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Symmetry publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic and all Special Issue submissions follow MDPI's standard editorial process. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated Editorial Board Member will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies and Guest Editor responsibilities can be found here. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Innovations in Passive and Active Microwave Circuits for Advanced Communication and Sensing Systems: Exploiting Symmetry for Enhanced Performance submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 894 | Submission Open
Keywords: passive microwave components; active microwave devices; microwave circuit design; power amplifiers; oscillators; mixers; terahertz (THz) technology; 5G and 6G networks; multi-band circuits; reconfigurable circuits; high-frequency communication; ultra-high-speed systems; radar systems; filters and couplers; antenna design; circuit simulation tools; optimization techniques; advanced sensing applications; wireless communication technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Complex Analysis Operators Theory submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 735 | Submission Open
Keywords: analytic function; univalent function; harmonic function; differential subordination; differential superordination; strong differential subordination; strong differential superordination; fuzzy differential subordination; fuzzy differential superordination; differential operator; integral operator; differential– integral operator; linear operator
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
edited by Joao Pacheco B.C. de Melo and George H.S. Yabusaki
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 700 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum chromodynamics (QCD); elementary particle physics; hadron physics; symmetries; quantum field theory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Smart Manufacturing submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 614 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart factory and smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0 technologies; intelligent process planning; condition monitoring; smart maintenance; lean manufacturing; optimization algorithms; digital twin; cloud manufacturing; machine learning and deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry—Feature Reviews and Papers
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open
Keywords: chirality; enantiomers; diastereomers; molecular symmetry; plane of symmetry; asymmetric carbon; optically active compounds; stereocenter; homochirality; symmetry elements; mirror plane; molecular chirality; asymmetric synthesis; optical resolution; X-ray crystallography; X-ray structures; crystal structures; homochirality in chemistry and biochemistry; symmetry and spectroscopy; symmetry and isomerism; homochirality in the origin of life; chirogenesis; stereoselective synthesis; chiral ligands
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry in Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics
edited by Jelena Vesić
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear structure; nuclear astrophysics; nuclear models; symmetry violations; nuclear symmetry energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry and Autonomous Robotics submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open
Keywords: mobile robot; trajectory prediction; navigation; control system; sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry Applied in Renewable Energy submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 386 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; renewable energy; photovoltaics; MPPT; energy efficiency; materials science; sustainable energy systems; optimization; modeling and simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry Methods and Applications in Quantum Optics and Quantum Information submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 386 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum correlations; optomagnomechanical system; open quantum system; coherence; quantum thermodynamics; symmetry methods; representation theory; quantum metrology; quantum geometry; quantum teleportation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry and Stochasticity in Mathematical Biology and Ecology
edited by and Ling Zhong
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 378 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry and randomness in genetics; symmetry and nondeterminism in nature; stochastic dynamical systems in biology and medicine; stochastic dynamical systems in environmental sustainability and bioeconomy; asymmetry and imperfection in biology and ecosystems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Perturbative and Nonperturbative Aspects of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
edited by and Jesus Javier Cobos-Martinez
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum Chromodynamics; nonperturbative QCD; perturbative QCD; QCD confinement; spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking; collider physics; jets and showers in collider; gluon saturation; QCD in nuclear medium; beyond standard model of QCD; quark-gluon plasma
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry in Computational Intelligence and Data Science
edited by and Jialiang Xie
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open
Keywords: foundational theories; large language models; artificial general intelligence (AGI); explainable AI (XAI); natural language processing (NLP); machine learning; big data structures; uncertainty theories
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Contemporary Cryptography
edited by Fuyou Miao
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open
Keywords: basic number theory; finite domain foundation; the relationship between common mathematical problems; various cryptography technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Algebraic Topology, Homological Algebra and Group Theory
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; algebraic topology; homological algebra; group theory; cohomology; topological invariants; group representations; derived categories; algebraic structures; mathematical physics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry and Asymmetry Studies in Digital Signals Processing
edited by , and Han Hai
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open
Keywords: communications; matrix and orthogonal signal processing; coding and detection; intelligent signal processing; biomedical signal processing; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Signal Processing
edited by Said Ziani
