Special Issues (SIs) are collections of papers centered around a subject of special interest and are organized and led by subject experts who take on the role of Guest Editor of the Special Issue. A Special Issue is not an issue of the journal.
All submissions follow the same peer review process as regular papers and are published in the regular issues of the journal when they are accepted, but are additionally labelled as belonging to a Special Issue and are discoverable within the collection.

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Journal IF Cite Score Section Title | Editors Submission Deadline Articles
Fuels - - (none) Biomass Conversion to Biofuels
(Editor: Mamoru Yamada)
15 January 2025 7
Gases - - (none) Gas Emissions from Combustion Sources
(Editors: Cinzia Tornatore, Andrea De Filippo)
30 June 2024 1
Trauma Care - - (none) Psychological and Neurobiological Bases of Threat Processing in Victims of Pandemics and Natural Disasters
(Editors: Massimiliano Conson, Laura Sagliano)
30 June 2025 3
Nitrogen - 2.6 (none) Nitrogen Cycling in Permafrost Soils
(Editors: Benjamin Abbott, Christina Biasi, Pertti Martikainen)
31 October 2024 5
Fuels - - (none) Valorization of Biogenic and Not Biogenic Residuals/Byproducts from Thermochemical Processes: Diagnostic, Product Characterization, and Emissions Control
(Editors: Barbara Apicella, Giovanna Ruoppolo)
30 June 2024 7
Trauma Care - - (none) Exercise and Sport-Related Injuries: Rehab and Readapt
(Editor: Daniel Rojas-Valverde)
30 June 2025 3
IJERPH - 7.3 (none) Allergic Diseases in Adulthood: Burden, Mechanisms and Risk Factors
(Editors: Sandra Baldacci, Sara Maio, Sofia Tagliaferro, Federico Pirona)
31 December 2024 4
Pediatric Reports 1.1 2.1 (none) Recent Advances in Congenital Anomalies of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract (CAKUT)
(Editors: Velibor Tasic, Marcin Tkaczyk, Silvio Maringhini)
30 June 2025 3
BDCC 3.7 7.1 (none) Challenges and Perspectives of Social Networks within Social Computing
(Editors: Maria Chiara Caschera, Patrizia Grifoni, Fernando Ferri)
31 August 2024 8
Nitrogen - 2.6 (none) Soil Nitrogen Supply: Linking Plant Available N to Ecosystems Functions and Productivity II
(Editor: Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompré)
31 August 2024 7
Tomography 1.9 2.7 (none) Stroke: Quantitative Imaging-Guided Approaches
(Editor: Jawed Nawabi)
31 December 2024 2
Alloys - - (none) Design of New Metallic Alloys for AM
(Editor: Pavel Krakhmalev)
31 December 2024 6
Chemosensors 4.2 5.0 (none) Dedicated to Professor Giorgio Sberveglieri on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday for His Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Sensors
(Editors: Estefanía Núñez Carmona, Veronica Sberveglieri)
30 July 2024 6
AI - 7.2 (none) Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
(Editor: Arslan Munir)
31 July 2024 7
Electronic Materials - 2.8 (none) Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Electronic Applications
(Editors: Ana Rovisco, Jorge Martins, Asal Kiazadeh)
30 June 2024 3
IJERPH - 7.3 (none) Restorative Environments
(Editors: Maria Jacinta Fernandes, Gabriela Gonçalves)
30 June 2024 6
Pathogens 3.7 6.4 (none) Women’s Special Issue Series: Pathogens
(Editors: Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Nicola Carter)
30 September 2024 11
Alloys - - (none) High-Entropy Alloys
(Editors: Peter Hodgson, Daniel Fabijanic, Jithin Joseph)
31 December 2024 1
Ecologies - 1.8 (none) Plant Communities: Identification, Monitoring and Evaluation of Temporal Dynamics
(Editor: Ram C. Sharma)
30 April 2025 4
Social Sciences 1.7 2.6 (none) The Contested Terrain of Sport: Sociological, Political and Policy Perspectives
(Editors: Steve Jackson, Mike Sam)
01 October 2024 3
Nanomaterials 5.3 8.5 (none) Advances in Photonic and Plasmonic Nanomaterials—Volume II
(Editor: Nikolaos G. Semaltianos)
31 August 2024 6
Gases - - (none) Membrane Processes for Decarbonisation
(Editors: Faizan Ahmad, Asim Khan)
30 June 2024 3
