Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Advancements in Maritime Safety and Risk Assessment

edited by

and Dracos Vassalos

submission deadline 1 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8344 | 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 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7342 | 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 5015 | 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 133 | 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 10334 | 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 8217 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6833 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3006 | 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)

Safety of Ships and Marine Design Optimization

edited by Evangelos Boulougouris

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 453 | 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)

Deep Learning Applications in Port Logistics Systems

edited by

Gunwoo Lee

and

Keun-Sik Park

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 346 | 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 195 | Submission Open

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

Offshore Renewable Energy, Second Edition

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

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11280 | 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 5105 | 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)

Marine CFD: From Resistance Prediction to Environmental Innovation

edited by

Soonseok Song

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2477 | 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)

Dynamics of Marine Sedimentary Basin

edited by

Pedro Robledo-Ardila

, Salud Deudero and Carme Alomar

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2144 | 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)

Data-Driven Methods for Marine Structures, Second Edition

edited by

Jae Hoon Seo

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 568 | 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 210 | 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 7309 | 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 5706 | Submission Open

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

(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 4479 | 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)

Chemical Biology of Marine Fishes

edited by Hangkyo Lim

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4437 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

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 161 | 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)

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion and Utilization

edited by Luis A. Vega

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 156 | 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)

Linking Sedimentary and Erosive Processes with Morphodynamics in Coastal Zones

edited by Donatas Pupienis

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 102 | 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 16625 | 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)

Advanced Studies in Marine Structures

edited by

Jianhua Zhang

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5703 | 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)

Innovations in Underwater Robotic Software Systems

edited by

Francisco Rego

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5079 | 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)

Ecology and Dynamics of Marine Plankton

edited by Qian Li and

Vittoria Roncalli

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 742 | 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 152 | 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 62 | 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)

Marine Technology: Latest Advancements and Prospects

edited by Shen Li, Mingxin Li and Do Kyun Kim

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21156 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluid– structure interaction; limit state-based structural design; wind/wave/tidal energy systems and structures; digital twin; decarbonization of maritime transport; structural monitoring and inspection; hybrid simulation; automatic control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advances in Recent Marine Engineering Technology

edited by

Hongpeng Zhang

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11993 | Submission Open

Keywords: green energy and power systems; intelligent perception; autonomous control; unmanned systems; unmanned vessel technology; pollution control; environmental restoration; advanced combustion technology; intelligent monitoring and maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Smart Seaport and Maritime Transport Management, Second Edition

edited by

Lingxiao Wu

and

Shuaian Wang

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5533 | Submission Open

Keywords: port operations; shipping management; operations research; data analytics

(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 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3570 | Submission Open

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)

System Optimization and Control of Unmanned Marine Vehicles

edited by

Liying Hao

,

Weidong Zhang

and Yongpeng Weng

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-objective design and optimization; distributed formation control; path planning and dynamic positioning; navigation and optimal control; fault diagnosis and cyber secure optimization; perception and motion planning; sliding mode fault-tolerant control; sensor fusion and state estimation; model predictive control; system identification and parameter estimation; energy aware mission planning; digital twin validation; deep learning for marine vehicle control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Selected Papers from the 1st International Online Conference on Marine Science and Engineering

edited by

Charitha Pattiaratchi

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biology; physical oceanography; ocean engineering; coastal engineering; geological oceanography; chemical oceanography; marine environmental science

Design and Optimization of Ship Hydrodynamics

edited by

Gregory Grigoropoulos

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: optimization; biomimetic methods; ship design; ship hydrodynamics; operational efficiency; performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Climate Change Impacts on Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Coastal Processes

edited by

Lynn Donelson Wright

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 118 | 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)

Advances in Maritime Shipping

edited by

Chuanxu Wang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 1343 | Submission Open

Keywords: green shipping; intelligent shipping; digital technology; low carbon; operations management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Underwater Wireless Power Transfer Systems

edited by

Zhengchao Yan

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: inductive power transfer (IPT); capacitive power transfer (CPT); and ultrasonic wireless power transfer (UWPT) technologies; AUV charging; buoy charging; magnetic couplers and magnetic design methods; compensation topologies and parameter tuning methods; advanced control methods for AUV charging systems; electromagnetic field shielding and electromagnetic compatibility; simultaneous wireless power and data transfer technologies; electromagnetic metamaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Research Progress on Deep-Sea Organisms

edited by Lisheng He

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13386 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep-sea; biology and ecology; molecules and evolution; survival strategies and mechanisms; in situ study; interdisciplinary research.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Exploitation and Optimization of Ocean Energy Conversion Infrastructure

edited by

Isabel Cristina Gil-Garcia

and

Ana Fernández-Guillamón

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9755 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Recent Advances in Hydraulic Machinery and Its Application in Marine Engineering

edited by

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,

,

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2749 | Submission Open

Keywords: design method; optimizing strategy; flow characteristics; transient process; cavitation; erosion; numerical method; tidal energy; wave energy; marine hydrokinetics; environmentally friendly

Towards Net-Zero Shipping Innovation and Integration in Maritime Decarbonization

edited by

Luis Alfonso Díaz-Secades

,

Jonas W. Ringsberg

and

Carlos Guedes Soares

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 678 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime decarbonization; IMO net-zero framework; waste energy recovery; carbon capture and storage; alternative fuels; optimization of energy systems; decision support systems

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

Insights on Marine Microbial Communities

edited by Annarita Ricciardelli and

Matteo Selci

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine microbiology; microbial ecology; biogeochemical cycles; extremophiles; marine biotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Advances in Marine Computational Fluid Dynamics

edited by

Guang Yin

and

Muk Chen Ong

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8182 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine computational fluid mechanics; marine hydrodynamics; waves; fluid– structure interactions; marine renewable energy; marine environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Applications of Sensors and Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Ships

edited by Jiansen Zhao,

Xinjian Wang

and

Rong Zhen

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4447 | Submission Open

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)

Advancements in Hybrid Power Systems for Marine Applications

edited by

Peilin Xie

,

Sen Tan

and

Rosemary Norman

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2119 | Submission Open

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)

Theoretical Research and Design of Subsea Pipelines

edited by Ahmed M. Reda

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1812 | Submission Open

Keywords: subsea pipeline design; computational modeling and simulation; pipeline integrity management; hydrodynamic interactions; corrosion-resistant alloys; structural health monitoring; deepwater energy transportation; failure analysis and defect assessment; flow assurance and transport phenomena; sustainable offshore pipeline infrastructure; pipe– soil interaction; seabed stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Underwater Acoustic Communication and Marine Robot Networks

edited by