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Novel Biomaterials and Biotechnology for Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering

edited by

Daniel Komatsu

Eliana Aparecida de Rezende Duek

and Moema Hausen

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: tissue engineering; wound healing; biomaterials; smart wound dressings; stimuli-responsive systems; drug delivery; regenerative medicine; additive manufacturing

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

Sustainable and Intelligent Applications of Additive Manufacturing

edited by

Tosin S. Famakinwa

and Anil Ravindran

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI & data-driven manufacturing; sustainable & circular manufacturing; materials & process innovation; biomedical & healthcare applications; IoT & smart systems integration; industrial & infrastructure applications; standards; security & digital manufacturing

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

Aircraft Aerodynamic Design and Analysis

edited by

Mauro Minervino

and Domenico Quagliarella

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerodynamics; CFD; shape optimisation; drag; drag decomposition

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

New Insights into Physical Therapy, 2nd Edition

edited by

Patsaki Irini

and

George A. Koumantakis

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical rehabilitation; new technologies; virtual reality; augmented reality; telerehabilitation; clinical pilates; blood flow restriction; manual therapy; motor imagery; electrophysical modalities; therapeutic exercises; neurology; musculoskeletal; geriatric; respiratory; acute illness; cardiovascular

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

Next Generation Assistive Sensor Technologies: From the Quantified Self to the Agentic Self

edited by

Ilyas Potamitis

submission deadline 21 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: agentic AI; voice agents; neuromorphic computing; liquid neural networks; embedded systems and wearables for elders; digital twins; synthetic data generation; energy harvesting; retrieval-augmented generation; ambient assisted living

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

Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Understanding in Natural Language Processing

edited by

Wajahat Ali Khan

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21329 | Submission Open

Keywords: knowledge graphs; NLP; semantics; embeddings; LLMs

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

Novel Approaches for Cybersecurity and Cyber Defense

edited by

Stefania Loredana Nita

and Ion Bica

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6862 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; cyber defense; threat detection; secure architectures; privacy-preserving technologies; blockchain security; AI in cybersecurity; zero trust; post-quantum cryptography; critical infrastructure protection

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

Advances in Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Resilience

edited by Konstantinos A. Kapasakalis

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4687 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic retrofitting; seismic-resilient design; performance-based design; risk mitigation; structural health monitoring; vibration control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Technologies for Power Systems—from Power Electronics to Smart Grid Optimization

edited by

Federico Barrero

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2292 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electric systems; energy loss reduction; machine learning; renewable integration; fault detection; artificial intelligence approach; energy optimization

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

Application for Solar Energy Conversion and Photovoltaic Technology

edited by

Bogdan-Gabriel Burduhos

and

Macedon Moldovan

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1210 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy conversion; photovoltaic technology in the built environment; PV device stability; scalable PV manufacturing; sustainable solar energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Structural Wind Engineering: Latest Advances and Applications

edited by

Bowen Yan

, Yangjin Yuan and Jiaxin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1061 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural wind engineering; wind– structure interaction; urban building clusters; wind energy structures; advance wind engineering technique

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Development and Application of Perception Sensors

edited by

Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico

and

Wendy Flores-Fuentes

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 917 | Submission Open

Keywords: perception sensors; sensor fusion; multi-sensor system; sensor data communication

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

State-of-the-Art Agricultural Science and Technology in China: 2nd Edition

edited by

Encai Bao

and

Xiumin Wang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop production; crop protection; food sciences and food technology; agricultural statistics; bioinformatics; farm structure; farm power and machinery; irrigation and drainage; engineering of land and water resources; aquaculture and fisheries; renewable energy; agro-industrial engineering; horticultural and greenhouse engineering; pre- and post-harvest engineering; environment and agricultural information technology

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

Innovations in Power Electronics for Lighting and Smart Grid Applications

edited by Pedro S. Almeida and Edilson Mineiro Sa Junior

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics for lighting and smart grids; smart grid power conversion; LED and OLED drivers; digital control techniques for lighting and smart grids; advanced control methods in power electronics; grid-interactive lighting systems; GaN and SiC power semiconductors for high-efficiency conversion; wireless power transfer; renewable energy integration; energy storage and grid stabilization; demand-side management; power quality and emi mitigation

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

Microbial-Driven Materials and Environmental Processes: Mechanisms, Properties and Regulation

edited by

Jaunius Urbonavičius

and

Saloua Biyada

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: microbial biopolymers; microbial metabolic pathways; regulation of microbial production mechanisms; sustainable materials; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Laser Technologies in Modern Dentistry

edited by Luciane H Azevedo and

Patrícia Moreira De Freitas

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: laser dentistry; diode laser; Er:YAG laser; Nd:YAG laser; CO2 laser; photobiomodulation; minimally invasive dentistry; oral surgery; periodontal therapy; tissue healing; dental technology

