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Advances in Food Processing Technology: Enhancing Quality, Safety, and Sustainability

edited by Ayerim Hernández-Almanza,

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar González

and

Lorenzo M. Pastrana

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15866

Keywords: food safety; food quality; food processing; energy efficient equipment; waste reduction; ecofriendly packaging materials; monitoring; microbial inactivation

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

Multidisciplinary Collaborative Design of Aircraft

edited by

Baigang Mi

and

Wei Huang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7909

Keywords: multidisciplinary design; coupling optimization; intelligent design; inverse design; high fidelity; high efficiency

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

Advances in Industrial Robotics and Control Systems

edited by

Ricardo Balcazar

Genaro Ochoa

and

Jaime Pacheco Martínez

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6883

Keywords: robotics; automatic control; automation; mechatronics

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

Challenges and Future Trends in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Control, Sensor Integration, Networks, Systems and Applications

edited by

Lidia Belmonte Moreno

and

Rafael Morales

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6140

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles; drones; control; sensor integration; networks; systems and applications

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

Advances in Cell and Tissue Engineering: Biomechanical Modeling and Mechanobiology

edited by Scott Wood and

Arkady Voloshin

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4599

Keywords: mechanobiological therapy; mechanical analysis in biomedicine; cell culture; biomechanics; cell differentiation; mechanotransduction; numerical techniques in biomedicine

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

Deep Networks for Biosignals—2nd Edition

edited by

Sung Bum Pan

and

EunSang Bak

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4449

Keywords: deep networks; human identification; emotion classification; movement analysis; human–computer interaction; biosignal processing; multimodal feature integration; healthcare system

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

Advanced Technologies in Medical/Health Informatics

edited by Ourania Petropoulou and

Ioannis Kakkos

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4074

Keywords: digital/medical informatics; artificial intelligence in healthcare; electronic health records; clinical decision support systems; biomedical data processing; medical imaging analysis; biomedical signal processing; data privacy/cybersecurity in healthcare; wearable devices; telemedicine; cloud computing in healthcare; mobile health applications

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

Autonomous Systems in Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart Industry: Innovations and Challenges, 3rd Edition

edited by

Rui Pinto

and

Volker Lohweg

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3604

Keywords: cyber–physical systems; Smart Industry; autonomous systems; self-*; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; real-time monitoring; predictive maintenance; security and privacy in industry; ethical considerations in autonomous systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

IoT in Smart Cities and Homes, 3rd Edition

edited by

Ryan Gibson

and

Hadi Larijani

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2909

Keywords: Internet of Things; intelligent systems; smart sensing; wearable devices; low-power communications; edge computing; fog computing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; algorithmic implementation; optimization methods; data science

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

Advances in Natural Products Research: Bioactivity, Formulation and Therapeutic Applications

edited by

Adina Magdalena Musuc

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2035

Keywords: natural pharmaceutical ingredients; synthetic pharmaceutical ingredients; physico-chemical characterization; drug development; formulation; analytical methods; drug delivery systems

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

Emerging Technologies and Trends in Geological and Mineral Exploration

edited by

Xin Chen

and

Xiaojia Jiang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2011

Keywords: emerging exploration strategies; innovative exploration technologies; advanced exploration methods; data-driven exploration; sustainable exploration practices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Emerging Medical Devices and Technologies, 2nd Edition

edited by

Iole Vozza

and

Fabrizio Guerra

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1423

Keywords: medical device; medical technologies; regulatory medical device engineering; EU certifications; clinical trials

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

Trends and Prospects in Vehicle System Dynamics, 2nd Edition

edited by Luigi Romano,

Basilio Lenzo

and

Ricardo De Castro

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1081

Keywords: vehicle modeling; vehicle dynamics; vehicle control; vehicle-to-vehicle interaction; fleet management; path planning; force allocation; energy optimization; next-generation vehicle sensors; AI-based vehicle control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Innovations in Regenerative Medicine: Implantology and Regeneration

edited by

Antonio Scarano

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 572

Keywords: bone augmentation; regenerative medicine; stem cells; exosomes; dental implantology; digital planning in implant

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Structural Health Monitoring for Bridge Structures, 2nd Edition

edited by Yi Zhou,

Guangdong Zhou

and

Laura Ierimonti

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 563

Keywords: bridge structures; structural health monitoring; sensor technology; condition assessment; damage detection; non-destructive testing data analytics; life-cycle management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Aerodynamic Design and Flow Control in Turbomachinery

edited by Hanan Lu and

Guangtao Ran

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 467

Keywords: potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: advanced aerodynamic design method; turbomachinery aerodynamics; complex flows in turbomachinery; active and passive flow control; applications broadening actuator use in different fields; design of actuators; flow control mechanisms; modelling and optimization; smart structures combined with drag reduction techniques; flow control in propulsive systems; flow control for aircrafts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Silicon-Based Optoelectronic Integration Technology and Devices

edited by

Mario Moreno Moreno

and

José Alberto Luna López

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 457

Keywords: silicon photonics; optoelectronic integration; CMOS compatibility; photonic integrated circuits (PICs)

