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Journal IF Cite Score Section Title | Editors Submission Deadline Articles
Vaccines 7.8 8.9 Veterinary Vaccines Vaccines and Animal Health
(Editors: Matteo Legnardi, Claudia Maria Tucciarone)
31 January 2025 6
Biology 4.2 5.7 Bioinformatics Multi-omics Data Integration in Complex Diseases
(Editors: Min Zhao, Ruifeng Hu, Dario Di Silvestre)
30 June 2024 9
Biology 4.2 5.7 Evolutionary Biology Evolutionary Insights into Life History
(Editors: Thomas Colard, Adeline Le Cabec)
31 August 2024 4
Biology 4.2 5.7 Immunology Immune Response Regulation in Animals
(Editors: Rong Gao, Hua-Ji Qiu)
30 September 2024 8
Biology 4.2 5.7 Neuroscience Roles and Functions of Neurotrophins and Their Receptors in the Brain
(Editor: Oliver Von Bohlen Und Halbach)
31 July 2024 6
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Optical Sensors Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing Technologies and Applications
(Editors: Martin Litzenberger, Gaetan Calbris, Bernd Drapp)
30 July 2024 10
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Optical Sensors Spectroscopy-Based Sensing Technologies for Food Quality and Safety
(Editors: J. Paul Robinson, Euiwon Bae)
20 November 2024 6
Medicina 2.6 3.3 Gastroenterology & Hepatology Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Diseases
(Editors: Marcello Candelli, Ludovico Abenavoli)
31 December 2024 5
Chemistry 2.1 3.2 Chemistry of Materials Design of Liquid Crystalline Soft Matter for Modern Applications beyond Liquid Crystal Displays
(Editor: Matthias Lehmann)
31 December 2024 0
Chemistry 2.1 3.2 Inorganic and Solid State Chemistry Lanthanoid and Actinoid Complexes
(Editors: Spyros Perlepes, Sokratis T. Tsantis)
30 September 2024 0
Diversity 2.4 3.4 Plant Diversity Aquatic Plant Diversity, Conservation, and Restoration
(Editors: Danelle Larson, Eva Papastergiadou)
30 June 2024 6
Antioxidants 7.0 10.6 Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress Blood Cells and Redox Homeostasis in Health and Disease
(Editors: Angelo D'Alessandro, Alkmini T. Anastasiadi)
10 July 2024 8
Antioxidants 7.0 10.6 Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress Oxidative Stress in Tumor Genesis, Progression and Therapy—2nd Edition
(Editor: Alfeu Zanotto-Filho)
30 July 2024 0
Antioxidants 7.0 10.6 Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress Oxidative Stress in Pregnancy and Childhood
(Editors: Giuseppe Buonocore, Eloisa Gitto, Serafina Perrone)
15 July 2024 0
Materials 3.4 5.8 Electronic Materials Dielectrics and Nanodielectrics
(Editors: Lulu Ren, He Li)
20 June 2024 0
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Biomedical Sensors Image Analysis and Biomedical Sensors
(Editors: Robert Martí, Joan Martí Bonmatí)
30 June 2024 7
Sensors 3.9 7.3 Biomedical Sensors EEG Signal Processing Techniques and Applications—2nd Edition
(Editors: Yifan Zhao, Fei He, Yuzhu Guo, Hua-Liang Wei)
30 August 2024 13
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Physics and Theory Polymers Physics: From Theory to Experimental Applications
(Editors: Célio Pinto Fernandes, Luís L. Ferrás, Alexandre M. Afonso)
15 September 2024 13
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Physics and Theory Computational Modeling and Simulations of Polymers
(Editors: Juan J. Freire, Costas H. Vlahos)
31 December 2024 8
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Physics and Theory Theoretical and Computational Polymers Science: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
(Editor: Hector Eduardo Roman)
31 July 2024 3
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Processing and Engineering Polymer Micro/Nanofabrication and Manufacturing II
(Editor: Yi-Je Juang)
15 September 2024 7
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Applications Polymeric Materials for Wastewater Treatment Applications
