Sustainability

Sustainable Materials Management in the Circular Economy: Metrics, Evidence, and Results

edited by

and Anne Scheinberg

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable materials management; circular business models; evidence-based best-practice circularity; waste legislation; regulatory framework for circularity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Operational Excellence and the Next Steps: Integrating Digitalization and Sustainability for the Future

edited by

Olivia McDermott

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 344 | Submission Open

Keywords: Industry 4.0; Lean Six Sigma; operational excellence; Lean-Green; Lean-Sustainability; Design for Lean Six Sigma; Design for Lean-Green; circular economy; sustainability; Operational Excellence 4.0; Circular Economy 4.0; Design for Lean-Sustainability; Quality 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Big Data Applications in Decision-Making and Business Management in the Era of Business Intelligence

edited by

Aleksandra Revina

and

Rizun Nina

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data analytics; business intelligence; decision support systems; sustainable business management; process and organizational complexity; data-driven decision making; digital sustainability; responsible AI; ESG analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Digital Transformation for Resilience and Sustainability in Small and Medium Enterprises

edited by

Marjeta Marolt

and

Doroteja Vidmar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: SMEs; digital transformation; resilience; sustainability; adaptive capabilities; digital technologies; sustainable business models; data-driven innovation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Toward a Resilient and Sustainable Urban Power Grid: Challenges and AI-Driven Solutions

edited by Chao Qin,

Bei Peng

, Chao Long and

Xiaolong Jin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilience; urban power grids; AI; preparation; restoration; situational awareness; extreme events

Biotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment and Environmental Remediation

edited by Ana Isabel Díaz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; environmental remediation; bioremediation; microbial biotechnology; phytoremediation; biosorption; emerging contaminants; resource recovery; sustainable technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Water Management)

Sustainable Transportation Engineering and the Road Safety

edited by

Jiangbi Hu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transportation engineering; road safety; infrastructure resilience; vulnerable road users; human factor; highway operation and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)

Perspectives from the Food–Energy–Water Nexus for Sustainable Natural Ecosystem Development

edited by

Phoebe Koundouri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: Food–Energy–Water–Ecosystem (FEWE) nexus; integrated assessment modeling; dynamic and multi-objective optimization; system dynamics and network analysis; sustainable system transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Towards Sustainability: Advanced Research on Precision Agriculture and Smart Farming

edited by

Paola D'Antonio

and

Luis Conceição

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 269 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; digital agriculture; agricultural sustainability; technology integration; smart agriculture; resource optimization; agricultural digital transformation; ecological agriculture; crop sensors; precision livestock farming

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Sustainability at the Intersection of Environmental Quality, Circular Economy and Bio-Waste Valorization: Consumer Behavior and Regional Resilience to Climate Change

edited by

Zlatka Knezovic

and

Mladenka Šarolić

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; bio-waste valorization; circular economy; environmental burdens

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology for Sustainable Groundwater Resource Management

edited by Dong-Hun Kim

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: groundwater; microbial ecology; bioremediation; aquifer; sustainable water management; contaminant attenuation; biotechnology; subsurface environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Advanced Technologies and Applications for Renewable Energy Integration, Distributed Generation, and Modern Power Systems

edited by

Yang Han

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon neutrality; sustainable energy systems; renewable energy; grid integration; intelligent power systems; energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

AI and Smart Technologies for Sustainable Supply Chain Design and Operations

edited by

Yong Won Seo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart technologies; sustainable supply chains; supply chain design; supply chain operation; AI transformation; data-driven decision making; business analytics; Industry 4.0

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Bridging Renewable Supply and Energy Demand: Advanced Thermal Energy Storage for a Carbon-Neutral Future

edited by Yunren Sui and

Wei Wu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal energy storage; renewable energy; energy storage materials; AI optimization; energy storage efficiency; energy storage density; carbon neutrality; Carnot battery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy

edited by

Qingxiang Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy; sustainable business models; business model innovation; value creation; circular supply chains; product–service systems; digitalization; industrial symbiosis; sustainability transitions; policy and governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Multi-Criteria Decision-Making for Coastal Resilience and the Blue Economy

edited by

Danijela Tuljak-Suban

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM); coastal resilience; blue economy; environmental sensitivity mapping; maritime transportation and logistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Sustainable Development and Management of Hospitality: New Methods, Strategies, and Technologies

edited by

Tanja Planinc

and Sonja Sibila Lebe

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable hospitality management; sustainable business model innovation; sustainability measurement and metrics; CSR and governance in hospitality; resource efficiency in hospitality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)

Hydrological Modelling and Climate Change Impacts on the Agricultural Sustainability

edited by

Carlos Bautista-Capetillo

, Miguel Servín-Palestina and

Cruz Octavio-Robles Rovelo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; climate change; agricultural sustainability; irrigation; drought; water use efficiency; crop water requirements; remote sensing; uncertainty analysis; adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

