Applied Sciences

Advancements in Natural Compounds: Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, and Therapeutic Potentials

edited by

and

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural bioactive compounds; antimicrobial activity; antioxidant mechanisms; phytochemicals and secondary metabolites; functional foods and nutraceuticals; medicinal plants and ethnopharmacology; fungal and microbial metabolites; oxidative stress and chronic diseases; synergistic effects with conventional drugs; green extraction techniques; alternative medicine and natural therapies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Technical Advances in Combustion Engines: Efficiency, Power and Fuels

edited by

Denys Baranovskyi

and

Jose Ramon Serrano

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: efficiency; power; fuels; emissions reduction; engine optimization; new materials; turbocharging; artificial intelligence; hydrogen combustion; waste heat recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Wireless Communications for Smart Mobility Systems

edited by

Shahab Ehsanfar

, Abdulkarim Gizzini and

Luciano Leonel Mendes

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G; AI-assisted SMS; channel modeling; FRMCS; ISAC; NTN; THz communication; V2X; XAI

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

Wine Technology and Sensory Analysis

edited by

Ivana Ivic

and

Anita Pichler

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6621 | Submission Open

Keywords: wine technology; chemical composition; phenolic compounds; aroma compounds; vinification techniques; sensory analysis

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

Trends and Prospects in Advanced Automated Manufacturing Systems

edited by Fan Mo and Bo Yang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced automation; smart manufacturing; cyber– physical systems; Industry 4.0; robotics; AI integration; sustainable production

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

Digital Technologies in Smart Agriculture

edited by

Jacek Przybył

and

Dawid Wojcieszak

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable agriculture; smart agriculture; data storage and processing; Internet of Things (IoT); big data analytics; artificial intelligence; machine learning; cloud computing; satellite technologies; predictive models; remote control of processes and works; automation and autonomy; field management; reduction in fertilizer and pesticide use; reduction in energy inputs; increased crop production; increase in production efficiency; reduction in climate change

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

Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

edited by

Haitao Zhao

,

Meng Wang

and

Antonio Fernández-Caballero

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 24 articles | Viewed by 37416 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; machine learning; pattern recognition; machine learning; neural network; artificial intelligence

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

Feature Review Papers in Energy Science and Technology

edited by

Demis Pandelidis

and

Katrzyna Wartalska

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 34136 | Submission Open

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

Recent Research on Tunneling and Underground Engineering

edited by

Hang Lin

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 21210 | Submission Open

Keywords: excavation unloading; hydraulic coupling; thermodynamic coupling; lining supports; rheological behavior; constitutive models; numerical techniques; reinforcement and monitoring techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Extraction of Functional Ingredients and Their Application

edited by

Federica Turrini

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12616 | Submission Open

Keywords: extraction; functional ingredients; food waste and by-products; nutraceutical; cosmetic; food packaging

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

Applications of Fuzzy Systems and Fuzzy Decision Making

edited by

Diana Kalibatiene

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11449 | Submission Open

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

Design and Application of Bionic Aircraft and Biofuels

edited by

Ziyu Liu

, Xiaoyi Yang and Xiangsheng Gao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10610 | 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)

Advanced Forecasting Techniques and Methods for Energy Systems

edited by

César Berna-Escriche

and

Paula Bastida-Molina

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10451 | Submission Open

Keywords: forecasting methods; optimization techniques; modelling; statistical analysis; artificial intelligence; machine learning; renewable resources; meteorological data analysis; demand-side management; electric vehicle

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

Advanced Wearable Computing Techniques and Applications

edited by Zhan Zhang, Jie Zhang, Yunlong Zhao and

Wendong Xiao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10097 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable computing; human– computer interaction; health monitoring; metaverse; digital twinning; digital healthcare

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

Techniques and Applications of Natural Language Processing

edited by Rajvardhan Patil and

Venkat N. Gudivada

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7586 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language understanding (NLU); natural language generation (NLG); large language models (LLMs); transfer learning; fine tuning; in-context learning; prompt engineering; knowledge graph; vector databases; retrieval augmented generation (RAG); task-oriented NLP applications (such as knowledge extraction; question answering; and sentiment analysis); NLP applications in specific domains (such as life sciences; health; and medicine)

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

Future Industry of Polysaccharides, Protein and Pectin in Food Processing

edited by

Mauricio Opazo-Navarrete

and

Guillermo Petzold

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6585 | Submission Open

Keywords: proteins; polysaccharides; pectin; food processing; sustainable innovation; protein digestibility; food structuring; gelling properties; functional foods

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

Cyber Security and Software Engineering

edited by Young Lee, Jeong Yang and

Luis Javier Garcia Villalba

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5764 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; secure software development; mobile application security; cloud security; security vulnerabilities; privacy and data security; artificial intelligence and machine learning in cyber security; IoT security; algorithm for data encryption; data protection; network security; internet safety; encryption; authentication; cyber threats; intrusion detection; security architecture

