Applied Sciences

Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems: AI-Driven Traffic Monitoring, Autonomous Control and Data-Driven Management for Smart Cities

edited by

Lucanos Strambini

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); artificial intelligence for intelligent mobility; autonomous traffic monitoring and control; digital twins for smart cities; connected, cooperative and autonomous mobility (CCAM); edge AI and distributed sensing; multi-source sensor fusion; real-time decision support systems; cyber–physical transportation systems; field validation and living labs

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

Breaking the Limits: Next-Generation Drilling Technologies for Extreme Conditions

edited by

Shaotao Xu

, Bing Li and Qilong Xue

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme-condition drilling; high-temperature high-pressure (HPHT); deep/ultra-deep strata; wellbore heat transfer; rock-breaking mechanisms; high-temperature drilling fluids; drill string mechanics; intelligent drilling systems; non-mechanical penetration technologies; polar drilling technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Innovative Water Treatment and Resource Recovery from Brine for Sustainable Water Management

edited by Yuhe Cao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: brine treatment; desalination concentrate; resource recovery; water reuse; electrocoagulation; membrane processes; electrodialysis; membrane distillation; crystallization; selective adsorption; electrochemical separation; advanced oxidation processes; critical mineral recovery; nutrient recovery; zero liquid discharge (ZLD); life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in HPLC for Analytical Chemistry

edited by

Olivera Galovic

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: HPLC/UPLC; separation; method development; analytical chemistry; environmentally sustainable

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

Application of Medicinal Plant in Neurodegenerative Disorders

edited by

Nádia Rei

and

Liliana Machado-Carvalho

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; neurodegenerative disorders; neuroprotection; phytochemicals; plant-based therapeutics; bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Neuroscience and Neural Engineering)

Extraction, Treatment, Characterization, and Applications of Alternative Proteins

edited by

Anthia Matsakidou

and

Fotini Plati

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative proteins; extraction; bioprocessing; technofunctional properties; protein structure; sustainable feed; food formulations; digestibility; food safety; physicochemical characterization

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

Food Innovation and Nutrition: Emerging Trends and Technologies

edited by

Antonios E. Koutelidakis

and

Nikolaos D. Andritsos

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: food consumer behavior; food innovation; food quality; food product development; food science; functional foods; novel foods; nutraceuticals; nutrition

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

Advances in Sustainable Meat Products: Innovations in Processing, Quality, Safety and Preservation

edited by

Marta Chmiel

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable meat products; meat-processing technologies; food safety; preservation technologies; quality assessment; shelf-life extension; novel processing methods; meat quality; by-product utilization; digital technologies

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

Advanced Sensing Technologies for Optoelectronic Devices: Principles, Integration and Applications

edited by

Manuel Gutiérrez Ramirez

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: optoelectronic sensors; photodetectors; spatial sensing; optical fiber sensing; optoelectronic materials; biosensors

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Games: 3rd Edition

edited by

Mozgovoy Maxim

and

Paolo Burelli

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 71 | 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)

Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Flexible Electronic Devices for Next-Generation Sensing Technologies

edited by

Miguel Angel Dominguez-Jimenez

, Abdu Orduña-Diaz and

Keekeun Lee

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible electronics; wide-bandgap semiconductors; two-dimensional materials; nitride semiconductors; printed electronics; wearable technologies; biosensors; photodetectors

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

Hybrid Sports Performance: Physiology, Biomechanics and Training

edited by

Jorge Gutiérrez-Hellín

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: hybrid sports; fitness racing; HYROX; DEKA; CrossFit; high-intensity functional training; obstacle course racing; concurrent training; exercise physiology; sports biomechanics; neuromuscular performance; pacing strategy; fatigue; athlete profiling; performance analysis

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

Current Advances in Performance Analysis and Technologies for Sports, Second Edition

edited by

Adrian Escudero-Tena

,

Diego Muñoz Marín

and

Sergio José Ibáñez Godoy

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports science; exercise performance; sports performance; real-time monitoring of sport performance; behavior analysis

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

Advanced Studies of Geo-Energy Drilling and Development

edited by

Gang Lei

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: geo-energy drilling and development; reservoir pore structure; multiscale modeling; multiphase flow; multi-field coupling; CCUS; reservoir stimulation; enhanced oil recovery (EOR)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Creative Human–Robot Collaboration for Smart Manufacturing

edited by Sanaz Nikghadam-Hojjati,

José Antonió Barata de Oliveira

, Filipa Ferrada,

Ana Ines de Silva Oliveira

and

Anikó Costa

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: human–robot collaboration; human–robot co-creation; smart manufacturing; collaborative robots; human–robot interaction; digital twin; artificial intelligence; ergonomics and human factors; cybersecure and trustworthy robotics; creative robotics; affective robotics