AI-Enhanced Systems Modeling and Policy Design for Circular Economy Transition in Agri-Food Systems

edited by

Ujjwal KC

and Sudheer Kumar Battula

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy (CE); agri-food systems; food system resilience; data-driven policy; generative AI (GAI); large language models (LLMs); computational modeling; policy optimization; Bayesian analysis; machine learning (ML)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Preparation of Functionalized Adsorption Materials and Its Application in the Field of Micropollutant Removal

edited by

Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet

and Ma Rosario Moreno-Virgen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: functionalized materials; micropollutants removal; sustainable water depollution; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Conservation Strategies for Sustaining Fish Biodiversity in Aquatic Ecosystems

edited by

Billy Nzau Matondo

and Elie Montchowui

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystem management; biodiversity; behavioural ecology; composition and community structure; conservation policy; distribution area; environmental threat; growth and survival curve; habitat restoration; home range; invasive species; size-selective mortality; stock assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Sustainable Energy Systems and Building Materials

edited by Jin-Hee Kim

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy systems; photovoltaic–thermal (PVT); building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV); sustainable building materials; vacuum insulation panels (VIP); energy-efficient buildings; renewable energy integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Spatial Data for a Sustainable World: Remote Sensing in Geoscientific Research

edited by

Maurizio Milano

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; spatial data science; environmental sustainability; energy transition and monitoring; geospatial modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainability in Geographic Science)

Sustainability in Food Science and Engineering Practices

edited by

Veronica Sanda Chedea

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: food chemistry; sustainable food processing; food science and technology; green food; food waste valorizations; food and nutrition; food analysis; life cycle assessment; circular economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Smart Materials and Shape Memory Alloys for Sustainable and Resilient Building and Engineering Structures: Innovations and Applications

edited by

Alireza Tabrizikahou

and

Faisal Mukhtar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: shape memory alloys (SMA); smart materials; adaptive facade; kinetic facade; resilient infrastructure; self-centering systems; self-prestressing; structural health monitoring; digital twins; life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

New Battery Material and Process Developments for the Construction of Environmentally Friendly Energy Systems

edited by

Jun Su Park

and

Sangkyu Lee

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: thick electrode technology; silicon anode; hybrid battery; aqueous battery; three-dimensional battery processing; environmentally friendly energy systems; sustainable energy storage; green manufacturing; solid-state batteries; battery recycling; battery reuse

Sustainable Development Technologies and Applications Based on the 2D Materials

edited by

Nilanthy Balakrishnan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: 2D materials; sustainable development; energy and environmental applications; circular economy; green technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Soil Health and Sustainable Society

edited by

Xuefeng Hu

and Lijun Yan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil pollution; heavy metals; organic pollutants; sustainable agriculture; waste recycles; healthy soil; soil remediation; food safety; pollutant monitoring; soil environment

Food Safety and Quality Control: Recent Trends and Sustainable Future Outlook

edited by

Tareq Osaili

and

Nada El Darra

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: food safety; food quality control; microbiological contamination; chemical contamination; sustainable practices; one health; hurdle technologies; biosensors; artificial intelligence in food safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Smart City Education for Sustainability: Community Participation in Urban Innovation

edited by

Rogerio Campos-Rebelo

and

Isabel Sofia Sousa Brito

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: model‑based learning approaches for sustainability; smart city; urban living; community engagement; digital participation; citizen‑driven innovation; IoT solutions

Information Technology for Sustainable Construction Management

edited by

Ashraf Elazouni

,

Mubarak Al Alawi

,

Hayder Mirza

and Ronald Ekyalimpa

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: information technology; cash flow management; construction industry; sustainability; building information modelling (BIM); decision support systems; digital transformation; project finance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Building)

Biomass and Solid Wastes to Renewable Fuel, Value-Added Chemicals, and Functional Materials

edited by

Ye Wang

,

Xudong Liu

, Fuhuan Wang and Chao Sun

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; solid waste; biofuels and biochemicals; CO2 catalytic utilization; environmental pollutant management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Durability and Reliability of Sustainable Materials: Mechanisms, Applications, and Future Directions

edited by

Katarzyna Panasiuk

and

Sebastian Sławski

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable materials; degradation; mechanisms; design; lifecycle; durability; reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainable Agricultural Engineering Technology and Development

edited by

Chao Zhao

and

Huimin Fang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords:

Agricultural engineering is essential for addressing sustainability challenges such as resource inefficiency; climate resilience; agricultural waste; and food insecurity. This Special Issue on Sustainable Agricultural Engineering Technology and Development focuses on precision agriculture and smart agricultural systems through circular-economy and systems-based approaches. It welcomes research linking intelligent engineering technologies to measurable environmental and socio-economic outcomes; including resource efficiency; carbon reduction; waste valorization; and better livelihoods.

We invite original research and review papers that advance interdisciplinary innovation and real-world impact toward low-carbon; efficient; and sustainable modern agriculture. Critical perspectives on technological benefits; limitations; adoption barriers; and scalability are also encouraged.

