Applied Sciences

Development, Characterization, Application and Recycling of Novel Construction Materials, 3rd Edition

edited by

and Nor Edine Abriak

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: materials; cement; waste reuse; characterization techniques; formulation; durability; concrete; binders; SCMs; geopolymers; sediments; clays; treatment

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

Anthropometric and Body Composition Assessments in Health, Nutrition, and Sport

edited by

Masaharu Kagawa

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: body composition assessment techniques; anthropometry; densitometry; hydrometry; dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; computed tomography; ultrasound; infrared; magnetic resonance imaging; bioelectrical impedance analysis; 4 compartment model; 3D scanning; anthropometric indices; skinfolds; somatotype; phantom stratagem; malnutrition; stunting; wasting; overweight; obesity; frailty; sarcopenia; sarcopenic obesity; osteoporosis; metabolic biomarkers; masked obesity; eating disorders; metabolic syndrome; athletes; sports performance; chronic diseases; body image; psychological disorders; nutritional assessment; health assessment; pregnancy; infants; children; adolescents; elderly; ethnicity; gender; growth and development; sports

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Advances in Fiber Lasers and Their Applications

edited by

Haitao Zhang

submission deadline 21 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1139 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-power; high-energy fiber lasers; ultrafast fiber lasers; spectral/coherent beam combination; beam shaping; laser plasma; laser applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Data Science and Medical Informatics

edited by

Junchang Xin

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3168 | Submission Open

Keywords: data science; machine learning; statistical modeling; predictive analytics; optimization; medical informatics; natural language processing; decision support; explainable AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

The Internet of Things (IoT) and Its Application in Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Cristina Stolojescu-Crisan

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; intelligent systems; smart homes; smart cities; healthcare monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advanced Analysis and Technology in Fire Science and Engineering - 2nd Edition

edited by

Cheol-Hong Hwang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16388 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire chemistry and physics; fire dynamics; measurement in fire environments; fire detection and suppression system; fire safety design and management; assessment of fire risk; fire investigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)

Biological Control and Pesticides in Agriculture: Current Status and Applications

edited by

Magdalena Dziagwa-Becker

and

Marta Oleszek

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7495 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticides; plant protection products; herbicides; pests; biological agent; integrated pest management; biopesticides; low-risk pesticides; environmental risk assessment; biological control; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Application of Deep Learning in Speech Enhancement Technology

edited by

Lin Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6276 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; explainable AI; microphone array; multi-modal speech processing; noise reduction; speech enhancement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Anti-Inflammatory and Chemopreventive Effects of Phytochemicals

edited by

Anna Ofrydopoulou

,

Alexandros Tsoupras

and Eleni Evgenidou

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4062 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; cancer prevention; signaling pathways; therapeutic targets; phytochemicals; clinical trials; natural bioactives; anti-tumor; anti-inflammatory; antioxidant; anti-metastatic; anti-neoplastic; in vitro; in vivo; synergistic effects; immune system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Autonomous Marine Vehicles (AMVs): Emerging Technologies and Applications

edited by

Meiqin Liu

and

Shanling Dong

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3692 | Submission Open

Keywords: path planning; localization; fault diagnosis; optimization; hardware design; navigation; security; control; intelligent learning; analysis and applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)

Interdisciplinary Approaches and Applications of Optics & Photonics, 2nd Edition

edited by

Manuel Filipe Pereira da Cunha Martins Costa

and

Sandra Franco

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3503 | Submission Open

Keywords: optics; photonics; and nano-photonics; plasmonics; theoretical optics and quantum and nonlinear optics; optical communications and sensors; optical fibers and applications; biophotonics and biomedical and medical applications of optics and photonics; ultrafast lasers and ultrafast optics; power lasers; optical metrology; image processing; and industrial applications; optometry; ophthalmic optics; and color and visual sciences; optoelectronics; microwave photonics; photonics and optical instrumentation for space and astronomy; optics and photonics for smart mobility and smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optics and Lasers)

Disaster Prevention and Control of Underground and Tunnel Engineering

edited by Nengxiong Xu and

Yan Qin

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3218 | Submission Open

Keywords: underground space development; underground energy storage facility; poor geological conditions underground; conventional energy extraction; unconventional energy extraction; geotechnical problems; engineering geological issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Exploration Geophysics and Seismic Surveying

edited by

Guoxin Chen

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2842 | Submission Open

Keywords: exploration geophysics; seismic surveying; seismic wave inversion; reverse time migration; AI/ML in geophysics; subsurface imaging; marine seismic exploration; full waveform inversion; geophysical data processing; seismic modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Non-Destructive Techniques for Heritage Conservation

edited by Amélia Dionísio and

Graça Vasconcelos

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2505 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive techniques (NDT); heritage conservation; material diagnosis; structural diagnosis; materials and structures data; preservation strategies

