Applied Sciences

Advanced Mobile Robots: Research and Applications

edited by

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5604 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile robots; human-computer interaction; computer vision; deep learning; mapping; sensors; perception; path planning; scene recognition; autonomous transportation; self-driving cars; healthcare; industrial automation; delivery robots; search and rescue

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Quality Assessment

edited by

Luciana Maria Baptista Ventura

and

Márcio de Almeida D'Agosto

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5557 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 emissions; GHG; atmospheric emissions; air quality; climate change; atmospheric pollution; environmental impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Non-Destructive Techniques for Heritage Conservation

edited by Amélia Dionísio and

Graça Vasconcelos

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5435 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive techniques (NDT); heritage conservation; material diagnosis; structural diagnosis; materials and structures data; preservation strategies

Exploration Geophysics and Seismic Surveying

edited by

Guoxin Chen

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5428 | Submission Open

Keywords: exploration geophysics; seismic surveying; seismic wave inversion; reverse time migration; AI/ML in geophysics; subsurface imaging; marine seismic exploration; full waveform inversion; geophysical data processing; seismic modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances in Intelligent Decision-Making Systems

edited by Jiajia Zhang, Shuhan Qi and

Grigorios Beligiannis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5386 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; decision-making; imperfect-information games; opponent modeling; real-time adaptation strategies; machine learning; reinforcement learning

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

Disaster Prevention and Control of Underground and Tunnel Engineering

edited by Nengxiong Xu and

Yan Qin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4227 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground space development; underground energy storage facility; poor geological conditions underground; conventional energy extraction; unconventional energy extraction; geotechnical problems; engineering geological issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Digital Twins for Sustainable and Resilient Construction

edited by

Oscar Galao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3876 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; building information modeling (BIM); sustainable construction; resilience engineering; lifecycle management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in AC/DC Distribution Systems with High-Penetration of Renewable Energy—2nd Edition

edited by

Qian Xiao

,

Yu Jin

and Wenbiao Lu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2609 | Submission Open

Keywords: AC/DC distribution systems; renewable energy; operation flexibility

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

Smart Transportation Systems and Logistics Technology

edited by

Roland Jachimowski

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2573 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transport; smart logistics; future mobility; autonomous vehicles; connected vehicles; artificial intelligence in transport; IoT; traffic optimization; digital transformation of logistics; digital twins

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

New Trends in Electrode for Electrochemical Analysis

edited by Luis Humberto Mendoza-Huizar and

Giaan Arturo Álvarez-Romero

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1895 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical analysis; electrode materials; electrochemical sensors; nanostructured electrodes; composite electrodes; nanomaterials; electroanalysis techniques; machine learning-guided design; electroanalytical pulse waveforms; ultramicroelectrodes; nanoelectrodes

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

Technical Advances in 3D Reconstruction—2nd Edition

edited by Xi Zhao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1830 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; 3D content generation; Shape representation

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

Applications of Modern Medical Technologies Combined with Artificial Intelligence

edited by Dmytro Chumachenko

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1806 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical imaging; remote patient monitoring; public health monitoring; clinical decision support; synthetic data; digital twins; simulation of infectious diseases; health informatics; telemedicine; smart health

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

Sustainable Application of Ecosystem Services and Landscape Ecology

edited by

Ana Maria Antão Geraldes

and Maria Cristina Crispim

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1755 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem services; landscape ecology; nature-based solutions; ecological restoration; landscape management; blue-green infrastructure; biodiversity conservation; sustainable landscapes; terrestrial, freshwater, marine, and riparian ecosystems; urban landscapes and water efficiency

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

Advanced Automation Technologies for Competitive Primary Sector Products

edited by

Nikolaos Petrellis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1728 | Submission Open

Keywords: primary sector; automation; AI; ML; technoeconomical analysis; image processing; robotics; sensors; embedded systems; telecommunications; precision agriculture; livestock; aquacultures

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

Current Trends in Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment

edited by

Adriana De Stefano

and

Gabriella Galluccio

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1718 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthodontics; orthodontic appliances; malocclusion; cephalometry; diagnostic imaging; models; dental; artificial intelligence; dental materials; temporomandibular joint disorders; interdisciplinary communication; treatment outcome; quality of life

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

New Technologies for Immunotherapy

edited by

Rafael Cardoso Maciel Costa Silva

, Danielle Aparecida Sousa Rodrigues and

Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1640 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunotherapy; manipulation of immune responses; inflammatory damage

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

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

edited by

Xuechao Yang

, Chenhao Xu, Jack Li and

Xun Yi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1633 | 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)