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

Innovations in Oral Rehabilitation: Emerging Technologies, Advanced Materials and Clinical Outcomes

edited by

Cristina Bettencourt Neves

and

Jaime Portugal

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral rehabilitation; oral bioactive systems; smart dentistry; CAD-CAM technology; digital dentistry; dental imaging; 3D printing; artificial intelligence; oral biomaterials

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

Nutritional Interventions, Functional and Fermented Foods in Disease Prevention and Healthy Aging

edited by

Maria Luisa Savo Sardaro

and Dolores Limongi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional foods; fermented foods; probiotics; prebiotics; bioactive compounds; nutritional interventions; gut microbiome; precision nutrition; chronic disease prevention; healthy aging

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

Microbiome Diagnostics: Early Detection

edited by

Theo Portlock

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbiome; AI; diagnostics

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

Insulation Assessment and Diagnostic Technologies for Power Cables

edited by Seung Jin Chang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: cable diagnostics; reflectometry; insulation assessment; fault localization

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

Advanced Technologies and Applications of Image Processing

edited by Jongnam Kim and Yeh-Chan Ahn

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: filtering; enhancement; reconstruction; segmentation; classification; computer vision; object detection; machine learning; pattern recognition; feature extraction; real-time image processing

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

Injury Prevention, Athlete Monitoring and Performance Optimization in Team Sports

edited by

Enrique Alonso-Perez-Chao

and

Adrián López-García

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: prehabilitation; sports performance; sports medicine; return to sport; wearable technology; artificial intelligence; injury prevention; athlete monitoring; performance optimization; team sports; training load

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

Challenges and Approaches in Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation

edited by Luciano Maria Catalfamo

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral rehabilitation; maxillofacial rehabilitation; dental implants; digital dentistry; regenerative medicine

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

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Compounds and Their Effects

edited by

Małgorzata Olszowy-Tomczyk

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: dietary polyphenols; antioxidant properties; anticancer action; antimicrobial properties; anti-inflammatory actions; isolation of polyphenolic compounds (assisted extraction methods or conventional extraction methods)

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

Novel Research on Food Composition and Nutrition

edited by

Jung-Heun Ha

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: food composition; bioactive compounds; nutrient bioavailability; functional foods; dietary assessment

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

Fluid Dynamics in Medicine

edited by

Gionata Fragomeni

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-physics models; computational fluid dynamics; numerical methods; bioengineering; fluid flow; blood

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

GeoAI and Big Earth Data for Rainfall-Induced Geohazard Prevention and Risk Reduction

edited by

Gang Mei

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI; Big Earth Data mining; rainfall-induced geohazards; landslide early warning; geohazard prevention; remote sensing; risk reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Optimization, Navigation and Automatic Control of Intelligent Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos E. Castañeda

and

Antonio Valderrabano-Gonzalez

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 52 | 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)

Membrane Technology in Food Processing: Advances and Applications

edited by Juliana Steffens

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane technology; food processing; microfiltration; ultrafiltration; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis; water reuse; membrane fouling

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

The Techniques and Applications of Anomaly Detection

edited by

Yixin Liu

and Kaize Ding

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; outlier detection; machine learning; deep learning; time-series analysis; multimodal data; streaming data; industrial applications

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

Precision Nanomedicine and Smart Drug Delivery: From Rational Design to Therapeutic Application

edited by

Stoyanka Nikolova

,

Vera Gledacheva

and

Iliyana Stefanova

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug design; drug delivery; computational modeling; nanoparticles; nanocarriers; bioavailability; stability; therapeutic efficacy; precision targeting; patient-specific approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Technologies for Urban Mining and High‑Value Materials Recovery

edited by

Fabrizio Quadrini

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban mining; material recovery; recycling; reuse; waste management; end-of-life product treatment; smart sorting; high-value material extraction; sustainability

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

Optogenetics in Neuroscience: Dissecting Neural Circuits and Behavior

edited by Spencer Chen

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: optogenetics; opsins; optical stimulation; photostimulation; neural circuits; circuit level modulation; behavioral control; decision-making; in vivo neural control; neuroengineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Neuroscience and Neural Engineering)

Applications and Advanced Technologies of Hydraulic Systems: Fluids, Monitoring, and Sustainability

edited by

Vito Tič

,

Darko Lovrec

and

Velibor Karanovic

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydraulic systems; fluid power; hydraulic fluids; electro-hydraulic actuation; pneumatics; condition monitoring; predictive maintenance; energy efficiency; digital twins; tribology and seal compatibility