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

Emerging Research in Behavioral Neuroscience and in Neurorehabilitation

edited by

Sofia Lampropoulou

, Maria Kyriakidou,

Lucia Billeci

and

Ehud Ahissar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12004 | Submission Open

Keywords: motor control; cognition; brain-imaging techniques; physical performance; therapeutic exercise; behavior; brain; neurorehabilitation; neuroscience; neonatology; transcranial magnetic stimulation; bioengineering; new rehabilitative technologies

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

Technical Advances in Combustion Engines: Efficiency, Power and Fuels

edited by

Denys Baranovskyi

and

Jose Ramon Serrano

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3887 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

Novel Advances in Food Microbiology

edited by

Dorota Grabek-Lejko

and Małgorzata Kus-Lis̈kiewicz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: food microbiology; microorganisms; preservation; storage; fermentation; food packaging; food safety

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

Advanced and Sustainable Technology for Mining Engineering

edited by Martyna Konieczna-Fuławka and

Mirosław Bajda

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining engineering; sustainable mining; energy-efficient mining

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

Power Electronics and Energy Storages for Automotive Industry

edited by

Levon Gevorkov

and

Olena Rubanenko

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics; energy storage; electric vehicles (EVs); automotive industry; vehicle-to-grid (V2G); batteries; wide bandgap semiconductors; thermal management

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

Novel Technologies in Radiology: Diagnosis, Prediction and Treatment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Youfang Lai

and Yuting Peng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; imaging guidance; PET; molecular imaging; imaging-based biomarkers

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

Research on Soil Heavy Metal Pollution

edited by

María Cecilia Valles-Aragón

and Hiram A. Castillo-Michel

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 15 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil heavy metal pollution; heavy metal mobility and bioavailability; geochemical processes in soils; soil contamination modeling; soil contamination mapping; anthropogenic sources of heavy metals; environmental risk assessment; soil remediation; sustainable soil management

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

New Insights into Power Systems, 2nd Edition

edited by Zhaoyuan Wu and

Xiaolin Wang

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1156 | Submission Open

Keywords: electricity market; energy policy; new-type power system operation and planning; low-carbon transition

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

Advances in Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Spintronics, and Optoelectronics

edited by

José Holanda Da Silva Júnior

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 580 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetism; spintronics; optoelectronics; spin– optotronic phenomena; magneto-optical effects; spin phenomena

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

Research on Processing and Properties of Ceramic Matrix Composites

edited by

Luis Pérez Villarejo

and Miguel Ángel Gómez-Casero

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 247 | Submission Open

Keywords: ceramic matrix composites (CMCs); composite processing techniques; mechanical properties; nanoreinforced ceramics; additive manufacturing of CMCs; interfacial engineering; aerospace applications

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

Fuzzy Control Systems: Latest Advances and Prospects, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yiming Tang

and Guohua Wu

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuzzy control; fuzzy reasoning; fuzzy sets; collaborative computing; machine learning; affective computing; image processing; granular computing

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

High-Quality Lights and Lighting Systems: Parametrization, Design and Optimization

edited by

Irena Fryc

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12158 | Submission Open

Keywords: lighting; non-visual effects; light pollution; color quality; photometry

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

Biodiesel Production: Current Status and Perspectives

edited by Renata N. Vilas Bôas, Larissa Rauber Duarte and Marisa Mendes

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4045 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiesel; enzymatic catalysis; fatty acid esters; heterogeneous catalysis; lipases

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

Power System Protection: Current and Future Perspectives

edited by

Shuo Zhang

Guibin Zou

and

Xiuyan Wei

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3457 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault detection; transmission line protection; transformer protection; smart grid; HVDC transmission; renewable energy integration; microgrid protection

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

New Challenges into Pharmacology

edited by

Ion Brinza

and

Simona Oancea

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1145 | Submission Open

Keywords: oxidative stress; mitochondrial dysfunction; neuropharmacology; immunopharmacology; drug discovery; bioactive compounds; personalized medicine; cognitive impairment; pharmacokinetics; redox signaling; plant-based therapeutics; data-driven pharmacology; biostatistics; metabolic disorders; translational pharmacology; systems pharmacology; senescence; nutraceuticals; polyphenols; pharmacodynamics

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

Geotechnical Engineering and Infrastructure Construction, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xinzhuang Cui

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 955 | Submission Open

Keywords: traffic geotechnical engineering; intelligent construction; subgrade engineering; solid waste resource utilization; railway

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Sustainable Concrete Materials and Resilient Structures, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jiping Bai

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 646 | Submission Open

Keywords: constituent materials; concrete properties and testing; processing; concrete structural analysis and design; structural health monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

