Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Advances in Sedimentology and Coastal and Marine Geology, 3rd Edition

edited by

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7027 | 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)

Hydrodynamics and Climate Impacts in Coastal Seas: Processes, Modeling, and Projections

edited by Marisela Des Villanueva and Ramón Moncho Gómez Gesteira

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1611 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change impacts; coastal hydrodynamics; coastal resilience; coupled physical– biogeochemical models; estuarine dynamics; high-resolution simulations; numerical modeling; salinity intrusion; sea-level rise; sediment transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)

Coastal Hydrodynamics, Conservation and Restoration: Numerical Investigation, Experimental Research and Technical Application

edited by

Marcello Di Risio

and

Piera Fischione

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 841 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal processes; coastal hydrodynamics; coastal conservation; coastal protection; coastal management; climate change; numerical modeling; experimental modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Design and Application of Underwater Vehicles—2nd Edition

edited by Zhiguang Feng and Liheng Chen

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater vehicles; artificial intelligence; autonomous underwater vehicles; deep sea exploration; surface ship; control methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Wave Loads and Structural Response of Ships

edited by Ole Andreas Hermundstad

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open

Keywords: ships; wave loads; slamming; green water; springing; whipping; hydroelasticity; fatigue; extreme loads; numerical modeling; physical measurements; monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Numerical Analysis and Modeling of Floating Structures (2nd Edition)

edited by Shengzhe Wang,

Jinghua Wang

and

Chungkuk Jin

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore platform; floating infrastructure; marine transportation; mooring dynamics; computational fluid dynamics; fluid– structure interaction; numerical methods; multi-physics modeling; extreme waves; climate adaptation; structure resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Coastal Geochemistry: The Processes of Water–Sediment Interaction

edited by

Aijun Wang

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5771 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal geochemistry; water– sediment interaction; biogeochemical cycling; nutrient dynamics; pollutant transformation; contamination evaluation; ecosystem risk; blue carbon; anthropogenic pressure; climate change impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Biogeography, Biodiversity and Systematics of Marine Cephalopods

edited by

Christian Marcelo Ibáñez

, Sergio A. Carrasco and

María Cecilia Pardo-Gandarillas

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2368 | Submission Open

Keywords: cephalopods; systematics; taxonomy; genetics; phylogeny; biodiversity; biogeography; species diversity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)

Marine Aquatic Species: Innovations in Health and Conservation

edited by

Hisham Abdelrahman

and Gianluca Sarà

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1226 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine fish; shellfish; aquaculture; disease management; conservation; climate change; genetics and genomics; fish health management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Marine and Coastal Processes in a Changing Climate

edited by Yukiharu Hisaki

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 905 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; global warming; marine disaster; sea level rise

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

AI-Driven Optimization of Ship Performance and Navigation Safety

edited by

Wengang Mao

,

Lianzhong Huang

and Jinlu Sheng

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 376 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI‑driven ship optimization; machine learning in marine engineering; navigational safety; autonomous ships; digital twins; voyage optimization; collision avoidance; hydrodynamic performance modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Fish Stock Assessment in Artificial Reef Marine Protected Areas

edited by

Ioannis Ε. Batjakas

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish; fish stock assessment; artificial reef; marine protected areas; fish conservation; fisheries management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Ecology)

Energy Efficiency Optimization Technologies for Shipping Decarbonization

edited by

Kai Wang

and

Nikos Themelis

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13790 | Submission Open

Keywords: ship energy efficiency modeling; ship energy consumption prediction; intelligent energy efficiency optimization; voyage optimization technology; clean energy hybrid power system; marine alternative fuel application technology; AI enabling energy efficiency optimization; advanced energy-saving technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

From Genes to Ecosystems: Biological and Toxicological Impacts of Marine Pollution

edited by Ali B. Ishaque

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 857 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine pollution; ecotoxicology; biomarkers; adverse outcome pathways (AOPs); omics technologies; molecular toxicology; emerging contaminants; food web disruption; trophic transfer; ecosystem-level effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Toward Adaptive AI for Coastal Systems: Digital Twins, Design and Optimization

edited by

Vincent Lyne

,

Fengqin Yan

and

Dongjie Fu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 440 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive coastal management; physics-guided AI; digital twins; design optimization; compound flooding; shoreline and morphology change; data assimilation; closed-loop learning; forecast verification and skill; uncertainty quantification and explainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Resilient Offshore Structures: Design, Analysis and Optimization

edited by Zhaolong Han,

Jianhua Zhang

and

Zhanjie Li

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore structure; extreme ocean conditions; structural resilience; foundation systems; optimization; reliability analysis; soil– structure interaction; wave– structure interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Estuarine Hydrodynamics: Climate Change Impacts and Responses

edited by

Americo S. Ribeiro

,

Magda Catarina Sousa

and

João Miguel Dias

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change impacts; estuarine hydrodynamics; extreme events; sea level rise; mixing and transport processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Past Evolution and Future Projections of Shallow Coastal and Lagoon Systems

edited by Alessandro Conforti

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal systems; holocene; sea-level rise; climate change; sedimentary inputs; resilience; coastal management; adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

