Applied Sciences

Anthropometric and Body Composition Assessments in Health, Nutrition, and Sport

edited by

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: body composition assessment techniques; anthropometry; densitometry; hydrometry; dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; computed tomography; ultrasound; infrared; magnetic resonance imaging; bioelectrical impedance analysis; 4 compartment model; 3D scanning; anthropometric indices; skinfolds; somatotype; phantom stratagem; malnutrition; stunting; wasting; overweight; obesity; frailty; sarcopenia; sarcopenic obesity; osteoporosis; metabolic biomarkers; masked obesity; eating disorders; metabolic syndrome; athletes; sports performance; chronic diseases; body image; psychological disorders; nutritional assessment; health assessment; pregnancy; infants; children; adolescents; elderly; ethnicity; gender; growth and development; sports

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

Challenges and Applications of Radiation Detectors

edited by

Zhongchen Wu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation detector; radiation detection technology; detector materials; energy resolution; radiation hardness; medical imaging detector; nuclear radiation monitoring; high-energy physics detector; environmental radiation detection; semiconductor detector; scintillation detector; detector miniaturization; radiation measurement; nuclear security; space radiation detection

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

X-Ray Powder Diffraction in Materials Engineering

edited by

Gilgamesh Luis-Raya

and

Marius Ramirez-Cardona

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: X-ray powder diffraction; Rietveld refinement; materials engineering; crystallography; microstructure analysis

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

The Applications of Laser-Based Manufacturing for Material Science, 2nd Edition

edited by

Szymon Tofil

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser recycling; PV module recycling; laser micromachining; laser cleaning; laser patterning; laser forming; laser treatment; laser bending; laser shaping; sustainable laser manufacturing

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

Digital Health Technologies for Eating Behavior and Obesity: Experimental and Data-Driven Approaches

edited by

Veronica Mocanu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: eating behavior; obesity; digital health; physiological monitoring; digital biomarkers; wearable technologies; virtual reality; sensor-based systems; food choice; experimental research; artificial intelligence; data-driven approaches

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

Advances in Target Tracking and Image Processing for Drones

edited by

Seokwon Yeom

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: target tracking; object detection; intelligent image and signal processing; multimodal sensor fusion; onboard computing; drone-based applications

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

Applications of Ultrasonic Technology in Biomedical Sciences, 2nd Edition

edited by

Constanza Rubio Michavila

,

Sergio Castiñeira-Ibáñez

and

Daniel Tarrazó-Serrano

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrasound; biomedicine; medical diagnosis; biosensor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Internet of Things Systems and Security

edited by

Liangyin Chen

, Yanru Chen and Pengpeng Chen

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT) security; IoT systems and architectures; authentication and access control; secure communication protocols; privacy preservation in IoT; lightweight cryptography; secure firmware and over-the-air updates; intrusion detection and anomaly detection; edge/cloud security for IoT; cyber-physical systems (CPS) security

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

Advances in Deep Learning for Computer Vision and AIoT, 2nd Edition

edited by Huang-Chia Shih

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– computer interaction; image classification; object detection; human action recognition; multimedia forensics; medical image analysis; knowledge management; generated AI-driven visual processing; AIoT applications

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

Advanced Materials and Processes for Wastewater and Water Resources Treatment

edited by György Deák, Gina Ghiță,

Maria Daniela Stelescu

and Mihaela Ilie

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment and reuse; water reuse; heavy metal removal; microplastics; pharmaceuticals; phosphorus recovery from wastewater; circular economy; carbon-based nanomaterials; magnetic material; polymer (nano)composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Emerging Technologies of Accident Analysis and Prevention in Safety Engineering, 2nd Edition

edited by

Joana Duarte

,

Antonio José Carpio de los Pinos

and

Fernanda Rodrigues

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: occupational accidents; occupational risks; occupational health and safety; risk assessment; risk management; cognitive ergonomics; safety training; monitoring; sensors; artificial intelligence; big data; virtual reality; augmented reality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Holistic Approaches in Sensory Research on Food and Non-Food Products Using New Techniques and Digital Tools: 2nd Edition

edited by

Eliza Kostyra

, Anna Piotrowska and

Sylwia Żakowska-Biemans

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensory research; consumer behaviour; food and non-food products; descriptive analysis test; qualitative techniques; immersive technique; virtual reality; eye-tracking; novel techniques in sensory profiling; digital solutions; e-nose; e-tongue; and e-eye systems

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

Health Benefits of Plant-Based Diet-Derived Bioactive Components

edited by

Miguel López-Moreno

and

Nuria Perez-Diaz-del-Campo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: polyphenols; plant-based dietary patterns; sustainable diets; plant-forward nutrition; gut microbiota; bioavailability; nutrient– microbiome interactions; oxidative stress; inflammation

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Radiology

edited by

Roberto Iezzi

and Alessandro Posa

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep leaning; radiology; personalized medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advances in Applied Ophthalmology: Technologies, Diagnostics and Therapeutics

edited by

Zhihong (Jewel) Hu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence and deep learning in ophthalmology; ophthalmic imaging and image analysis; biomedical devices and engineering solutions; computer vision and intelligent diagnostic systems; data-driven and precision ophthalmology; therapeutic technologies and clinical translation