New Trends and Applications of High-Performance Computing

edited by Jianbin Fang and

Zheng Wang

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-performance computing; architectures; parallel programming; scalable algorithms; software frameworks/tools; applications of high-performance computing systems

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

The Advances and Applications of Smart Computing and Big Data Analysis

edited by

Leonidas Theodorakopoulos

and

Konstantinos Gkillas

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data analytics; machine learning; scalable learning and inference; distributed computing; streaming analytics; federated learning; edge– cloud computing; privacy-preserving analytics; applications in digital marketing; tourism and education

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

Digital Innovations in Healthcare—2nd Edition

edited by

Jia-Lien Hsu

and

Rui Araújo

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: healthcare AI; machine learning; disease diagnosis; medical NLP; digital health solutions.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Decision Support Systems for Well-Being: Multisensory, Cognitive and Autonomic Perspectives

edited by

Yuko Ohno

and Mitsuo Tonoike

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: “ sense– infer– decide– act” closed-loop system; enhancing individual well-being; multi-sensory; vibrotactile stimulation; decision support system; physiological indices

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

Molecular Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Therapeutics of Neurodegenerative Diseases—2nd Edition

edited by

Sarmistha Mitra

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; ageing; neurodegeneration hallmarks; protein misfolding and aggregates; molecular diagnosis; therapeutic management; small molecule and drug design; complementary and alternative medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advanced Automotive Technologies and Sustainable Road Transport: Real-World Emissions, Electrification, Energy Modeling, and Data-Driven Mobility

edited by

Maksymilian Mądziel

and

Tiziana Campisi

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transport; automotive innovation; real-world emissions; electric vehicles; PHEV; energy modeling; machine learning; traffic microsimulation; decarbonization; smart mobility

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

Intelligent Technologies for Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis in Industrial Systems

edited by

Acácio M. R. Amaral

Jorge Bernardino

and

Filipe Sá

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open

Keywords: industry 4.0; industrial IoT (IIoT); edge computing; cloud computing; signal processing; artificial intelligence (AI); fault diagnosis; multisensor data fusion; predictive maintenance; reliability

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

Optical Technology in Dentistry

edited by

Maria Tejada-Casado

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1186 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital dentistry; color science in dentistry; hyperspectral imaging; light– tissue interactions; digital shade matching; non-invasive dental imaging; dental material characterization; optical properties of dental tissues

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

Breakthrough Research in Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Ntaote David Shooto

and

Patience Thabede

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

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

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

From Space to Society: Advances in Applied Radiation Dosimetry

edited by

Beatrice D'Orsi

and

Alessia Embriaco

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation dosimetry; medical applications; radiobiology; radioprotection; space radiation; cultural heritage applications

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

Advanced Sustainable Concrete Technologies: Materials, Digital Monitoring, and Durability

edited by

María Isabel Prieto Barrio

and

Ángel Rodríguez Saiz

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: concrete; sustainability; durability; decarbonization; cement; waste; recycling; low carbon; monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advancements in Digital Signal Processing: Emerging Applications and Optimized Implementations

edited by

Doru Florin Chiper

submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1194 | Submission Open

Keywords: VLSI signal processing; signal processing methods; efficient implementation; multimedia blocks; low power circuits and systems; efficient adaptive algorithms; learning algorithms; efficient decomposition methods; low-rank approximations; sparsity exploitation

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

Application of Information Systems: Second Edition

edited by

Frederico Branco

, José Luís Bandeira Martins and Henrique São Mamede

submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: real-time information systems; AIOps and generative AI; cybersecurity and zero-trust; blockchain and transparency; internet of things and big data; digital sustainability (green IT); data governance

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

New Insights in Functional Foods and Their Health Effects

edited by

Katarzyna Lisiecka

Monika Karaś

and

Małgorzata Sierocka

submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional foods; bioactive compounds; food fortification; food processing; food formulation; chronic disease prevention; food design

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

Recent Advances in Land Use and Spatial Planning in Urban and Rural Areas: 2nd Edition

edited by

Agnieszka Bieda

and

Monika Balawejder

submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; spatial planning; land management; land consolidation; sustainable development; spatial development; 3D spatial planning; landscape protection; development of agricultural land; administrative and legal procedures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Advances and Applications of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), 3rd Edition

edited by

Joon Ahn

submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: turbulence simulation; multiphase flow; combustion and reacting flow; aero-acoustics; fluid– structure interactions; optimization; data science and AI; industrial applications

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

Development and Applications of Nanomaterials in Catalysis

edited by Rocío Redón

submission deadline 20 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanocatalysis; synthesis; applicatios; homo-; hetero- or green catalysis

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

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