Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Advances in Marine Gas Hydrate Exploration and Discovery—2nd Edition

edited by

Wei Zhang

,

Pibo Su

, Jiliang Wang and Qianyong Liang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5626 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas hydrate system; resource evaluation and prediction; accumulation mechanism; environmental monitoring and evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Alien Species

edited by

Alan Deidun

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1329 | Submission Open

Keywords: invasive alien species (IAS); non-indigenous species; non-native species; alien species; biogeographical shifts; introduction pathways; environmental management measures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Coastal Wetland Management, Restoration and Conservation

edited by

Jonathan Dale

and Heidi M. Burgess

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1085 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal wetlands; coastal and estuarine geomorphology; coastal and estuarine management and engineering; coastal wetland ecology; coastal and estuarine processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Environmental Science)

Ship Manoeuvring and Control

edited by

Weiwei Bai

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive control of marine ships; intelligent ships; ship motion identification and modeling; ship motion control; ship manoeuvring; ship control; ship navigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Maritime Ports Energy Infrastructure

edited by

Emmanuel Daniel

and

Seyedvahid Vakili

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: digitalisation; energy hub; energy infrastructure; green and smart ports; maritime ports; renewable energy; sustainable ports infrastructure; sustainable shipping; zero and near-zero fuels; zero and near-zero technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit

edited by Roohollah Babaei Mahani and Sirous Yasseri

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15600 | Submission Open

Keywords: jack-up; semi-submersible; drill ship; marine corrosion; life extension; risk; reliability; and safety; new designs; operation; water depth and drilling depth; MODU management; laws and regulations; transport of MODUs; past accidents; lessons learned; and prevention of incidents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Novelties in Marine Propulsion

edited by

Andrea Magrini

,

Nastia Degiuli

and

Filippo Avanzi

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5857 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine propulsion; hydrodynamic and propulsive modelling; turbomachinery; sustainable mobility; experimental methods; numerical analyses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

The Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in a Marine Context - Edition II

edited by

Fausto Pedro García Márquez

and

Marco Cococcioni

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4561 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; marine science; ecological modelling; ecological niche modelling; digital twins of the ocean; fisheries models; data mining; big data; open science

Remote Sensing for Maritime Monitoring and Ship Surveillance

edited by

Bingxin Liu

and

Ying Li

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3633 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine pollution monitoring; ship detection; maritime traffic situation awareness; smart navigation; multi-source remote sensing; remotely sensed image process and analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Monitoring Coastal Systems and Improving Climate Change Resilience

edited by

Veljko Srzić

and

Luigi Tosi

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1100 | Submission Open

Keywords: monitoring; coastal systems; climate change; aquifer salinization; groundwater; surface water; deltas; relative sea-level rise; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Applications to Estuarine-Coastal-Marine Environments

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine science; remote sensing big data; AI; ocean– atmosphere interaction; coastal resilience and disaster; engineering and infrastructure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Design, Modeling, and Development of Marine Renewable Energy Devices

edited by

Irene Simonetti

and

Lorenzo Cappietti

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4915 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine renewables; device development; design optimisation; multipurpose structures; laboratory tests; numerical modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Advancements in Deep-Sea Equipment and Technology, 3rd Edition

edited by

Weicheng Cui

,

Daqi Zhu

and

Jian Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5290 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep-sea equipment; submersible; glider; autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV); remotely operated vehicle (ROV); human-occupied vehicle (HOV); autonomous and remotely operated vehicle (ARV); robotic fish; fish schooling; underwater charging; ocean-based renewable energy; ocean monitoring and observing system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

The 10th Anniversary of Section “Marine Biology”—Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

edited by

Juan José Alava

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2509 | Submission Open

Keywords: blue economy; bycatch and entanglements; climate change; computer simulation; ecotoxicological risk assessment; equitable interventions; fisheries science and management; marine biodiversity; food web bioaccumulation modeling; Indigenous knowledge and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK); marine ecology; marine pathogens; marine technologies; ghost nets; deep-sea mining; metals; mercury; marine mammals; marine radioecology; microplastics; ocean equity; ocean health; ocean soundscape; ocean pollution solutions; offshore wind turbines; persistent organic pollutants (POPs); plastic pollution impacts; renewable energy; seabirds; sea turtles; sharks; solar energy; sustainable development goals (SDGs); sustainable oceans; underwater noise; illegal; unreported; and unregulated fishing (IUU); wave energy; wind farm impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Sediment Dynamics in Artificial Nourishments—2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Daniel Borges Coelho

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1599 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal erosion; coastal management; littoral drift; longshore and cross-shore sediment transport; coastal interventions; monitoring; numerical modeling; laboratory works; hydrodynamics; environmental impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