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

New Advances in Acoustic and Mechanical Metamaterials: Design and Applications

edited by

Muamer Kadic

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5693 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical metamaterials; acoustic metamaterials; phononic crystals; acoustic metasurface; sound absorption; functional metamaterials; sonic crystals; elastic metamaterials; nonlinear metamaterials

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

Civil Structural Health Monitoring: Techniques, Systems and Applications

edited by

Fei Kang

and Yonglong Li

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5160 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; damage identification; numerical simulation; sensor experiments; underwater defect detection; machine learning; dams; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Technologies in Data and Information Security, Fourth Edition

edited by

George Drosatos

and

Konstantinos Rantos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5007 | Submission Open

Keywords: data protection; information security; cybersecurity; cyber threats; privacy; forensics; cryptography; blockchain; AI- and ML- driven security

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

Smart City and Informatization, 2nd Edition

edited by

António Pereira

,

Nuno Alexandre Ribeiro Costa

and

Antonio Fernández-Caballero

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4995 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart cities; social sensing; crowd sensing; digitalization; smart governance; smart services; smart products

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

New Insights in Functional Cosmetic Materials and Industrial Manufacture

edited by

Spyros Papageorgiou

,

Panagoula Pavlou

and

Athanasia Varvaresou

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4561 | Submission Open

Keywords: raw materials; bioactives; development; manufacture; cosmetic industry; chemical analysis; biotechnology; nanomaterials; cosmeceuticals; medical devices; efficacy tests; safety models.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Feature Review Papers in "Computing and Artificial Intelligence"

edited by

Paolino Di Felice

,

Luis Javier García Villalba

,

Aleksander Mendyk

and

Chilukuri K. Mohan

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3942 | Submission Open

Keywords: database; information systems; and security; multiagent systems and pervasive computing; audio; speech; and music processing; computer vision; machine learning; and pattern recognition

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

Advances in Robot Path Planning, 3rd Edition

edited by

Jonghoek Kim

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3755 | Submission Open

Keywords: online and dynamic path planning; energy-efficient path planning; motion planning; SLAM; coverage problem; mobile robots; multiple robots; robot arms; underwater robots; UAVs

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

Advanced Drilling, Cementing, and Oil Recovery Technologies

edited by Adesina Fadairo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3369 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced drilling technologies; cementing formulations; oil recovery methods; wellbore stability; enhanced oil recovery (EOR); drilling fluids; well cementing; formation evaluation

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

Advanced Technologies in Landfills

edited by Shi Shu and Yuping Li

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3254 | Submission Open

Keywords: landfill; municipal solid waste; fly ash; composite liner; slope stability; closure cover; leachate treatment; gas collection; heat recovery

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

Security and Privacy in Complicated Computing Environments

edited by Yingwen Chen, Xiao Bin and Chunqiang Hu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2803 | Submission Open

Keywords: access control; encryption; threat detection; incident response; trust and reputation management; and so on; privacy issues not limited to data protection; privacy-preserving data mining and analytics; anonymization and de-identification; data minimization security and privacy in hardware or software heterogeneous systems; security and privacy in distributed computing environment; security and privacy in software stacks and microservices; security and privacy in frequent updated; scalable and elastic systems; security and privacy in system monitoring and troubleshooting; security and privacy in system resource management and optimization; security and privacy in system interoperability

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

Recent Advances in Wind Engineering and Applied Aerodynamics

edited by Xiang Shen,

Bofeng Xu

and Chengyong Zhu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2783 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind engineering; applied aerodynamics; experimental fluid dynamics; computational fluid dynamics; wind load analysis; wind-induced vibration; aeroelasticity; aerodynamic optimization; machine learning in wind engineering; multi-scale modeling

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

Technology for Beverage Production: Enhancing Processes and Improving Product Quality

edited by Alberto De Iseppi,

Lorenzo Guerrini

and

Alessandro Zanchin

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2595 | Submission Open

Keywords: beverage processing; novel technologies; food additives; sensorial quality; sustainability; cost-effectiveness; process innovations; process control; sensors; machine learning

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

Advanced Agricultural Technologies: Monitoring, Modeling, and Machine Learning Techniques

edited by

Soonho Hwang

and

Rabin Bhattarai

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2423 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; drainage; nutrient; water quality; agricultural modeling; hydrological modeling; machine learning; remote sensing; uncertainty assessment; sustainable agriculture

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

Structural Dynamics and Risk Assessment of Structures

edited by

Jiaxiang Li

, Wenqiang Jiang and

Hu Cheng

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2303 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural earthquake and wind engineering; tunnelling engineering; structural health monitoring; damage detection; structural reinforcement; high-performance building materials; structural dynamic response analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Intelligent Systems and Information Security

edited by Grzegorz J. Blinowski and

George Drosatos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2209 | Submission Open

Keywords: information security; threat intelligence; cloud and network security; automated incident response; security operations; intelligent systems; artificial intelligence; machine learning