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

Stroke, Brain Injury and Rehabilitation

edited by Radosław Kaźmierski

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: stroke; traumatic brain injury; cranio-cerebral trauma; neurorehabilitation; neurological rehabilitation; brain injury; ischemic stroke; hemorrhagic stroke; cognitive rehabilitation; motor rehabilitation; functional recovery; neuroplasticity; early intervention; sleep disorders; interdisciplinary care; telerehabilitation; therapy; risk factors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Neuroscience and Neural Engineering)

Development, Characterization, Application and Recycling of Novel Construction Materials, 3rd Edition

edited by

Mouhamadou Amar

and Nor Edine Abriak

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials; cement; waste reuse; characterization techniques; formulation; durability; concrete; binders; SCMs; geopolymers; sediments; clays; treatment

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

Advances in Lithium-Ion Automobile Batteries: 2nd Edition

edited by

Daniela Chrenko

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal management; mass production; reduction in raw materials; reuse and recycling; repeatable and representative accelerated aging; storage and use of battery data over a lifetime; second life; sustainable business models; field test result

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

Research on Biomechanics, Equipment Development, Motor Control and Learning of Human Movements: 2nd Edition

edited by Mingjiu Yu and

Gongbing Shan

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: motion analysis; complicated human movements; everyday and vocational tasks; equipment design and development; ergonomics; biomechanical modeling; motor control; motor learning; biomechanical feedback training

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

Advances in Organic Synthetic Chemistry, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jose Antonio Gonzalez Delgado

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced organic synthesis; new synthetic methodologies; sustainable processes; (bio)functional compounds; green synthetic chemistry

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

Advanced and Smart Manufacturing Processes and Machine Tool Technologies: 2nd Edition

edited by

Michał Gdula

,

Lucia Knapčíková

and

Jozef Husar

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision machining; difficult-to-cut materials; multi-axis milling; tool wear; industrial engineering; Industry 5.0; composites; manufacturing engineering; engineering management; smart manufacturing systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Plasma Physics, Diagnostics, and Technology

edited by Earl E. Scíme, Chishung Yip and Lei Chang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: plasma dynamics; plasma diagnostics; plasma-surface interactions; plasma sources; plasma waves; plasma sheaths; electron energy distribution functions; laser-aided plasma diagnostics; langmuir probes; RF plasmas

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

Recent Trends and Advanced Technologies in E-Learning

edited by José Carlos López-Ardao

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-learning; educational technology; gamification; flipped classroom; artificial intelligence in education; automated assessment; learning analytics; adaptive learning; virtual and augmented reality; intelligent tutoring systems

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

Recent Advances in Digital Dentistry and Oral Implantology, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mario Taba, Jr.

,

Erick Ricardo Silva

and Ester Alves Ferreira Bordini

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital workflow; dental implants; implantology; treatment plan

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

Advances in Sports Science and Biomechanics: 2nd Edition

edited by Fotini Arabatzi

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 27 | 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)

5th Anniversary of the Section ‘Ecology Science and Engineering’ — Advances in Forest Ecosystem Restoration

edited by

Dinca Lucian

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable forest management; biodiversity conservation; climate change adaptation; reforestation; ecosystem resilience; forest degradation; nature-based solutions

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

Advances in Life Cycle Assessment for Mining and Civil Infrastructure

edited by Yuanzhe Li

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: life cycle assessment (LCA); mining infrastructure; civil infrastructure; circular economy; embodied carbon; sustainability assessment; industrial ecology; infrastructure resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advancing Bioremediation Technologies for Emerging Micropollutants: 2nd Edition

edited by

Maria João Rodrigues

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 8 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental biotechnology; micropollutant bioaccumulation; bioremediation technologies; advanced water purification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Intelligent Robots and Autonomous Vehicle in Mining Engineering

edited by Jianjian Yang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent robots; autonomous mining vehicles; mining engineering; fault diagnosis; multi-sensor fusion; autonomous navigation; deep learning; digital twin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Advances in Fiber Lasers and Their Applications

edited by

Haitao Zhang

submission deadline 21 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1279 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-power; high-energy fiber lasers; ultrafast fiber lasers; spectral/coherent beam combination; beam shaping; laser plasma; laser applications

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

Data Science and Medical Informatics

edited by

Junchang Xin

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3469 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science; machine learning; statistical modeling; predictive analytics; optimization; medical informatics; natural language processing; decision support; explainable AI

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

The Internet of Things (IoT) and Its Application in Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Cristina Stolojescu-Crisan

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 579 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; intelligent systems; smart homes; smart cities; healthcare monitoring

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

Advanced Analysis and Technology in Fire Science and Engineering - 2nd Edition

edited by

Cheol-Hong Hwang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17234 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire chemistry and physics; fire dynamics; measurement in fire environments; fire detection and suppression system; fire safety design and management; assessment of fire risk; fire investigation