The 10th Anniversary of Section Ocean Engineering—Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

edited by

M. Dolores Esteban

,

Decheng Wan

,

José-Santos López-Gutiérrez

,

Vicente Negro

and

Maria Graça Neves

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1240 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean engineering; offshore structures; marine renewable energy; hydrodynamics; sustainable infrastructure; digital twins; artificial intelligence; climate change adaptation; decarbonization; marine technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Celebrating the 110th Anniversary of Hohai University: Invited Papers for Coastal Engineering

edited by Hongyi Zhao, Wei Peng and

Huakun Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal engineering; offshore foundation design; sediment transport; marine renewable energy; slope stability analysis; coastal hydrodynamics; shoreline erosion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Celebrating the 130th Anniversary of Tianjin University: Invited Papers for Design Method and Engineering Application of UUVs

edited by

Yanhui Wang

,

Shaoqiong Yang

and

Ming Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean engineering; unmanned underwater vehicle; bionic underwater robot; UUV networking technology; scientific application of UUVs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

The 10th Anniversary of the "Chemical Oceanography" Section

edited by

Michele Arienzo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: sources and flows of elements in oceans; characterization and quantification of elements in marine waters; interaction of elements with suspended particulate; seafloor; and marine biota and xenobiotics; fate and effects of elements and organics with marine biota and modelling; current challenges and future solutions for prevention; mitigation strategies and remediation of ocean ecological systems; carbon sequestration and ocean acidification; the effects of human activities; such as pollution and climate change; on oceanic systems; anthropogenic climate change and restoring the chemistry of the oceans

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Oceanography)

Advances in Aerodynamic-Hydrodynamic Effects and Fluid-Structure Interaction Mechanisms for Offshore Wind Turbines

edited by Tian Li,

Zhenqing Liu

and

Shaopeng Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerodynamic– hydrodynamic effects; fluid– structure interaction; floating wind turbines; multiscale flow physics; typhoon resilience; numerical– experimental methods; turbulence modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Advancements in Maritime Safety and Risk Assessment

edited by

Xinjian Wang

and Dracos Vassalos

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6552 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime safety; risk assessment; traffic flow prediction; cybersecurity; intelligent decision support; big data analysis; sustainable maritime transport; digital technologies; model experiments; numerical simulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Structural Modelling, Safety Assessment, and Advanced Material Application of Marine Structures

edited by Qingshan Wang and Mengzhen Li

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4247 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural modelling ; vibration and noise ; impact analysis ; ultimate strength ; fatigue analysis ; ship and offshore structures ; composite structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Coastal Water Quality Observation and Numerical Modeling

edited by

Marta Rodrigues

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3847 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal pollution and land-driven contaminants; climate change impacts and adaptations; coastal eutrophication; microplastics; scenario analyses and simulations; operational modeling; machine learning/deep learning/artificial intelligence; in situ observations; remote sensing; risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Environmental Science)

Biochemical, Physiological and Ecological Assessments in Marine Top Predators

edited by Leila Soledade Lemos and

Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine top predators; biomarkers; anthropogenic stressors; environmental stressors; climate change; health assessment; oxidative stress; sentinel species; conservation physiology; ecotoxicology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Resilience and Capacity of Waterway Transportation

edited by Daiheng Ni and

Yihua Liu

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9159 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; capacity; waterway transportation; ship-following model; traffic flow; optimization; intelligent shipping technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Morphological Changes in the Coastal Ocean

edited by Henry Bokuniewicz and

Niki Evelpidou

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6928 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal morphology; coastal erosion; coastal landforms; shoreline erosion; substrate; benthic habitats; shelf sediment dynamics; seafloor bedforms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Advances in Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Development

edited by

Mianmo Meng

,

Wenming Ji

and Guodong Cui

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5501 | Submission Open

Keywords: pore size distribution (PSD); porosity measured by multiple methods; permeability determined by steady-state and pulse-decay methods; pore connectivity; oil occurrence; oil mobility; EOR by imbibition; EOR by CO2; EOR by chemistry; gas hydrate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Design Optimisation in Marine Engineering

edited by

Giada Kyaw Oo D'Amore

and

Francesco Mauro

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1741 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical optimisation; neural network; design optimisation; optimisation algorithm; artificial intelligence; marine engineering; marine structure; green shipping; hull efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Deep Learning Applications in Port Logistics Systems

edited by

Gunwoo Lee

and

Keun-Sik Park

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: port logistics; deep learning; maritime transport; green shipping; port supply chain; smart port systems; sustainable logistics; AI-driven management ; predictive analytics; digital transformation in shipping; port operation strategy; supply chain coordination

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Offshore Geomechanics and Natural Gas Hydrate Exploitation

edited by

Hengjie Luan

,

Yujing Jiang

and Xuezhen Wu

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore geomechanics; gas hydrate exploitation; reservoir stability; sand production mechanism; submarine landslide; wellbore integrity; multi-physics coupling simulation