Anatomia - - (none) Anatomy for Modern Urology
(Editor: Olivier Cussenot)
15 December 2024 3
Behavioral Sciences 2.6 2.6 (none) Living in a Time of Change and Uncertainty—New Developments in Applied Social Psychology
(Editors: Phillip Ozimek, Sabrina Schneider, Christian Blötner)
30 June 2024 8
Veterinary Sciences 2.4 2.9 (none) One Health Special Issue on the Occasion of the One Health Day
(Editors: Patrick Butaye, Samson Mukaratirwa)
20 June 2024 1
Veterinary Sciences 2.4 2.9 (none) Soft-Tissue Sarcomas in Dogs
(Editors: Jane Dobson, Alison Hayes)
05 December 2024 4
Resources 3.3 7.2 (none) Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Resource Conservation, Reuse and Recycling
(Editors: Eveliina Repo, Eleni Iacovidou)
30 June 2024 5
Physiologia - - (none) Feature Papers in Human Physiology–2nd Edition
(Editor: Philip J. Atherton)
30 June 2024 12
Atoms 1.8 2.7 (none) Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Atomic Collision and Atomic Spectroscopy
(Editors: Michael Schulz, Jean-Christophe Pain, Karoly Tokesi)
30 June 2024 6
Infrastructures 2.6 5.2 (none) Bridge Modeling, Monitoring, Management and Beyond
(Editor: Ekin Ozer)
31 October 2024 1
Pathophysiology - 3.1 (none) MYC in Regeneration and Tumorigenesis
(Editor: Roderik Kortlever)
15 July 2024 4
Air - - (none) Indoor Air Quality: Airborne Disease Measurement, Control, Mitigation and Disinfection
(Editors: Ling Tim Wong, Veronica Wai Yee Chan)
30 April 2025 1
Veterinary Sciences 2.4 2.9 (none) Effects of Feeding Strategies on Rumen Function and Animal Performance
(Editors: Rita Cabrita, Margarida Maia)
08 November 2024 6
Atoms 1.8 2.7 (none) Advances in Ion Trapping of Radioactive Ions
(Editor: Maxime Brodeur)
31 August 2024 5
Infrastructures 2.6 5.2 (none) Railway in the City (RiC)
(Editor: Maciej Kruszyna)
30 November 2024 6
Trauma Care - - (none) Emergency Trauma Care: The Role of Telemedicine and m-Health Applications
(Editors: Andres M. Rubiano, Shaheem De Vries)
30 June 2025 0
Neurology International 3.0 3.7 (none) Glioblastoma: Mechanics of Development, Progression and New Surgical and Clinical Management
(Editor: Nicola Montemurro)
30 June 2024 2
Resources 3.3 7.2 (none) Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series – Energy Resources: Past, Present and Future Role in a Circular Economy
(Editors: Elena Rada, Ponisseril Somasundaran)
31 July 2024 2
Environments 3.7 5.7 (none) Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Air Quality Assessment and Management
(Editors: William A. Anderson, Ching-Yuan Chang)
25 July 2024 7
Philosophies 0.9 1.3 (none) Special Issue in Memory of Professor Mark Burgin
(Editors: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Marcin J. Schroeder)
25 August 2024 4
IJFS 2.3 3.7 (none) Cross-Cultural Corporate Governance, Firm Performance and Firm Value
(Editor: Brian Bolton)
31 July 2024 4
Pediatric Reports 1.1 2.1 (none) Mental Health and Psychiatric Disorders of Children and Adolescents
(Editor: Artemis K. Tsitsika)
30 April 2025 4
Genealogy 0.8 0.4 (none) The Manifestation and Contestation of White Privilege in Multiracial Families
(Editor: Chandra D.L. Waring)
30 September 2024 2
EJIHPE 3.2 4.4 (none) Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Field or Education
(Editor: Hyunsu Lee)
31 October 2024 8
Tomography 1.9 2.7 (none) Feature Reviews for Tomography 2023
(Editor: Emilio Quaia)
30 April 2025 2
Air - - (none) Assessment of Indoor Pollution in Workplaces
(Editor: Rosanna Mabilia)
30 June 2024 0
Micromachines 3.4 5.2 (none) Micromachines Research and Development in North America
(Editors: Sima Noghanian, Negar Ebadi, George Shaker)
30 June 2024 4
Vision - 2.3 (none) Visual Mental Imagery System: How We Image the World
(Editor: David F. Marks)
31 October 2024 5
Dentistry Journal 2.6 3.7 (none) Feature Papers to Celebrate the First Impact Factor of Dentistry Journal
(Editors: Claude Jaquiéry, Patrick R. Schmidlin)
30 June 2024 29
Virtual Worlds - - (none) Networked Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality Systems