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

Advancements in Natural Language Processing, Semantic Networks, and Sentiment Analysis: 2nd Edition

edited by Silvia García-Méndez, Enrique Costa-Montenegro and Francisco De Arriba-Pérez

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9201 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; emotion detection; large language models; machine learning; natural language processing; pre-trained language models; semantics and pragmatics; sentiment analysis

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

Biological Control and Pesticides in Agriculture: Current Status and Applications

edited by

Magdalena Dziagwa-Becker

and

Marta Oleszek

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7909 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticides; plant protection products; herbicides; pests; biological agent; integrated pest management; biopesticides; low-risk pesticides; environmental risk assessment; biological control; sustainability

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

Application of Deep Learning in Speech Enhancement Technology

edited by

Lin Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6746 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; explainable AI; microphone array; multi-modal speech processing; noise reduction; speech enhancement

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

Advances in Anti-Inflammatory and Chemopreventive Effects of Phytochemicals

edited by

Anna Ofrydopoulou

,

Alexandros Tsoupras

and Eleni Evgenidou

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5187 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; cancer prevention; signaling pathways; therapeutic targets; phytochemicals; clinical trials; natural bioactives; anti-tumor; anti-inflammatory; antioxidant; anti-metastatic; anti-neoplastic; in vitro; in vivo; synergistic effects; immune system

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

Advances in Environmental Monitoring and Radiation Protection

edited by

Ileana Radulescu

and Alina Catrinel Ion

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5044 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; radiation protection; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Autonomous Marine Vehicles (AMVs): Emerging Technologies and Applications

edited by

Meiqin Liu

and

Shanling Dong

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4422 | Submission Open

Keywords: path planning; localization; fault diagnosis; optimization; hardware design; navigation; security; control; intelligent learning; analysis and applications

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

Interdisciplinary Approaches and Applications of Optics & Photonics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Manuel Filipe Pereira da Cunha Martins Costa

and

Sandra Franco

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4001 | Submission Open

Keywords: optics; photonics; and nano-photonics; plasmonics; theoretical optics and quantum and nonlinear optics; optical communications and sensors; optical fibers and applications; biophotonics and biomedical and medical applications of optics and photonics; ultrafast lasers and ultrafast optics; power lasers; optical metrology; image processing; and industrial applications; optometry; ophthalmic optics; and color and visual sciences; optoelectronics; microwave photonics; photonics and optical instrumentation for space and astronomy; optics and photonics for smart mobility and smart cities

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

Exploration Geophysics and Seismic Surveying

edited by

Guoxin Chen

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3523 | Submission Open

Keywords: exploration geophysics; seismic surveying; seismic wave inversion; reverse time migration; AI/ML in geophysics; subsurface imaging; marine seismic exploration; full waveform inversion; geophysical data processing; seismic modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Disaster Prevention and Control of Underground and Tunnel Engineering

edited by Nengxiong Xu and

Yan Qin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3496 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground space development; underground energy storage facility; poor geological conditions underground; conventional energy extraction; unconventional energy extraction; geotechnical problems; engineering geological issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Exposure Pathways and Health Implications of Environmental Chemicals, 2nd Edition

edited by

Ronald A. Glabonjat

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3223 | 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 Environmental Sciences)

Non-Destructive Techniques for Heritage Conservation

edited by Amélia Dionísio and

Graça Vasconcelos

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3155 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive techniques (NDT); heritage conservation; material diagnosis; structural diagnosis; materials and structures data; preservation strategies

Advances in Intelligent Decision-Making Systems

edited by Jiajia Zhang, Shuhan Qi and

Grigorios Beligiannis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2215 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; decision-making; imperfect-information games; opponent modeling; real-time adaptation strategies; machine learning; reinforcement learning

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

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Quality Assessment

edited by

Luciana Maria Baptista Ventura

and

Márcio de Almeida D'Agosto

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1767 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 emissions; GHG; atmospheric emissions; air quality; climate change; atmospheric pollution; environmental impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Advances in AC/DC Distribution Systems with High-Penetration of Renewable Energy—2nd Edition

edited by

Qian Xiao

,

Yu Jin

and Wenbiao Lu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1278 | Submission Open

Keywords: AC/DC distribution systems; renewable energy; operation flexibility

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

New Technologies for Immunotherapy

edited by

Rafael Cardoso Maciel Costa Silva

, Danielle Aparecida Sousa Rodrigues and

Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1213 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunotherapy; manipulation of immune responses; inflammatory damage

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

Rock Mechanics in Geology

edited by

Chaoyi Sun

, He Liu and Kaizong Xia

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1088 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; rock mass characterization; stability analysis; failure mechanisms; risk assessment; numerical modeling; experimental testing; slope engineering; deep mining; underground excavations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Recent Advances in Hydrogeology

edited by

Magdalena Worsa-Kozak

,

Krzysztof Chudy

and

Dominika Dabrowska

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1074 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoinfromatics; remote sensing; emerging pollutants; IoT; AI; hydrogeological data analytics; groundwater; urban water; mine water; water monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

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