New Technologies in Autonomous Ship Navigation

edited by Jiqiang Li,

Guoqing Zhang

,

Antonio M. Pascoal

and

Weidong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7559 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine surface vehicles; sensor-fusion navigation technology; autonomous ship navigation; optimal path planning; dynamic positioning; cooperative control; intelligent control for multiple vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Analysis of Strength, Fatigue, and Vibration in Marine Structures

edited by

Joško Parunov

and

Yordan Garbatov

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 4658 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine structures; ships; floating and fixed offshore structures; submarines; fish farms; renewable energy devices; multi-physics and multi-scale simulations; static and dynamic analyses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Drift Modeling at Sea: Applications to Marine Pollution, Harmful Algal Blooms, Sargassum, and Search and Rescue Operations

edited by

Pierre Daniel

and Graig Sutherland

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1786 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in trajectory modeling; process of drift and dispersion in coastal and open waters; uncertainty related to drift models; dynamic systems theory for drift prediction; accidental marine pollution; harmful algal bloom; sargassum; search and rescue

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)

Advances in Marine Geotechnical Engineering and Disaster Prevention Engineering

edited by

Ahmed Benamar

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1741 | 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)

Advances in Extreme Sea Level Projections for Coastal Protection and Resilience: Multiscale Monitoring and Modeling of Tides, Storm Surges, and Wave Dynamics

edited by

Farzin Samsami

and Pavel Tkalich

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 310 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme sea level; sea level rise; sea level variation and anomaly; sea surface topography and height; astronomical tide; storm surge; wave dynamics; data-driven model; global and regional; local models; hindcast simulations and projections; seasonal cycles and climate variations; remote sensing and tide gauge measurements; coastal resilience and hazard mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)

Advanced Studies of Hydrate-Bearing Marine Sediments

edited by Jiaxin Sun,

Gang Lei

, Xiaohui Wang, Yisong Yu and Bin Fang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrate accumulation; hydrate formation and dissociation; hydrate production; flow assurance; CO2 hydrate sequestration; multiphase flow; hydrate reservoir mechanics; reservoir subsidence; sand control; machine learning

(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 1 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3592 | 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)

Risk Assessment and Prediction of Marine Equipment

edited by Xiaoming Huang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1916 | Submission Open

Keywords: risk assessment; risk prediction; marine equipment; artificial intelligence; sensor; digital twin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Advancements in Autonomous Systems for Complex Maritime Operations

edited by

Yong Bai

and

Liang Zhao

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1820 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine engineering; maritime operations; automation; artificial intelligence; autonomous surface vehicles; autonomous underwater vehicles; unmanned aerial vehicles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Intelligent Diagnostics and Control for Offshore Mechanical Systems

edited by

Yassine Amirat

and

Tianzhen Wang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 864 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore engineering; marine technology; Structural Health Monitoring (SHM); system resilience; reliability and safety; Prognostics and Health Management (PHM); Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM); data-driven maintenance; performance optimization; fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Technology: Latest Advancements and Prospects, 2nd Edition

edited by Shen Li, Mingxin Li and

Do Kyun Kim

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 165 | 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)

Eutrophication and Hypoxia in Estuarine and Coastal Systems

edited by

Austin Fox

and

José Fortes Lopes

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open

Keywords: estuarine and coastal systems; eutrophication; hypoxia; trophic disruptions; microbial communities; water quality; dissolved oxygen; anoxia; ecosystem services; resting stages and "resurrection ecology”

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

Autonomous Ship and Harbor Maneuvering: Modeling and Control

edited by Sewon Kim and

Chungkuk Jin

submission deadline 5 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5916 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vessel arrival and departure; autonomous harbor operation method; autonomous vessel berthing and berth planning; autonomous vessel cargo loading and unloading; harbor autonomous guided vehicle and yard tractor scheduling; autonomous vessel digital twin; autonomous harbor digital twin; autonomous vessel and harbor interaction; ship and harbor data standardization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Coral Reefs in a Changing World: Disturbance, Recovery, and Resilience

edited by

Enrico Montalbetti

,

Yohan Didier Louis

and

Davide Seveso

submission deadline 5 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4050 | 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)

