flows; CO2 utilization and storage; reservoir evaluation; reservoir characterization

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

New Challenges in Microbial Synthetic Biology Applications

edited by

Fantao Kong

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open

Keywords: microorganisms; metabolic engineering; synthetic biology; bioproducts; bioremediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

AirGuard: Advances in Air Quality Monitoring, Assessment and Control

edited by

Alfred Micallef

and Adam Gauci

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 346 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality; air pollution; modeling; monitoring campaigns; emission; dispersion; transboundary pollution; indoor air; ambient air; instrumentation; sensors; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in the Detection and Diagnosis of Cancer and Their Clinical Applications

edited by

Ana Ramos

and

Fernando Mendes

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer detection; cancer diagnosis; clinical applications; liquid biopsy; multiparametric biomarkers; artificial intelligence; digital pathology; nanotechnology; quantum dots; CRISPR; molecular diagnostics; precision oncology; non-invasive techniques; personalized medicine; emerging technologies in oncology

Thermal Performance and Energy Efficiency of Low-Embodied Carbon Building Envelopes

edited by

Mehdi Ghobadi

and

Soowon Chang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: embodied carbon; energy-efficient building envelope; biobased materials; optimization

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

New Mitigation Researches for Compound Disasters Based on Interdisciplinary Approaches

edited by

Yoshiyuki Kaneda

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural disasters; disaster mitigation; complex disasters

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Maintenance and Reliability Engineering: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by Przemyslaw Drozyner and

Malgorzata Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: maintenance engineering; reliability engineering; industrial reliability; Industry 4.0; smart maintenance; machine learning in maintenance; data analytics in reliability; failure analysis; maintenance optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Security and Privacy in AI: Human Interaction, Awareness and Protection

edited by

Xuechao Yang

, Chenhao Xu, Jack Li and

Xun Yi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI security; data privacy; adversarial attacks; human-in-the-loop; explainable AI; trust in AI; privacy awareness; real-world AI cases

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

Artificial Intelligence-Aided Technologies and Applications in Next-Generation Smart Networks

edited by Yuchao Chang, Wen Fang and Yi Zhong

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence for next-generation wireless networks; green intelligent communication and computing; distributed machine learning applications; image and video processing; speech and audio processing; autonomous driving; Internet-of-Things; big data; smart embedded system; optical wireless communication; wireless power transfer

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

Trusted Service Computing and Trusted Artificial Intelligence, 2nd Edition

edited by Ying Ma and Joey Tianyi Zhou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: service computing; machine learning; trust; robustness; explainable AI; safety; privacy

Advances in Hydrogen Production Technologies for Green Energy

edited by

Francisco Heras

and Jéssica Justicia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen; green hydrogen; renewable hydrogen; green energy; energy transition

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

Advances of Edge Computing in Distributed Systems

edited by Ali Jalooli

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence at the edge; autonomous systems; blockchain in edge computing; quantum computing; distributed ledger technologies; edge– cloud integration; privacy-preserving computation; decentralized systems

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

Sustainable Reliability, Maintenance, and Fault Diagnosis Strategies for Mechanical and Manufacturing Systems

edited by

Jérémie Schutz

and

Christophe Sauvey

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable maintenance; reliability engineering; fault diagnosis; predictive maintenance; condition monitoring; life cycle assessment; digital twin; industry 5.0; smart manufacturing; mechanical systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Recent Advances and Innovations in Microfluidics

edited by

Fariba Malekpour Galogahi

Haotian Cha

and

Jun Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: micro- and nanofluidics; micro- and nanofabrication; fluid dynamics; lab-on-a-chip; miniaturized systems

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

Mobile Computing and Intelligent Sensing, 2nd Edition

edited by

Han Ding

and

Wei Xi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: pervasive computing; signal processing for mobile systems; communication paradigm and hardware design; intelligence systems with machine/deep learning; security and privacy in mobile systems; IoT systems and applications

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

New Technologies in Intelligent Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Daniel Jancarczyk

, Marcin Bernaś and

Tomasz Boczar

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent manufacturing; industrial engineering; new technologies; advancements and applications; artificial intelligence; machine learning; robotics; automation; additive manufacturing; cyber-physical systems; Internet of Things; sustainable manufacturing; digital twins; supply chain optimization; quality control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

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