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

Recent Advances in Fatigue Strength of Metallic Materials

edited by

Ramūnas Česnavičius

and

Antanas Ciuplys

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 427

Keywords: fatigue strength; metallic materials; additive manufacturing; low-cycle fatigue; high-cycle fatigue; corrosion fatigue; crack initiation; crack propagation; life prediction; FE fatigue analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Emerging Technologies for Precision Agriculture, 2nd Edition

edited by

Miklós Neményi

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 409

Keywords: IoT (internet of things); WSN (wireless sensor network); F2F (from farm to fork); M2M (machine to machine); Lab2Field (from laboratory to field); small smart robots to reduce the soil compaction

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

Solid-State LiDAR: Latest Research and Application

edited by

Min Tao

and

Junfeng Song

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 362

Keywords: electronic technology; electronic circuit; optical phased array; laser radar; laser ranging; space optical communication; FPGA system design; optical communication networking technology

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

Research on Surfaces and Coatings of Materials

edited by

Marina Vukoje

Katarina Itrić

and

Josip Bota

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 270

Keywords: surface engineering; functional coatings; polymer materials; sustainable packaging; material durability

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

Novel Biological Processes for Wastewater Treatment Applications

edited by

Adegoke Isiaka Adetunji

and

Qiming Xian

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 232

Keywords: wastewater; biological technologies; circular bioeconomy; sustainability; microbial ecology; pollutant removal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Applications of Natural Language Processing to Data Science

edited by

Vincenza Carchiolo

and

Michele Malgeri

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 29218 | Submission Open

Keywords: Natural Language Processing (NLP); data science; sentiment analysis; opinion mining; information extraction

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

Innovative Strategies for the Diagnosis and Repair of Soft Tissue Disorder

edited by

Elisabete Silva

, Barbara Röhrnbauer and António Augusto Fernandes

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 25321 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft tissue disorders; biomaterials; tissue engineering; computational modelling; finite element analysis; patient-specific simulation; tissue regeneration; biodegradable implants; diagnosis and repair; regenerative medicine; medical device design

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

Novel Advances in Noise and Vibration Control

edited by

Zhiwei Guo

Jing Liu

and

Ting Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19828 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration control; noise control; airborne noise; underwater noise; active/passive control

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

Advances in Internet of Things (IoT) Security: Challenges and Applications

edited by

Hoon Ko

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13982 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber-security; smart-city; human relationships; relational contexts; meta-analysis

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

Seismic Resistant Design and Analysis for Building Structures and Infrastructure Systems

edited by

Mintaek Yoo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6587 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic design; dynamic behavior; buildings; infrastructures; numerical analysis; dynamic load test; seismic risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Sports Medicine and Physiology: Bones, Arthrosis and Muscles

edited by

Julio Martin Ruiz

and

Antonio Ammendolia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6352 | Submission Open

Keywords: bone; osteoarthritis; muscle; fitness; conditioning; strength; agility; mobility; stiffness

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

Advances in Safety Detection and Quality Control of Food

edited by

Natalia Casado Navas

María Isabel Sierra Alonso

and

Sonia Morante Zarcero

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6091 | Submission Open

Keywords: food contaminants; bioactive compounds; biomarkers; analytical procedures; functional foods; food sample preparation; green methodologies; microextraction; food control

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

Underground Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Sources

edited by

Lin Wu

and

Michael Zhengmeng Hou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3331 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground hydrogen storage; underground natural gas storage; underground thermal storage; underground compressed air energy storage; underground pumped hydroelectric energy storage; CO2 geological utilization and sequestration

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

Advanced Technologies in Intelligent and Sustainable Coal Mining

edited by

Yong Yuan

Cun Zhang

and Bo Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2641 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent mining; green mining; deep mining; precision mining; digital mine; mining equipment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Morphing-Enabling Technologies for Aerospace Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Ignazio Dimino

and

Maria Chiara Noviello

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2419 | Submission Open

Keywords: morphing aeroshells; space mechanisms; re-entry vehicles; mechanically deployable systems; inflatable systems; adaptive shape-changing mechanisms; design methodologies and optimization; rigid-body mechanisms for aerospace; compliant mechanisms for aerospace; multibody simulations; mechanism design and optimization; safety and reliability

