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Soil Science and the Latest Studies on Sustainable Agriculture: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable agriculture; agroecosystem; soil properties; soil fertility; soil health; land use change; climate smart agriculture; regenerative agriculture
Additive Manufacturing for Sustainability in Industry submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open
Keywords: 3D printers; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; sustainable technologies and materials; carbon dioxide (CO2) and greenhouse gas
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Exploring Education Management Strategies for Sustainable Development—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open
Keywords: management strategies; sustainable development; education management; quality management; educational leadership
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
Urban Landscape Ecology and Sustainability—2nd Edition submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecology; urban ecosystem; landscape; ecosystem functioning; social– economic– ecological interactions; planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
From Crisis to Sustainability: Rethinking Emergency Management in an Era of Compounding Risks
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: disaster risk reduction (DRR); sustainable development; emergency management; climate resilience; sustainable infrastructure; urban and regional planning; cascading disasters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hazards and Sustainability)
Fertilization for Sustainable Agriculture 4.0
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable agriculture; nutrient management; precision agriculture; soil health; organic fertilizers; crop yield; climate resilience; environmental impact; agricultural practices
Sustainable Industrial Engineering and Logistic Management submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: supply chain and operations management; logistics systems; industrial engineering; optimizing logistics systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Data-Driven Approaches for Sustainable Energy Systems: Forecasting, Storage, and Market Optimization
edited by Paula Maçaira and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy systems; energy storage technologies; forecasting and time series analysis; energy markets (electricity and gas); optimization under uncertainty; sustainable energy policy; statistical learning; game theory in energy systems; decision support for energy transition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
Integrating Ecosystem Services into Landscape Planning for Sustainable Development
edited by Riccardo Santolini and Giovanna Panza
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem services; landscape planning; nature-based solutions (NBS); sustainable development; environmental resilience; climate change adaptation; biodiversity protection; resource management; multilevel governance; socio-ecological systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
Sustainable Research on Grid Integration and Electrical Power Systems
edited by Mai The Vu
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart grids; renewable integration; microgrids; power system stability; energy storage; grid optimization; distributed generation; electricity markets; machine learning; electrical power systems
Sustainable Education: The Role of Innovation
edited by , Natalia Larraz Rábanos and Manuel Segura-Berges
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation; sustainable education; digital transition; technology; SDG  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
Food Science: Innovative Techniques, Quality Control, and Sustainability in Food Processing submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable food processing; non-thermal processing technologies; cold plasma and high-pressure processing; energy-efficient food technologies; food quality and safety; alternative protein sources; agricultural and horticultural innovations; environmental impact of food processing; food industry sustainability metrics; regulatory policies in food processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)
Psychological Well-Being from the Perspective of Sustainable Development: Second Edition submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: psychological well-being; sustainability; psychometrics; environmental engagement; sustainable development; eco-anxiety; community connectedness; positive psychology; cross-cultural research; measurement tools
(This special issue belongs to the Section Psychology of Sustainability and Sustainable Development)
Biodiversity and Sustainability in Aquatic Environments submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
Keywords: freshwater ecosystems; sustainability; freshwater monitoring; biodiversity conservation; conservation applications; sustainable management applications; aquatic ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)
Advanced and Sustainable Technologies in the Design of Supply Chains and Low Environmental Impact Systems
edited by Eduard Shevtshenko and Ibrahim Raji
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable technologies; ESG; supply chain innovation; low environmental impact; responsible business; green system design
Artificial Intelligence and IoT for Sustainable Transportation and Smart Infrastructure
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: transportation engineering; smart infrastructure; artificial intelligence; machine learning; Internet of Things
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Road Construction and Maintenance and Disaster Prevention submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; highway and infrastructure; digitization; intelligent construction and maintenance; intelligent defect identification; non-destructive fault detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
Green Deal Strategies Towards Sustainability of Water, Raw Materials and Energy—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: green deal strategies (GDSs); green transition; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); circular economy (CE) in water; raw materials and energy; climate change and strategies toward climate neutrality; toxic-free environment (water– soil– air); bioeconomy; ecosystems and biodiversity; sustainable agriculture and nutrients recovery; waste-free and environmentally friendly food system; life cycle assessment (LCA)– environmental; social; economic; circular business models (CBMs)/circular economy business models (CEBM)
Sustainable Intelligent Manufacturing Systems in Industry 4.0 and 5.0
