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Biomechanics and Neural Control of Rhythmic Movement

edited by

Elissavet Rousanoglou

and Nikolaos Stergiou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 458 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhythmic movements; biomechanics; neural control; motor control; movement generation; coordination; neurorehabilitation; neuroplasticity; locomotion; drug-free therapy

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

Functional Food Development and Nutritional Fortification

edited by Marta Pasławska and

Klaudia Masztalerz

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 447 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional food; osmotic dehydration; vacuum impregnation; cold plasma; drying; bioactivity; health-promoting compounds; sensory properties; food structure modification; 3D printing

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

Mobile Edge Computing Networks: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Minrui Xu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 446 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile edge computing (MEC); LLM agents and agentic AI; generative AI at the edge; edge–cloud–device collaboration; blockchain-enabled edge intelligence; quantum-secure communications (PQC/QKD); mobile edge–quantum computing (MEQC)

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

Smart Microfluidic Technologies: Bridging Design, Discovery, and Deployment

edited by Xi Luo and

Yuzuru Takamura

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 410 | Submission Open

Keywords: lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; on-chip bioreactors; point-of-care testing (POCT) devices; biosensors

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

Advanced Machining Technologies for High-Performance Materials

edited by

Marcin Grabowski

and

Maciej Kubon

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: machining; high-performance materials; tool wear; sustainable machining; smart manufacturing; AI in machining; process optimisation

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

Assistive Technology and Accessible Human–Machine Interaction: State of the Art

edited by

Alexandros Pino

and

Georgios Kouroupetroglou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open

Keywords: assistive technology; accessible human–machine interaction; brain–computer interfaces; augmentative and alternative communication; digital accessibility; rehabilitation engineering; sensor-based interfaces; wearable biosignal interfaces

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Innovations and Trends in Sustainable Crop and Livestock Production

edited by

André Alisson Rodrigues da Silva

, Flávio José Rodrigues Cruz, Celeste Queiroz Rossi and

Henry Daniel Ruiz Alba

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; agriculture; livestock; crops; animal nutrition; regenerative; precision farming; biotechnology; animal welfare; resource efficiency

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

Agro-Industrial Waste Valorization: Advances in Functional Materials and Circular Technologies

edited by

Simona Gavrilaş

and

Florentina-Daniela Munteanu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open

Keywords: agro-industrial waste; waste valorization; circular economy; bio-based materials; biopolymers; green extraction technologies; bioenergy production; sustainable packaging

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

New Dental Materials, Applications, and Integrations

edited by Sabina Wuersching and

Adolfo Di Fiore

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive dental materials; 3D-printed materials; biocompatibility; biofilm; surface properties; mechanical properties

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

Biomechanics and Bioengineering in Dental Sleep Medicine

edited by

Giovanni Bruno

and Alberto De Stefani

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental sleep medicine; biomechanics; oral appliance therapy; bioengineering; sleep-disordered breathing; digital workflow; CAD-CAM

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

Raman Spectroscopy: Theory, Methods and Applications

edited by

Fanfan Lu

and Wending Zhang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS); plasmonic substrate; nano-spectroscopy/nanoscale imaging; single-molecule detection; plasmonics

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

Human-Centric Multimodal Artificial Intelligence: Transparency and Verifiable Reliability

edited by

Hyeonjoon Moon

and

Lien Minh Dang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 361 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal foundation models; continual learning; open-world recognition; trustworthy AI; vision-language models; robustness; explainable computer vision; out-of-distribution detection; pattern recognition

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

From Smart Homes to Intelligent Homes

edited by

Paolino Di Felice

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

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

Research of Security and Privacy in AI

edited by Lei Feng

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI security; privacy-preserving AI; adversarial machine learning; robustness (AI); AI governance; federated learning; AI supply chain security; generative AI privacy

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

Advances in Deformation and Fracture Mechanics for Engineering Materials

edited by

Qiang Xu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: deformation and fracture mechanics; power plant, extreme environment and industrial materials; mechanism-based and AI-enhanced modelling; validation and uncertainty quantification; predictive structural integrity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advanced Studies in Land Cover Change and Geographic Data Fusion, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jingxiong Zhang

and

Ludovit Kovanic

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 337 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover change; applied Bayesian statistics; spatio-temporal data fusion; remote sensing; geoinformatics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances in Non-Invasive Monitoring of Complex Systems

edited by Jacek Bartman,

Bogusław Twaróg

and

Daniele Codetta Raiteri

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven monitoring and diagnostics; non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM); energy consumption monitoring; condition monitoring in industrial systems; environmental monitoring systems; machine learning for monitoring applications; deep learning methods in monitoring and diagnostics; anomaly detection in complex systems; energy disaggregation techniques; Internet of Things (IoT)

