Applied Sciences

Current Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges for Biomaterials in Dental Applications

edited by

Marko Vuletić

,

Dragana Gabrić

and Valentina Rajić

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4496 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative dentistry; tissue engineering; bioactive glass; dentin graft; osteointegration; polymeric biomaterials; dental implants; zirconia ceramics; adhesive systems

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

Advances and Applications of Food Industry By-Products

edited by

Djurdjica Ačkar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4430 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; fibre; extraction; food processing; nutritive value; safety; biofuel; water purification; incapsualtion

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

Geological Disasters: Mechanisms, Detection, and Prevention

edited by

Qinglu Deng

and

Xingwei Ren

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4318 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic geological hazards; landslide; landslide susceptibility; slope stability; geotechnics; pipeline; frozen soil mechanics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

New Horizons in Structural Health Monitoring of Railway Infrastructure

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4072 | Submission Open

Keywords: railway infrastructure; structural health monitoring; AI; monitoring technology; data mining; condition assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

5th Anniversary of the Section "Applied Thermal Engineering"—Recent Advances in Sustainable Energy and Solid Waste Management

edited by

,

,

,

and Lili Ye

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4068 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste-to-energy; biomass conversion; green hydrogen; solid waste management; plastic pyrolysis; sludge treatment; tire recycling; circular economy; resource recovery; environmental sustainability

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

Unmanned Systems: Intelligent Perception, Autonomous Navigation, and Positioning

edited by

Haoqian Huang

and Di Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4065 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned system; environment perception; navigation and positioning; mapping

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

10th Anniversary of the Energy Science and Technology Section—the Future of Energy

edited by

Rodolfo Dufo-López

and

Jesús Sergio Artal-Sevil

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3295 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency; renewable energy generation; emerging energy technologies; energy storage (batteries, pumped hydro storage, hydrogen, thermal storage, CAES…); decarbonizing industrial processes; biofuels; hydrogen economy; advanced heating and cooling solutions; evolution of electric mobility; power-to-X; low-carbon technologies in energy systems; energy harvesting; grid integration and ancillary services; off-grid energy systems; analysis, simulation and optimization of energy systems; power electronics for energy systems; energy management; energy optimization; carbon capture, utilization, and storage

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

Recent Advances in Geotechnical Structures and Soil–Structure Interaction

edited by

Shengyi Cong

and Xudong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3271 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold-region geotechnics; frozen soil mechanics; soil–structure interaction; hydro–thermo–mechanical coupling modeling; remote sensing and monitoring; field experiments and case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Cloud Computing: New Network Technology and Information Security

edited by

Madhuri Siddula

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3115 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud computing; security models; networks; information security

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

Physics-Informed Learning: Applications in Physics-Informed Neural Networks and Machine Learning

edited by

Rogerio De Carvalho

and Antônio J. Silva Neto

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3071 | Submission Open

Keywords: physics-informed neural networks (PINNs); physics-informed machine learning (PIML); physics-informed learning (PIL); machine learning; deep learning; partial differential equations (PDEs); computational physics; inverse problems; computational engineering

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

Feature Review Papers in Section 'Food Science and Technology': 2nd Edition

edited by

Wojciech Kolanowski

and

Agata Urszula Fabiszewska

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2605 | Submission Open

Keywords: food science; food technology; food processing; functional foods; food microbiology; food analysis

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

Biomass Utilization and Bioenergy Production

edited by

Marco Buffi

and

Simone Bergonzoli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2563 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; biofuels; logistics; thermochemical; biochemical; intermediates; bioeconomy; LCA; technoeconomic; BECCS