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

Fluid Mechanics: From Theories to Applications

edited by

Aly-Mousaad Aly

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2171 | Submission Open

Keywords: theoretical advances in fluid dynamics; computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and numerical simulations; experimental techniques and measurements in fluid mechanics; multiphase flows and complex fluid dynamics; turbulence modeling and simulations; fluid-structure interactions; biofluid mechanics and biomedical applications; environmental fluid mechanics; industrial applications of fluid mechanics; fluid dynamics in renewable energy systems; fluid mechanics in microfluidics and nanofluidics

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

Wireless Networking: Application and Development

edited by

Evangelos Spyrou

and

Vassilios Kappatos

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2161 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless networking; telecommunications; cross-layer development; optimisation; 5G and beyond; real-world applications

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

Applications of Digital Photogrammetry and 3D Laser Scanning in Geomatics

edited by

Miguel Angel Maté-González

and

Serafin López-Cuervo Medina

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2144 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital photogrammetry; 3D laser scanning; geomatics; mapping; surveying; earth's surface; spatial modeling; land use planning; environmental monitoring; remote sensing applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Emerging Methods and Tools for Production Systems’ Design and Management in the Mass Customization Era, 2nd Edition

edited by

Marco Bortolini

and

Francesco Gabriele Galizia

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2105 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced production; manufacturing systems; mass customization; personalization; changeable manufacturing; reconfigurability; virtual manufacturing

Clinical and Instrumental Methods for Posture Evaluation in Upright Standing and During Motor Tasks

edited by

Paolo De Blasiis

and

Mariano Serrao

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2100 | Submission Open

Keywords: posture; posture evaluation; 3D motion analysis; kinematics; gait analysis; stereophotogrammetry; X-ray; pressure plate; postural stability

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

Current Research in Indoor Positioning and Localization

edited by Shengcheng Yeh, Yih-Shyh Chiou and

Bang Wang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2008 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-wideband (UWB); sensor fusion; deep learning; angle of arrival (AoA); indoor navigation; real-time locating system (RTLS); fingerprinting; challenge of multipath interference

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

Intelligent Transportation Systems for Sustainable Mobility

edited by Nicholas E. Lownes

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2002 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation safety; smart infrastructure; sustainability; automated vehicles; equitable design; multi-modal transportation

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

Applications of Supply Chain Designs in Renewable Energy and Industrial Systems

edited by

Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico

,

Joel Antúnez-García

and

Wendy Flores-Fuentes

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1736 | Submission Open

Keywords: project management; manufacturing; production; energy efficiency; renewable energy sources; renewable energy processes

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

AI-Supported Decision Making and Recommender Systems

edited by

Zhen Zhang

and Jian Wu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1732 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; decision making; recommender systems

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

New Advances in Acoustic Materials: Design and Application

edited by

Massimo Viscardi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1726 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustic materials; material technologies; advance and sustainable material technologies; transport; building acoustic

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

Feature Review Papers in Environmental Sciences

edited by

Francisco Javier Gutiérrez Ortiz

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1680 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; water pollution; air quality; air pollution; soil; urban environment; ecological environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Artificial Intelligence Technology in Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by

Fan Zhang

and

Xiaogang Wu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1676 | Submission Open

Keywords: Alzheimer’ s disease; neurodegenerative diseases; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data readiness for AI/ML; feature elimination; missing data imputation; drug discovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Neuromuscular Control and Biomechanical Assessment in Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation

edited by

Danilo Donati

and

Roberto Tedeschi

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1635 | Submission Open

Keywords: injury assessment; prevention treatment; recovery neurological aspects; neuromuscular control

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

Surface Coatings: Materials and Techniques

edited by John Henao,

Carlos A. Poblano-Salas

and

Diego Germán Espinosa-Arbeláez

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1631 | Submission Open

Keywords: coatings; thin films; thermal spray; chemical vapor deposition; physical vapor deposition; aerosol deposition; cold spray; characterization techniques; functional applications; materials precursors

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

Optical Imaging and 3D Display Technologies

edited by Hanle Zhang,

Xiaowei Li

and

Yan Xing

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1574 | Submission Open

Keywords: integral imaging; holographic displays; autostereoscopic 3D displays; 3D security; 3D interaction techniques; 3D imaging and display systems; holographic microscopy; data storage

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

Advances in Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-Based Reconfigurable Systems

edited by Valery Salauyou

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1508 | Submission Open

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

Machine Learning in Multi-scale Modeling

edited by Yousef Heider and Nikolaos Napoleon Vlassis

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1338 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; multi-scale modeling; metamaterial design; constitutive modeling; inverse design; data-driven simulations; graph and manifold learning; artificial neural networks; generative AI; model-free approaches; causal discovery

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

Human–Robot Collaboration and Its Applications

edited by

Angel Valera

and Marina Valles

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1319 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– robot collaboration; human– robot interaction; Industry 4.0; robot control; artificial intelligence; advanced robotics; industrial robotics

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

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