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry in signal processing; transform methods (fourier; wavelet; ICA; PCA); biomedical signal analysis (ECG; EEG); symmetry-based deep learning; feature extraction and pattern recognition; image and audio denoising; symmetric optimization algorithms; invariant representations; time-series forecasting; signal compression
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Sustainable Processes: Waste Valorization and Green Engineering Approaches submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste valorization; circular economy; catalysis separation processes; catalyst/sorbent characterisation; green engineering; symmetry/asymmetry; X-ray structures
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Polymer Composite submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced and green polymer composite; biomass; advanced additives; new concept composite; composite manufacturing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry in fluid dynamics; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); symmetry-based algorithms; turbulence modeling; aerodynamics and hydrodynamics; renewable energy systems; multiphase flows; symmetry in environmental flows; efficient CFD simulations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Artificial Intelligence in RF Power Amplifiers: Emerging Trends and Techniques submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open
Keywords: power amplifier; RF/microwave; mm-wave; artificial intelligence; symmetry; MMIC
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry Studies in Metals & Alloys
edited by André Barros, Noé Cheung and Felipe Bertelli
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open
Keywords: crystallography; microstructure; mechanical properties; deformation; diffusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry, Topology and Geometry in Physics
edited by Gabino Estevez-Delgado
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetric phenomena; patterns; symmetric models; varieties; stability of phenomena; differential topology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry and Control Systems submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry in control theory; asymmetry in dynamic modeling; cyber– physical and embedded systems; intelligent process automation; mathematical modeling with symmetry; robotic and mechatronic systems; learning-based control; structural optimization; nonlinear and multivariable control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
edited by Li Yuan
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; asymmetry; computer vision; deep learning; pattern recognition; spectral analysis; quality detection; anomaly detection; structural modeling; multimodal fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry and Additive Manufacturing: Applications in Mechanical Engineering submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: 3D printing; additive manufacturing; simulation; internet of things; machine learning; dimensional control; computer vision; symmetry phenomenon and theory; metals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Theoretical Chemistry
edited by Amin Bakhshandeh, and Emerson Gustavo de Souza Luna
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: band structure; molecular geometry; theoretical study of spectroscopy; reaction mechanism; catalysts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
QCD Matter and Symmetry: Phases, Transitions and Extreme Conditions
edited by and German Lugones
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-Perturbative QCD and effective models; QCD phase diagram; isospin asymmetry/symmetry; chiral symmetry restoration; deconfinement; inhomogeneous phases; magnetized quark matter; anomalous magnetic moment; finite systems; color superconductivity; compact stars: hybrid stars– strange stars; neutron star mergers– cooling-oscillations; dark matter/energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Partial Differential Equations and Symmetry
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: partial differential equations; analytical method and numerical algorithm; symmetry analysis; inverse scattering transform; finite difference method; Riemann– Hilbert method; function expansion method; integral transformation method; physics-informed neural method
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry in Evolutionary Algorithms
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetric properties of solution spaces in evolutionary optimization; theoretical analysis of evolutionary algorithm convergence; novel operator designs for evolutionary optimization; multi-objective evolutionary algorithms; evolutionary algorithms for constrained optimization; dynamic and adaptive evolutionary algorithms; hybrid evolutionary algorithms with other computational paradigms; evolutionary algorithms in engineering design and manufacturing; evolutionary approaches to scheduling and resource allocation; evolutionary algorithms for data mining and machine learning; real-world applications of evolutionary algorithms in industry and science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Applications Based on Symmetry in Nanomaterials
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; nanomaterials; nanostructures; crystallographic symmetry; functional nanomaterials; metamaterials; energy materials; magnetic nanomaterials; optoelectronic properties; structure– property relationships
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Crystals and Their Magnetic Properties submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: X-ray crystallography; crystal structures; single-crystal X-ray diffraction; powder X-ray diffraction; magnetic materials; magnetic ordering; magnetism
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: astrophysics; astroparticle physics; nuclear astrophysics; dark matter; dark energy; black hole physics; cosmology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry in Composite Engineering
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; composite materials; material symmetry; 2D- and 3D-printed micro-nanostructures; biodegradable composite materials; high-frequency microwave measurements; dielectrics; microwave absorption; electromagnetic shielding; composite architecture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Clean Energy Systems: Recent Developments and Future Directions Towards AI submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: load profile analysis; RES design; and simulation; hybrid RES with electrical/thermal energy storage system; uninterrupted power flow and grid stability through a smart microgrid; harmonic distortion control and management; active and reactive power management; anomaly and fault detection using ML and DL; energy demand and generation power forecasting; RES health monitoring and predictive maintenance; real-time data-sourced supervised learning models for grid stability; AI-driven decision making and deployment of robots for fault attendance; economic and environmental analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Asymmetry and Symmetry in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
