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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic and all Special Issue submissions follow MDPI's standard editorial process. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated Editorial Board Member will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies and Guest Editor responsibilities can be found here. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Wave Loads on Offshore Structure
edited by Piguang Wang and
submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12833 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Models and Simulations of Ship Manoeuvring
edited by
submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8094 | Submission Open
Keywords: ship manoeuvring; guidance navigation and control systems; ship model tests; ship full-scale trials; maritime autonomous vessels; path-following; navigation systems; autopilot; berthing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
New Biomonitoring Methodologies for Key Coastal and Estuary Species and Habitats
edited by , and Luis Machado
submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7347 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal and estuarine habitats; ecosystem assessment health; global change; key species; DNA-based tools; remote sensing; machine learning algorithms; acoustic assessments; photographic assessments; biosurveillance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)
Wave Hydrodynamics in Coastal Areas submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 635 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind-generated surface gravity waves; ocean wave measurements; wave climate variability; probabilistic wave analysis and modeling; time-frequency analysis of waves; numerical wave modelling; extreme wave events; wave prediction; wave propagation simulation; wave-driven coastal processes; wave energy resource assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)
Wave Excitation Loads and Structural Assessment in Maritime and Offshore Engineering submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open
Keywords: wave– structure interaction; hydrodynamic loads; structural assessment; fatigue and fracture; maritime and offshore engineering; marine and offshore structures; computational modeling and experimental validation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Sustainable and Efficient Maritime Operations
edited by and Jun Ye
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15142 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable maritime industry; digitalization in maritime operations; green shipping technologies; low-carbon shipping; smart ports; AI in maritime logistics; autonomous shipping; maritime network optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Theory, Method and Engineering Application of Computational Mechanics in Offshore Structures II
edited by , , , and Zhixun Yang
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14642 | Submission Open
Keywords: offshore oil engineering; subsea production system; offshore platform; marine risers and pipelines; intelligent design and manufacture of marine equipment; structural safety and reliability; intelligent monitoring and operation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)
Development and Utilization of Offshore Renewable Energy submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13963 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; ocean energy; marine technology; wave energy; tidal energy; offshore wind; floating photovoltaics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)
Safety Evaluation and Protection in Deep-Sea Resource Exploitation
edited by and Yexuan Ma
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2880 | Submission Open
Keywords: prediction of extreme environmental loads; dynamics of marine structures in extreme conditions; marine structural safety design theory; fatigue damage of marine structures; risk and reliability of marine structures; health monitoring of marine structures; vibration control of marine structures; development of protective equipment technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Particle Capture, Bioenergetics, and Ecological Role of Filter-Feeding Marine Invertebrates
edited by and Florian Lüskow
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2405 | Submission Open
Keywords: filter feeding in marine invertebrates (planktonic and benthic species); bioenergetics (food uptake; assimilation; respiration; and energy budgets); biological filter pumps (design; function; and energy cost); particle capture (mechanisms and retention efficiency); population grazing impact of filter feeders; predation impact of jellyfish
Research and Development of Green Ship Energy
edited by
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1100 | Submission Open
Keywords: maritime sector decarbonization; zero-emission vessels; hybrid propulsion systems; fuel cell technologies; hydrogen and hydrogen carriers; zero-carbon fuels; on-board feasibility installation assessment; powertrains modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Advances in Sedimentology and Coastal and Marine Geology, 3rd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 495 | Submission Open
Keywords: morpho-bathymetry; facies analysis; volcano-tectonic processes; caldera uplift; bradyseism; gas emissions and earthquakes; stratigraphic architecture of continental margins; tectonic and eustatic controls on stratigraphic sequences; submarine canyons
(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)
Dynamics and Ecological Function of Marine Microbial Communities
edited by , Chunxiang Ai, and Xin Liu
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine microbial ecology; microbial community dynamics; microbial community functioning; marine biogeochemical cycling; mariculture microbiology; marine biocorrosion; microbial bioremediation; microbial engineering; microbial geoengineering; effects of climate change on microbiology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)
Biodiversity and Population Ecology of Marine Invertebrates submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16054 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity hotspots; population dynamics; ecological interactions; habitat diversity; biogeography; environmental impact; ecosystem engineers; biodiversity indices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)
Theories and Techniques in Intelligent Digital Twins in Marine Science and Engineering
edited by , , Shu Zhang and Hongjie Ma
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11059 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twin; 3D reconstruction; intelligent computing; ocean data; underwater intelligence; multi-modal data; deep learning; visual computing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Advances in Wireless Communication Technology in Oceanic Turbulence
edited by
