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Emerging Trends in Additive Manufacturing Processing: Innovations in Materials, Methods and Applications

edited by

Dimitrios-Nikolaos Pagonis

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; 4D printing; advanced functional materials; stimuli-responsive components; continuous fiber integration; hybrid manufacturing designs; sensing capabilities/devices; advanced manufacturing techniques; process optimization; industrial applications

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

New Challenges in Vehicle Dynamics and Road Traffic Safety

edited by

Michal Opala

and

Piotr Gołębiowski

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: vehicle dynamics; road traffic safety; advanced train control systems; active and passive safety technologies; energy efficiency and comfort in vehicles; passenger and pedestrian safety innovation

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

Advances in Multiphase Flow: Theory, Research, and Applications

edited by

Jianzhong Lin

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas– solid two-phase flow; liquid– solid two-phase flow; gas– liquid two-phase flow; droplets; bubbles

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

Advances in 3D Printing in Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

edited by Helena Dodziuk

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D printing; healthcare; medical devices; surgery; tumor; 3D bioprinting; implants; prostheses; 3D-printed drugs

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

Advanced Biomass Pyrolysis Technologies and Applications

edited by

Dušan Klinar

and Darko Goričanec

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: pyrolysis; bio-oil; biochar; quantitative analysis; catalytic pyrolysis; pyrolysis liquids; polygeneration; waste biomass utilization; biorefinery; bio-chemicals; kinetic parameters; reaction mechanisms; biochar modification; MSS pyrolysis; fast pyrolysis; pyro gas cleaning; pyro gas separation

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

Wood Biorefinery: New Applications and New Products

edited by

María Ángeles Cancela Carral

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive species; clean technology; bioproduct; biomaterial; bioenergy; biorefinery

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

Advances in Multifunctional Materials for Next-Generation Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Marco P. Silva

and

João Nunes-Pereira

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: multifunctional materials; synthesis and fabrication techniques; characterization and evaluation; environmental applications; sensing and actuation; energy harvesting and storage; smart adaptive applications; electromechanical properties; bio-inspired materials; soft robotics

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

Advances in Environmental Polymer Composites

edited by Han-Yong Jeon

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental polymer composites; matrix; reinforcing material; sustainable; manufacturing technique; environmental effect; carbon footprint

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

Solar Energy Collection, Conversion and Utilization, 2nd Edition

edited by

Diogo Canavarro

and

Manuel Collares-Pereira

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy; solar collectors; thermal energy storage; solar energy conversion; cost-competitiveness

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

Robotics and Data Science: Transformative Technologies for Modern Applications

edited by

Nuno Pessanha Santos

and

Victor Lobo

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: robotics; data science; artificial intelligence; machine learning; autonomous systems; sensor fusion

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

Current Updates on Optoelectronic Nanostructures for Sensors and Actuators

edited by Ileana Cristina Vasiliu,

Ana Maria Iordache

and

Stefan-Marian Iordache

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: optoelectronics; thin films; biosensors; electrochemical sensors; gas sensors; food safety; diagnostics; health monitoring; environmental protection

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

Geomicrobiology: Latest Advances and Prospects (2nd Edition)

edited by

Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomicrobiology of caves; geomicrobiology of the deep biosphere; geomicrobiology of extreme environments; geomicrobiology of the built environment; microbe– mineral interactions; microbialites formation; biomineralization; bioleaching; biomining and bioremediation; aquatic geomicrobiology; biogeochemical cycles; microbial origins of life

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

Data Mining and Machine Learning in Social Network Analysis, 2nd Edition

edited by Dionisios Sotiropoulos

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1152 | Submission Open

Keywords: data mining; machine learning; recommendation systems; social networks

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

AI in Object Detection

edited by Fengping An,

Haitao Xu

and Chuyang Ye

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1106 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; object tracking; target identification; remote sensing; deep learning

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

Intelligent Control of Robotic System

edited by

Jian Chen

, Yi Zhang and

Pengfei Qian

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 895 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent control; robotic systems; robotic actions; human– robot collaboration; robot design and control

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

Modelling, Simulation and Data Analysis in Acoustical Problems–Volume 3

edited by

Claudio Guarnaccia

and

Domenico Rossi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 34376 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustics; vibration; environmental acoustics; room acoustics; modeling; simulation; data analysis; error evaluation and metrics