(Editors: Marta Otero, Ricardo N. Coimbra)
31 August 2024 9
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Applications Polymer Materials in Sensors, Actuators and Energy Conversion II
(Editor: Jung-Chang Wang)
31 July 2024 13
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers Biodegradable Polymer Composites
(Editors: Vincenzo Fiore, Luigi Botta)
31 August 2024 9
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers Functional Alginate-Based Materials III
(Editor: Mikyung Shin)
30 June 2024 6
Dentistry Journal 2.6 3.7 Digital Technologies Feature Papers in Digital Dentistry
(Editors: Luigi Canullo, Maria Menini, Paolo Pesce)
15 October 2024 8
Biomolecules 5.5 9.4 Molecular Biology Unraveling Mysteries of Heme Metabolism
(Editors: Harry A. Dailey, Peter N. Meissner, Amy E. Medlock, John D. Phillips, Iqbal Hamza)
30 November 2024 7
Photonics 2.4 2.6 Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics Fiber Optic Sensors in Biomedical Applications
(Editors: Elena De Vita, Agostino Iadicicco, Stefania Campopiano)
10 July 2024 0
Photonics 2.4 2.6 Optical Communication and Network Advanced Technologies in Optical Wireless Communications
(Editors: Cuiwei He, Chen Chen)
15 October 2024 8
Photonics 2.4 2.6 Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Photonics Sensors
(Editors: Carlos Marques, Flavio Esposito)
30 June 2024 18
Photonics 2.4 2.6 Optical Interaction Science Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Nonlinear Photonics
(Editors: Luigi Sirleto, François Sanchez, Yan Feng)
31 July 2024 7
Universe 2.9 4.3 Cosmology The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe: Theory and Observation
(Editor: Jean-Michel Alimi)
30 June 2024 3
Medicina 2.6 3.3 Dentistry Recent Advances in Periodontics and Dental Implantology: Part II
(Editor: Jun-Beom Park)
30 September 2024 7
Nanomaterials 5.3 8.5 Nanophotonics Materials and Devices Synthesis and Application of Optical Nanomaterials
(Editor: Bong-Hyun Jun)
20 July 2024 12
Nutrients 5.9 9.2 Phytochemicals and Human Health Consumption of Bean and Human Health
(Editors: Sonia Blanco Mejia, Andreea Zurbau, Laura Chiavaroli)
15 October 2024 7
Nutrients 5.9 9.2 Nutrition and Public Health Databases, Nutrition and Human Health
(Editors: Andreu Farran-Codina, Mireia Urpi-Sarda)
15 October 2024 5
Nutrients 5.9 9.2 Nutrition Methodology & Assessment Innovative Strategies for Preventing Nutrition-Related Chronic Diseases
(Editors: George Moschonis, Tina Cao)
05 October 2024 3
Animals 3.0 4.9 Veterinary Clinical Studies Veterinary Parasitology: Epidemiology, Control and Prevention Strategies
(Editor: Chun-Ren Wang)
30 June 2024 24
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Computational and Applied Mathematics Mathematical Modeling and Data Science for Biology and Medicine
(Editor: Takashi Suzuki)
31 July 2024 9
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Computational and Applied Mathematics Advances in Control Systems and Automatic Control
(Editors: Satyam Paul, Davood Khodadad, Rob Turnbull)
30 November 2024 7
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Computational and Applied Mathematics Computational Intelligence in Addressing Data Heterogeneity
(Editor: Haifeng Wang)
31 August 2024 1
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Fuzzy Sets, Systems and Decision Making Topological Study on Fuzzy Metric Spaces and Their Generalizations
(Editor: Juan José Miñana)
31 December 2024 6
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Fuzzy Sets, Systems and Decision Making Advanced Methods in Fuzzy Control and Their Applications
(Editors: Cheung Chieh Ku, Chang-Hua Lien)
31 October 2024 8
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Difference and Differential Equations Differential and Integro–Differential Equations: Theory and Applications
(Editors: Jüri Majak, Andrus Salupere)
31 August 2024 9