Ocean Deoxygenation in the Cenozoic: Proxies and Reconstructions

edited by

Guodong Jia

and

Alan Maria Mancini

submission deadline 5 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean deoxygenation; human impact; climate change; Cenozoic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Advances in Coastal Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Processes Under a Changing Climate, 2nd Edition

edited by

Chatzipavlis Antonis

submission deadline 5 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal morphodynamics; beach morphology; coastal hydrodynamics; climate change; extreme sea levels; mean sea level rise; coastal processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)

Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs): Technology, Applications and Regulatory Landscapes

edited by Antonio Carlos Fernandes and Joel Sena Sales Junior

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13412 | 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)

Marine Fishing Gear and Aquacultural Engineering

edited by

Jihoon Lee

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5385 | Submission Open

Keywords: fishing gear; aquacultural engineering; mathematical model; simulation technology; fisheries sciences

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Aquaculture)

Alternative Fuels and Emission Control in Maritime Applications

edited by

Yuanqing Zhu

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 976 | Submission Open

Keywords: alternative fuels; maritime emissions; greenhouse gas reduction; multi-pollutant control; aftertreatment technologies; zero-emission shipping; life cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Offshore Renewable Energy: Waves, Tides, and Wind

edited by Yu Cao

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 687 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore renewable energy; floating wind turbines; wave and tidal energy; multi-energy complementary systems; mooring and positioning; structural health monitoring; digital twin technology; offshore wind-to-hydrogen; offshore wind– solar– fishery integration; ocean energy microgrids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Energy)

Marine Fisheries Acoustics and Stock Assessment

edited by

Tohru Mukai

and

Dezhang Chu

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries acoustics; broadband acoustics; quantitative sonar; target strength; hydroacoustic surveys; fish stock assessment; acoustic scattering models; species identification; near-surface fish detection; ecosystem monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Marine Heatwaves in Estuaries, Coastal Zones, and Shelf Seas: Physical Drivers and Ecological Impacts

edited by Kaveh Purkiani

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: marie heatwaves; compound events; estuaries; coastal zones; and shelf seas; ecological impacts; biogeochemical responses to marine heatwaves; species adaptation and resilience to extreme events; vulnerability of coastal ecosystems under MHWs and their cascading effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Oceanography)

Mesozooplankton Ecology in Marine Environments

edited by

Maria Protopapa

and

Inma Herrera

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4478 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesozooplankton; biomarkers; pollution; climate change; diversity; trophic interactions; anthropogenic stressors; heatwaves

Advanced Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Methods in Marine Renewable Energy

edited by

Mehdi Neshat

and

John Boland

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1689 | 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)

Marine Climate Models and Environmental Dynamics

edited by

Nerea Portillo Juan

and

Jose del Campo

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1623 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean modelling; marine climate; Artificial Intelligence (AI); machine learning; environmental dynamics; climate change impacts; coupled models; physical oceanography; biogeochemical models; marine ecosystems

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

Advanced Research in Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing

edited by

Daniel Rouseff

and

Changpeng Liu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 884 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater acoustic signal processing; array signal processing; data-driven underwater acoustic processing; striation-based processing; ocean acoustic interference; underwater source localization; shallow- and deep-water acoustics; ocean acoustic inversion; underwater communications.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Recent Advances in Marine Petroleum and Reservoir Engineering

edited by

Peng Cheng

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: offshore petroleum basins; marine petroleum geology; oil and gas accumulation; reservoir engineering; resource potential

(This special issue belongs to the Section Geological Oceanography)

Advanced Research on Path Planning for Intelligent Ships

edited by

Joo-Sung Kim

,

Ho Namgung

and

Kwang-il Kim

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4452 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS); path planning; collision avoidance; artificial intelligence; machine learning

(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 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1449 | 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)

Bionic Design and Control of Underwater Robots

edited by

Jincun Liu

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 954 | Submission Open

Keywords: bionic underwater robots design; materials; structures; and actuators of bionic underwater robots; modeling of bionic underwater robots; advanced control of bionic underwater robots; learning methods for bionic underwater robots; sensing and perception for bionic underwater robots; autonomous navigation of bionic underwater robots; swarm bionic underwater robots; applications of underwater robots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

Microplastics in Aquaculture and Fisheries Systems

edited by Ana Marta Gonçalves

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 409 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics (MPs); aquaculture and fisheries systems; health risk; biological accumulation; toxic effect; mitigation strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Pollution)

Experimental and CFD Approaches for Wave–Structure Interactions

edited by Shuqi Wang and Yong Ma

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: wave– structure interactions; CFD simulation; fluid/structure interaction; ocean engineering; wave loads; experimental hydrodynamics; renewable energy; ocean energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)

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