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

Reviews in Biological Responses, Adaptation and Innovation Across Systems: From Environmental Pressure to Biotechnological Solutions

edited by

Marco Lemos

and

Sara Novais

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological responses; environmental pressure; adaptation and resilience; stress biology; biomarkers and indicators; physiological plasticity; systems biology; omics approaches; ecotoxicology; environmental biotechnology; sustainable bioinnovation; nature-based solutions; bioeconomy

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

Recent Trends in Cryptography and Network Security

edited by

Yujue Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryptography; post-quantum cryptography; cryptanalysis; authentication mechanisms; access control; intrusion detection and prevention technologies; artificial intelligence security

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

Advanced Concrete Materials for Net-Zero, Intelligent and Resilient Infrastructure

edited by

Jiping Bai

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-positive materials; net-zero pathways; decarbonization; resource efficiency; waste utilization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Additive Manufacturing of Biomaterials: Recent Advances and Prospects

edited by Randall Scott Williamson

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open

Keywords: patient-specific treatments; bioprinting; surgical planning and training; drug delivery systems; advanced smart materials; auxetic structures; 4D, 5D, and 6D printing; regulartory

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

Environmental Risks, Sustainability Challenges and Anthropogenic Impacts in Natural and Industrial Systems

edited by

Ricardo Castedo Ruiz

and

Marta Fernandez-Hernandez

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental risks; sustainability assessment; anthropogenic impacts; environmental indicators; climate change interactions; industrial and extractive activities; risk analysis; environmental management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Innovative Applications of Precise 3D Modeling in Advanced Dental Treatment

edited by

Marco Farronato

, Niccoló Cenzato and

Gianluca M. Tartaglia

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital dentistry; CAD-CAM; digital orthodontics; guided surgery; 3D-printed guide; augmented reality; mixed reality; virtual reality; artificial intelligence

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

Next-Generation Cellular Metamaterials for Protective and Crashworthy Structures

edited by Hasan Al-Rifaie

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: cellular metamaterials; protective structures; auxetic and non-auxetic lattices; impact dynamics; numerical modeling; experimental testing; crashworthiness

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

Application of Computer Vision in Biomedicine

edited by Diego Ulisse Pizzagalli,

Nektarios Valous

and

Raffaella Fiamma Cabini

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioimage analysis; computer vision; image biomarkers; radiomics; computer-assisted image analysis

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

Atomic and Optics Technologies in Astrophysics

edited by Zbigniew Szadkowski

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: atom; optic; astrophysics; astronomical observation; atomic clocks

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

Applications of Biotechnology in Critical Metal Recovery

edited by

Mauricio Acosta

and Francisco Remonsellez

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomining; rare earth elements; bioleaching; electronic waste recycling; circular economy; critical raw materials; phytomining; synthetic biology; urban mining; resource recovery

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

Air Quality in Indoor Environments, 4th Edition

edited by Ana Monteiro,

Carla Viegas

Sandra Cabo Verde

and

Marina Almeida-Silva

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor air quality; indoor air pollution; health care facilities; occupational health; public health; schools; dwellings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Resource Utilization of Agricultural Wastes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Tarek Rouissi

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial and agriculture residues; biotechnology; environmental chemistry; bioprocess engineering; bioenergy; bioplastics; biopolymers

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

Emerging Technologies in Industrial Internet of Things for Industry 4.0

edited by

Fabrício Junqueira

Paulo Eigi Miyagi

and

Marcosiris Amorim de Oliveira Pessoa

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial internet of things (IIoT); Industry 4.0; edge–fog–cloud architectures; cyber–physical systems; digital twins; industrial system resilience

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

Additive Manufacturing: Horizons of Novel Processes and Applications

edited by

Alexander Katz-Demyanetz

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; powdered raw materials; process parametrization; as-built product; post-treatment; product’s final density; mechanical properties; process simulation; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing Technologies)

Biobased and Nature-Based Ground and Geomaterial Improvement, Remediation and Soil Stabilisation, Second Edition

edited by

Maria Mavroulidou

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground and geomaterial improvement; soil stabilisation; remediation; bio-inspired sensors; biobased materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Short-Lived Climate Forcers Vehicle Emissions Factors

edited by Mauricio Osses

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: vehicle emissions; tailpipe emissions; evaporative emissions; CO2 emissions; traffic-related air pollutants; greenhouse gases; particulate matter; g/km; emission control technology; non-exhaust emissions