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

Advances in Civil, Municipal and Mining Waste Management

edited by

Li Li

,

Damien Pham Van Bang

and Mehrez Hermassi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil construction and demolition waste; municipal solid waste and wastewater sludge; recycling and reuse of construction and demolition waste; plastics, glass, tire-derived, and other waste-based materials; safe disposal and reuse of mine wastes; tailings dam design and stability; mine water treatment; contaminated soils and sediments; geotechnical characterization of waste materials; environmental impact mitigation; CO2 capture, utilization, and mineralization; circular economy and resource recovery; sustainable waste management practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Next-Generation Construction ICT: BIM and Automation

edited by

Joo-Sung Lee

and Byeol Kim

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: building information modeling (BIM); construction automation and robotics; digital twin; artificial intelligence in construction; explainable machine learning; computer vision- and sensor-based monitoring; construction safety management; off-site and modular construction; smart construction management; infrastructure asset lifecycle management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Health Effects of Environmental Exposure to Contaminants

edited by

Csilla Mišľanová

and

Martina Valachovičová

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental contaminants; human biomonitoring; environmental exposure; environmental toxicology; public health; biomarkers of exposure; emerging contaminants; environmental epidemiology; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Application of Visualization Systems and BIM in Sustainable Architecture

edited by

Alcinia Zita Sampaio

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative architectural BIM applications; digitization in architectural design; data collection and analysis algorithms in architecture; plugins and extensions to enhance BIM capabilities; integration of BIM and AI; interaction between BIM and VR; BIM and 3D visualization case studies; advances in Lean construction with BIM; advances in the circular economy with BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Plant-Derived Natural Products and Their Bioactive Applications

edited by

Francisco Cruz-Sosa

and

Mariana Sánchez‒Ramos

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive secondary metabolites; determination of molecular structure (metabolomics and phytochemical profiling); plant biotechnology; plant natural products; pharmacological applications

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

Advances in Natural Plant Bioactives and Sustainable Utilization of Agricultural Resources

edited by

Adrian Vasile Timar

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; sustainable food utilization; agricultural by-products; green extraction technologies; functional foods; nutraceuticals; plant extracts; food waste valorization; antioxidant activity

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

Advances in Sustainable Construction and Maintenance of Built Structures

edited by

Jaeheum Yeon

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; built structures; structural maintenance; life-cycle assessment; digital twin; BIM-based construction management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Intelligent Sensing for Battery Manufacturing

edited by Erdogan Guk and

Timothy A. Vincent

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensing; battery manufacturing; lithium-ion batteries; ultrasonic testing; non-destructive evaluation; electrode characterisation; process monitoring; machine learning; in-line quality control; electrochemical diagnostics

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

Advances in Unsaturated Soil Behaviour and Environmental Applications

edited by Fernando A. M. Marinho

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: unsaturated soils; soil–water retention; soil suction; hydro-mechanical coupling; hydraulic conductivity; climate change; soil–atmosphere interaction; infrastructure resilience; mining geotechnics; mine tailings; compacted soils; slope stability; field monitoring; numerical modelling; geoenvironmental engineering; sustainable geotechnics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Sustainability and Challenges of Underground Gas Storage Engineering

edited by

Xuerui Wang

, Jianbo Zhang, Yang Zhao and Fengyuan Zhang

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6439 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground gas storage; geomechanics; wellbore integrity; hydrogen storage; reservoir integrity; CO2 geo-storage; risk assessment; intelligent UGS

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

edited by

Yimmy Silva

and

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13835 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

A Geotechnical Study on Landslides: Challenges and Progresses

edited by

Haijia Wen

and

Zhongqiang Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7503 | 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)

Advances in Particle and Powder Technology: Theory, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Dmitry Portnikov

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6812 | Submission Open

Keywords: particle technology; powder technology; granular materials; fluid–particle interactions; bulk solid handling; multiphase flows; numerical modeling of particulate systems; experimental characterization; industrial applications of powders

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Mathematical Models and Artificial Intelligence Methods for Digital Twins in Science, Engineering and Medicine

edited by

Francesco Zirilli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5691 | Submission Open

Keywords: mathematical model; artificial intelligence; digital twin; sensor; numerical method

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

Novel Approaches and Applications in Ergonomic Design, 4th Edition

edited by

Heecheon You

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4433 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognition; anthropometry; biomechanics; safety, macro-ergonomics; human–system integration; user-centered design; universal design; experience design; sustainable design; affective computing; autonomous systems; artificial intelligence; machine learning; digital twin; VR/AR/MR; aging; healthcare; neuro-ergonomics; musculoskeletal disorders; human–robot interaction; exoskeleton

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

Novel Approaches for Future Supply Chains and Smart Logistics

edited by

Vittorio Solina

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4261 | Submission Open

Keywords: supply chain management; smart logistics; blockchain; artificial intelligence; Industry 4.0

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

Recent Advances and Innovations in Microfluidics

edited by

Fariba Malekpour Galogahi

,

Haotian Cha

and

Jun Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2680 | 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)

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