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Mathematical Physics Transport Phenomena Equations: Modelling and Applications
(Editors: Torcicollo Isabella, Carfora Maria Francesca)
31 December 2024 8
Biomedicines 4.7 5.2 Cancer Biology and Oncology Pancreatic Cancer: Pathomechanism, Diagnostics and Novel Treatment Options
(Editors: Konstantinos Dimas, Dimitrios E. Magouliotis)
30 September 2024 3
Biomedicines 4.7 5.2 Cancer Biology and Oncology Head and Neck Tumors, 3rd Edition
(Editors: Silvia Di Agostino, Jan B. Vermorken)
31 August 2024 9
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Algebra, Geometry and Topology New Advances in Algebra, Ring Theory and Homological Algebra, 2nd Edition
(Editors: Juan Ramón García Rozas, Luis Oyonarte Alcalá, Driss Bennis)
30 November 2024 9
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Algebra, Geometry and Topology Algebraic Structures and Graph Theory, 2nd Edition
(Editors: Irina Cristea, Alessandro Linzi)
30 September 2024 8
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Algebra, Geometry and Topology Differentiable Manifolds and Geometric Structures
(Editor: Adara M. Blaga)
31 October 2024 15
Mathematics 2.4 4.0 Probability and Statistics Probability, Statistics and Random Processes
(Editor: Velizar Pavlov)
31 August 2024 8
Biomedicines 4.7 5.2 Molecular and Translational Medicine Inherited Retinal Diseases: From Pathomolecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies
(Editor: José Martín-Nieto)
31 July 2024 4
Biomedicines 4.7 5.2 Molecular and Translational Medicine New Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease: Biology, Diagnosis and Therapy
(Editors: Susana Coimbra, Alice Santos-Silva)
31 July 2024 11
Biomedicines 4.7 5.2 Molecular and Translational Medicine Urothelial Carcinoma: Role of Biomarkers in Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment
(Editors: Ioannis Zachos, Panagiotis Vlachostergios)
31 October 2024 6
Biology 4.2 5.7 Medical Biology Patho-Mechanisms Associated with Oral Autoimmune Disease and Cancer
(Editor: Nicola Cirillo)
15 July 2024 6
Plants 4.5 6.5 Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change Wild Halophytes: Tools for Understanding Salt Tolerance Mechanisms of Plants and for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change II
(Editors: Marius-Nicusor Grigore, Ricardo Mir, Oscar Vicente)
30 June 2024 7
Plants 4.5 6.5 Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change Photosynthetic Acclimation under Environmental Stress: Insights from Biophysics and Physiology
(Editors: Alexander G. Ivanov, Wah Soon Chow, Alonso Zavafer)
30 June 2024 6
Plants 4.5 6.5 Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change Role of Aquaporins in Stress Responses of Woody Plants
(Editors: Janusz J. Zwiazek, Maryamsadat Vaziriyeganeh)
20 December 2024 0
Vaccines 7.8 8.9 Human Papillomavirus Vaccines Vaccine Strategies for HPV-Related Cancers
(Editor: Diane M. Harper)
31 July 2024 7
Plants 4.5 6.5 Plant Nutrition Plant Surfaces: Physico-Chemical Properties, Interaction with Deposited Matter and Permeability
(Editors: Victoria Fernández, Thomas Eichert)
20 December 2024 7
Cells 6.0 9.9 Cells of the Nervous System New Advances in Neuroinflammation
(Editors: John W. Chen, Michael Breckwoldt)
30 September 2024 9
Crystals 2.7 4.2 Inorganic Crystalline Materials Advances in Low-Dimensional Materials for Electronics and Sensing Applications
(Editors: Hu Li, Klaus Leifer)
20 June 2024 10
Biosensors 5.4 6.6 Nano- and Micro-Technologies in Biosensors Nanomaterial-Based Biosensors to Support the One Health Concept
(Editors: Cuong Cao, Christopher Elliott, Marta Prado)
15 August 2024 2
Biosensors 5.4 6.6 Biosensors and Healthcare Biosensing, Biosafety and Diagnosis
(Editor: Chenxu Yu)
15 September 2024 3
C 4.1 1.6 Carbon Materials and Carbon Allotropes Carbon and Related Composites for Sensors and Energy Storage: Synthesis, Properties, and Application
