Applied Sciences

Quantum Phases and Metal–Insulator Transitions in Electron Systems

edited by Sergey Kravchenko

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: strongly correlated electron systems; metal– insulator transitions; flat-band materials; Wigner crystallization

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

Innovative Applications of AI, Machine Learning, IoT, and Assistive Robots in Health Monitoring and Care

edited by

Pedro J. S. Cardoso

,

João M. F. Rodrigues

, Javier Medina Quero and

Aurora Polo Rodríguez

submission deadline 22 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1592 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; Internet of Things; data sciences; wearable and assistive technologies; assistive robots; health monitoring and healthcare

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

Data-Driven Supply Chain Management and Logistics Engineering

edited by Dimitrios Vlachos,

Dimitrios Bechtsis

and Nikos Tsotsolas

submission deadline 23 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17841 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven supply chains; digital supply chains; smart logistics; sustainability; resilience; artificial intelligence; traceability; Internet of Things (IoT); asset management in SCs; Maintenance 5.0 in SCs

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

State-of-the-Art of Intelligent Decision Support Systems

edited by

Libo Zhang

and

Grigorios Beligiannis

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1811 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent decision-making; multi-agent systems; intelligent collaboration; machine learning; robust classification; information and knowledge engineering

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

Processing, Preservation, and Quality Evaluation for Meat and Meat Products, 2nd Edition

edited by

Monika Marcinkowska-Lesiak

,

Andrzej Półtorak

and

Iwona Wojtasik-Kalinowska

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1246 | Submission Open

Keywords: meat processing; preservation techniques; quality evaluation; curing; smoking; shelf-life extension; safety; physicochemical analysis of meat and meat products; aroma assessment

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

Advances in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology—2nd Edition

edited by Haizuo Zhou and Xiaoxuan Yu

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: tunnel; underground; soil– structure interaction; excavation; ground improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Recent Advances and Applications of Electromagnetic Metamaterials

edited by

Guoyan Dong

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic metamaterials; metasurfaces; topological photonics; metamaterial cloaking; nonlinear metamaterials; quantum metamaterials; energy harvesting; wireless communications; advanced sensing; reconfigurable optics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Sleep Disorders and Sleep Medicine

edited by Serena Incerti-Parenti

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: obstructive sleep apnea; mandibular advancement device; orthopedic and functional orthodontic treatment; sleep bruxism and sleep-related disorders; sleep medicine; dental sleep medicine

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

Seismic Design and Analysis of Building Structures

edited by

Iraj H.P. Mamaghani

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic evaluation; probabilistic methods; damage assessment; steel structures; reinforced concrete structures; concrete core design; steel tube design; ductility evaluation; detailing; and reinforcement; performance-based design; experimental validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Novel Biomaterials in Dentistry

edited by

Nicola Scotti

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: biocompatibility; bioactive ceramics; bioactive polymers; nanotechnology; tissue engineering scaffolds; restorative and regenerative dentistry

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

Environmental Impact and Control of Geotechnical Engineering Construction—2nd Edition

edited by Yu Diao and

Chuhan Deng

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; underground construction; tunnel; soil– structure interaction; excavation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Development, Reliability, Maintenance and Control of Cyber-Physical Systems

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 35655 | Submission Open

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

Seismic Analysis and Design of Ocean and Underground Structures

edited by Xin Bao,

Jingqi Huang

and Piguang Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14049 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural seismic analysis; ocean engineering; underground structure; offshore engineering; geotechnical engineering; seismic resilience of structures

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

Design, Optimization and Control Strategy of Smart Grids

edited by Santiago Bogarra and

Juan Antonio Ortega-Redondo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12921 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy integration; energy storage systems integration; grid optimization techniques; real-time control strategies; cybersecurity for smart grids; digital twins in smart grids; virtual power plants; fault detection and restoration

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

Emerging Medical Devices and Technologies

edited by

Iole Vozza

and

Fabrizio Guerra

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10958 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical device; medical technologies; regulatory medical device engineering; EU certifications; clinical trials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Novel Advances in Noise and Vibration Control

edited by

Zhiwei Guo

,

Jing Liu

and

Ting Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9365 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration control; noise control; airborne noise; underwater noise; active/passive control

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

New Insights into Digital Rock Physics

edited by Hongyang Ni and Chengpeng Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9076 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock physics; reservoir characterization; image segmentation methods; multi-scale; pore structure; digital rock analysis; machine learning; macroscopic characterization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advanced Models and Algorithms for Recommender Systems

edited by Pavlos Kefalas

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8819 | Submission Open

Keywords: recommender systems; personalization; scalability; interpretability; user privacy; cold-start problem; data heterogeneity; large language models in recommendations; deep learning in recommendations; graph neural networks; hybrid collaborative filtering; context-aware recommendations; sequential recommendations; multi-modal data integration; fairness and transparency in recommendations; real-world applications; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data science; information retrieval; algorithms

