Applied Sciences

Sports Biomechanics and Injury Prevention

edited by

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4626 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports biomechanics; injury prevention; motion analysis; preventive interventions; sports technology; sports rehabilitation; risk factors; biomechanical assessment; sports performance; sports education and training; physiotherapy; rehabilitation; sports medicine; muscle injury; prevention and treatment of injuries

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

Additive Manufacturing for Novel and Advanced Materials: Characteristics, Challenges, and Applications

edited by Edgar Moraru and

Manoj Gupta

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4345 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; digital manufacturing; metal additive manufacturing; ceramic additive manufacturing; polymer additive manufacturing; composite additive manufacturing; 3D printing; 4D printing; rapid prototyping; fused deposition modelling; vat photopolymerisation; selective laser melting; selective laser sintering; selective electron-beam melting; powder bed fusion; binder jetting; material jetting; laminated object manufacturing; direct metal deposition; resin-based materials; powder-based materials; filament-based materials

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

Functional Foods and Natural Products: Bioactive Compounds and Beneficial Effects on Health—3rd Edition

edited by

António José Madeira Nogueira

and

Andrea Luísa Fernandes Afonso

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4050 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; bioactive compounds; water quality; antioxidants; anti-inflammatory; antimicrobial; anticytotoxic; cell proliferation and apoptosis

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

Multimodal Information-Assisted Visual Recognition or Generation

edited by Wenjuan Gong,

Guoqiang Zhong

and Weishan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3825 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; multimodal information fusion; large-model-guided visual interpretation; GAN and diffusion-model-based visual generation; federated multimodal learning for computer vision; quantum multimodal algorithms for computer vision

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

Additive Manufacturing in Material Processing

edited by

Erfan Maleki

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3244 | Submission Open

Keywords: additive manufacturing; material processing; mechanical properties; advanced materials; process optimization

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

Deep Learning and Digital Image Processing

edited by Xingjian Gu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2980 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; image process; classification; video understand; remote sensing; medical image; multi modal; document analysis; time series analysis

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

Environmental Management in Milk Production and Processing

edited by

Wojciech Janczukowicz

,

Joanna Rodziewicz

and

Artur Mielcarek

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2741 | Submission Open

Keywords: milk production and processing; environmental aspects and impacts; environmental footprint; technical solutions protecting environment; environmental management

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

Advanced Applications of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)

edited by

Pedro Miguel Sobral

,

José Manuel Torres

,

Rui S. Moreira

and

Gabriel Villarrubia González

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2684 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless sensor networks; IoT systems; artificial intelligence computing

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

Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Physical Properties of Materials for Nuclear Engineering

edited by

Leonid Burakovsky

and

Alexander I. Landa

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2670 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials for nuclear engineering; nuclear fuels (metallic and ceramic); coolants (gases; light water; heavy water; and liquid metals); moderators; absorbers; and structural materials; thermodynamic properties (density; enthalpy; specific heat capacity; melting and boiling points; heat of fusion and vaporization; vapor pressure; thermal expansion; and surface tension); transport properties (thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity; viscosity; integral thermal conductivity; electrical resistivity; and emissivity); solid and liquid states

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

Recent Progress of Information Security and Cryptography

edited by

Juan Antonio López Ramos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2545 | Submission Open

Keywords: public key cryptography; cryptographic protocols; cryptanalysis; post-quantum cryptography; coded-based cryptography; chaos theory; steganography; lattice-based cryptography; hash-based cryptography

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

Air Quality Monitoring, Analysis and Modeling

edited by

Hyo Choi

and Kuruvilla John

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2499 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution monitoring and analysis of particulate matters and gaseous (ratio matrix; importance; moving average technique); air pollution monitoring and mapping (Surfer; QGIS; etc.) and improvement of satellite images (SAR; MODIS; etc.) and geographical information system (GIS); AI (artificial neural network modeling; machine learning and deep learning) and multivariate statistical modeling; 3D-numerical modeling on air pollutant concentration and its dispersion; air quality variation affected by the atmospheric boundary layer and severe weather (cold front; internal gravity waves; etc.); emission and transport of air pollutants; nocturnal ozone increase due to transportation and ozone folding; air pollution impact on human health; desertification of land through climate change due to the increase in carbon dioxide; improvement method and policy of air pollution state; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Quantum Communication and Applications

edited by

André Nuno Carvalho Souto

and

Nikola Paunkovic

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2475 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum communication protocols; applications for secure quantum communications and software; key distribution/arrangement schemes; authentication schemes; quantum secure machine learning algorithms/techniques; quantum cryptographic applications; quantum software; semi-quantum communication applications

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

Artificial Intelligence in Petroleum Engineering

edited by

Shahab D. Mohaghegh

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2425 | Submission Open

Keywords: petroleum engineering; artificial neural network; reservoir engineering; drilling; surface facility; fuzzy logic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Sustainable Land Management Through Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation Technologies

edited by

Huaizhi Tang

and Yongzhong Tan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2127 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; data assimilation; cultivated land protection; land use; land consolidation; well-facilitated farmland; precision agriculture; cultivated land reserve resources; multispectral imaging; hyperspectral data; satellite data integration; agricultural monitoring; sustainable land management; multisource data