(Editors: Olena Okhay, Gil Goncalves)
15 October 2024 15
Medicina 2.6 3.3 Infectious Disease Infectious and Tropical Diseases: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
(Editor: Temi Lampejo)
25 January 2025 5
Climate 3.7 5.5 Climate Dynamics and Modelling Climate Variability in the Mediterranean Region
(Editors: Nir Y. Krakauer, Mohammed Achite, Tommaso Caloiero, Sharon Gourdji, Andrzej Wałęga)
30 June 2024 9
Actuators 2.6 3.9 Actuators for Robotics Rehabilitation Robots and Assistive Devices: A Special Issue in Honor of Prof. Dr. Rory A. Cooper
(Editors: Jonathan Duvall, Jorge L. Candiotti, Brad Duerstock, Jongbae Kim)
15 September 2024 6
Cancers 5.2 8.0 Cancer Biomarkers Feature Papers in Section "Cancer Biomarkers" in 2023–2024
(Editor: Maxim V. Berezovski)
31 December 2024 2
Medicina 2.6 3.3 Endocrinology Advances in Clinical Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolic Diseases
(Editors: Yuzuru Ohshiro, Kunimasa Yagi, Yasuhiro Maeno)
31 October 2024 7
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites Surfaces and Interfaces of Polymer Composites
(Editors: Inge Mühlbacher, Matej Bracic, Thomas Luxbacher)
15 July 2024 7
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites Dynamic Behavior of Polymer Composite Materials and Structures
(Editors: Hongxu Wang, Jonathan Tran)
05 August 2024 6
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites Advanced Polymer Nanocomposites III
(Editors: Ting-Yu Liu, Yu-Wei Cheng)
25 August 2024 8
Polymers 5.0 8.0 Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites Advances in Thermal, Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composites
(Editors: Gabriel Pinto, Victoria Alcázar Montero, Marina Patricia Arrieta Dillon)
30 September 2024 12
Water 3.4 5.8 Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems Anthropogenic and Climatic Disturbances in Aquatic Ecosystems: Multiscale Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Effects
(Editor: Stefano Cozzi)
30 June 2024 3
Water 3.4 5.8 Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems Contemporary Threats to Biodiversity in Aquatic Ecosystems
(Editors: Iga Lewin, Andrzej Zawal)
30 July 2024 0
Algorithms 2.3 4.1 Algorithms for Multidisciplinary Applications Supervised and Unsupervised Classification Algorithms (2nd Edition)
(Editors: Mario Rosario Guarracino, Laura Antonelli, Pietro Hiram Guzzi)
31 August 2024 9
Universe 2.9 4.3 Space Science Advanced Studies in Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays
(Editors: Gina Isar, François Montanet)
30 July 2024 0
Electronics 2.9 5.3 Industrial Electronics Energy Harvesting and Storage Technologies
(Editor: Giacomo Cerretti)
15 November 2024 8
Electronics 2.9 5.3 Industrial Electronics Electromechanical Actuators and Sensors Targeting Mechatronics in the Smart Industry
(Editors: Junghwan Chang, Sarbajit Paul, Anindya Nag)
30 September 2024 7
Symmetry 2.7 5.4 Mathematics Feature Papers in Mathematics Section
(Editor: Calogero Vetro)
31 December 2024 3
Medicina 2.6 3.3 Dermatology Chronic Inflammatory Skin Disease: Where We Are and Where We Are Going
(Editors: Fabrizio Martora, Matteo Megna)
30 June 2024 7
Horticulturae 3.1 3.5 Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology Research Progress on Ripening and Postharvest Biology of Horticulture Crops
(Editors: Xuewu Duan, Xiaochun Ding, Guoxiang Jiang)
31 October 2024 2
Horticulturae 3.1 3.5 Vegetable Production Systems Breeding by Design: Advances in Vegetables
(Editor: Yuyang Zhang)
20 October 2024 4
Metals 2.9 4.9 Biobased and Biodegradable Metals Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Advanced Metallic Biomaterials
(Editors: Silvia Spriano, Takayoshi Nakano)
15 November 2024 5
Metals 2.9 4.9 Metal Failure Analysis Creep and Fatigue Behavior of Alloys
(Editor: A. Toshimitsu Yokobori, Jr.)