Rock Mechanics in Geology

edited by

Chaoyi Sun

, He Liu and Kaizong Xia

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1556 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; rock mass characterization; stability analysis; failure mechanisms; risk assessment; numerical modeling; experimental testing; slope engineering; deep mining; underground excavations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Satellite Geodesy and Earth System Monitoring

edited by Mehdi Eshagh and

Robert Tenzer

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1461 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodesy; earth system monitoring; geodynamics; satellite gravimetry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Recent Advances in Hydrogeology

edited by

Magdalena Worsa-Kozak

,

Krzysztof Chudy

and

Dominika Dabrowska

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1375 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoinfromatics; remote sensing; emerging pollutants; IoT; AI; hydrogeological data analytics; groundwater; urban water; mine water; water monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Analysis and Application of Mechanical System Vibrations

edited by

Grzegorz Szymański

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1338 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration; vibration measurements and analysis; modal analysis; vibration-based machine diagnostics; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Software Engineering: Computer Science and System 2026

edited by

Vito Conforti

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1259 | Submission Open

Keywords: mathematics and computer science; software industry; software engineering; software for science research

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

Statistics in Data Science: Latest Methods and Applications

edited by

Maximilian Pilz

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1208 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science; statistics; data mining; robust statistics; missing values; multiple imputation; explainable machine learning; mixed models; p-value

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

Applied Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering

edited by

Krzysztof Wnuk

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied artificial intelligence; software engineering; AI-driven software development; reliable AI systems; software testing and optimization

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

New Sight in Sports Biomechanics and Sports Rehabilitation

edited by

Kyoungkyu Jeon

and

Dong-il Kim

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 995 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports biomechanics; rehabilitation; musculoskeletal rehabilitation; human functional movement; muscle contraction; posture control; kinematics and kinetics analysis evaluation; musculoskeletal rehabilitation; performance improvement; injury prevention; understanding of acute and chronic pain

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

Urban Design and Green Infrastructure: Health, Well-Being, Housing, and Mobility Dynamics

edited by Yang Song

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 965 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban design; green infrastructure; health and well-being; urban housing; mobility behaviors; equitable access

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

Advancing Pediatric Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Through Digital Technologies and Data-Driven Innovations

edited by Christopher P. Landrigan and

Stavros P. Derdas

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 932 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatric healthcare; patient safety; healthcare quality improvement; digital health; artificial intelligence; medication safety; clinical risk management; family-centered care; telemedicine; pediatric intensive care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Wearable Technology in Healthcare and Sports: Advances and Novel Applications

edited by

Jean-Marie Aerts

and

Jasper Gielen

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 851 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; mHealth; health monitoring; data modeling; digital health; athlete monitoring

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

Food Fermentation: New Advances and Applications: 2nd Edition

edited by

Francesca Passannanti

and

Rosa Colucci Cante

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 836 | Submission Open

Keywords: fermentation; functional food; advanced methodologies; novel food; nutraceuticals; agri-food waste; microorganism

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

Deployment and Control of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

edited by Aohan Li and

Mikio Hasegawa

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 828 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks (WSNs); energy-efficient communication; sensor deployment; real-time monitoring and control; IoT and edge computing integration; WSN security and privacy

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

Remote Sensing Techniques for Cultural Heritage: New Developments and Applications for Archaeological Studies

edited by

Mauro Lo Brutto

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 779 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; cultural heritage; earth observation; archaeological sites; satellite imagery; multi-temporal analysis; optical images; multispectral images; hyperspectral images; UAS; 3D documentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Multi-Band/Broadband Antenna Design, Optimization and Measurement—2nd Edition

edited by

Keum Cheol Hwang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 727 | Submission Open

Keywords: broadband antenna; antenna design and optimization; antenna measurement; multi-band antenna

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

Intelligence in Speaker and Emotion: Advances in Analysis and Recognition

edited by

Maroš Jakubec

,

Eva Lieskovská

and Roman Jarina

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 687 | Submission Open

Keywords: speaker recognition; emotion recognition; deep learning; multimodal fusion; speech signal processing; speech features; affective computing; human–computer interaction; noisy environment; robust models

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

Synergistic Exploitation of Mineral and Geothermal Resources: Thermal Management and Multiphysical Geomechanics

edited by

Qiang Li

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 676 | Submission Open

Keywords: co-extraction technologies; underground thermal management; seasonal thermal storage; seasonal thermal storage; heat and mass transfer; THM effects; rock fractures seepage; cyclic thermal loading

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Feeding and Nutrition in Fish Aquaculture

edited by Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand,

Carlos Alfonso Alvarez-González

and Eduardo Quiroz-Gúzman

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 602 | Submission Open

Keywords: prebiotics; probiotics; ingredient processing; fish feeding techniques; fish feeding technologies; new ingredients