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

Solving Environmental and Cultural Heritage Issues Through Analytical Tools

edited by

Paola Fermo

and

Andrea Bergomi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2113 | Submission Open

Keywords: analytical chemistry; analytical techniques; analytical methodologies; environment; cultural heritage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advanced Robotics, Mechatronics, and Automation

edited by

Yan Shi

and Shuai Ren

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1801 | Submission Open

Keywords: surgery robotics; rehabilitation medical; advanced intelligent; healthcare application; digital diagnosis and treatment

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

Novel Advances in High Voltage Insulation

edited by Rahmat Ullah and

David Clark

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1500 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; modern insulation system; insulation aging; life expectancy; machine learning in insulation system

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

New Insights into Optimal Control and Applications in Automotive Engineering

edited by

Irina Severin

and

Camelia Stanciu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1431 | Submission Open

New Challenges in Low-Power Electronics Design

edited by Gerardo Calderon-Lopez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1349 | Submission Open

Keywords: power conversion for low power; battery management; supercapacitors; high power efficiency; energy harvesting; miniaturization; fast charging; power management integrated circuits

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

Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles: Development and Challenges

edited by Ronik Ketankumar Patel and Apurva Pamidimukkala

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1037 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; artificial intelligence; safety and reliability; technology advancements; regulatory frameworks; infrastructure requirements; economic and societal impacts

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

Soft Computing and Fuzzy Systems for Real-Time Control

edited by

Rui Araújo

and

He Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1026 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft computing; fuzzy control; multi-agent systems; real-time systems; complex systems; system optimization

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

Drugs of Abuse and Beyond

edited by

Alessia Catalano

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 927 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug abuse; pharmacokinetics; toxicity; metabolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Research Progress in Manufacturing, Grinding and Polishing of Chemical Machinery

edited by

Pablo Rodriguez

and

Pawan Tyagi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 874 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical machinery; advanced manufacturing; grinding; polishing; electropolishing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Science and Health Technology for Health Promotion: With a Focus on Applied Health Research, Second Edition

edited by

Marius Baranauskas

and

Rimantas Stukas

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 750 | Submission Open

Keywords: health promotion; health technology; healthy life; lifestyle factors; public health; rural health; women’ s health; men’ s health; chronic disease; primary care; musculoskeletal health; exercise physiology; physical activity; nutrition and dietetics; cardiac rehabilitation; recreational therapy; applied nursing and health

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

Applied Genomics and Bioinformatics for the Poultry Industry

edited by

Zhuocheng Hou

,

Jacqueline Smith

and

Qinghua Nie

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 640 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomics; bioinformatics; genome selection; genome mating; poultry domestication; gut microbiota; transcriptional regulatory dynamics; genetic diversity; high-quality genome

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

Natural-Product-Based Drug Discovery and Development

edited by

Hari Prasad Devkota

,

Ajit Prakash

and

Keshav Raj Paudel

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 530 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; phytochemicals; drug discovery; drug delivery; pharmacology; semi-synthesis; bioactivity

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

Emerging Topics in Mechanical Vibrations Analysis: Optical Methods and Machine Learning Approaches

edited by

Paolo Neri

,

Marco Cococcioni

,

Daniele Botto

and

Christian Maria Firrone

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural dynamics; optical methods for vibration measurements; machine learning in structural dynamics; vibration suppression; dynamic modeling and simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Universal Design and Human–Computer Interaction in AI and Aged Society

edited by

Byung Yong Jeong

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centered design; human– computer interaction; user experience and universal design; work-related safety and health; social robotics and human– robot interaction; universal design in computing and artificial intelligence

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

Synergies in Steganalysis, Imaging, Medicine, and Thermal Systems

edited by

Volodymyr Mosorov

and

Jacek Kucharski

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

Keywords: hidden messages; medical application; AI systems; thermal control

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

The Recent Development of Functional Foods and Natural Products—Impacts on Human Health

edited by

Panagiotis Kanellos

and

Eirini A. Panagopoulou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; functional properties; human health; antioxidants; chronic diseases

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

Advances in Non-Destructive Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection

edited by

George Sapidis

,

Maria C. Naoum

and

Nikos Papadopoulos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 305 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring (SHM); non-destructive testing (NDT); residual service life (RSL); machine learning algorithms; structural integrity assessment; electro-mechanical impedance (EMI); acoustic emission (AE); piezoresistive sensing; vibration-based SHM; computer vision-based SHM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Recent Advances in Experimental Mechanics

edited by

Dario Croccolo

,

Giorgio Olmi

and

Mattia Mele

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine design; experimental mechanics; control; advanced manufacturing; tribology; fasteners

Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits

edited by Yiqu Xiong, Yonghua Cao and Yongjun Shao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: W-Sn deposit; Li-Be deposit; Nb-Ta deposit; granite; pegmatite; magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposit; mafic– ultramafic intrusion; cobalt mineralization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Today's Trends in Biomedical Technology and Regenerative Medicine

edited by

Charles C Lee

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: stem cells; tissue engineering; tissue repair; tissue regeneration; scaffold; regenerative medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Similar and Dissimilar Materials Joining: Numerical Modelling and Joints Characterisation

edited by

Elena Scutelnicu

and

Ionelia Voiculescu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: similar and dissimilar materials joining; numerical modeling of similar and dissimilar materials joining; metallurgical characterisation of similar and dissimilar materials joints; mechanical characterisation of similar and dissimilar materials joints; industrial applications

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Engineering

edited by Mateusz Żbikowski,

Andrzej Teodorczyk

and Wojciech Rudy

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; data-driven approaches; optimize chemical processes; real-time monitoring; molecular modeling and simulation; predictive maintenance; hazard identification

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

Artificial Intelligence for Structural Health Monitoring, Inspection, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation of Civil Infrastructure

edited by

Yang Xu

, Yasutaka Narazaki and Vedhus Hoskere

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open

Keywords: data; feature; and decision fusion of multi-source sensing data; universal time-series analysis for singal generation; reconstruction; and assessment; generalized vision-based damage recognition and change measurement; intelligent structural 3D modeling; rendering; mapping; and updating; learning-based feature extraction and pattern recognition for damage diagnosis; data; model; and knowledge fusion-driven intelligent computing and inference; multi-modal large-scale model-based navigation; inspection; and interaction agent; autonomous decision making for intelligent maintenance and rehabilitation; intelligent Internet-of-Thing and system intergration for industry applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Human-Centered AI Models and Machine Learning Technologies

edited by

Shufei Li

, Zuoxu Wang and Sichao Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centered AI; hybrid intelligence; human– AI interaction; human– AI collaboration; smart manufacturing; flexible automation

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

Innovations in Autonomous Driving and Vehicle Intelligence

edited by Manoj K. Jha

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: connected and autonomous vehicles; vehicle intelligence; cybersecurity; machine learning; artificial intelligence

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

Solar Cells: From Materials and Devices to Applications

edited by

Jacek Dąbrowski

, Janusz Zarębski and Damian Bisewski

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar cells; solar modules; photovoltaic systems; solar cell applications; measurements and modeling

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

Advances in Deep Space Probe Navigation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mingzhen Gui

, Jin Liu,

Chengxi Zhang

and Mingzhe Dai

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep space probe; autonomous navigation; integrated navigation; celestial navigation; pulsar navigations

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

Advancing Predictive Analytics: Innovations in AI and Machine Learning for Real-World Applications

edited by

Long Wang

and

Chao Huang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: predictive analytics; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); explainable AI (XAI); time-series forecasting

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

Advanced Image and Video Processing Technology for Healthcare

edited by

Hwayoung Cho

and

Rui Yin

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical image processing; video processing in healthcare; AI and machine learning in medical imaging; multimodal foundation model; augmented reality; virtual reality; computer-aided diagnosis; telehealth; mobile health applications

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

Advanced Mobile Robots: Researches and Applications

edited by

Mónica Ballesta Galdeano

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile robots; human-computer interaction; computer vision; deep learning; mapping; sensors; perception; path planning; scene recognition; autonomous transportation; self-driving cars; healthcare; industrial automation; delivery robots; search and rescue

Deep Learning in Biomedical Image Analysis

edited by Shereen Fouad and

Cecilia Di Ruberto

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in deep learning technology for medical imaging; deep learning in biomedical image analysis; deep learning in diagnostic imaging; deep learning for image segmentation; deep learning and generative ai in medical imaging; explainable deep learning methods in medical imaging; reinforcement learning in medical imaging; transfer learning in medical imaging; model optimization in medical imaging; advanced neural network architectures; performance evaluation of deep learning methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Artificial Intelligence and Numerical Simulation in Food Engineering

edited by

Mahdi Rashvand

,

Hongwei Zhang

and

Francesco Genovese

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; smart sensors; digital twins; sustainability

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

Vibration Power Harvesting and Its Applications

edited by

Raju Ahamed

and Kristoffer McKee

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibration energy harvesting; piezoelectric; electromagnetic; and triboelectric harvesters; hybrid and nonlinear energy harvesting; smart materials for energy harvesting; MEMS and micro-scale harvesters; IoT and wireless sensor networks; power management and storage; structural health monitoring; self-powered systems; energy-efficient smart devices

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

Extended Reality (XR) and User Experience (UX) Technologies

edited by Katashi Nagao and

Hiroyuki Mitsuhara

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: extended reality; user experience; human– computer interaction; body/hand tracking; haptics; emotional interaction; psychophysiology

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

Advances in Biomechanics and Sports Medicine

edited by

Zbigniew Waśkiewicz

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomechanical analysis; injury prevention; sports rehabilitation; wearable technology; human movement science; athletic performance optimization; musculoskeletal modeling; sports medicine applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Computer Vision and Deep Learning for Activity Recognition

edited by

Yang Li

and

Hui Yuan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: human activity recognition; deep learning; computer vision; multimodal fusion; edge AI; privacy-preserving learning; self-supervised learning; federated learning; generative AI; explainable AI

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

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