Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Morphological Changes in the Coastal Ocean

edited by Henry Bokuniewicz and

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12428

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)

Applications of Sensors and Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Ships

edited by Jiansen Zhao,

Xinjian Wang

and

Rong Zhen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10968

Keywords: ship detection and tracking; maritime data mining; ship trajectory fusion; navigation awareness enhancement; intelligent ship collision avoidance; intelligent aids in ship navigation; maritime traffic organization; navigational risk assessment and control; maritime traffic supervision; MASS; ship communication; perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Technical Applications and Latest Discoveries in Seafloor Mapping

edited by

Lukasz Janowski

and Jarosław Nowak

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7309

Keywords: seafloor mapping; remote sensing; underwater acoustics; airborne laser bathymetry; satellite-derived bathymetry; machine learning; marine geology; benthic habitat mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Advancements in Hybrid Power Systems for Marine Applications

edited by

Peilin Xie

,

Sen Tan

and

Rosemary Norman

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4328

Keywords: renewable energy; maritime power systems; electrical propulsion systems; fuel cells; power management systems; energy management systems; energy storage systems; green hydrogen; hydrogen-fueled ships

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Karst Systems: Hydrogeology and Marine Environmental Dynamics

edited by

Pedro Robledo-Ardila

and Carme Alomar

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4270

Keywords: coastal aquifers; groundwater dynamics; marine dynamics; groundwater pollution; marine pollution; marine sediments pollution; climate change; sea level oscillation; coastal caves; springs; wetlands; marine environmental and hydrogeological relationship; protected marine karst areas; seawater intrusion; marine ecosystems; marine habitats driven by hydrogeology; karst marine heritage; sedimentary processes in marine karst system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Wave Energy Converters: Numerical Simulation and Calculation

edited by

Dimitrios N. Konispoliatis

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1149

Keywords: theoretical analysis; numerical modelling; CFD methods; wave energy converters; fluid–structure interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advanced Studies in Ship Fluid Mechanics

edited by

Amin Nazemian

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12977 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel computational methods; high-fidelity CFD; artificial intelligence/machine learning in hydrodynamics; emerging decarbonization technology; advanced fluid mechanics; full-scale condition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Ship Wireless Sensor

edited by

Ying Zhang

, Zhihua Hu and

Xinqiang Chen

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6950 | 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)

Evolution and Ecology of Crustaceans and Their Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Taewon Kim

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1876 | Submission Open

Keywords: arthropods; bioinspiration; biomimetics; crustacea; extremophiles; genetic diversity; identification; microbiomes; phylogeny; speciation; stable isotope

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Structural Modelling, Safety Assessment, and Advanced Material Application of Marine Structures—2nd Edition

edited by Mengzhen Li, Qingshan Wang and Yan Dong

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1831 | 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)

Unraveling Immune Memory in Marine Aquaculture Animals: Characteristics, Mechanisms and Applications

edited by Weilin Wang

submission deadline 1 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine aquaculture animals; immune memory; immunological mechanisms; disease resistance; vaccine development; epigenetic regulation; comparative immunology; aquaculture sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Aquaculture)

Exploitation and Optimization of Ocean Energy Conversion Infrastructure

edited by

Isabel Cristina Gil-Garcia

and

Ana Fernández-Guillamón

submission deadline 5 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15890 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean energy; conversion infrastructure; renewable energy; offshore wind

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

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

edited by

Giovanni Cannata

submission deadline 5 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11983 | 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)

Sustainable Design and Structural Integrity of Eco-Friendly Ships and Offshore Structures

edited by

Jaemin Lee

submission deadline 5 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2686 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-friendly ships; offshore structures; structural integrity; sustainable design; fatigue and reliability; welded structures; green maritime technology; finite element analysis (FEA); extreme environments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Maritime Security and Smart Navigation: Recent Developments and Prospects

edited by

Qing Yu

,

Xinjian Wang

and

Zhisen Yang

submission deadline 5 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2563 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent marine navigation; Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS); maritime traffic safety and risk assessment; collision avoidance and path planning; maritime big data and deep learning; digital twins in shipping; human–machine collaboration; maritime cybersecurity; green shipping and energy efficiency; resilience of maritime transportation systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

AI-Enhanced Dynamics and Reliability Analysis of Marine Structures

edited by

Qingji Zhou

, Zunfeng Du and

Yan Li

submission deadline 5 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2313 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine structures; structural dynamics; reliability analysis; artificial intelligence; data-driven modelling; structural health monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in Altimetry Technologies in Marine Observation

edited by

Kamil Kowalczyk

submission deadline 5 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1341 | Submission Open