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

Advanced Technologies and Applications of Microwave and Millimeter Wave

edited by

Atsushi Mase

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1998 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave technology millimeter wave; technology telecommunications; defense systems; high-speed wireless networks; high-resolution imaging automotive radar; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things (IoT)

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

Recent Advances in Mechatronic and Robotic Systems—2nd Edition

edited by

Ellips Masehian

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1875 | Submission Open

Keywords: robot motion planning; artificial intelligence; machine learning; mechatronics; Industry 4.0; intelligent manufacturing

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

Advances in Solar Physics

edited by Norbert G. Gyenge and Marianna Korsós

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1415 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar physics; space weather impacts; heliospheric studies; coronal heating mechanisms; magnetic field dynamics; advanced solar imaging; AI in heliophysics; solar wind modeling; space weather forecasting; multi-wavelength observations

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

Recent Advances in Security and Privacy Protection for Large Language Models

edited by Xi Lin,

Jun Wu

and

Qiaolun Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 860 | Submission Open

Keywords: jailbreak attacks and defense; AI agent security; LLM privacy-preserving method; AI fairness; LLM hallucination mitigation; the explainability of AIGC

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

Digital Holography and 3D Display

edited by

Juan Liu

and

Dapu Pi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 527 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D display; holography; deep learning; metasurface; virtual reality; augmented reality

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

New Perspectives in Cell Biology and Disease Treatment

edited by

Newton Soares da Silva

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 497 | Submission Open

Keywords: cell signaling; molecular mechanisms; disease pathogenesis; targeted therapy; cellular communication; gene regulation; cancer biology; regenerative medicine; organoids; translational research

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

AI-Enabled Acceleration of Spectroscopic Research and Materials Modelling

edited by

Marek Doskocz

and

Jacek Kujawski

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 446 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; scientific discovery; autonomous laboratories; self-driving labs; large language models; AI-accelerated spectroscopy; automated spectral interpretation; workflow automation; structural characterization; density functional theory; computational chemistry; materials discovery

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

In-Memory Computing: Progress, Critical Technologies and Applications

edited by

Wang Kang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

Keywords: in-memory computing; neuromorphic architecture; edge computing; energy-efficient systems

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

Four-Dimensional (4D) Printing: Materials, Structures, Processes and Applications

edited by Chengjun Zeng,

Wei Zhao

, Xiaozhou Xin and Chen Lin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open

Keywords: 4D printing; shape memory polymers; hydrogels; liquid crystal elastomers; multifunctional structures

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

Advances in Veterinary Diagnostics

edited by

Bogdan Sevastre

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open

Keywords: veterinary diagnostics; clinical pathology; automated detection systems; clinical chemistry

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

Development and Application of Functionalized Nanostructures and Nanomaterials

edited by

Victor Burlakov

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoparticles; nanorods; nanoplatelets; surface nanostructures; fabrication and storage; functionalization mechanisms; surface modification; surface binding ligands; novel functional properties; theory and modelling of functional properties; degradation mechanisms for functional nanomaterials

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

Novel Trends in Bioactive Compounds

edited by Barbara Soldo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; extraction and synthesis methods; chemical composition; biological activity

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

Biomedical Engineering Research on Immunity

edited by

Hayato Terayama

and

Gloria Guerrero Manriquez

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunity; innate and adaptive immune cells; neural; stem cells; genetics; bioengineering; infectious disease and non infectious disease; artificial intelligence; electronic and magnetic devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Novel Research on Bioactive Compounds in Plant Products, 2nd Edition

edited by Martin Backor

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant secondary metabolites; plant bioactive compounds; phytochemicals; plant biotechnology; biological activity; functional food of plant origin; plant natural resources

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

Research and Application of Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

edited by

Katarzyna Poczęta

submission deadline 9 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 625 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial neural networks; fuzzy cognitive maps; deep learning; hybrid models; machine learning; classification; prediction; analysis; natural language processing

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

Holistic Approaches in Artificial Intelligence and Renewable Energy

edited by

Ionut Nica

, Nora Monica Chirita and

Camelia Delcea

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 25534 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; renewable energy; cybernetics; energy portfolio optimization; smart grids; circular economy; sustainable development goals; energy forecasting; energy investment optimization

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

Application of Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics in Aerospace

edited by Yue Zhang and Zhenlong Wu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17197 | Submission Open

Keywords: supersonic flow; hypersonic flow; flow control; propulsion; shock wave; aerodynamics; scramjet; ramjet

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

Advances in Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors: Design, Development, and Applications

edited by

Alexandra Virginia Bounegru

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9499 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical sensors; biosensors design; nanomaterials; molecularly imprinted polymers; biorecognition elements; medical diagnostics; pharmaceutical contaminant detection

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

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