(Editors: Jorge C. S. Cardoso, Thiago Malheiros Porcino)
31 July 2024 2
Risks 2.2 3.8 (none) Applied Financial and Actuarial Risk Analytics
(Editors: Tak Kuen Ken Siu, Hailiang Yang)
31 December 2024 3
Reports 0.9 - (none) Clinical Research on Oral Diseases
(Editor: Saverio Capodiferro)
30 June 2024 7
IJFS 2.3 3.7 (none) Accounting and Financial/Non-financial Reporting Developments
(Editors: Graça Azevedo, José Vale)
31 December 2024 6
Fossil Studies - - (none) Advances in Palaeontology—Feature Papers to Celebrate the Inaugural Issue of Fossil Studies
(Editors: Eric Buffetaut, Dany Azar)
01 September 2024 4
Risks 2.2 3.8 (none) Life Insurance and Pensions: Latest Advances and Prospects
(Editors: Pierre Devolder, Massimiliano Menzietti)
31 October 2024 4
Risks 2.2 3.8 (none) Risks Journal: A Decade of Advancing Knowledge and Shaping the Future
(Editor: Mogens Steffensen)
31 July 2024 9
Photonics 2.4 2.6 (none) Advances in Ultrafast Optics: From Fundamental Science to Applications
(Editors: Luca Poletto, Fabio Frassetto)
15 November 2024 2
Virtual Worlds - - (none) Serious Games and Extended Reality in Healthcare and/or Education
(Editors: Chen Huei Leo, Kang Hao Cheong, Bina Rai)
30 June 2024 1
IJFS 2.3 3.7 (none) Sustainable Investing and Financial Services
(Editor: Michael C. S. Wong)
20 September 2024 4
BioChem - - (none) Plant-Derived Bioactive Molecules and Their Use in Sports Practice
(Editors: Guglielmo Duranti, Piergiorgio La Rosa)
31 December 2024 0
Nursing Reports 2.4 2.5 (none) Self-Management of Chronic Disease
(Editor: Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob)
31 December 2024 2
Pharmacy 2.2 - (none) Women's Special Issue Series: Pharmacy and Pharmacists
(Editors: Maree Donna Simpson, Cheryl A. Sadowski, Daisy Volmer)
30 June 2024 0
Nursing Reports 2.4 2.5 (none) Nursing Innovation and Quality Improvement
(Editor: Ashley Shepherd)
30 September 2024 4
Plants 4.5 6.5 (none) Crop Stress Tolerance and Green Production: Celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the Founding of Northwest A&F University
(Editors: Xiaoping Hu, Mingjun Li, Dong Wang, Xiaojun Nie, Dilantha Fernando)
10 September 2024 5
Vision - 2.3 (none) New Horizons in Myopia Management: Bridging Epidemiology and Clinical Innovation
(Editors: Yair Morad, Nir Erdinest)
20 September 2024 2
Epigenomes 2.5 3.8 (none) Histone Variants
(Editor: Chunyuan Jin)
30 September 2024 1
JAL - - (none) Quality of Life among Older Adults: Lifestyle Differentiation and Associated Factors
(Editors: Julie Brown, An Dinh)
31 October 2024 1
J. Imaging 3.2 5.9 (none) New Insights into Photoacoustic Imaging
(Editors: Yan Li, Min Wu)
31 August 2024 0
Electricity - 4.8 (none) Advances in Operation, Optimization, and Control of Smart Grids
(Editors: Murilo E.C. Bento, Hugo Morais)
31 August 2024 0
Diversity 2.4 3.4 (none) 2024 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members
(Editor: Michael Wink)
31 December 2024 17
Dietetics - - (none) Vitamin D in the New Decade: Facts, Controversies, and Future Perspectives for Daily Clinical Practice
(Editor: Spyridon N. Karras)
15 December 2024 0
Recycling 4.3 6.8 (none) Emerging Technologies in the Hydrometallurgical Recycling of Critical Metals
(Editor: Ana Paula Paiva)
30 June 2024 1
Epigenomes 2.5 3.8 (none) RNA Modification in Inflammation and Metabolism
(Editors: Kezhong Zhang, Juncheng Wei, Cristina Espinosa-Diez)
01 November 2024 0
Electronics 2.9 5.3 (none) Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the University of Manchester—Electrical and Electronic Engineering
(Editors: Zhengtao Ding, Zhenhong Li, Alessandra Parisio)
31 December 2024 4
JAL - - (none) Aging in Place: Supporting Older People's Well-Being and Independence
(Editor: Gordana Dermody)
30 November 2024 0
Vision - 2.3 (none) Effects of Optical and Behavioral Factors on the Ocular Accommodation Response
(Editors: Beatriz Redondo Cabrera, Niall Hynes)
31 January 2025 0