Keywords: global and local sea level rise; ocean currents; mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics; coastal ocean; satellite hydrology; altimetry retrackers; tropospheric corrections (e.g., GPD+); radar interferometry (KaRIn); altimetry calibration and validation; L2/L4 products (multimission analyses)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Management and Control of Ship Traffic Behaviours

edited by

Xiaoyuan Wang

,

Václav Píštěk

and Longjin Wang

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 26405 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine traffic flow optimization; collision avoidance; motion control; intelligent traffic management systems; human factors; intelligent ship technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

New Developments of Ocean Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy

edited by

Mariana Bernardino

and

Liliana Rusu

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8493 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore renewable energy; wave and tidal energy; environmental impact assessment; climate resilience; AI in ocean energy; renewable energy; offshore wind farms; marine ecosystems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Selected Feature Papers in Marine Environmental Science

edited by

Ramūnas Povilanskas

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5068 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine environmental science; coastal and marine resource management; environmental aspects of oceanography; fisheries science; marine biotechnology; marine ecosystem; marine pollution and environmental toxicology

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

Breakthrough Research in Marine Structures

edited by Xiaosen Xu and

Shuaishuai Wang

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4137 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine structures; offshore platforms; floating wind farms; structural dynamics; multi-physics and multi-scale modeling; mooring and anchoring systems; lifecycle design and operation; digital twin; reliability assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Oil Transport Models and Marine Pollution Impacts

edited by

Daniel Constantino Zacharias

,

Georgios Sylaios

,

Yang Song

and Angelo Teixeira Lemos

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3005 | Submission Open

Keywords: oil spill model; oil dumping; oil weathering models; marine environmental impacts; response planning; transport and fate models; applications of machine learning in oil spills; remote sensing and validation; applications of AI in decision-support systems; coastal and offshore monitoring

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

Maritime Ports Energy Infrastructure

edited by

Emmanuel Daniel

and

Seyedvahid Vakili

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2619 | 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)

Extreme Environmental Loads and Resilience of Coastal and Offshore Structures

edited by Lee Cunningham and

Michael O’Shea

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI; climate change; design; durability; fatigue; monitoring; resilience; repair and strengthening; smart structures; wave–structure interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Coastal Ecological Restoration: Techniques and Novel Approaches to Living Shorelines and Oyster Reef Construction—2nd Edition

edited by Todd Z. Osborne and Mark W. Clark

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal ecological restoration; living shorelines; oyster reef construction; restoration techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Dynamics and Control of Marine Mechatronics

edited by

Tao Wang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12705 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine mechatronics; dynamics modeling; advanced control; AI-driven solutions; energy-efficient actuation; marine energy harvesting; marine robot; intelligent system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Well Logging and Reservoir Characterization

edited by

Changchun Zou

and

Cheng Peng

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4032 | Submission Open

Keywords: well logging; petrophysics; reservoir characterization; oil and gas exploration; sedimentological analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Hydrodynamics of Wave Energy Conversion Systems

edited by

Guanghua He

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1102 | Submission Open

Keywords: wave energy conversion; power take-off (PTO) coupling; wave–structure interaction; nonlinear wave effects; WEC arrays; farm interactions; model tests; hybrid modelling; numerical wave tank

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

How Marine Environment Changes Affect Marine Organism's Responses

edited by

Marco Munari

and

Patrizia Stipcich

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open

Keywords: acclimation; acidification; adaptation; climate change; ocean warming; plasticity; resilience; restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Advances in Ship Hydroelasticity and Fluid–Structure Interaction

edited by

Jialong Jiao

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamics of ships and offshore structures; water waves and floating bodies; ship seakeeping; wave loads; environmental loads; hydroelasticity; springing and whipping; fluid–structure interaction; fluid–flexible structure interaction; marine computational fluid dynamics; CFD-FEA coupling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Climate-Induced Marine Disasters Impacts and Control of Pollution

edited by

Frédéric Muttin

and

Hélène Thomas-Guyon

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate-induced marine disasters; extreme weather events (heatwaves, storms, droughts); sea level rise and coastal erosion; marine pollution (microplastics, heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants); biodiversity loss and ecosystem services; maritime traffic and logistics adaptation; remote sensing, early warning systems, machine learning; sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the blue economy; arctic regions and ocean warming; climate resilience and preparedness