New Technologies for Immunotherapy

edited by

Rafael Cardoso Maciel Costa Silva

, Danielle Aparecida Sousa Rodrigues and

Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1056 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunotherapy; manipulation of immune responses; inflammatory damage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Rock Mechanics in Geology

edited by

Chaoyi Sun

, He Liu and Kaizong Xia

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 853 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; rock mass characterization; stability analysis; failure mechanisms; risk assessment; numerical modeling; experimental testing; slope engineering; deep mining; underground excavations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Technical Advances in 3D Reconstruction—2nd Edition

edited by Xi Zhao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 798 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; 3D content generation; Shape representation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Quality Assessment

edited by

Luciana Maria Baptista Ventura

and

Márcio de Almeida D'Agosto

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 760 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 emissions; GHG; atmospheric emissions; air quality; climate change; atmospheric pollution; environmental impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

New Trends in Electrode for Electrochemical Analysis

edited by Luis Humberto Mendoza-Huizar and

Giaan Arturo Álvarez-Romero

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 700 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical analysis; electrode materials; electrochemical sensors; nanostructured electrodes; composite electrodes; nanomaterials; electroanalysis techniques; machine learning-guided design; electroanalytical pulse waveforms; ultramicroelectrodes; nanoelectrodes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical and Molecular Sciences)

Smart Transportation Systems and Logistics Technology

edited by

Roland Jachimowski

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 684 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transport; smart logistics; future mobility; autonomous vehicles; connected vehicles; artificial intelligence in transport; IoT; traffic optimization; digital transformation of logistics; digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Intelligence in Speaker and Emotion: Advances in Analysis and Recognition

edited by

Maroš Jakubec

,

Eva Lieskovská

and Roman Jarina

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 516 | Submission Open

Keywords: speaker recognition; emotion recognition; deep learning; multimodal fusion; speech signal processing; speech features; affective computing; human– computer interaction; noisy environment; robust models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Feeding and Nutrition in Fish Aquaculture

edited by Daniel Espinosa-Chaurand,

Carlos Alfonso Alvarez-González

and Eduardo Quiroz-Gúzman

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open

Keywords: prebiotics; probiotics; ingredient processing; fish feeding techniques; fish feeding technologies; new ingredients

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Software Engineering: Computer Science and System 2026

edited by

Vito Conforti

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: mathematics and computer science; software industry; software engineering; software for science research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advancing Pediatric Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Through Digital Technologies and Data-Driven Innovations

edited by Christopher P. Landrigan and

Stavros P. Derdas

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: pediatric healthcare; patient safety; healthcare quality improvement; digital health; artificial intelligence; medication safety; clinical risk management; family-centered care; telemedicine; pediatric intensive care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Applied Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering

edited by

Krzysztof Wnuk

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied artificial intelligence; software engineering; AI-driven software development; reliable AI systems; software testing and optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Machine Learning Approaches to Neuro-Immunological Disorders

edited by Hristina Zlatanova-Tenisheva, Georgi Slavov and Pavel Balabanov

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; neuro-immunology; predictive models; personalized medicine; data integration; clinical applications; ethical challenges

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Engineering)

Advances in AC/DC Distribution Systems with High-Penetration of Renewable Energy—2nd Edition

edited by

Qian Xiao

, Yu Jin and Wenbiao Lu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: AC/DC distribution systems; renewable energy; operation flexibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)

Current Trends in Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment

edited by

Adriana De Stefano

and

Gabriella Galluccio

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: orthodontics; orthodontic appliances; malocclusion; cephalometry; diagnostic imaging; models; dental; artificial intelligence; dental materials; temporomandibular joint disorders; interdisciplinary communication; treatment outcome; quality of life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Food Fermentation: New Advances and Applications: 2nd Edition

edited by

Francesca Passannanti

and

Rosa Colucci Cante

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: fermentation; functional food; advanced methodologies; novel food; nutraceuticals; agri-food waste; microorganism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Tools for Implementing and Monitoring Circularity in the Built Environment—2nd Edition

edited by

Luís Bragança

and Rand Askar

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: circular economy in the built environment; existing and new stock; assessment and monitoring; CE integration into sustainability frameworks; design support tools; circularity indicators; management models; barriers and opportunities; digitalisation and automation; BIM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advances in Aircraft Design and Bioenergy

edited by

Ziyu Liu

and Xiaobin Shen

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: bionic aircraft; biofuels; aerospace vehicles; bionic robotics; sustainable aviation; combustion and emissions; aerospace engineering; renewable energy; environmental impact assessment; life cycle assessment; flight dynamics

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

Development and Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control Technology, 2nd Edition

edited by Xiaoping Xu,

Rui Wang

and

Rosario Pecora

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced control algorithms; autonomous navigation; multi-sensor integration; swarm intelligence; artificial intelligence; human– UAV interaction; practical applications

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

Nanostructured Adsorbents for Environmental Remediation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Norma-Aurea Rangel-Vàzquez

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; nanohydrogels; adsorbents; water; remediation; simulation; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sciences)