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

Current Approaches in Applied Geochemistry

edited by

Qingjie Gong

and Jiayong Pan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2543 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral exploration; environmental quality assessment; geohealth; elemental and isotopic behaviors; source tracing and provenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Fifth Anniversary of "Biomedical Engineering" Section—Recent Advances in Biomedical Engineering

edited by

Stefan H. Bossmann

and

Jennifer Davis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2509 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical imaging; biomaterials; functional implants; drug delivery and transfection; biomechanics; metabolism; epigenetics; biomedical sensors; liquid biopsy technologies; AI in healthcare; rehabilitation engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Developing New Tools for Vibrational Spectroscopy for Biomedical and Environmental Applications

edited by

Marianna Bianca Emanuela Portaccio

and

Maria Lepore

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2458 | Submission Open

Keywords: fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR); raman spectroscopy; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS); stimulated Raman spectroscopy; coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering spectroscopy (CARS); brillouin vibrational spectroscopy; quantum cascade lasers (QCLs); biomedical infrared spectroscopy; environmental infrared spectroscopy

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

Natural Additives for Enhancing the Quality and Shelf Life of Animal-Based Food Products

edited by Ana Guerrero Barrado, Ivanor Nunes Do Prado,

Grasiele Scaramal Madrona

and Ana Vital

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2394 | Submission Open

Keywords: active packaging; animal-based products; antimicrobial activity; antioxidant properties; consumers; food preservation; food safety; natural additives; sensory quality; shelf-life extension

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

Fault Detection and Diagnostics in Power Systems

edited by

Jesus Rivera-Guillen

and

Afshin Rahimi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 2346 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault detection; fault diagnosis; fault classification; power system faults; power system reliability; power system stability; condition monitoring; smart grids; power transmission; power distribution; power generation; intelligent fault analysis; artificial intelligence in power systems; machine learning for fault detection; data-driven diagnostics; predictive maintenance; protection systems; grid resilience; renewable energy integration; anomaly detection in power systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Water Quality and Microbial Ecology

edited by

Łukasz Kubera

and

Anna Toruńska-Sitarz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2342 | Submission Open

Keywords: water pollution; water quality monitoring; sustainable water management; one health approach; water microbiology and public health; microbial ecology; microbial diversity; toxicology of aquatic microorganisms; antibiotic resistance; aquatic ecosystem health; water quality technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Applications of Deep and Machine Learning in Remote Sensing

edited by

Francesco Zirilli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2301 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning

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

Digital Twin and AI in Construction and Urban Sustainability

edited by

Edyta Plebankiewicz

and

Jolanta Tamošaitienė

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2213 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin (DT); AI-based management decision-making; construction management; lifecycle assessment (LCA); circular economy and project management; building information modeling (BIM); sustainable buildings and cities

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

Human–Robot Interaction and Control

edited by

Isaac Chairez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2203 | Submission Open

Keywords: human–robot interaction; collaborative robots; control systems in coordinated robotics systems; human-centered robotic systems

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

Industrial System Reliability Modeling and Optimization

edited by

Huanhuan Li

and Junyu Guo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2157 | Submission Open

Keywords: system reliability; reliability modeling; predictive maintenance; optimization algorithms; digital twin; fault detection and diagnosis; stochastic modeling; industrial systems engineering; risk assessment; machine learning in reliability

Advancements in Color Science, Printing, Coating and Photodegradation Studies

edited by Sabina Bračko

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1982 | Submission Open

Keywords: printing; printing materials; photodegradation; colorfastness; color science

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

Advanced Technologies in Rotating Machinery: Design, Modeling, Manufacturing, Testing, and Operation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Keun Ryu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1949 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis; controls, diagnostics, instrumentation, and measurement techniques; heat transfer and thermal management; new propulsion and power systems; steam turbines; structures and dynamics; advanced gas turbine engines and cycles, and gas turbine hybrids; advanced manufacturing concepts for gas turbine engines; advances in exhaust technologies (diffusers, nozzles, and related systems); combustors, fuel injectors, alternative fuels, emissions, fuel flexible combustion systems; engine controls, operability, and propulsion health management; high-fidelity simulations and validation experiments; high-speed low pressure turbines; multidisciplinary design, analysis/optimization of engine systems and components; thermal management, heat transfer and cooling, materials, and coatings; rotor dynamics; machine components in turbomachinery; aerodynamic design, analysis, and test of compressor and turbine blading; compressor stall and surge; aeromechanical instabilities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advanced Technologies in Rock Mechanics and Mining Science

