Applied Sciences

Advancements in Large Language Models Applied in Multidisciplinary Research Contexts

edited by Francisco De Arriba-Pérez and Silvia García-Méndez

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8845 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; artificial intelligence; human-centered applications; large language models (LLMs)

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

Application and Extraction of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidants in Food and Plants

edited by

Agnieszka Nawirska-Olszańska

and

Maciej Oziembłowski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8723 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; antioxidant activity; polyphenols; carotenoids; organic acids; vitamins

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

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

edited by

Maria Pia Morigi

and

Marco Seracini

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8417 | 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)

Advanced Studies in Molecular and Metabolic Mechanisms of Diabetes

edited by

Karima Zitouni

and David Gillott

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8139 | Submission Open

Keywords: B-cell dysfunction; B-cell regeneration; type 2 diabetes pathogenesis; diabetes therapies

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

Advanced Planning, Scheduling and Routing Problems—Models, Methods, and Applications

edited by

Paweł Sitek

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8050 | Submission Open

Keywords: planning and scheduling; optimization and algorithms; supply chains; urban logistics; last-mile delivery; autonomous vehicles; UAV fleet routing and scheduling; drone delivery systems; computer network routing; dynamic routing and scheduling; manufacturing; E-commerce logistics; AI-driven approach to modeling and solving; data-driven and robust optimization

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

Progress and Challenges of Rock Engineering

edited by

Tae Young Ko

and

Min-Seong Kim

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7963 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock engineering; extraterrestrial rock mechanics; artificial intelligence in rock engineering; in situ monitoring; underground space development; lunar/Mars construction; smart sensing technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Reinforcement Learning for Real-World Applications

edited by

Dazi Li

and Pablo Chamoso

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7920 | Submission Open

Keywords: reinforcement learning; robotics control; scheduling optimization; smart manufacturing; intelligent transportation; energy management

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

Advances in AI and Multiphysics Modelling

edited by

Gasser Abdelal

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7915 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; physics-informed neural networks (PINNs); hybrid modelling; surrogate modelling

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

Virtual Reality in Physical Therapy

edited by

Seong-Gil Kim

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7373 | Submission Open

Keywords: virtual reality; physical therapy; rehabilitation; serious games; immersive therapy; human–computer interaction; wearable robotics; soft robotics; telerehabilitation; engagement

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

Control Systems for Next Generation Electric Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Juan P. Torreglosa

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7243 | Submission Open

Keywords: control systems; microgrids; transportation electrification; charging infrastructures

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

Environmental Pollution and Wastewater Treatment Strategies

edited by

Robert Kowalik

and Mária Kaňuchová

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7179 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced wastewater technology; natural wastewater treatment system; biological treatment and physicochemical treatment; wastewater quality; wastewater treatment and health; sewage sludge treatment and disposal; hormones in water and wastewater; water reuse; resource recovery; municipal wastewater; wastewater reuse

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Energy Transition in Sustainable Buildings

edited by

Andrea Guercio

,

Vincenzo Franzitta

and

Domenico Curto

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6977 | Submission Open

Keywords: building retrofit; HVAC renovation; net-zero energy building; renewable energy; energy community; energy transition

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

Remanufacturing, Reuse and Recycling Pathways for E-Waste and Used Batteries

edited by

Eleni Kastanaki

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6658 | Submission Open

Keywords: remanufacturing; reuse; recycling; e-waste; used batteries; circular economy

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

Composites from Sustainable Resources: Properties, Manufacturing, and Applications

edited by Camelia Pinca-Bretotean

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6375 | Submission Open

Keywords: composite; resins; fibers; technology; properties; testing; applications; ecology; sustainability

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

Advances in Sensitive and Biometric Information Protection

edited by

Dario Allegra

and

Georgia Fargetta

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6338 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; segmentation feature extraction; generative adversarial networks; sensitive information; information security; convolutional neural networks; classification based on deep learning; biometric information

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

Safety and Risk Assessment in Industrial Systems

edited by

Gabriele Baldissone

and Salvina Murè

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6060 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety; risk assessment; cyber security; resilience; Natech; human factor; risk machinery; risk process safety

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

Physical and Biochemical Processes in Chemical and Environmental Engineering

edited by

Ioanna Vasiliadou

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6017 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical processes; biochemical processes; chemical engineering; environmental engineering; mass transfer operations; membrane filtration; biodegradation; carbon capture and storage (CCS); reactors design; separation of substances; renewable energy sources; sustainable development; biofuels; waste management

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

Structural Health Monitoring: Advances in Monitoring, Sensing, Control, Diagnostics and Prevention

edited by

Jorge Luis Camas-Anzueto

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5711 | Submission Open

Keywords: cracking and deformation monitoring; steel corrosion assessment; ultrasonic and acoustic emission sensors; fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors; fiber optic interferometers; Raman, Brillouin, and Rayleigh scattering sensors; fluorescence and chemiluminescence sensors; structural monitoring; massive structural data analysis; crack detection; structural signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Emerging Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical, Control, Geological, Sensing, and Intelligent Detection Engineering: Integration and Innovations

edited by

Changping Li

, Yang Yang and

Wenjian Yang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5529 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; emerging applications; optimizing complex systems; real-time monitoring; data-driven; innovative methods