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

Exposure Pathways and Health Implications of Environmental Chemicals

edited by

Ronald A. Glabonjat

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 17 articles | Viewed by 30941 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental chemicals; exposure pathways; health effects; multidisciplinary approach; analytical chemistry; toxicology; epidemiology; emerging contaminants; public health policies; regulatory frameworks

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

Advanced Image Analysis and Processing Technologies and Applications

edited by Guoxia Xu and Hu Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 24366 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; model-driven; knowledge-driven

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

Applied Machine Learning III

edited by

Grzegorz Dudek

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22321 | Submission Open

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

Deep Learning for Speech, Image and Language Processing

edited by

Dongsuk Yook

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19314 | Submission Open

Keywords: speech processing; image processing; signal processing; language processing; applications and theories of deep learning

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

Engineering of Smart Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Paweł Kiełbasa

, Anna Miernik and

Akinniyi Akinsunmade

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 19241 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; telematics; geoinformatics; agricultural production technology; measurement systems; agricultural engineering; mechanical engineering; geophysics; soil; plant

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

Advanced Methodology and Analysis in Fire Protection Science

edited by Wei Wang, Zhenxiang Tao and Tao Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16844 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire safety science; fire performance; assessment of fire risk; fire suppression technology; numerical simulation of fire; thermal damage; heat transfer

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

Analysis, Characterization and Antioxidant Activity of Natural Products

edited by

Rodica Mărgăoan

and

Mihaiela Cornea-Cipcigan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15159 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional foods; natural products; bee products; bioactive compounds; oxidative stress; polyphenols; antioxidant compounds; radical scavenging; health-promoting properties; shelf life

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

Application of Neural Computation in Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Marta Chinnici

Pedro J. S. Cardoso

and

João M. F. Rodrigues

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14311 | Submission Open

Keywords: neural networks; convolutional neural networks; logic for artificial intelligence; fuzzy logic; cloud computing; nature of artificial intelligence; nature-inspired predictions methods; model interoperability; reasoning about uncertainty; machine learning; data science; (deep) reinforcement learning; meta-learning; natural language processing; artificial neural network; hybrid intelligent systems; network architectures and learning paradigms; fully connected networks; affective computing

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

Advances in Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications

edited by

Hugo Peixoto

and

Júlio Duarte

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13712 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning in healthcare; clinical workflow optimization; predictive analytics in medicine; healthcare data analysis; personalized treatment planning; medical diagnostic algorithms; AI ethics in healthcare; patient data privacy; interdisciplinary collaboration in health AI; healthcare AI regulation and policy

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

Emerging Topics in Precision Medicine: Non-invasive Innovations Shaping Cancer and Immunotherapy Progress

edited by Rada Amin and

Bhanwar Lal Puniya

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12934 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; immunotherapy; computational biology; radiogenomics; radiomics; in silico systems; drug delivery; non-invasive approaches

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

The Applications and Technologies of Structural Health Monitoring in Civil Structures

edited by

Yang Ding

and

Xiaowei Ye

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12187 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; uncertainty analysis; randomness characterization; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Methodology and Analysis in Electrical Materials Science

edited by Xiankun Zhang, Zhiguo Ye and Yuwei Fu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11735 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrical materials; electrical insulating materials; electrical contact materials; electromagnetic conversion materials; shielding materials; energy storage materials

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

Emerging GIS Technologies and Their Applications

edited by

Ferdinando Di Martino

and

Barbara Cardone

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11130 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; geospatial data; Geo-AI; GIS-based computational intelligence; spatial data mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances in Physical Activity for Sport Performance

edited by

Ferenc Ihasz

and

Robert Podstawski

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10981 | Submission Open

Keywords: individualised training; modern technology; analyse training loads; maturational development; behavioural patterns; transferred to competition

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

Enrichment of Foods with Phytonutrients

edited by

Ioannis G. Roussis

and

Olga Gortzi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10491 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytonutrients; molecular nutrition; technology of food enrichment; nanofoods; functional foods; health claims; bioavailability

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

Applied Machine Learning for Information Retrieval

edited by

Gianni Costa

and

Riccardo Ortale

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9336 | Submission Open

Keywords: search and ranking algorithms; recommendation systems; natural language processing (NLP); image and video retrieval; user behavior modeling; information extraction; big data analytics; security and privacy; evaluation metrics and benchmarks; large language models (LLMs)

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

Current Updates on Ultrasound for Biomedical Applications

edited by Andrea Cafarelli and

Allegra Conti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8149 | Submission Open