edited by

Zhixiang Song

and

Junwen Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1921 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock burst; coal and gas outburst; combined disasters of coal, rock and gas; disaster prediction; water hydrodynamics; water prevention; control techniques; deep mining; deep rock mechanics; control and prevention in deep surrounding rock; stress filed; seepage field; fracture field; geothermal hazard; geothermal management; spontaneous combustion; mining science; carbon sequestration; filling mining; roadway support; new materials development; fluidized mining; intelligent mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Resource Regeneration and Circular Systems

edited by

Tomohiro Tabata

and Peii Tsai

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1763 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; material cycles; waste management; waste collection and sorting technologies; waste treatment and recycling; product design; IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence); environmental, economic and social perspectives; life cycle assessment

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

Green and Intelligent Construction Technologies and Equipment for Deeply Buried Tunnels Under Complex Geological Conditions

edited by

Zhiyun Deng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1688 | Submission Open

Keywords: green construction; intelligent tunneling; complex geological conditions; intelligent drilling and blasting; digital twin; rock mechanics; intelligent ventilation; intelligent lining; sustainable engineering; low-carbon construction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Soil Fertility and Nutrients in Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Patricia Poblete-Grant

,

Sofía Pontigo

,

Jonathan Suazo-Hernández

and

Claudio De Pasquale

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1581 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; nutrient cycling; biofertilizers; organic amendments; sustainable agriculture; soil health; climate change; phosphorus use efficiency; nitrogen management; soil–plant interactions

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

Recent Developments in Preventing and Managing Disasters

edited by

Spyridon Mavroulis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1205 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hazards; disasters; disaster management cycle; prevention; management; response; recovery; GIS; remote sensing; big data analytics; AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advanced Research on Human-Machine Interaction in Autonomous Driving

edited by

Dongwook Hwang

,

Paolino Di Felice

, Vassilis Charissis and Yihun Jeong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1118 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-machine interaction (HMI); autonomous driving; human factors and ergonomics; user experience (UX); user-centered design (UCD); artificial intelligence (AI); software-defined vehicle (SDV); safety engineering; data-driven design; eXtended reality (XR)

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

Trends and Prospects in Large Language Models: Novel Methods and Applications

edited by

Aristeidis Karras

and

Ioannis Karydis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1116 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language models (LLMs); prompt engineering & in-context learning; retrieval-augmented generation (RAG); LLM-based autonomous agents; hallucination mitigation & trustworthiness; efficient inference & edge deployment; multimodal models & vision-language integration; domain-specific adaptation & fine-tuning; explainability & interpretable AI; multi-agent systems & tool use

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

Advances in Expert Systems for Natural Language Processing

edited by Miguel Ángel Álvarez Carmona

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1019 | Submission Open

Keywords: expert systems; natural language processing; knowledge representation; rule-based reasoning; explainability in NLP; interpretable AI; ontology-based NLP; neuro-symbolic learning; generative AI; knowledge-grounded generation; evaluation frameworks; healthcare applications; educational systems; decision support; general real-world applications of NLP

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

AI-Based Combinatorial Optimization and Multi-Objective Optimization

edited by Miguel Angel Ortiz-Barrios

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 939 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; combinatorial optimization; multi-objective decision-making (MODM); metaheuristics; hybrid intelligent systems; machine learning

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

Cognitive Digital Twins and Its Applications in Industry 5.0

edited by Zekun Zhou and Bo Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 872 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognitive digital twins; Industry 5.0; artificial intelligence; machine learning; predictive maintenance; intelligent manufacturing; industrial internet of things (IIoT); data-driven decision making

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

Application of Fuzzy Systems in Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Jose Manuel Soto Hidalgo

and

Autilia Vitiello

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 836 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuzzy systems in AI; fuzzy inference and decision-making; hybrid fuzzy-AI models; fuzzy clustering and classification; fuzzy systems software; construction and risk prevention; fuzzy logic in IoT and edge computing; explainable fuzzy AI; type-2 and higher-order fuzzy systems; fuzzy optimization and control