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

Coastal Disaster Assessment and Response—2nd Edition

edited by

Deniz Velioglu Sogut

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4628 | Submission Open

Keywords: hurricane; storm surge; tsunami; nature-based solutions; vegetation; coastal resilience; mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Processes

edited by

Lynn Donelson Wright

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2315 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal resilience; coastal erosion; tropical cyclones; sea surface temperature; coastal currents; coral bleaching; coastal modelling; nature-based coastal protection; engineered coastal protections; hazard forecasting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Seagrass Conservation Blue Carbon and Restoration

edited by

Valentina Costa

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1760 | Submission Open

Keywords: seagrass conservation; blue carbon; ecosystem restoration; coastal resilience; climate change mitigation; marine biodiversity; nature-based solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)

Sustainable Marine Aquaculture and Fishery

edited by

Gulnihal Ozbay

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1544 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; ecology; restoration; biodiversity; seafood; natural resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Aquaculture)

Advanced Design and Analysis of Floating Offshore Systems

edited by Wei Huang,

Yushun Lian

,

Gang Ma

, Binbin Li and

Dongsheng Qiao

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 907 | Submission Open

Keywords: floating offshore systems; mooring systems; multibody interactions; hydrodynamics; structure–soil interactions; deep learning methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Recent Developments in Risk and Reliability of Offshore Structures

edited by

Menglan Duan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore structures; risk and reliability assessment; structural health monitoring; fatigue analysis; ultimate strength assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Probabilistic Design in Coastal Engineering: Experience, Issues and Perspectives

edited by

Rosaria E. Musumeci

and

Martina Stagnitti

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: probabilistic design; adaptation; aging structures; breakwaters; seawalls; beach nourishments; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Control and Optimization of Marine Renewable Energy Systems

edited by

Guang Li

and Yingbo Huang

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3271 | Submission Open

Keywords: control system design; optimal design; wave energy; tidal energy; offshore wind; ocean thermal; salinity gradient

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Advances in Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Development, 2nd Edition

edited by

Mianmo Meng

,

Wenming Ji

and Guodong Cui

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2416 | 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)

Multi-Source Data Supported Maritime Traffic Knowledge Discovery for Autonomous Ship Navigation

edited by

Xinqiang Chen

, Huafeng Wu, Dezhi Han and

Octavian Postolache

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2158 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart ship; autonomous ship navigation; maritime traffic knowledge discovery; large language model; embodied intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Coupled Hydrodynamics and Innovative Mooring Systems for Offshore Floating Structures

edited by

Shan Wang

and Sheng Xu

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1684 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrodynamics; mooring and anchoring systems; shared moorings; shared anchors; multi-purpose offshore platforms; offshore renewable energy; CFD; machine learning; artificial intelligence; fatigue and extreme response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Impact of Human Activities on Marine Life

edited by

Ziv Zemah-Shamir

,

Giulia Cipriano

and

Roberto Carlucci

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 997 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biodiversity; anthropogenic stressors; ecosystem resilience; marine conservation; underwater noise; habitat degradation; overfishing; invasive species; global change impacts; sustainable ocean management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Wave–Ice Interactions in Oceans: Observations, Modeling, and Dynamics

edited by

Takehiko Nose

and

Joey Voermans

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 705 | Submission Open

Keywords: wave–ice interactions; wave dynamics under ice cover; sea ice dynamics and thermodynamics under wave action; polar ocean processes; coupled wave–ice models; operational sea ice models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Equipment and Technology

edited by Liangbin Xu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8604 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore drilling; oil and gas technology; drilling equipment; operational optimization; environmental impact; intelligent integrity management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

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

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5152 | 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)

Advances in Offshore Foundations and Anchoring Systems

edited by

Fayun Liang

, Yifeng Lin, Hao Zhang and

Chen Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4557 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical analysis; soil–structure interactions; natural hazards; scour effect; dynamic performance; sustainable design strategies; novel marine foundation types

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Floating Offshore Structures: Hydrodynamic Analysis and Design

edited by

Marcin Kapitaniak

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2117 | Submission Open

Keywords: floating offshore structures; offshore renewable energy; hydrodynamics; wave–structure interaction; floating wind turbines; wave energy converters; mooring systems; structural dynamics; offshore operations; digital design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advanced Modeling and Intelligent Control of Marine Vehicles

edited by

Tieshan Li

and

Weiwei Bai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1456 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship motion modeling; intelligent ships; AI-powered planning and control; adaptive control; optimal control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Autonomous Systems and Technologies of Underwater Robots

edited by

Oren Gal

,

Alessandro Bucci

and

Benedetto Allotta

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 827 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs); underwater robotics; underwater SLAM; multi-sensor fusion; autonomy; acoustic communication; cooperative localization; GPS-denied navigation; marine perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

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