Applied Sciences

Recent Advances in Quality, Safety and Sensory Analyses of Vegetable Food Products

edited by

Elsa Cristina Dantas Ramalhosa

and

Nuno Rodrigues

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 981 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-conventional technologies; alternative raw materials; physical–chemical properties; biological properties; sensory analysis; food safety; shelf life

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

Advanced Photonics and Sensors

edited by

Mahendran Vellaichamy

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 969 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic crystal; self-assembly; hydrogels; opals; bragg gratings; fiber optic sensors; mesoporous materials; distributed bragg reflectors; optical sensors; responsive films; waveguide

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

Agro-Industrial Waste for Sustainable Green Production: Advancements and Challenges (2nd Edition)

edited by

Charles Manful

and Raymond H. Thomas

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 952 | Submission Open

Keywords: agro-industrial waste valorization; food waste bioprocessing; antioxidants; biorefinery; waste-to-value; functional ingredients; bioactive compounds recovery; chronic diseases; pollution reduction; metabolomics; green extraction; sustainable food systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Fluid Transport in Fractured Rocks: Safe, Green and Efficient Development of Coal

edited by

Shun Liang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 940 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater migration; gas transport; fractured coal/rock; coalbed methane drainage; hydraulic fracturing; green mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances and Applications of 3D Imaging in Medicine

edited by

Andreas Herrler

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 935 | Submission Open

Keywords: VR/AR/XR; education; diagnosis; treatment; visualization; 3D printing; radiology; photorealistic; generated models; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Simulation and Analysis of Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer, and Mass Transfer

edited by Ke Li and

Huizhu Yang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 915 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics (CFD); heat transfer; mass transfer; numerical simulation; multi-physics modeling; transport phenomena; energy; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Thermal Engineering)

Interdisciplinary Applications of Spectroscopic Techniques for Heritage Conservation

edited by Maria Luísa Carvalho,

Vanessa Henriques Antunes

and

Sofia Pessanha

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 911 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; spectroscopic techniques; heritage conservation; non-invasive analysis; interdisciplinary research

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

Advances in Biorobotics and Bionic Systems

edited by Ming Liu and

Huaijuan Zhou

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 878 | Submission Open

Keywords: biorobotics; advanced function; bionic structure; biomimetic surface; intelligent system; smart materials

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

Sports Performance Enhancement and Sports Injury Prevention

edited by

Marco Gervasi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 876 | Submission Open

Keywords: training load monitoring; performance optimization; injury prevention; neuromuscular performance; fatigue and recovery; biomechanics; wearable technology; athlete monitoring; sports physiology; strength and conditioning; environmental stress; thermal stress; sports nutrition; data-driven approaches; machine learning in sport; individualized training; endurance performance; team sports; injury risk assessment

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

Collaboration of Cloud and Edge Computing and Application

edited by Zhigao Zheng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 863 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud-edge collaboration; graph neural networks; high-performance computing; resource allocation; energy management; reinforcement learning

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

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Human-Centered Health Technologies

edited by

Chung Hyun Goh

and

Mukul Shirvaikar

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 848 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; human-centered health technologies; digital health; mobile health applications; virtual reality; augmented reality; wearable health technologies; medical imaging; rehabilitation technologies; assistive technologies; multimodal sensing; digital biomarkers; health informatics; responsible AI

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

The Application of Numerical Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by Jianhai Zhang and

Li Qian

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 828 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical analysis; geotechnical engineering; finite element method; discrete element method; constitutive modelling; multi-field coupling in geotechnical engineering; artificial intelligence; fracture and instability of geomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Composites, Meta and Nano Materials Modelling and Structural Application

edited by

Vincenzo Minutolo

and Renato Zona

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 817 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; meta-materials; composites; homogenization; interface model; optimization; material design; engineered materials

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

Advances in Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

edited by Mohammed Erritali

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 816 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; industrial applications; smart manufacturing; predictive maintenance; industrial data analytics; intelligent systems; Industry 4.0

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

Applications of Nonlinear Optical Devices and Materials

edited by Chongqing Wu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 814 | Submission Open

Keywords: nonlinear optics; optical materials/devices; nonlinear phenomena; fiber-optics; integrated optics; optical frequency conversion; nonlinear imaging techniques; photonic devices

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

Innovations in Optical Materials: Properties, Applications and Devices

edited by

Andika Asyuda

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 798 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical materials; nanotechnology; optoelectronics; perovskites; photovoltaics; optoelectronic devices; photonic crystal; nanowire; quantum dot; 2D-material; laser-induced nucleation