Safety of Ships and Marine Design Optimization

edited by Evangelos Boulougouris

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime safety; stability of ships; holistic ship design optimization; risk-based design; model-based systems engineering; fire safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Offshore Renewable Energy, Second Edition

edited by Jijian Lian, Qiang Fu, Lin Cui, Run Liu and Bingyong Guo

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9343 | Submission Open

Keywords: development and utilization of offshore renewable energy; control strategies for multi-energy complementary offshore renewable energy systems; modelling methods in hydrodynamic and mechanic systems; simulation in multiple physics system or environments; physical experiments and testing; grid integration and energy storage; intelligent equipment; control and applications; marine technology for operation and maintenance; risk management and reliability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Intelligent Solutions for Marine Operations

edited by

Christian Velasco-Gallego

and

Leszek Chybowski

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3813 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; predictive maintenance; Internet of Ships; smart sensors; digital twins; cyber– physical systems; computational fluid dynamics; green maritime technologies; maritime autonomous surface ships; fuel efficiency optimisation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Dynamics of Marine Sedimentary Basin

edited by

Pedro Robledo-Ardila

, Salud Deudero and Carme Alomar

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1834 | Submission Open

Keywords: continental shelf; marine ecosystem; marine habitat; marine ecology; pollution; plastic pollution; geomorphological system; sedimentology of coastal areas; global change; global warm; acidification; water and sediment ecotoxicology; monitoring; sustainable development goals; environmental management; marine protected areas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Marine CFD: From Resistance Prediction to Environmental Innovation

edited by

Soonseok Song

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1674 | Submission Open

Keywords: numerical methods; marine hydrodynamics; ship performance; ocean renewable energy; computational fluid dynamics; marine environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Data-Driven Methods for Marine Structures, Second Edition

edited by

Jae Hoon Seo

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; data-driven mechanics; data-driven design; machine learning; surrogate models; structural health monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Life

edited by

Joonho Lee

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; marine ecosystem; species distribution shifts; ocean warming and acidification; ecological resilience biogeochemical responses; marine biodiversity; ecosystem services

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean and Global Climate)

Numerical Simulation of Fluid-Structure Interactions by CFD (2nd Edition)

edited by

Giovanni Cannata

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6375 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluid– structure interaction; offshore structures; wave structure; floating structures; computational fluid dynamics; CFD; numerical simulation; ocean wave

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in Ecological Modelling of Marine Mammal Habitats of Importance

edited by Michael Tetley

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5090 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological modelling; marine mammal habitats; conservation areas; spatial mapping; marine protected areas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Chemical Biology of Marine Fishes

edited by Hangkyo Lim

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4097 | Submission Open

Keywords: communication; environment; ecology; behaviour; physiology; reproduction; aquaculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Ship Wireless Sensor

edited by

Ying Zhang

, Zhihua Hu and

Xinqiang Chen

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3849 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical/chemical sensors; ocean/ship wireless sensors; ocean wireless sensor network; ocean internet of things; ocean mobile edge computing; networking; ocean network topology optimization; ocean network information security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion and Utilization

edited by Luis A. Vega

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: power block engineering design; cold water pipes’ (CWPs) design and installation; warm water and return water pipes’ design and installation; electricity generation control parameters; desalinated water and other products’ generation; deep ocean mooring design; innovative capital loan models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Advances in Maritime Decarbonization: Technologies and Operations Towards Zero-Emission Ports and Vessels

edited by

Juan Moreno-Gutiérrez

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime decarbonization; zero-emission ports; low-carbon fuels; hydrogen and ammonia; maritime energy transition; emission inventories; port sustainability; green shipping; ship– port interface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Linking Sedimentary and Erosive Processes with Morphodynamics in Coastal Zones

edited by Donatas Pupienis

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment transport; wave climate variability; extreme events; sandy coasts; sea-level change; coastal geomorphology; climate-driven coastal change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Maritime Logistics and Green Shipping

edited by

Shuaian Wang

and

Ran Yan

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14337 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime logistics operations; green shipping optimization; green port management; sustainable maritime transport; green strategies in maritime transportation system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Innovations in Underwater Robotic Software Systems

edited by

Francisco Rego

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3900 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine multi-agent systems; subsea communication technologies; underwater navigation systems; underwater control algorithms; marine path planning algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advanced Studies in Marine Structures

edited by

Jianhua Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3430 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine structures; offshore engineering; structural integrity; hydrodynamic; sustainable design; computational mechanics; risk assessment; renewable energy systems; additive manufacturing in marine applications; AI-driven simulations; digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Ecology and Dynamics of Marine Plankton

edited by Qian Li and

Vittoria Roncalli

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal plankton; environmental change; biotic interactions within plankton; gene flow; larval dispersal; evolutionary adaption; biogeochemical cycles; planktonic ecosystem models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies in Offshore Petroleum

edited by

Jan-Erik Vinnem

and

Xingwei Zhen

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

Keywords: mitigation strategies for fire and explosion risks; the prevention of hydrocarbon leaks; risk assessment models for new concepts; the use of AI; data mining; and other modern tools; risk-based contingency planning; risk tolerance criteria; the use and development of major accident risk indicators; lessons learned from major accidents

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Feature Paper in Marine Ecology

edited by

Sílvia C. Gonçalves

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: impacts of climate change and pollution on marine environments; marine invasive species; sustainability of marine resources; marine biodiversity; marine ecosystem services and functions; environmental quality and resilience of marine ecosystems; ecological restoration; marine functional connectivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)

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