Keywords: therapeutic ultrasound; high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU); low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS); ultrasound-triggered drug delivery; ultrasound-responsive materials; ultrasound imaging; medical ultrasound; ultrasound-guided therapies; quantitative ultrasound; artificial intelligence in ultrasound

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Applications of Analytical Chemistry in Food Science

edited by

Marco Iammarino

, Rosalia Zianni,

Igor Tomasevic

and Annalisa Mentana

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8029 | Submission Open

Keywords: chromatography; chemometrics; food quality and safety; IR; lipidomics; mass spectrometry; NIR; novel food; omics; proteomics; spectroscopy; spectrophotometry; Raman; traceability; volatolomics

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

Advanced Adsorbents for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Ntaote David Shooto

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7999 | Submission Open

Keywords: water treatment; metal ion removal; dye removal; pharmaceutical product removal; microbial assays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Surface Sciences and Technology)

Industrial Safety and Occupational Health Engineering

edited by Ming Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7736 | Submission Open

Keywords: health engineering; industrial safety; dust prevention

Advances in Sports Science and Biomechanics

edited by Fotini Arabatzi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7363 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanical analysis; injury biomechanics; joint biomechanics; sport science; motor skills; motor control; sports technique; kinematic; kinetic training proposal

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

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies in Biomedicine

edited by

Anca Udristoiu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7141 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; machine learning; natural language processing; diagnosis prognosis; drug discovery; personalized medicine

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

New Challenges in Urban Underground Engineering

edited by

Pengfei Li

and

Qian Fang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6539 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground engineering; urban tunnels; laboratory test; monitoring; theoretical analysis; numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Blockchain Technology and Its Applications

edited by Mikel Emaldi and

Diego López-de-Ipiña

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6423 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain technology; supply chain management; digital transformation; consensus mechanisms; smart contracts; decentralized applications (dApps)

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

Mechanical Engineering Reliability Optimization Design

edited by Mengchuang Zhang and Shaohua Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6186 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural reliability optimization; probabilistic design; life-cycle cost analysis; fault detection; ai-based assessments; aerospace engines; aircraft structures; automotive design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Cyber-Physical Systems for Smart Manufacturing

edited by

Elvis Hozdić

and Zoran Jurković

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5057 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber-physical systems (CPSs); smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; automation and control; digital and cybernetic transformation; simulation and modeling; artificial intelligence in manufacturing; human– machine collaboration

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

Climate Change in the Environmental Impact: Monitoring, Observation and Applications

edited by

Ricardo Castedo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4577 | Submission Open

Keywords: field measurements; data analysis; numerical modeling; risk assessment; hazards; mitigation; prevention

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

State of the Art in Food Science: Food Processing and Preservation

edited by

Ewa Czarniecka-Skubina

and Małgorzata Moczkowska-Wyrwisz

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4217 | Submission Open

Keywords: meat processing; egg processing; preservation; food safety; quality; nutrition value; shelf-life extension; preservation methods; new technologies; packaging

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

Pharmaceutical Development and Drug Delivery

edited by Gioconda Millotti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3979 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceutical development; enhanced drug delivery; advanced treatments; personalized medicine; addressing unmet medical treatments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Research on Deep Learning in Object Detection

edited by António Manuel Trigueiros Da Silva Cunha,

Sandra Pereira

and

Paulo Jorge Coelho

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3966 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; deep learning; instance segmentation; architecture design; feature extraction

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

Green Technologies and Applications

edited by

Sergio Correia

and

João Pedro Matos-Carvalho

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3859 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy and green technology; green smart cities; green technologies and applications; green communication systems and networks; artificial intelligence for green IoT; applied mathematical modeling in renewable energy; ai application to sustainable technologies

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

Intelligent IoT Networks and Wireless Communication

edited by

Hosung Park

Taehun Yang

and

Soochang Park

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3819 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless communication protocols; IoT Network Architectures; edge computing and fog computing; artificial intelligence and machine learning in IoT; security and privacy; energy efficiency; interoperability and standardization; data management and analytics

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

Advanced Processing and Characterization of Metals and Their Alloys

edited by

Héctor Herrera-Hernández

, Carlos Omar González Morán,

Jose de Jesus Agustin Flores Cuautle

and

Jorge Morales Hernández

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3805 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials processing; corrosion; electrochemical; surface protection; metal manufacture; casting alloy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Natural Language Processing and Semantic Technologies: From Theories to Applications

edited by André Pomp and Christoph Quix

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3594 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural language processing; large language models; semantic web; knowledge graphs; ontologies; semantic interoperability; semantic modeling

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

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