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

AI in Object Detection—2nd Edition

edited by Fengping An and Chuyang Ye

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 587 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; object tracking; target identification; remote sensing; deep learning

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

Advanced Applications and Perspectives of Optical Imaging

edited by

Fanlu Wu

,

Zhengjun Liu

and Dongdong Xu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: space optical; infrared imaging; multispectral imaging; hyperspectral imaging; computational optical imaging; single-photon imaging; super-resolution imaging; polarization imaging; compressive sensing imaging; optical image processing

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

Advanced Plant and Crop Protection Technologies for Precision Agriculture

edited by

Albert Thembinkosi Modi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 496 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; crop protection; smart farming; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; biopesticides; climate resilience; soil–plant-atmosphere interaction; sustainable agriculture

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

Machine Learning Approaches to Neuro-Immunological Disorders

edited by Hristina Zlatanova-Tenisheva, Georgi Slavov and Pavel Balabanov

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 493 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; neuro-immunology; predictive models; personalized medicine; data integration; clinical applications; ethical challenges

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Materials and Structures and SHM Techniques for Seismic Resilience and Vibration Control

edited by

Yeshou Xu

,

Xinghuai Huang

and

Yao-Rong Dong

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 471 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration reduction; structural health monitoring; damping materials; vibration isolation; structural dynamics; damage detection; smart structures; civil engineering

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

Machine Learning in Space Weather Prediction

edited by

Gang Qin

and Yang Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 431 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; space weather prediction; solar flare forecasting; coronal mass ejection (CME) detection; geomagnetic storm modeling; deep learning (e.g., CNN, LSTM, Transformer); radiation belt dynamics; space plasma data analysis; multi-source space data fusion; transfer learning in space physics; uncertainty quantification (UQ) for space weather; reinforcement learning for space weather mitigation; solar–terrestrial physics; satellite anomaly prediction; power grid space weather resilience

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

Tools for Implementing and Monitoring Circularity in the Built Environment—2nd Edition

edited by

Luís Bragança

and Rand Askar

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy in the built environment; existing and new stock; assessment and monitoring; CE integration into sustainability frameworks; design support tools; circularity indicators; management models; barriers and opportunities; digitalisation and automation; BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

The Development of Materials by Electrospinning for Biomedical Applications

edited by

Antonio Laezza

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrospinning; polymers; fibres; composites; tissue regeneration; drug delivery

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

Coastal Environments Under Climate Change: Dynamics, Monitoring, and Adaptation

edited by

Claudio Valdovinos

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; marine communities; biodivesrity shifts; monitoring technologies and modeling tools; nature-based solutions and ecological restoration; adaptive management under climate change; ecological resilience; coastal and marine ecosystems

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

Advances in Aircraft Design and Bioenergy

edited by

Ziyu Liu

and Xiaobin Shen

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: bionic aircraft; biofuels; aerospace vehicles; bionic robotics; sustainable aviation; combustion and emissions; aerospace engineering; renewable energy; environmental impact assessment; life cycle assessment; flight dynamics

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

Recent Advances in Post-Tensioning Systems: Degradation Assessment, Residual Stress, and Life Prediction

edited by

Sara Cattaneo

and

Carlo Pettorruso

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: post-tensioning systems; prestress loss evaluation; residual stress assessment; durability and degradation mechanisms; corrosion and grout defects; non-destructive testing (NDT); structural health monitoring (SHM); service life prediction; numerical and analytical modeling; infrastructure maintenance and assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Environmental Health: Innovation and Application

edited by

Ana Monteiro

and

Marina Almeida-Silva

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment; health; innovation; application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Development and Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by Xiaoping Xu,

Rui Wang

and

Rosario Pecora

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced control algorithms; autonomous navigation; multi-sensor integration; swarm intelligence; artificial intelligence; human–UAV interaction; practical applications

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

New Trends in the Structure Characterization of Food: 2nd Edition

edited by

María de Jesús Perea-Flores

and

Ma de la Paz Salgado-Cruz

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: food materials and emerging technologies; ultrasound, microwave and infrared technologies; nutrients and components (biopolymers and secondary metabolites); dietary supplements and functional foods; agroindustrial waste; spectroscopy—Raman, IR, X-ray diffraction (XRD); microscopy techniques light microscopy (LM); confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM); scanning electron microscopy (SEM); transmission electron microscopy (TEM); atomic force microscopy (AFM) super-resolution microscopy saturated structured illumination microscopy (SSIM); stimulated emission depletion microscopy (STED); photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM); fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy (FPALM); stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM)

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

Application of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Human-Computer Interaction: 2nd Edition

edited by

Pingping Zhu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: human–computer interaction; machine learning; human-robot interaction; human–swarm interaction; human-centered computing

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

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