edited by Zaidao Wen
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: asymmetry; symmetry; computer vision; pattern recognition; object recognition; scene understanding; image segmentation; deep learning; algorithm development; real-world applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Numerical Methods, Theory and Applications
edited by Xiaoliang He
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry-preserving schemes; computational fluid dynamics; numerical modeling; group theory in fluid dynamics; multiphase and turbulent flows; mesh symmetry; model reduction; application of symmetry in engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Evolutionary Computation, Metaheuristics, Nature-Inspired Algorithms, and Symmetry: 2nd Edition
edited by , Yang Yu and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: evolutionary computation; metaheuristics; nature-inspired algorithms; single-objective optimization; multi-objective optimization; real-world engineering application; intelligent systems; artificial Intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
edited by and Xiaopeng Sha
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); deep learning; machine learning (ML); information processing; image processing; neural networks; symmetric networks/asymmetric networks; pattern recognition; signal processing; speech processing; natural language processing; robotics; object detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Numerical Solutions
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open
Keywords: conservation; geometric integration; symplectic; invariants; discretization; structure preserving; stability; Hamiltonian; time-reversibility; long-term simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Global and Local Scale Symmetry in Gravitation and Cosmology
edited by
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12830 | Submission Open
Keywords: Global Scale Invariance; Local Scale Invariance; Weyl Invariance; Inflation; 5th Force Problem in Late Time Cosmology; Flat Potentials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Integral/Differential Equations and Symmetry
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open
Keywords: lie symmetry analysis; differential equations; integral equations; symmetry methods; integrable systems; nonlinear waves; invariant solutions; conservation laws; nonlocal symmetries
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Micromagnetic Simulations: Decoding the Future of Spintronics
edited by Haijun Zhao
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open
Keywords: micromagnetic modeling; spintronic devices; spin wave dynamics; nanomagnetism; skyrmions; magnon
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Recent Advances in Symmetry-Based Approaches to Retrieval-Augmented Generation in Large Language Models
edited by and
submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7586 | Submission Open
Keywords: RAG; LLMs; symmetry-based approaches; information retrieval; optimization techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Machine Learning and Data Science
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1687 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetric feature learning; asymmetric data processing; geometric deep learning; imbalanced learning in robotics; sensor fusion for autonomous systems; dynamic environment adaptation; explainable ai in autonomous systems; adaptive control algorithms; swarm robotics coordination; human– robot interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Data Mining and Machine Learning
edited by
submission deadline 27 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 241 | Submission Open
Keywords: model generalization; symmetry in machine learning; asymmetry in machine learning; real-world data complexity; data representation; pattern recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry and Its Applications in Computer Vision
edited by Yunyi Yan, Junxuan Wang and Lu Zhao
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6141 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry and asymmetry; computer vision; artificial intelligence and neuroscience; signal and image processing or analysis; large model optimization and application
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Evolutionary Computation and Reinforcement Learning
edited by Lining Xing, , Junwei Ou and Jian Wu
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5523 | Submission Open
Keywords: evolutionary computation; reinforcement learning; optimization robotics; cryptography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Gravitational Physics and Symmetry submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5038 | Submission Open
Keywords: gravitational waves and their detection; black hole physics and singularities; cosmology and the large-scale structure of the universe; theoretical developments in general relativity; symmetry principles in gravitational theories; quantum gravity and the unification of forces; experimental tests of gravitational theories; applications of symmetry in particle physics and cosmology; mathematical frameworks for symmetry and gravitation; interdisciplinary approaches to gravitational physics and symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry and Asymmetry in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning-Based Image Processing
edited by Panagiotis Adamidis and Keiko Ono
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4569 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry-aware deep learning; asymmetric feature detection; feature extraction; object detection; symmetry-guided attention; symmetry-based segmentation; deep feature learning; geometric invariance; pattern recognition; image segmentation; computer vision; image transformations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Asymmetry and Symmetry in Cognitive and Clinical Neuropsychology submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3581 | Submission Open
Keywords: brain lateralization; brain asymmetry; hemispheric specialization; behavioral asymmetry; cognition; handedness; clinical neuropsychology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
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