Dear Colleagues,

As we navigate the landscape of statistical physics, new questions emerge that inspire and drive technological and scientific progress. The growing interest in understanding collective emergence, nonlinear patterns, and critical and non-equilibrium phenomena in complex and disordered systems continues to pose a major challenge. Exploring the theoretical foundations of statistical physics, we face applying these principles to new domains such as molecular biology, nanotechnology, machine learning and information theory, data science, and social systems. A profound understanding of correlations, phase transitions, and thermodynamic properties in unconventional contexts is essential for advancing toward innovative solutions.

This Special Issue aims to gather excellent reviews and original research papers that deal with current problems in statistical physics. We encourage critical works that broadly address the mathematical aspects and theoretical underpinnings of classical, quantum, and relativistic statistical physics applied to the analysis of complex systems focused on, but not limited to, the following research areas:

• Entropies and correlations in complex systems;
• Generalized statistical mechanics;
• Plasma physics;
• Holographic and other cosmologically relevant entropies;
• Quantum long-range systems;
• Spin glass theory;
• Renormalization groups;
• Nonintegrable many-body systems;
• Fluctuations in physics;
• Role of machine learning in statistical physics;
• Complex Networks;
• Data science;
• Climate environments;
• Biophysical systems;
• Econophysics.

Dr. Sergio Luiz E. F. Da Silva
Prof. Dr. Giorgio Kaniadakis
Dr. Antonio M. Scarfone
Guest Editors

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• statistical physics
• criticality
• collective emergence
• nonlinear dynamics
• complex and disordered systems
• information theory
• thermodynamics