Applied Sciences

Deep Learning-Based Computer Vision Technology and Its Applications

edited by Carlos Lima

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4403 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic/instance segmentation; automatic brain segmentation; wireless capsule endoscopy; cystoscopic image analysis; surgical-tool detection and segmentation; object recognition and scene segmentation; defect detection; facial recognition; pest detection and/or prediction; automatic inventory management

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

Computational Fluid Dynamics for Aerospace and Aeronautical Applications

edited by Elisabeth Lacazedieu and Wei Kang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4400 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics; numerical simulations; optimization; fluid–structure interactions; aeroelasticity; flow control; AI-based computational fluid dynamics

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

Advances and Challenges in Power Systems with High Penetration of Renewable Energies: 2nd Edition

edited by Zhenao Sun, Yongjie Luo,

Yajuan Guan

and

Luona Xu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4329 | Submission Open

Keywords: power system; renewable energy generation; power electronics; stability analysis; control and protection

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

Applied Superconductivity: Material, Design, and Application

edited by Andrea Musso and Antonello Tebano

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4295 | 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)

Intelligent Computing in Software Engineering

edited by

José Metrôlho

,

Fernando Reinaldo Ribeiro

and

Javier Berrocal

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4060 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent software engineering; AI in software development; machine learning for software engineering; software process automation; AI-assisted testing and validation

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

The State of the Art in Energy Harvesting for IoT and WSNs (Second Edition)

edited by

Alessandro Lo Schiavo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4015 | Submission Open

Keywords: piezoelectric energy harvesting; electromagnetic energy harvesting; micro-wind energy harvesting; micro-solar energy harvesting; wearable energy harvesting; hybrid energy harvesting

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

Recent Advances and Applications Related to Light-Emitting Diodes

edited by

Chun-An Cheng

, Lain-Chyr Hwang,

Hung-Liang Cheng

,

Chien-Hsuan Chang

and

Ching-Min Lee

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4013 | Submission Open

Keywords: light-emitting diodes; LED display and lighting; LED

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

The World of Bees: Diversity, Ecology and Conservation

edited by

Bartosz Piechowicz

and

Maria Romerowicz-Misielak

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3900 | Submission Open

Keywords: bees; bee biodiversity; new Apidae species; invasive species; bee physiology; bee pathology; honeybee; threats to bees; importance of bees as pollinators

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

Recent Progress and Applications of Infrared Thermography

edited by

Wontae Kim

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3851 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared thermography; NDT/E (non-destrutive testing/evaluation); signal processing; thermal imaging; numerical modeling

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

Applications of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, 2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos J. Costa

and

Manuela Aparicio

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3707 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science applications; AI applications; machine learning applications; NLP applications; AI trends; data science trends

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

New Technology for Road Surface Detection, 2nd Edition

edited by Difei Wu, Hongduo Zhao and Yishun Li

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3629 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive testing; smart sensing in road surface monitoring; AI in road surface detection; ground-penetrating radar (GPR); satellite remote sensing in road surface detection; road maintenance; road surface performance evaluation; drone-based detection

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

Advanced Research in Activated Carbon Adsorption—2nd Edition

edited by

Ewa Okoniewska

and

Małgorzata Worwa̧g

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3481 | Submission Open

Keywords: activated carbon; adsorption; wastewater; pollutants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Recent Advances in Exercise Physiology, Sports Nutrition, and Human Performance

edited by

Rónán Doherty

, Maria Faulkner and Lizzy Deery

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3382 | Submission Open

Keywords: exercise; sport; physical activity; exercise physiology; sports nutrition; sports performance; nutrition in exercise performance

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

Artificial Intelligence in Fault Diagnosis and Signal Processing, 2nd Edition

edited by

Juan Jose Saucedo-Dorantes

and

David Alejandro Elvira-Ortiz

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3286 | Submission Open

Keywords: neural networks; machine learning; sensors; novelty detection; data mining; signal processing methods; signal processing implementation; FPGA; HIL; industrial applications

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

Recent Advances in the Improvement of Food Quality and Safety: 2nd Edition

edited by

Agata Urszula Fabiszewska

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3284 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioprocesses; sustainability; novel food; food safety; artificial intelligence

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

Advances in Geophysical Approaches in Volcanic and Geothermal Areas

edited by

Riccardo De Ritis

and

Salvatore Passaro

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3237 | Submission Open

Keywords: geophysical prospection; deep volcanic structures; joint inversion; physical properties spatial and time variation; holistic model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advanced Food Processing Technologies and Approaches: 2nd Edition

edited by

Diana Mańko-Jurkowska

and

Joanna Bryś

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3047 | Submission Open

Keywords: food processing and preservation; emerging processing technologies; green and sustainable technologies; functional ingredients; sustainable bioingredients; novel foods; innovative food packaging materials; food quality and safety