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3721 | Submission Open
Keywords: underwater optical wireless communications; oceanic turbulence; partially coherent beam; vortex beam; structured light; OAM; BER; outage probability; beam propagation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
New Trends in Engineering and Operational Research on Container Supply Chain Management for Resilience, Digitalization, Intelligence and Sustainability
edited by Hongtao Hu, , Yiwei Wu and Shuai Jia
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3704 | Submission Open
Keywords: container logistics; maritime shipping; sustainable supply chain; emerging technologies; disruptions and emergencies; operations and management; mathematical programming; combinatorial optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Machine Learning in Coastal Engineering submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1523 | Submission Open
Keywords: wave field prediction; sea level variations; morphological changes; supervised and unsupervised learning; machine learning; coastal engineering; data-driven models; artificial neural networks (ANNs); support vector machines (SVMs); Bayesian networks (BNs); decision trees (DTs); wave prediction; water level fluctuation; morphology change; sediment transport; coastal erosion; model validation; multidisciplinary studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)
Offshore Pipes and Energy Equipment submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 492 | Submission Open
Keywords: pipe integrity; offshore platform; storage and transportation equipment; oil and gas extraction equipment; offshore power generation; hydrogen production from seawater; offshore photovoltaics; clean energy equipment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Marine Propulsion Systems: Hydrodynamics, Numerical Simulation, and Intelligent Control
edited by Gregory Grigoropoulos
submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine propulsion; hydrodynamics; optimization; operational efficiency; novel propulsion systems; electrical propulsion; numerical simulation; intelligent control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Marine Fuel Cell Technology: Latest Advances and Prospects
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6540 | Submission Open
Keywords: design and optimization of maritime fuel cell system; impact of the marine environment on marine fuel cells; fuel cell materials and catalysts; fuel cell system integration and testing; life cycle assessment; energy management; PEMFC; SOFC
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Abundance and Diversity of the Sea Fish Community
edited by
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6365 | Submission Open
Keywords: feeding; migrations; spawning; hydroacoustic; tagging; underwater observations; captive and wild fish
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)
Development of Theories and Systems in Underwater Communications and Networks
edited by Jiang Zhu, Lei Wan and
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6364 | Submission Open
Keywords: underwater communications; underwater networks; mud pulse telemetry; development of underwater information systems; experimental results
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Underwater Robots
edited by Qinghua Jiang and Dong Zhang
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3104 | Submission Open
Keywords: design and optimization methods; new-concept and multimodal underwater robots; trans-media vehicles; robots with biomimetic propulsion; hydrodynamics; future perspectives related to underwater robots
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Ship Performance and Emission Prediction submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1277 | Submission Open
Keywords: ship performance and efficiency; alternative fuels and propulsion arrangements; ship’ s emission assessment and indicators; sustainable shipping; energy saving technologies; emission prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs): Technology, Applications and Regulatory Landscapes
edited by Antonio Carlos Fernandes and Joel Sena Sales Junior
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1115 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned surface vessel; autonomous surface vessel; autonomous vehicle; unmanned vehicle; maritime autonomy; maritime vehicles; autonomous navigation; intelligent control; unmanned system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Bioprospecting for Marine Organisms: From Genes to Compounds submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine organisms; bioprospecting; secondary metabolites; marine compounds; gene pathways; transcriptomes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)
Ocean Internal Waves and Circulation Dynamics in Climate Change
edited by
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5049 | Submission Open
Keywords: internal wave; circulation/eddy; mixing; observation or modeling; case studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)
Marine Modelling and Environmental Statistics in Honor of Professor Keith Thompson
edited by , Harold Ritchie, , Natacha B. Bernier and Michael Dowd
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4782 | Submission Open
Keywords: numerical modelling; data assimilation; environmental statistics; oceanography; prediction; predictability; extreme marine conditions; Madden– Julian Oscillation; atmospheric dynamics; ocean dynamics; coastal waters; tide– surge interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)
Marine Equipment Intelligent Fault Diagnosis
edited by Luis F. Mendonça, and
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1823 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; fault diagnosis; deep learning; digital twins; equipment monitoring; radio navigation; AIS; meteodata
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Advances in Marine Geotechnical Engineering and Disaster Prevention Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine geotechnical engineering; disaster prevention engineering; soil– structure interaction; multi-hazard risk assessment; fluid– structure interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Ocean Observations, Second Edition
edited by Chung-Ru Ho
submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean observation; maritime safety; marine engineering; maritime planning; maritime construction; ocean observation instruments and technology; battery capacity; data storage; ocean energy; ocean observation systems; ocean observation results; ocean observation applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Parasitology of Marine Animals submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open
Keywords: parasite diversity; taxonomy; evolution; life cycles; pathology; ecology; host– parasite interactions; aquaculture; diagnostics; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)
Recent Advances in Marine Bioacoustics