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

Recent Applications of Machine Learning and LLMs in Natural Language Processing (NLP): 2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos A. Iglesias

and

Jinyi Zhang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5366 | Submission Open

Keywords: sentiment analysis; voice analysis and processing; entity recognition; syntax analysis; machine translation and summarization; large language models; question answering; chatbots and conversational agents; image semantic segmentation; interdisciplinary applications in healthcare, finance, and multimodal systems; semantic modeling and cross-domain knowledge transfer

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

AI Technologies Applied to Energy Systems and Smart Grids

edited by

Jacopo Carlo Alberizzi

and

Luciano De Tommasi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5299 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); optimization; smart grids; renewable energy; energy storage

Recent Research in Frozen Soil Mechanics and Cold Regions Engineering

edited by

Dun Chen

and Fei Wang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 5111 | Submission Open

Keywords: frozen soil; mechanics; artificial intelligence; climate change; hydrology and ice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

AI-Based Supervised Prediction Models

edited by Maria Trigka

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5077 | Submission Open

Keywords: supervised learning; predictive modeling; machine learning; feature selection; classification algorithms; model interpretability; artificial intelligence

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

Sustainable Production Strategies for Meat and Meat Products: Technological Innovation, Animal Welfare, and Environmental Impact Reduction

edited by

Glayciane Costa Gois

and

Fleming Sena Campos

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4802 | Submission Open

Keywords: carcass; meat quality; meat products; meat science

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

Recent Developments in Endodontics and Dental Materials

edited by

Amjad Abu Hasna

and Luciane Dias De Oliveira

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4580 | Submission Open

Keywords: root canal instrumentation; biocompatibility; clinical endodontics; endodontic irrigants; intracanal medication; bioceramics; foramen transportation; foraminal morphology; obturating materials; biomaterials in endodontics; minimally invasive endodontics; regenerative endodontics; dental imaging

EEG Recognition and Biomedical Signal Processing

edited by

Andrea Giorgi

and

Christoph Hintermüller

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4374 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosignal acquisition; signal processing; electroencephalography (EEG); physiological monitoring; biomedical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Impact of Environmental Pollution: Towards Contaminant Assessment and Sustainable Remediation

edited by

Dario Savoca

and

Silvia Orecchio

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4202 | Submission Open

Keywords: analytical chemistry; environmental chemistry; environmental impact; xenobiotic substances; toxic compounds; exposure effects; bioindicator; biomagnification; pollutant removal; environmental remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Efficient Networking Architectures for Next-Generation Smart and Connected Systems

edited by

Miguel Jimeno

and

Alfredo J. Pérez

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3866 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; cloud computing; edge computing; IoT; resource optimization; WSN

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

Corrosion and Protection with Hard Coatings

edited by José A. Cabral-Miramontes and

Facundo Almeraya-Calderón

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3723 | Submission Open

Keywords: hard coatings; hardness; wear; corrosion; friction; tribo-corrosion

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

Feature Review Papers in Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability

edited by

Samuel Adeloju

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3668 | Submission Open

Keywords: pollutants or contaminants in water, air, soil or food; reaction of chemical pollutants in the environment; identification and monitoring of pollutants in the environment; sources of waste materials and reuse; wastewater treatment and reuse; sources of solid wastes and reuse; methods of waste treatment; resource recovery and reuse; environmental analysis or speciation of pollutants or contaminants; impact of human activities on the environment; biological activities in the environment; sustainable polymers; impact of fires; sustainable crops and livestock

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

Phytochemicals as Natural Nutrients in the Prevention and Therapy of Diseases

edited by

Natalia Kurhaluk

and Halina Tkaczenko

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3581 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural antioxidant therapy; dietary phytochemical sources; bioavailability enhancement techniques; clinical nutrition applications; phytochemical synergy effects; chronic disease prevention; gut microbiota modulation; epigenetic pathway regulation; functional food innovation; sustainable dietary practices

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

Ammonia and Hydrogen as Energy Carriers: Challenges and Applications

edited by

Janusz Lasek

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3463 | Submission Open

Keywords: ammonia—NH3; hydrogen—H2; combustion; transportation and storage; green H2 and NH3; NH3 cracking

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

AI in Industry 4.0

edited by Ricardo Augusto Rabelo Oliveira

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3447 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; agentic AI; edge AI; 5G; 6G; Industry 4.0; federated learning

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

Processing, Manufacturing and Machining of Advanced Alloy Materials: Latest Advances and Prospects, Second Edition

edited by

Ireneusz Zagórski

,

Agnieszka Skoczylas

,

Witold Habrat

and Piotr Zgórniak

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3390 | Submission Open

Keywords: machinability; aviation alloys; difficult-to-machine materials; light alloys; machinability indicators; surface roughness; cutting forces; vibrations; temperature in the cutting area; structure after processing; microhardness