30 September 2024 6
Modelling - 2.7 Modelling in Engineering Structures Modelling and Simulation of Composite Structures
(Editor: Hessam Ghasemnejad)
30 June 2024 2
Laws 1.2 2.0 Human Rights Issues Rethinking Human Rights
(Editor: Jason Rudall)
31 December 2024 0
Laws 1.2 2.0 Human Rights Issues The Human Rights of Migrants
(Editors: Raquel E. Aldana, Beth Lyon)
15 August 2024 1
Fluids 1.9 3.4 Non-Newtonian and Complex Fluids Advances in Computational Mechanics of Non-Newtonian Fluids
(Editors: Chengcheng Tao, Mehrdad Massoudi)
30 September 2024 8
Fluids 1.9 3.4 Flow of Multi-Phase Fluids and Granular Materials Computational Modelling of Particle Flows in Environmental and Bio-Transport Applications
(Editor: Lin Tian)
31 July 2024 6
Fluids 1.9 3.4 Flow of Multi-Phase Fluids and Granular Materials Multiphase Flow and Granular Mechanics
(Editor: Hua Tan)
30 June 2024 7
Minerals 2.5 4.1 Biomineralization and Biominerals Biomineralization and Biominerals: Lessons from Mineral-Producing Organisms, 2nd Edition
(Editors: Oluwatoosin Agbaje, Olev Vinn)
30 June 2024 2
Minerals 2.5 4.1 Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials Applications of Clay-Based Materials
(Editors: Pollyana Trigueiro, Ramón Raudel Peña Garcia)
30 June 2024 2
Pathogens 3.7 6.4 Bacterial Pathogens New Insight in Pathogenic Escherichia coli: Infections, Pathogenesis and Therapies
(Editor: Bogdan Nowicki)
30 September 2024 7
Pathogens 3.7 6.4 Viral Pathogens Emergence and Control of African Swine Fever
(Editors: Lauro Velazquez-Salinas, Gisselle N. Medina, Elizabeth Ramirez-Medina)
31 July 2024 17
JoX 6.0 5.3 Emerging Chemicals Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: From Exposure to Impacts on Human, Animal and Ecosystem Health towards an Integrated One Health Approach
(Editor: Noureddine Bouaïcha)
28 June 2024 2
JCM 3.9 5.7 Cardiovascular Medicine Current Practice and Future Perspectives in Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation—Volume II
(Editor: Sebastien Knecht)
30 July 2024 8
Current Oncology 2.6 3.3 Gastrointestinal Oncology New Frontiers in Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
(Editors: Olav F. Dajani, Knut Jørgen Labori, Arne Westgaard)
15 November 2024 8
Vaccines 7.8 8.9 COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccination Understanding Immune Responses to COVID-19 Vaccines
(Editor: Federico De Marco)
31 July 2024 1
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