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

New Advances in Laser Dental Science and Biophotonics

edited by

Georgios E. Romanos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8529 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical coherence microscopy; biomedical imaging; biophotonics; photobiomodulation; dentistry; laser– tissue interactions; laser safety

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

Randomized Neural Networks and Deep Learning: Research Frontiers and Cutting-Edge Applications

edited by

David Zabala-Blanco

, Ruber Hernández-García and

Sergio A. Velastin

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8516 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme learning machine; convolutional neural networks; vision transforms; deep learning; machine learning; artificial intelligence; pattern recognition; data mining; AI ethics; edge computing

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

Recent Advances and Emerging Trends in Computational Fluid Dynamics

edited by

Florin Bode

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8346 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational fluid dynamics (CFD); energy efficiency; indoor air quality; outdoor air quality; wind engineering; heat and mass transfer

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

Advances in Cognitive Robotics and Control

edited by

Alessandro Umbrico

, Daniel Beßler and

Nele Russwinkel

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8270 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognitive architectures; human-robot interaction; perspective taking; cognitive robotics; artificial intelligence; situation awareness; human and social awareness; human intent/action recognition; human belief modeling

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

Advances and Applications of Generative AI: Bridging Theory and Practice

edited by Samuel Cheng

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7174 | Submission Open

Keywords: generative AI; generative models; AI technologies; applications of generative AI; generative AI systems

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

Applications of Nanocarriers for Phytochemical Delivery

edited by

Van-An Duong

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6874 | Submission Open

Keywords: pharmaceutical; phytochemicals; drug delivery; nanocarriers; phytochemical delivery; bioavailability

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

International Conference Wood Science and Engineering in the Third Millennium–ICWSE 2025

edited by

Lidia Gurau

,

Mihaela Câmpean

and

Emilia-Adela Salca

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 6023 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood structure and properties; wood drying and heat treatments; mechanical wood processing and quality; wood-based materials; wood preservation; modification; gluing; and coating; conservation– restoration of wooden objects; furniture design; wood constructions

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

Recent Advances in AI Convergence: Innovations at the Crossroads of Disciplines

edited by

Dae-Ki Kang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5695 | Submission Open

Keywords: interdisciplinary artificial intelligence; AI-driven innovation; human– AI collaboration; domain-specific AI applications; AI convergence and integration

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

Tuberculosis—a Millennial Disease in the Age of New Technologies

edited by Beatrice Mahler, Ioana Munteanu and

José Antonio Canas

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5262 | Submission Open

Keywords: tuberculosis; public health intervention; technology; AI; diagnosis; treatment

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

Condition Monitoring and Intelligent Fault Diagnosis for Mechanical Equipment and Complex System

edited by

Morteza Soleimani

and Xingyu Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4605 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; prognostics; complex mechanical systems; artificial intelligence; predictive maintenance; machine learning; IoT in maintenance; data-driven fault detection; remaining useful life (RUL)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Unlocking the Potential of Agri-Food Waste for Innovative Applications and Bio-Based Materials, 2nd Edition

edited by

Emanuela Calcio Gaudino

and

Silvia Tabasso

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4524 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio-based polymers; agri-food residues; enabling technologies; bioactive compounds; active materials; circular economy; sustainability

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

New Approaches to Water Treatment: Challenges and Trends, 2nd Edition

edited by Luz Marina Ruíz and Miguel Ángel Gómez

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4350 | Submission Open

Keywords: desalination; digitalization; drinking water; optimization; rainwater; reclaimed water; water treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Wireless Communication: Applications, Security and Reliability—2nd Edition

edited by

Ireneusz Kubiak

, Tadeusz Wieckowski and Yevhen Yashchyshyn

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3803 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless communication; frequency allocation and assignment; cognitive radio; radio environment map; spectrum monitoring; sensing; channel acquisition; wideband waveforms; RF propagation; vehicular communications; platooning; spatial interpolation; inverse distance weighing; kriging; 5G; hybrid FSO/RF systems; UOWC (underwater optical wireless communication); optical transmission sources and detectors; reliability of radio communications; system availability; cryptography; cryptography; pseudo-random generators; cross-join method; cybersecurity; attack detection; graph analysis; attack graphs; risk assessment survivability; failover; high availability; efficient communications; AI; machine learning; post-quantum cryptography; SDN; NFV; cloud infrastructure; electromagnetic immunity; electromagnetic field; electromagnetic disturbance; techniques for measuring of electromagnetic immunity; immunity of IT devices on electromagnetic field; electromagnetic eavesdropping

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

Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare: Technologies, Applications, and Impact

edited by

Arnulfo Alanis

and

Teresa Guarda

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3696 | Submission Open

Keywords: data mining; quantum machine learning; wearable devices; Internet of Medical Things; natural language processing; generative artificial intelligence

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

EV (Electric Vehicle) Energy Storage and Battery Management

edited by

Levon Gevorkov

and

Lluís Trilla

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3598 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics; energy storage systems; automotive electrification; renewable energy integration; wide-bandgap semiconductors; battery management; smart grids; sustainable technologies