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

From Prediction to Action: Next Generation AI Solutions for Disaster Preparedness Emergency Response and Community Safety

edited by

Chalaris Michail

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3361 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); hazard forecasting; emergency response; disaster risk reduction (DRR); machine learning; autonomous systems; community safety; remote sensing; big data analytics; situational awareness

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

Recent Advancements in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

edited by

Bojan Žlender

and

Rok Varga

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3305 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil mechanics; geotechnical engineering; sustainability; soil–structure interaction; constitutive modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Machine Learning-Based Internet of Vehicles and Internet of Things Systems

edited by Congduan Li, Min Li and Xiangping Zhai

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3226 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; Internet of Vehicles (IoV); Internet of Things (IoT); deep learning; intelligent transportation; cybersecurity; smart cities; predictive analytics; autonomous vehicles; edge computing

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

Next-Generation Microgrids: Intelligent Modeling, Control, and Digital Integration of Renewable Energy Systems

edited by

Juan Miguel Gonzalez-Lopez

,

Ramón Jiménez Betancourt

and

Julio Cesar Rosas Caro

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3140 | Submission Open

Keywords: microgrids; renewable energy systems; energy management systems (EMS); artificial intelligence (AI); electric vehicle integration; IoT-based monitoring; power electronics; real-time control; energy storage integration; predictive maintenance; virtual power plants; demand-side management and flexibility

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

Functional Foods and Active Natural Products

edited by

Haralabos Christos Karantonis

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3091 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive lipids; plant bioactives; marine bioactives; synbiotics; exosomes; bioavailability; stability

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

Advances in Fire Safety Engineering and Applications

edited by

Dongli Gao

and Eric Lee

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2969 | Submission Open

Keywords: pedestrian dynamics; evacuation modeling; building evacuation; fire modeling; fire dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Innovations in Blasting Technology and Rock Engineering

edited by Peng Xu and Liyun Yang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2892 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock blasting; blast waves; crack propagation; mining engineering; intelligent blasting; rockway excavation; blast virbration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Transportation and Smart City

edited by

Rose Luke

,

Hossana Twinomurinzi

and

Joash Mageto

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2835 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; transport advances; smart transport; intelligent transport; sustainability

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

Intelligent Virtual Reality: AI-Driven Systems and Experiences

edited by

Enrique Yeguas-Bolivar

,

Mariana Buenestado Fernández

and

Juri Taborri

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2786 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; virtual reality; adaptive learning; accessibility; empathy training; inclusive design; intelligent environments; affective computing; human–computer interaction; immersive experiences

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

Advanced Photonics and Optical Communication

edited by

Mohammad Rakib Uddin

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2771 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical/optoelectronic materials; optical/optoelectronic devices; optical sources; photodetectors; integrated photonics process and technologies; photonic-integrated circuits; integrated photonics in data communication; ultrafast, attosecond, high field and short wavelength photonics; microwave photonics; THz photonics; optical interconnects; optical waveguides; photonic sensors; optical filters; optical MUX/DeMUX; optical communications; data communications

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

AI and Data-Driven Methods for Fault Detection and Diagnosis

edited by

Yiwei Cheng

and

Zuoyi Chen

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2655 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing for fault detection; fault diagnosis; predictive maintenance; artificial intelligence in diagnostics; equipment reliability; condition monitoring; real-time diagnostic systems; prognostics and health management (PHM); data-driven fault detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Next-Generation Mobile Robotics: Intelligent Navigation, Adaptive Planning, and Sensor Integration

edited by

Edgar Martínez-García

and

Rajesh Elara Mohan

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2653 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous navigation; path planning; mobile robotics; robust perception; multi-sensor integration; SLAM; legged locomotion; gait optimization; adaptive locomotion; swarm intelligence; multi-robot systems

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

Edge Computing and Cloud Computing: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Javid Taheri

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2580 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge computing; fog computing; cloud computing; internet of things; edge-cloud integration; mobile edge computing; edge security

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

New Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Artificial Intelligence and Materials for Sustainability

edited by

Maria Luminița Scutaru

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2521 | Submission Open

Keywords: artficial intelligence; adavanced materials; sustainable design; mechanical engineering; smart manufacturing; eco-friendly technologies; data-driven optimizatiol; life-cycle assessment; intelligent systems; interdisciplinary engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Digital Design and Impact Assessment of New Building Materials

edited by

Javier Orozco-Messana

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2473 | Submission Open

Keywords: cellular materials; bio-inspired design; hybrid design; material functionalization; PCM; modular design; building circularity; nanomaterials; energy materials; green materials; additive manufacturing

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

Recent Advances in Pile Foundation Engineering

edited by

Yunpeng Zhang

and Xin Liu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2346 | Submission Open

Keywords: pile foundations; pile design and construction techniques; AI-enhanced pile engineering; pile renewal and health monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

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