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

Fifth-Generation (5G)/5G-Advanced Networks: Technologies, Architectures and Applications

edited by Elena Fersman and

Rafia Inam

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 785 | Submission Open

Keywords: 5G/5G-advanced networks; artificial intelligence in 5G/5G-advanced; machine learning for network optimization; edge computing; IoT connectivity; network security; low-latency applications; trustworthy telecom AI; energy-efficient 5G

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

Emerging Techniques in Wireless Network Analysis and Optimization

edited by

Adriana Lipovac

and

Gerald K. Ijemaru

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 743 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless networks; physical layer measurements; wireless performance analysis; radio network optimization; wireless communications; resource management; intelligent systems

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

Open-Domain Information Mining: Theories and Applications

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 731 | Submission Open

Keywords: open-domain information extraction; structured and semantic information mining; open-domain knowledge structure construction and learning; applications in open-domain environments; explainable AI

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

Secure and Privacy-Preserving Technologies for Satellite Communications

edited by

Qinglei Kong

and Songnian Zhang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 682 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite constellation; remote sensing; satellite navigation; security and privacy; on-orbit processing

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

Latest Progress in Railway Structures and Construction

edited by Otto Plasek and

Mykola Sysyn

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 680 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience of railway structures; enhancing safety and reliability; Internet of Things; machine learning; artificial intelligence; big data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Implant Dentistry: Advanced Materials, Methods and Technologies—2nd Edition

edited by

Alexandru Mester

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 675 | Submission Open

Keywords: dental implant; osseointegration; guided bone regeneration; oral health

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

Advanced Reactor Technologies for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Wojciech Janczukowicz

and

Joanna Rodziewicz

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 668 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; process intensification; advanced reactor technologies; hybrid treatment systems; emerging contaminants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Sports Medicine: Latest Advances and Prospects—2nd Edition

edited by Javier Portillo and

Alfredo Bravo-Sánchez

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 638 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports medicine; exercise medicine; sports science; injury prevention; regenerative therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advances in Sustainable Feeds for Ruminants and Poultry: Alternative Feed Resources and Novel Approaches to Evaluation and Optimization

edited by

Alberto Stanislao Atzori

and Babak Darabighane

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 635 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable feed; agricultural by-products; drought-tolerant forages; alternative protein sources; life cycle assessment; circular bioeconomy; precision nutrition; ruminants; poultry

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

Thermal Management and Ventilation Optimization for Underground Mining

edited by

Yu Xu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 610 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground space; thermal environment management; ventilation and air conditioning; ventilation and heat transfer; energy saving; mine geothermal; heat hazard control; mine ventilation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Adsorption and Membrane Processes for Water Treatment

edited by

Angelica Marquetotti Salcedo Vieira

and

Marcelo Fernandes Vieira

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 609 | Submission Open

Keywords: refractory pollutant; integrated technologies; environmental sustainability; surface modification; advanced processes; material rationalization; adsorptive membranes

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

Technique Advances in Renewable Energy Based Desalination System

edited by

Pedro Jesús Cabrera Santana

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 607 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue economy; renewable energy; desalination; marine sustainability; water–energy nexus; coastal resilience

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

Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics of Livestock Species

edited by

Enrico D’Alessandro

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 606 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal genetics; genomics; animal production; product quality; fertility; health; coat color; molecular traceability

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

Advances in Water Distribution Networks: Design Optimization and Applications

edited by

Angel Mariano Rodríguez Pérez

, Julio José Caparrós Mancera and

Joachim Müller

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 589 | Submission Open

Keywords: water distribution networks; reservoir management; water storage optimization; computational fluid dynamics; fuzzy logic; energy recovery; simulation and modeling; sustainability; experimental water system studies; optimization methodologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Internet of Things (IoT) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Sustainable Construction

edited by Li Sun and

Haijiang Li

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 588 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; building information modeling; artificial intelligence; green building; sustainable construction

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

Recent Advances in Precision Farming and Digital Agriculture: 2nd Edition

edited by

Michele Raffaelli

and

Daniele Antichi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable farming systems; robotics; artificial intelligence; internet of things; agri-technology; automation; input reduction; variable rate applications; sensors; fleet management; decision support systems

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

Application of Data Management and Semantic Technologies in Education

edited by Ljiljana Brkić and

Maria João Ferreira

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 552 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic technologies; data management; data mining; learning systems; education; artificial intelligence; machine learning; knowledge graphs

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

Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Signal Processing: Methods and Applications

edited by

Juan Pablo Amezquita-Sánchez

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 528 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical signal processing; medical image analysis; multimodal learning; deep learning in healthcare; explainable AI; uncertainty quantification; domain adaptation; data augmentation (generative models); real-time edge AI; clinical decision support systems