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

High-Performance Concrete: Preparation, Properties, Evaluation and Applications

edited by

Yimmy Silva

and

Gerardo Araya-Letelier

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3539 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance concrete; supplementary cementitious materials; durability; eco-concrete

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Modern Internal Combustion Engines: Design, Testing, and Application

edited by

Zbigniew Matuszak

, Zbigniew Korczewski and

Marek Jaśkiewicz

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3508 | Submission Open

Keywords: problems of internal combustion engine construction; internal combustion engine research; applications of internal combustion engines; the problem of quality of engine components; supply chains of engine components at the stage of manufacture and operation

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

Advanced Research on Integrated Circuits and Systems

edited by

Yishu Zhang

and Wenzhang Fang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3448 | Submission Open

Keywords: logic devices; memory technologies; power elecronics; integrated circuits manufacturing; design for manufacturability

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

Advances in Intelligent Transportation and Its Applications

edited by

Jaeho Lee

and Jinwoo Kim

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3046 | Submission Open

Keywords: automotive; mobility; ITS; transportation; safety; AI-based intelligence; security and networks; sensing; object detection for transportation; visualization

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

Reliability and Risk Analysis of Structures and Applications to Design and Optimization, 2nd Edition

edited by

Junho Chun

and

Won-Hee Kang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3010 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural reliability; risk analysis; reliability-based design and optimization; system reliability; complex systems; machine learning; data-driven uncertainty quantification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Photovoltaic Systems

edited by Alexandru-Ionel Constantin, Lucia Andreea El-Leathey, Paula Anghelita and

Andrzej Ordys

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2639 | Submission Open

Keywords: photovoltaic systems; monitoring system; fault detection; fault diagnosis; automatic supervision; online monitoring; real-time monitoring

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

Application of Software Engineering Techniques in Human-Computer Interactions

edited by Carlos Toxtli and Paige Rodeghero

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2137 | Submission Open

Keywords: software engineering; human-computer interaction; user interface design; requirements engineering; user-centered design; interactive systems; software testing; agile development; design patterns; quality assessment

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

Food Quality and Characterization of Animal-Based, Plant-Based and Hybrid Products

edited by

Eleni Kasapidou

and

Georgios Papatzimos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2045 | Submission Open

Keywords: food quality assessment; plant-based foods; hybrid food products; animal-based foods; food sustainability; sensory evaluation; food processing innovations; consumer perception; nutritional characterization; alternative proteins

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

X-ray Scattering Characterization in Materials Science

edited by Yoshiharu Sakurai

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1931 | Submission Open

Keywords: small-/wide-angle X-ray Scattering; X-ray diffraction; X-ray total scattering; X-ray Raman scattering; resonance inelastic X-ray scattering; X-ray Compton scattering; energy materials; quantum materials; soft materials; disordered materials

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

AI-Driven Innovations in Rehabilitation: Integrating Neurological, Musculoskeletal, Sports Medicine and Occupational Therapy Interventions

edited by

Christos Kokkotis

and

Paraskevi Malliou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1772 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation; artificial intelligence; neurological disorders; musculoskeletal therapy; sports medicine; occupational therapy; personalized treatment; biomechanical assessment

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

Industrial Applications of Laser Ultrasonics

edited by

Cuixiang Pei

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1686 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser ultrasonics; non-destructive testing; industrial applications

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

Sustainable Nanomaterials for Biotechnological and Medical Applications: Current Developments

edited by

Rodolfo Ramos-González

and

Anna Ilyina

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1552 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable nanomaterials; biotechnology; medicine; green synthesis; drug delivery; hyperthermia; bio-imaging; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; biosensors; environmental impact

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

Sustainable and Low-Carbon Building Materials in Special Areas

edited by

Gaowen Zhao

,

Shifeng Lu

,

Gang Liu

and Le Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1545 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete durability; sustainable materials; low-carbon building materials; low-carbon construction method; soil treatment; solid waste disposal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Software Engineering and Computer Science for Sustainable IoT Systems

edited by Luís Filipe dos Santos Gomes,

Isabel Sofia Sousa Brito

and

João Paulo Barros

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1518 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; cyber– physical systems; embedded computing; sensor networks; energy-aware computing; distributed systems; real-time systems; sustainable IoT systems

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

Industrial Ecology: Sustainable Production and Environmental Solutions

edited by

Valentin Romanovski

and

Elena Romanovskaia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1375 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental impact assessment; life cycle analysis; waste minimization; water treatment; wastewater treatment; gas emission minimization; green technology

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

Advances in Aircraft Design, Optimization and Flight Control

edited by

Izabela Krzysztofik

,

Grzegorz Kopecki

,

Slawomir Blasiak

and Andrzej Żyluk

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1194 | Submission Open

Keywords: aircraft design; flight control systems; sustainable aviation; aerodynamic optimization; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); flight dynamics; aviation safety

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

Advances in Physiotherapy and Neurorehabilitation

edited by

Nyeonju Kang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1112 | Submission Open

Keywords: rehabilitation; neuromodulation; movement; recovery; exercise

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

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