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

Low and Ultra-Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics: Materials, Processes and Applications

edited by

Camilla Kärnfelt

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-temperature cofired ceramics (LTCCs); ultra-low-temperature cofired ceramics (ULTCCs); additive manufacturing; reliability; sustainable electronics; eco-friendly; emerging applications

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

Aerospace Thermal Management

edited by Hui Wan and Yanxing Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerospace thermal control; extreme environmental heat transfer; active and passive cooling systems; data-driven thermal modeling; reduced-order modeling

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

New Generation of Solar Power Systems

edited by

Weidong Huang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; renewable energy; solar power generation; solar power systems; photovoltaic technology

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

Recent Advances and Trends in Internal Combustion Engines

edited by

Boru Jia

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal efficiency enhancement; alternative fuel; novel engine concept; intelligent control strategy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Natural Products from Medicinal Plants

edited by Noureddine Chaachouay

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; drug discovery; phytochemistry

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

Sensing the Future: The Next Frontier of Biotechnology and Diagnostics

edited by

Pier Andrea Serra

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanostructured biosensors; analytical biotechnology; point-of-care (PoC) diagnostics; lab-on-a-chip microfluidics; CRISPR technology; wearable devices; artificial intelligence (AI); biomarkers; sustainable bioelectronics; Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)

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

Biosensor Technology and Applications

edited by Inga Morkvenaite

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosensors; nanomaterials; point-of-care diagnostics; wearable sensors; lab-on-chip; signal transduction; biomedical sensing

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

Seafood: Nutritional Quality and Safety Aspects

edited by

Albena Merdzhanova

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: seafood quality; nutritional composition; food safety; contaminants and residues; marine bioactive compounds; analytical methods; processing effects; authenticity and traceability; risk assessment

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

Development and Performance of Asphalt Mixtures in Pavement Engineering

edited by

Joao Victor Staub De Melo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: asphalt mixtures; pavement engineering; mechanical performance; asphalt binders; permanent deformation; fatigue; aging; modified materials; rheological characterization; performance-based design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in the Applications of Bacteriophages

edited by

Aleksandra Dydecka

and

Gracja Topka-Bielecka

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacteriophages; phage therapy; antimicrobial resistance; phage biocontrol; biotechnology; food safety; environmental applications; phage-derived products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Microbiology)

Adaptive Optical and Computational Imaging towards Biomedical Application–Second Edition

edited by

Nektarios Koukourakis

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive optics; computational imaging; computational microscopy; wavefront shaping in complex media; artificial intelligence in biomedical imaging; label-free optical imaging; spatial light modulators; biomedical optical imaging; digital holography; DNN for image reconstruction

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

Advances in New Sources of Energy and Fuels

edited by Mengdi Pan,

Parisa Naeiji

and

Xinyan Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 33467 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy technologies; synthetic fuels and advanced fuel systems; energy storage solutions; gas hydrates and carbon capture; hydrogen production; reservoir simulation and heat flow models for geothermal reservoirs; machine learning and optimization in energy systems; quantum calculations and molecular simulations for energy and fuel systems; energy sustainability

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

Sustainable and Smart Agriculture

edited by Wei Ma and Xiu Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19077 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural robots; agricultural technology; smart agriculture

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

Applications of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Geoscience

edited by

Yuzhu Wang

, Xiaoping Mao, Junqiang Zhang and

Zhangbing Zhou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11539 | Submission Open

Keywords: geosciences; geoinformatics; machine learning; deep learning; artificial intelligence; knowledge discovery; knowledge graph; large language model; remote sensing; spatial analysis; environmental modeling; geological data mining; big data analysis; big data processing

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

Trends and Prospects in Retinal and Corneal Diseases

edited by

Grazia Maugeri

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 11387 | Submission Open

Keywords: retinal diseases; corneal diseases; gene therapy; bioengineering; regeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Precision Measurement Technology

edited by

Mohammed A. Isa

Mingyu Liu

and Samanta Piano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10626 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision measurement; metrology; measurement; measurement systems; optical measurement; coordinate measurement; surface measurement; accuracy; smart sensors; quality control; precision engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advanced Prognostic Models for Complex Systems: From Theory to Industrial and Scientific Applications

edited by

Alexander N. Pisarchik

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10070 | Submission Open

Keywords: forecasting and prognostics; Industry 4.0; scientific applications

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

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