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

Advanced Digital Systems and Their Applications in Innovation, Emerging Technologies and Strategic Approaches

edited by

Ioanna Giannoukou

and

Spyros Sioutas

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced digital systems; emerging technologies; digital transformation; innovation management; strategic approaches; artificial intelligence (AI); internet of things (IoT); digital innovation; technology strategies; smart systems and applications

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

New Insights into Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Renewable Energy

edited by

Tong Zhou

,

Zhenqing Liu

and

Guowei Qian

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 514 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics (CFD); wind resource assessment; wind farm optimization; wind turbine wakes; wind power forecasting; aero-hydrodynamics effects; ABL–terrain–wake interaction

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

Low-Power Integrated Circuit Designs and Applications

edited by Shushan Qiao and

Vijay Sood

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 509 | Submission Open

Keywords: subthreshold circuits; low-voltage circuits; computing-in-memory; integrated sensing and computation; AVFS; EDA; low-power algorithms; low-power processors; AI chips; low-power systems

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

Display-Based Optical Wireless Communication for IoT and 6G

edited by

Sung-Yoon Jung

,

Pankaj Singh

and

Byungwook Kim

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: visible light communication (VLC); visual MIMO; screen–camera communication; optical camera communication (OCC); display-based optical wireless transmission; 6G; Internet of Things (IoT)

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

Environmental Monitoring and Analysis: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Goncalo Jesus

and

Alberto Carlos Azevedo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 469 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring systems; data quality and uncertainty; smart sensing and real-time observation; AI and machine learning in environmental analysis; digital twins and decision support; sensor networks and interoperability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

AI-Driven Innovations in Data Science and HCI

edited by Moonkyoung Jang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-driven data science; human–computer interaction; machine learning and deep learning; intelligent user interfaces; generative AI and conversational agents; data visualization and analytics; human-centered AI design; interactive and adaptive systems

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

Computer Vision and Deep Learning in Clinical Neuroscience: Methods, Applications and Future Directions

edited by Maximilian Friedrich and

Jane E. Alty

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; deep learning; neurology; psychiatry; movement science; clinical applications; symptom quantification; video analysis; medical AI; translational neuroscience

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

Advances in Vision-Based 3D Reconstruction

edited by

Florent Poux

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 454 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; SLAM; photogrammetry; foundation models; 3D Gaussian Splatting; point cloud processing; semantic reconstruction; agentic AI; structure-from-motion; neural scene representations; vision-language models

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

Application of Optomechatronic Technologies in Ocean Observation

edited by Hangzhou Wang and Hui Huang

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

Keywords: optomechatronics; ocean observation; sea ice observation; optical sensing; oceanographic instrumentation; real-time data analytics; environmental sustainability

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

Content Recommendation Powered by Language Models

edited by Alberto Gil Solla,

Yolanda Blanco Fernández

and

José Carlos López Ardao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 439 | Submission Open

Keywords: LLMs for recommendation; LLM-based personalization; semantic representation learning; item and user embeddings; prompt engineering and alignment; retrieval-augmented recommendation (RAG); cold-start problem mitigation; explainable and transparent recommendations; scalable and efficient inference for RS; multimodal content recommendation

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

Advanced Nanoporous Materials and Membrane Technologies for Separation Applications

edited by

Yanan Huang

and

Jianming Pan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 431 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesoporous materials; hybrid membrane; ion-selective; molecular separation; gas separation; porous nanomaterials; functional interfaces; adsorption and diffusion

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

Data Privacy Preserving for Multimedia Systems

edited by

Min Cao

and Mang Ye

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: privacy-preserving video analysis; multimodal learning; federated learning; cross-modal retrieval

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

Advanced Analytical Techniques for Pigment and Binder Characterization

edited by

Giulia Germinario

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 427 | Submission Open

Keywords: pigment characterization; binder analysis; pigment–binder interactions; advanced analytical techniques; non-destructive methods; high-resolution techniques; chemometrics and machine learning

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

Dependable AI System Engineering

edited by

Ali G. Hessami

and Keeley Crockett

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 426 | Submission Open

Keywords: dependability; trustworthiness; AI; reliability; safety; security; sustainability

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

Advances in Material Wear Mechanisms and Modeling

edited by

Egidijus Katinas

, Rostislav Chotěborský and

Michal Petrů

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface modelling; wear diagnostic tools; wear modelling and validation; coatings; hardfacing; wear mechanisms

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

Spectroscopic Technologies for Nano- and Micro-Fabrication of Materials

edited by Francesca Torrini and

Caterina Credi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 415 | Submission Open

Keywords: fabrication; spectroscopic technologies; additive manufacturing; single-photon technologies; two-photon technologies; 3D printing; printed electrodes; biomaterials; optics; cell-laden constructs

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

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