edited by , Marina Crnjac Žižić and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: Industry 4.0 and 5.0; circular economy; intelligent manufacturing; sustainable processes; human-centricity; green manufacturing; process optimization; product optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
Sustainable Food: Safety, Contaminants, and Microbial Risks submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: food safety; food contaminants; microbial hazards; foodborne pathogens; contaminant analysis; risk assessment; risk assessment; risk mitigation; food preservation technologies; public health; food chain; food safety; food contaminants; microbial hazards; foodborne pathogens; food chain
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)
Sustainable Geography and Urban Planning: Urban Ecology, Livability, Nature Connection, and Water-Sensitive Urban Design submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable urban development; urban landscape; climate resilience; climate change adaptation; sponge city; green-blue infrastructure; environmental justice; urban ecology; urban hydrology; urban water resource management; gentrification and revitalization; urban food systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Sustainable Ecosystem Protection: Pollution Stress in the Ecosystem and Potential Solutions
edited by Anna Sobeková
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem protection; anthropogenic chemical stress; environmental pollution; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem sustainability; contaminants of emerging concern; sustainable development; environmental risk assessment; soil and water contamination
(This special issue belongs to the Section Resources and Sustainable Utilization)
Smart Technologies for Sustainable Production
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart manufacturing; sustainable production; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; collaborative robots (cobots); autonomous mobile robots (AMR); artificial intelligence (AI); digital twins; green and lean manufacturing; industrial innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Smart Cities with AI, IoT and Sustainable Innovation
edited by , Jing Xie and Yu Wang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart cities; internet of things (IoT); sustainable development; urban informatics; artificial intelligence; big data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Sustainable Innovations in Electric Vehicle Technology
edited by and Kabseok Ko
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric vehicle; battery technology; battery recycling; second-life battery applications; vehicle-to-grid; charging infrastructure; renewable energy integration; power system optimization; smart mobility; carbon neutrality; sustainable transportation; artificial intelligence in EVs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Critical Nexus Between Climate Change, Wastewater Management, and Sustainable Development
edited by Xin Zhou and Xiao Zhang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate– water– greenhouse gas nexus; sustainable technologies; AI for water treatment; policy and planning; emerging contaminants; ecosystem integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)
Advancing Sustainable Ecological Environmental Monitoring: Strategies and Innovations
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; remotely sensed big data; environmental monitoring; dynamic evolution; risk monitoring and identification; resilience and sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Tourism Promotes Local Sustainable Development
edited by Marko Kukanja
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable tourism; local development; tourism entrepreneurship; destination management; hospitality; gastronomy; and food & beverage management; business model innovation; digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
Recent Advances in Sustainable Food Manufacturing
edited by Vida Šimat, and
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable food processing; green food technologies; energy-efficient processing; food waste reduction; by-product valorization; circular food systems; Life cycle assessment (LCA); smart and active packaging; digitalization in food supply chains; alternative proteins and novel fermentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)
Role of Environmental Impact Assessment in Shaping an Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Public Transportation Infrastructure
edited by
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open
Keywords: public transportation infrastructure; eco-friendly; environmental impact assessment (EIA); sustainability; adaptive infrastructure; sustainable mobility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Processing submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable manufacturing; green materials processing; eco-design; nanomaterials and sustainability; life cycle assessment (LCA); resource efficiency; circular economy in manufacturing; energy-efficient technologies; clean production; surface engineering for sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
Blue Economy Strategies for Resilient and Sustainable Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Protection
edited by and Aytaç Özgül
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open
Keywords: biovidersity credits; coastal defences; aritificial reefs; wavebreakers; marine construction; fish enhancements; restoration; ecotourism; rigs; costal/marine resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)
Sustainable Waste Process Engineering and Biomass Valorization submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7622 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular economy; waste-to-energy; biomass valorization; resource recovery; sustainable waste management; environmental sustainability; renewable energy; life cycle assessment; socio-economic sustainability; green technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)
Air Quality Characterisation and Modelling—2nd Edition submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5812 | Submission Open
Keywords: particulate matter; African dust; nitrogen oxides; ground-level ozone; development; evaluation and application of models; statistical models; data mining and machine-learning-based models; integrated modelling and assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Synergistic Approaches to Energy Transition, Circular Economy and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3876 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy transition; circular economy; sustainable development goals; renewable energy; climate action; resource efficiency; decarbonization; responsible consumption; sustainability innovation; resilient infrastructure
Consumer Behavior, Food Waste and Sustainable Food Systems
edited by and Marzena Tomaszewska
submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3650 | Submission Open
Keywords: consumer behaviour; food waste; sustainable food systems; driving factors; educational programs; food waste prevention; food waste minimization; disposal paths; food waste management; food waste hierarchy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)
Intelligent Transportation Systems and Sustainable Multimodal Transport
edited by Evangelos Bekiaris and
submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1210 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; digital twins; embedded solutions; digitalisation of infrastructure; cooperative connected automated driving; physical and digital infrastructure; sustainable multimodal transport
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Intelligent Control for Sustainable Energy Management Systems submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 806 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent control systems; smart grids; sustainable energy management; renewable energy integration; energy efficiency; decentralized energy systems; smart metering; data-driven modeling; real-time optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
Sustainable Development and Energy Management of Hybrid Power Systems in Maritime Transport
edited by and
submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 624 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy integration; intelligent energy management; energy management strategies; sustainable shipping; marine renewable energy
Exploring the Influence of ESG Factors on Environmental Investments for Sustainable Development submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open
Keywords: ESG; non-financial disclosure; sustainability reports; integrate reporting; eco-investments; eco-innovations; corporate sustainability reporting directive; integrated thinking; greenwashing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Transforming Urban Mobility: Sustainable Solutions for Modern Cities
edited by Dirk Wittowsky and Sören Groth
submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open
Keywords: mobility behaviour; multioptionality; multimodality; e-mobility; sharing systems; new mobility; smart city; public health; walkability; mobility culture; transformation processes; resilience; user acceptance; subjetvice perspectives; smart mobilty; modelling urban mobilty; bike and pedestrian mobility; public spaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Optimising Industry Sustainability for a Future-Ready Built Environment
edited by , Dalin Zeng and
submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental sustainability; social sustainability; economic sustainability; sustainable construction; construction project management; construction innovation; urban renewal; smart construction; circular economy; resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)
Corporate Governance, Innovation Management and Sustainability Performance
edited by
submission deadline 2 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1386 | Submission Open
Keywords: stakeholder governance models; ESG-aligned innovation; sustainability transition pathways; digital governance ecosystems; SDG-driven corporate strategy; innovation value chain analysis; institutional void adaptation; governance-innovation configurations; sustainability performance metrics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
AI-Optimized Design and Management in Environmental Engineering Towards Climate-Neutral Infrastructure
edited by
submission deadline 2 May 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate-neutral infrastructure; AI-optimized design; environmental engineering; carbon footprint reduction; digital twins; sustainable construction; machine learning applications; smart energy systems; circular economy; predictive maintenance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
Digital Innovation for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Emissions Reduction submission deadline 2 May 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital transformation; sustainable logistics; green supply chain; carbon tracking; emissions optimization; AI in logistics; IoT; digital twin; blockchain; transport decarbonization; warehouse automation; data-driven sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Innovative Research Methods for Sustainable Educational Development
edited by
submission deadline 5 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10869 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable education; innovative research methods; AI-powered research; empirical research; action research; mixed-methods research; advanced-visualized research methods; research with big data integration; interdisciplinary approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
Sustainability of Supply Chain and Logistics System: Opportunities and Challenges
edited by , and Xin Wang
submission deadline 6 May 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: green vehicle routing; green supply chain network design; reverse logistics network design; sustainable biomass collection network design; green sailing; green production and scheduling optimization; sustainable emergency logistics network; optimization of multimodal network; distribution optimization of new energy vehicles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)
Smart Cities for Sustainable Development, Volume II
edited by Antonio J. Jara
submission deadline 6 May 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; air quality; data quality; resilience solutions; water quality; mobility; low emission zones; green deal; data spaces for sustainability; standards for sustainability; urban health; circular economy; green cities; regenerative cities; sustainable development goals; doughnut economics; sandboxes; testing and experimentation facilities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
Research on Chemical Pollutants and Sustainable Environment Management
edited by and
submission deadline 7 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2934 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical pollutants; migration; risk assessment; monitoring; water; soil; plant; environmental analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
Carbon Economy for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Applied Research
edited by and
submission deadline 8 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2613 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon economy; sustainable development; industrial decarbonization; carbon pricing; renewable energy; policy analysis; sustainable transitions; carbon capture and storage; climate mitigation; socio-economic systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
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