Electricity - 4.8 (none) Planning, Operation and Control of Power Systems with Large Amounts of Variable Renewable Generation
(Editor: Emilio Gomez-Lazaro)
31 December 2024 0
Administrative Sciences 3.0 4.8 (none) Corporate Governance and Financial Market: Ensuring Accountability and Transparency
(Editors: Seoungpil Ahn, Young Kim)
31 December 2024 1
Forensic Sciences - 1.7 (none) The Role of Genetics and the Environment on Human Variation
(Editors: Bridget Algee-Hewitt, Kelly Kamnikar, Amber Plemons)
01 September 2024 0
Water 3.4 5.8 (none) Sustainable Development of Water, Energy and Environment Systems
(Editor: Oz Sahin)
25 September 2024 0
Water 3.4 5.8 (none) Innovative Trends to Reshape the Water Science, Technology and Engineering
(Editor: Helena M. Ramos)
31 December 2024 1
Administrative Sciences 3.0 4.8 (none) Navigating Global Sustainability Compliance Challenges: The Role of Organizational Change Strategies
(Editor: Francesco Ceresia)
30 September 2024 0
Molecules 4.6 7.4 Organic Chemistry ECSOC-26
(Editor: Julio A. Seijas Vázquez)
30 June 2024 16
Molecules 4.6 7.4 Natural Products Chemistry Natural Products as Antimicrobial Agents: From Extraction to Therapeutic Applications
(Editor: Céline Rivière)
31 August 2024 8
Molecules 4.6 7.4 Medicinal Chemistry Heterocycles in Medicinal Chemistry II
(Editor: Josef Jampilek)
30 June 2024 8
Molecules 4.6 7.4 Medicinal Chemistry Novel Agents in Photodynamic Therapy
(Editor: Gloria Mazzone)
31 August 2024 5
Molecules 4.6 7.4 Medicinal Chemistry Featured Papers in Medicinal Chemistry II
(Editors: Diego Muñoz-Torrero, Helen Osborn, Robert J. Doerksen)
31 July 2024 9
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Biosensors Micro/Nano-Devices for Biosensing: From Single Molecule Sensing to Device Applications
(Editor: Ken Hirano)
31 October 2024 6
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Chemical Sensors Recent Advancements in Olfaction and Electronic Nose
(Editors: Jun Wang, Zhenbo Wei)
05 July 2024 13
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Physical Sensors Sensors Based on Optical and Photonic Devices
(Editor: Francesco De Leonardis)
25 June 2024 11
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Physical Sensors Microwave Sensing Systems
(Editors: Holger Arthaber, Christoph Mecklenbraeuker)
30 June 2024 10
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Physical Sensors Advances in Particle Detectors and Radiation Detectors
(Editors: Ismael Martel Bravo, Olof Tengblad)
05 December 2024 10
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Physical Sensors Smart Sensing Technologies for Human-Centered Healthcare: Research and Applications
(Editors: Thanasis Tsanas, Andreas Triantafyllidis, Asimina Kiourti, Siddharth Arora)
31 October 2024 8
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Remote Sensors Innovations in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: Modern Sensors, New Processing Strategies and Advances in Applications (Volume II)
(Editors: Francesco Pirotti, Francesco Mancini)
30 October 2024 7
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Sensor Networks UAV and Sensors Applications for Navigation and Positioning
(Editors: Yongbo Zhang, Yuhang Li)
15 November 2024 9
Viruses 4.7 7.3 Viral Immunology, Vaccines, and Antivirals Immune Responses to Papillomavirus Infections
(Editors: Jiafen Hu, Vivien Béziat)
30 June 2024 8
Viruses 4.7 7.3 Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa Whitefly-Transmitted Plant Viruses
(Editors: Gian Paolo Accotto, Emanuela Noris, Laura Miozzi)
31 July 2024 0
Viruses 4.7 7.3 Animal Viruses Bovine Viral Diarrhea Viruses
(Editor: Shafiqul Chowdhury)
30 June 2024 0
Materials 3.4 5.8 Biomaterials Recent Advancements in Technology and Applications for Dental Ceramics (Second Edition)
(Editor: Sompop Bencharit)
30 June 2024 1
Materials 3.4 5.8 Biomaterials New Trends in the Surface Treatment of Biomaterials
(Editors: Alina Sionkowska, Ketul C. Popat)
20 June 2024 0
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