Synergistic Exploitation of Mineral and Geothermal Resources: Thermal Management and Multiphysical Geomechanics

edited by

Qiang Li

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: co-extraction technologies; underground thermal management; seasonal thermal storage; seasonal thermal storage; heat and mass transfer; THM effects; rock fractures seepage; cyclic thermal loading

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)

Oral Microbiology

edited by

Violet I. Haraszthy

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral microbiome; oral biofilms; microbial dysbiosis; dental caries; periodontal disease; host– microbe interactions; antimicrobial strategies; diagnostic technologies; bioactive materials; translational dentistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

New Trends in the Structure Characterization of Food: 2nd Edition

edited by

María de Jesús Perea-Flores

and

Ma de la Paz Salgado-Cruz

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: food materials and emerging technologies; ultrasound; microwave and infrared technologies; nutrients and components (biopolymers and secondary metabolites); dietary supplements and functional foods; agroindustrial waste; spectroscopy— Raman; IR; X-ray diffraction (XRD); microscopy techniques light microscopy (LM); confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM); scanning electron microscopy (SEM); transmission electron microscopy (TEM); atomic force microscopy (AFM) super-resolution microscopy saturated structured illumination microscopy (SSIM); stimulated emission depletion microscopy (STED); photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM); fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy (FPALM); stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Recent Advances in Postharvest Handling, Storage, Processing and Packaging, and Management of Fruits and Vegetables

edited by

Sandra Horvitz

and

Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: fresh produce; fruits & vegetables; postharvest management; food loss and waste; cooling and cold storage; shelf-life extension; cold chain; modified atmosphere packaging; food quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Science and Technology)

Feature Review Papers in ‘Transportation and Future Mobility’ Section

edited by David Fernández-Llorca,

Suchao Xie

and

Nadia Giuffrida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 26652 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation; traffic; future mobility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Transportation and Future Mobility)

Advances in Computer Vision and Digital Image Processing

edited by

Panayiotis Vlamos

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 10688 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; digital image processing; deep learning; object detection; image segmentation; generative AI; medical imaging; scene understanding; multimodal data fusion; embedded vision systems; human– computer interaction; real-time image analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Machine Learning and Its Application for Anomaly Detection

edited by

Naeem Ayoub

and Amira Mouakher

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9744 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; explainable AI (XAI); time-series analysis; generative AI; predictive maintenance; cybersecurity; industrial monitoring; healthcare analytics; real-time systems; federated learning; privacy-preserving machine learning; image anomaly detection; edge computing; cloud-based detection; outlier detection; adaptive detection systems and industrial IoTs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Green Technologies and Applications

edited by

Sergio Correia

and

João Pedro Matos-Carvalho

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8373 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy and green technology; green smart cities; green technologies and applications; green communication systems and networks; artificial intelligence for green IoT; applied mathematical modeling in renewable energy; ai application to sustainable technologies

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

Advanced Signal and Image Processing for Applied Engineering

edited by

Mouloud Adel

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7684 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; image processing; algorithmic approaches; computational frameworks; healthcare; communication; manufacturing; automotive; energy systems; biomedical image processing; machine learning; computer-aided diagnosis; pattern recognition

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Deep Learning and Data Mining: Latest Advances and Applications

edited by Mehmed M. Kantardzic,

Mehmet Akif Gulum

and Hanqing Hu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6865 | Submission Open

Keywords: data mining; deep learning; learning algorithms; multimodal data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)

Advances in Geopolymers and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Composites

edited by

Zhiyun Deng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5718 | Submission Open

Keywords: geopolymers; fiber-reinforced concrete; sustainable construction materials; mechanical properties; durability; concrete composites; structural applications; recycling; environmental impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advancing Building Information Modeling Through Artificial Intelligence: Methods, Applications, and Challenges

edited by

Eric Fabián Forcael Durán

and

Felipe Muñoz-La Rivera

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5310 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); building information modeling (BIM); machine learning; generative design; computer vision in construction; digital twins; smart construction; automation in AEC; predictive maintenance; data-driven design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Advanced Plant Biotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture—2nd Edition

edited by

Anzhen Qin

and

Dongfeng Ning

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5161 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic engineering; cropping systems; smart fertigation; remote sensing; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)

Current Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges for Biomaterials in Dental Applications

edited by

Marko Vuletić

,

Dragana Gabrić

and Valentina Rajić

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2639 | Submission Open

Keywords: regenerative dentistry; tissue engineering; bioactive glass; dentin graft; osteointegration; polymeric biomaterials; dental implants; zirconia ceramics; adhesive systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Dentistry and Oral Sciences)

Recent Advances in Geotechnical Structures and Soil–Structure Interaction

edited by

Shengyi Cong

and Xudong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2071 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold-region geotechnics; frozen soil mechanics; soil– structure interaction; hydro– thermo– mechanical coupling modeling; remote sensing and monitoring; field experiments and case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)

Cloud Computing: New Network Technology and Information Security

edited by

Madhuri Siddula

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1959 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud computing; security models; networks; information security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)