Topics include: precision agriculture; IoT; and intelligent farming; machine vision and deep learning; green non-destructive testing and quality evaluation; agricultural waste valorization and biomass energy conversion; low-carbon agricultural machinery; and energy-efficient smart facility agriculture.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Agriculture)

Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Food Systems

edited by Jared G. Carlberg

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2556 | Submission Open

Keywords: food systems; sustainability; nutrition and health; agriculture; food processing; environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Food)

Energy Sustainability in the 21st Century

edited by

Tonmoy Choudhury

, Panagiotis Kokkalis and

Fakhrul Hasan

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2259 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy sustainability; energy economics; renewable energy; energy efficiency; low‑carbon transition; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Management Framework and Operations in the Era of Industry 4.0 with Generative AI

edited by

Rupal Mandania

, Jiyin Liu and Grammatoula Papaioannou

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1615 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable operations management; Industry 4.0; generative analytics integration; sustainable supply chain and logistics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

Digital Twin-Driven Energy Systems Optimization: From Algorithm Innovation to Low-Carbon Operation

edited by Lingxiao Yang, Shunyuan Xiao, Yushuai Li and

Ning Zhang

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1502 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; energy system optimization; low-carbon operation; AI-driven modeling; federated learning; predictive control; multi-energy integration; decentralized energy management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Advancing Environmental Sustainability Through Life Cycle Assessment

edited by

Zenon Foltynowicz

and

Anna Lewandowska

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1315 | Submission Open

Keywords: assessment; decision-making; impact; life cycle; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)

Pathways to Sustainable Good Health and Well-Being: Integrating Environmental, Social and Economic Resilience for SDG 3

edited by

De-Chih Lee

, I-Hsiung Chang and

Feng-Hua Yang

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 905 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goal 3; health and well-being; sustainability; environmental resilience; social resilience; economic resilience; health systems; policy and governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Operation and Control of Sustainable Power and Renewable Energy Systems

edited by Changzheng Shao and Yifan Su

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 874 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable power systems; renewable energy integration; optimization and control of sustainable power; artificial intelligence in renewable energy systems; distributed energy resources control in distribution systems; dispatch of renewable-dominated power systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)

Sustainable Development of Higher Education: Pathways, Challenges, and Innovations Toward 2030

edited by

Mariana Cernicova-Buca

and

Vasile Gherheș

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; higher education institutions; education for sustainable development (ESD); campus sustainability; organizational change; equity and inclusion; community engagement; sustainability assessment; SDG integration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)

Emerging Digital Technologies for Sustainable Development

edited by Adel Bouhoula and

Waleed Al-Zubari

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; internet of things (IoT); blockchain; digital twins; sustainable development goals (SDGs); sustainability measurement; circular economy; smart cities; digital governance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Management)

Health, Climate Change and Sustainability

edited by Selin Akaraci

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; health sustainability; air pollution; green and blue spaces; environmental exposures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)

Use of Innovative and Sustainable Materials in the Construction of Buildings

edited by

Ahmed Godat

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 229 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable construction; innovative building materials; green materials; geopolymer materials; carbon footprint reduction; smart materials; energy-efficient buildings; durability and performance; environmental impact assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)

Recent Advances in Nanotechnology and Composites from the Perspective of Sustainable Materials

edited by

Heeyoung Lee

,

Wonseok Chung

and Sanghyeon Cho

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; cementitious composites; construction materials; microstructure; low-carbon materials; nanocomposites; sustainable infrastructure; carbon reduction; composite structures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)

Sustainability, Reliability and Safety of Coastal and Marine Technical Systems

edited by

Magdalena Bogalecka

and

Beata Magryta-Mut

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal and marine systems; coastal and offshore infrastructure; sustainable development; anthropogenic pressure; marine infrastructure management; environmental impact assessment; system reliability; system safety; system resilience; risk mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)

Waste Management Practice-Based Approaches to the Optimization of Waste

edited by Bettina Hauge

submission deadline 1 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste optimization; waste behavior and practices; waste initiatives; citizen inclusion; residues and new life; reuse, repair and recycling of waste; digital technology in waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Waste and Recycling)

Small Business Strategies for Sustainable and Circular Economy

edited by

Melody Lanette Adkins LeHew

, Jennifer Johnson Jorgensen and

Yue Teng Vaughan

submission deadline 2 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7966 | Submission Open

Keywords: circularity; business models; sustainability; SMEs; consumer behavior; supply chain; eco-innovation; economic impact; product life cycle; zero waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

The Energy–Economy–Environment Nexus: Innovations for a Sustainable Future

edited by Iman Janghorban Esfahani

submission deadline 2 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy–economy–environment nexus; sustainable development; low-carbon transitions; green innovation; circular economy; renewable energy systems; climate policy and governance; environmental economics; sustainable energy finance; socio-economic resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)

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