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

Advances in Soil Reinforcement and Remediation Technologies

edited by

Xinyu Xie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 797 | Submission Open

Keywords: consolidation; remediation; contaminated soil; ion transport; coupled model; ground improvement; sustainable soil treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Evolving Wearable and Smart Device Technologies for Healthcare

edited by

Micaela Porta

and

Federico Arippa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 787 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; smart devices; physical Activity; sleep; stress; fatigue; health promotion; health monitoring; well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Emerging Trends in Exploration and Development of Geothermal Resources

edited by

Cristina Sáez Blázquez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 755 | Submission Open

Keywords: geothermal exploration; reservoir characterization; geophysical surveys; fluid geochemistry; enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs); drilling technologies; renewable energy sustainability; machine learning in geosciences

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Innovative Approaches in Sports Science and Sports Training, 2nd Edition

edited by

Isaac López-Laval

,

Víctor Murillo Lorente

and

Julio Calleja-González

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 746 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovation in sports science; advanced training methodologies; sports technology; sports psychology; applied biomechanics; nutrition and performance; sports rehabilitation; performance analysis

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

Natural Products from Medicinal Plants: Sources, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Applications

edited by

Mashenka Dimitrova

and

Denitsa Teofanova

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 744 | Submission Open

Keywords: medicinal plants; bioactive herb compounds; plants toxicity; application of plants preparations; biological activity; in vitro and in vivo tests; phytochemical analysis; secondary metabolites; plant biotechnology

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

Feature Review Papers in Additive Manufacturing Technologies, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhonghua Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; 3D printing; medicine; applications; diagnosis; surgery; education; guidance

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

Wireless Communication Technologies: Latest Advances and Prospects

edited by

Feng Li

and

Sergio Spanò

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 653 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence-enabled wireless communication; integrated sensing and communication; physical layer security; resource allocation; intelligent reflection surface; non-orthogonal multiple access; fluid antenna; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

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

Advances in Wood and Wood-Based Products

edited by

Victor Almeida De Araújo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 629 | Submission Open

Keywords: timber; wood products; engineered wood products; wood industrialization; wood engineering; wood industry; wood products chain

State of the Art and Future Directions in Fracture Mechanics

edited by

Georgios I. Giannopoulos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 595 | Submission Open

Keywords: fracture mechanics; computational mechanics; experimental mechanics; additive manufacturing; composite materials; multiscale modeling; phase-field modeling; digital image correlation (DIC); machine learning; in situ testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Large Language Models (LLMs) in Cybersecurity: Innovations, Applications, and Defenses

edited by

Roberto Magán-Carrión

and Pedro García Teodoro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 585 | Submission Open

Keywords: Large Language Models (LLMs); cybersecurity; AI; security incident detection, analysis and mitigation

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

Antioxidant Properties and Chemical Compositions of Plant Extract

edited by

Anna Przybylska-Balcerek

and Lidia Szwajkowska-Michałek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 575 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidant; bioactive compounds; flavonoids; phenols; alkaloids; plant extract

Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

edited by

Xiaorou Zheng

and

Jianxin Jia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 560 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; LiDAR; artificial intelligence; remote sensing; terrestrial applications; marine applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Challenges and Opportunities in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

edited by

Xinpei Lu

and

De-Zheng Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 550 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-temperature plasmas; non-equilibrium plasmas; plasma applications; plasma medicine; plasma–liquid interactions; plasma–biological interactions; environmental plasma applications; plasma diagnostics; plasma modeling and simulation; controlled fusion

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

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: Applications and Perspectives

edited by

Vito Renò

and

Angelo Cardellicchio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 485 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; pattern recognition; Industry 4.0; quality control; structural monitoring; vision transformer; deep learning

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

Disaster Prevention, Control, and Resilience Enhancement in Geotechnical and Underground Engineering

edited by Bo Liu and Dingwen Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; underground engineering; disaster prevention; resilience enhancement; risk assessment; intelligent monitoring; extreme events; multi-hazard coupling; post-disaster recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

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