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

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

edited by Rafiq Swash, Anil Fernando and

Hongying Meng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3016 | 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)

Forging the Future of Resilient and Intelligent Manufacturing and Production

edited by

Yuval Cohen

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2981 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; Industry 5.0; predictive maintenance; material handling; digital twins; collaborative robotics; human-centric systems; intelligent manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Fracture and Fatigue Analysis of Metallic Materials

edited by

Vítor Gomes

,

Andrea Carpinteri

, Bruno Pedrosa and Paulo Mendes

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2947 | Submission Open

Keywords: metals; fracture failure mechanisms; fatigue life prediction; fracture analysis; fatigue crack growth; fracture mechanics; numerical fatigue analysis; computational fracture mechanics; manufacturing processes

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

Application of Intelligent Systems in Poultry Farming

edited by

Xiao Yang

,

Lilong Chai

and

Ramesh Bahadur Bist

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2777 | Submission Open

Keywords: poultry industry; smart technologies; animal welfare; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things; sensor networks; big data analytics; automation; productivity; farm management

Biological Activity of Plant Extracts and Their Application

edited by

Francisco Javier Álvarez-Martínez

and

Ricardo Mallavia

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2727 | Submission Open

Keywords: antimicrobial activity; antioxidant properties; bioactive compounds; extraction methods; natural products; nanotechnology applications; plant extracts; structure-activity relationship; sustainable solutions; therapeutic applications

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

Advances in Geotechnical Engineering: Stability, Mechanics, and Modeling

edited by

Ammar Alnmr

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2664 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; underground structures and tunnels; excavations and support systems; deep foundations; soil improvement and problematic soils; slope stability and embankments; dams and dikes; offshore geotechnics; mooring lines and anchoring systems; soil–structure interaction; cyclic and multidirectional loading; optimization in geotechnical engineering; numerical and data-driven modeling; artificial intelligence and machine learning; geotechnical monitoring; case studies and practical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Research on Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Second Edition

edited by Alessandro Bonardi and Niccolò Paoletti Paoletti

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2504 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal chemistry; organic chemistry; drug design; biocatalysts; catalysis

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

Oral Diseases and Clinical Dentistry—2nd Edition

edited by

Liliana Sachelarie

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2466 | Submission Open

Keywords: diagnostic methods; pediatric dentistry; dental materials; geriatric dentistry; operative dentistry

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

Advances in Coal Mining Technologies

edited by

Xiangyu Wang

and Feiteng Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2453 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal mining; intelligent technology; green mining; disaster prevention and control; deep resource exploitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Towards Compact and Tunable Plasma-Based Accelerators: Advances in Laser–Plasma Interaction and Applied Laser Physics

edited by

Mehdi Abedi-Varaki

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2451 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasma-based accelerators; laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA); plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA); plasma target design; laser–plasma interaction; ultrafast X-ray and THz sources; numerical modeling and simulation; electron and ion acceleration; novel laser technologies; high-brightness beams; future accelerator technologies

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

Multifunctional Composites and Structures for Aerospace Applications

edited by George Pelin,

Vladimir Lucian Ene

and

Adrian Ionut Nicoara

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2423 | Submission Open

Keywords: multifunctional polymeric composites; multifunctional metallic composites; multifunctional ceramic composites; aircraft structures; material characterization and testing; aircraft design; structural analysis; numerical simulation

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

Advances in Wastewater Treatment: Emerging Contaminants, Resource Recovery and Sustainability

edited by

Heonseop Eom

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2288 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; emerging contaminants; resource recovery; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Innovative Engineering Technologies for the Agri-Food Sector, 2nd Edition

edited by

Alessandro Leone

,

Antonia Tamborrino

and

Antonio Berardi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2270 | Submission Open

Keywords: competitive and sustainable technology; innovative food process; environmental sustainability; agri-food products; smart farming; remote sensing; automation and robotics in agriculture; pre- and post-harvest processing; pest management; waste product valorization; physical and biological processes; food safety; food quality; circular economy; renewable energy

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

Advances in the Principles and Technologies for the Physical and Mechanical Behaviors of Deep Rock

edited by Cong Li,

Zhiqiang He

and Jianxing Liao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2183 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent mine systems; deep coal mining; deep rock; deep earth engineering; rock mass

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Transportation Planning, Management and Optimization: 2nd Edition

edited by Xinlin Huang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2019 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI for sustainable transportation and manufacturing; deep learning for recyclable material transportation; plan and forecast network needs; smart transportation route optimization; machine learning for transportation efficiency improvement; intelligent reverse logistic technology; integration of manufacturing, transportation, and recycling; related value assessment and pricing strategy; IoT for smart transportation, manufacturing, and warehousing

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

Cybersecurity: Novel Technologies and Applications

edited by Karim Elish

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1991 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; threat detection; privacy; secure systems, mobile security; IoT security; cyber resilience; artificial intelligence; machine learning