edited by Valentina Zaffaroni-Caorsi, and
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14310 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioacoustics; soundscape; marine; underwater; anthropogenic; conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)
Sediment Geochemical Proxys and Processes in Paleomarine Ecosystems
edited by
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3206 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine sediments; inorganic proxies; organic proxies; biomarkers; paleoproductivity; provenance; isotopes; redox; sea surface temperature (SST)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)
Underwater Acoustic Field Modulation Technology
edited by Bin Wang
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2564 | Submission Open
Keywords: sound cloaks; acoustic gradient materials; materials with special acoustic parameters; the topology of special acoustic parameters; multi-mode materials; acoustic coding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Advances in the Decision-Making and Control of Autonomous Marine Vehicles
edited by , Oleg Yakimenko and Somaiyeh MahmoudZadeh
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous marine vehicles; autonomous underwater vehicles; autonomous surface vehicles; intelligent control; marine robotics; path planning; decision-making; AI for marine systems; multi-agent coordination; resilient autonomy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Coral Reefs in a Changing World: Disturbance, Recovery, and Resilience submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open
Keywords: coral reefs; disturbance ecology; ecosystem resilience; climate change; reef recovery; marine biodiversity; anthropogenic stressors; benthic community dynamics; thermal stress; reef degradation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)
Hydrodynamic Response to the Effect of Current Loads on Floating Offshore Platform submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16261 | Submission Open
Keywords: theoretical model for floating offshore platforms; interconnected floating platforms under current loads; hydroelastic response of floating offshore platforms; experiments on floating platforms; dynamics of moored platforms; interconnected circular floating platforms; offshore wind turbine platforms; offshore aquaculture bases; effect of seabed topography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Modelling Techniques for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
edited by and Petter Andreas Berthelsen
submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15090 | Submission Open
Keywords: floating offshore wind turbine; numerical modelling; experimental modelling; fully coupled dynamics; wave– structure hydrodynamics; aero-elastic dynamics; control strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Co-Optimization of Fuel, Engine and After-Treatment Towards the IMO 2050 Target
edited by and Xinyi Zhou
submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7232 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine engine; IMO net-zero target; alternative fuels; ammonia; methanol; bio-fuel; combustion; pollutant emissions; aftertreatment; onboard carbon capture; utilization and storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Advances in Coastal Dune and Aeolian Processes Research
edited by , Nicholas Cohn and
submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 633 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal dune morphodynamics; aeolian processes and sediment transport; coupled marine– aeolian interactions; biotic– abiotic interactions; spatial distribution of dune vegetation; plant functional traits; process-based numerical modeling; remote sensing and monitoring; dune restoration ecology; the impacts of climate change and biological plant invasion on dune ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)
Advanced Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Methods in Marine Renewable Energy
edited by Mehdi Neshat and
submission deadline 5 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine renewable energy; machine learning; deep learning; wave and tidal energy; offshore wind power; energy forecasting; computational intelligence; optimization and control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Monitoring and Evaluation of Marine Engineering Equipment and Structures
edited by , and Yi Huang
submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12504 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; digital twin; structural maintenance; modal identification; structural dynamic analysis; model correction; load and response identification; life extension evaluation; fatigue analysis and fracture mechanics; smart materials and structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Advancing Marine Sustainability: Alternative Fuels and Decarbonizing Technologies for a Low-Carbon Future submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6285 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine renewable energy; alternative fuels; energy efficiency; environmental assessment; life cycle analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)
Storm Tide and Wave Simulations and Assessment, 3rd Edition submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3593 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; numerical modeling; statistical analysis; artificial intelligence; extreme marine weather; coastal morphology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)
Underwater Acoustics: Advances in Modelling, Measurement, and Technological Applications submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1669 | Submission Open
Keywords: underwater soundscapes; modelling; environmental impact; underwater GPS; acoustic pollution; DAS; real-time monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Emerging Topics in Intelligent Technology for Maritime Autonomous Systems
edited by Jin Liu, and
submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 569 | Submission Open
Keywords: maritime autonomous systems; autonomous agents; autonomous ships; intelligent decision-making; human– computer interactions; energy-efficient systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
Cutting-Edge Technologies in Offshore Wind Energy
edited by
submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open
Keywords: floating wind turbines; smart grid integration; aerodynamic optimizations; deep-water infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)
Hydroelastic Behaviour of Floating Offshore Structures submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21569 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydroelastic of moored structures; circular floating structure; oil-storage tank; mooring lines with hinges; offshore wind turbine; elastic floaters with fish cage; floating platform
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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