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

Recent Advances in Wind Engineering

edited by

Maciej Dutkiewicz

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1978 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind engineering; wind architectural design and urban planning; extreme winds; climate change; numerical and wind tunnel simulations; wind scales; wind comfort; wind-resistant design of structures; energy from wind; wind turbines development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Hypersonic and Supersonic Flow Process and Control Method

edited by

Dongdong Zhang

, Yan Zhou and

Rosario Pecora

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1917 | Submission Open

Keywords: hypersonic flow; supersonic flow; boundary layer; mixing layer; flow control; vortex dynamics; turbulence; transition process

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

Biomechanics of Human Movement: Principles, Applications, and Innovations

edited by

Monika Piwowar

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1887 | Submission Open

Keywords: human posture and movement biomechanics; rehabilitation and assistive technology; sports performance and injury prevention; human–machine interaction; neuromuscular modeling

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

Advances in Natural Product Chemistry

edited by

Melania Florina Munteanu

and

Ersilia Alexa

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1832 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; bioactive compounds; green chemistry; biotechnology; metabolites; polyphenols; extraction; spectroscopy; sustainability; pharmacology

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

Intelligent Systems and Tools for Optimal Design in Mechanical Engineering and Their Practical Applications, Second Edition

edited by Mirosław Szczepanik and Arkadiusz Poteralski

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1832 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational mechanics; solid mechanics; fluid mechanics; biomechanics; optimization; optimal design; computational intelligence; artificial intelligence methods; sensitivity and reliability analysis; inverse problems; soft computing; finite element method; finite volume method; boundary element method; discrete element method; meshless and related methods; parallel computing; exascale computing; multiscale computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Recent Advances in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation and Treatment

edited by

Raffaello Pellegrino

and Rocco Aicale

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1773 | Submission Open

Keywords: education; exercise; rehabilitation; weight loss; telerehabilitation; pain; physical therapy; regenerative treatment

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

Advances in Geostatistical Information Analysis and Mapping

edited by

Grzegorz Janicki

and

Yosoon Choi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1759 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental mapping; geographic information systems (GISs); geostatistics; spatial analysis; spatial distribution; autocorrelation; regression models; statistical maps; isopleth maps; hot spot analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advanced Simulation and Digital Technologies in Women’s Health and Medical Training

edited by

Aida Petca

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1755 | Submission Open

Keywords: immersive technologies; digital health; virtual reality; augmented reality; simulation-based training; women’s health; obstetrics; gynecology; medical education; telemedicine

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

New Trends and Concepts in Probiotic Food Product Development

edited by

Aleksandra Szydłowska

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1749 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional food product development; probiotics; prebiotics; synbiotics; postbiotics; quality; sources of probiotic microorganism isolation; novel technologies; food matrix; chemical composition; antioxidant activity

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

Vibration Analysis of Mechanical Systems: Challenges and Prospects

edited by

Waldemar Łatas

and

Marek Stanisław Kozień

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1698 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration measurement; vibration control; vibration damping; vibroisolation; wave propagation; damping materials; discrete system vibration; continuous system vibration; structural dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

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

edited by Huaiyu Cui and

Jinshi Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1691 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Evaluation, Measurement and Verification of Energy Savings

edited by

Filippo Busato

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1674 | 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)

Plasma–Surface Interaction: Theory, Simulation and Application

edited by

Guang-Yu Sun

, Jian Chen and

Anbang Sun

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1638 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasma–surface interaction; plasma–wall interaction; plasma–solid interface; plasma-facing component; plasma simulation; low-temperature plasma; fusion plasma; plasma physics

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

Biopolymer Composites for Water Treatment

edited by

Andrei Sarbu

,

Anita-Laura Chiriac

and

Anamaria Zaharia

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1629 | Submission Open

Keywords: biopolymer composites; water treatment; sustainability; adsorption; membranes; hydrogels; fibers; contaminant removal; renewable materials

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

Advance in Road and Pavement Engineering

edited by Yishun Li,

Yuchuan Du

and

Zihang Weng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1616 | Submission Open

Keywords: road and pavement engineering; infrastructure sensing; pavement condition assessment; multimodal data fusion; deep learning; digital twins; predictive maintenance; intelligent decision-making; large AI models and agents

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

Applications of Nanoparticles in the Environmental Sciences: 2nd Edition

edited by

Jason G. Parsons

and

Mataz Alcoutlabi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1585 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; nanoparticles; environmental chemistry; nanotechnology-based energy storage; environmentally relevant catalysis

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

Industrial System Optimization and Intelligent Manufacturing

edited by

Arkadiusz Gola

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1563 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent manufacturing; industrial system optimization; Industry 5.0; smart factory; digital twin; Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); production scheduling; cyber–physical systems; data-driven decision making; predictive maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

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