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Journal IF Cite Score Section Title | Editors Submission Deadline Articles
Brain Sciences 2.7 4.8 Psychiatric Diseases Clinical Research on Addiction Psychiatry: Opportunities and Challenges
(Editor: Mark S. Gold)
20 October 2024 2
Materials 3.1 5.8 Metals and Alloys Investigation of Microstructural and Corrosion Properties of Steels and Light Alloys (2nd Edition)
(Editors: Claudio Gennari, Luca Pezzato)
20 October 2024 2
Crystals 2.4 4.2 Inorganic Crystalline Materials Advances in Low-Dimensional Materials for Electronics and Sensing Applications
(Editors: Hu Li, Klaus Leifer)
20 October 2024 10
Materials 3.1 5.8 Advanced Composites Recent Advances in Conductive and Electrical Insulating Polymer Composites
(Editor: Pengfei Fang)
20 October 2024 5
Veterinary Sciences 2.0 2.9 (none) One Health Special Issue on the Occasion of the One Health Day
(Editors: Patrick Butaye, Samson Mukaratirwa)
16 October 2024 1
Photonics 2.1 2.6 Optical Communication and Network Advanced Technologies in Optical Wireless Communications
(Editors: Cuiwei He, Chen Chen)
15 October 2024 9
C 3.9 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 17
Cells 5.1 9.9 Cells of the Cardiovascular System Role of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Cardiovascular Disease
(Editors: Alejandra San Martin, Claire Holden)
15 October 2024 9
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Systems & Control Engineering High Performance Control and Industrial Applications
(Editors: Luis Gomes, Weichao Sun, Weiyang Lin)
15 October 2024 16
Nutrients 4.8 9.2 Nutrition and Public Health Databases, Nutrition and Human Health
(Editors: Andreu Farran-Codina, Mireia Urpi-Sarda)
15 October 2024 5
Dentistry Journal 2.5 3.7 Digital Technologies Feature Papers in Digital Dentistry
(Editors: Luigi Canullo, Maria Menini, Paolo Pesce)
15 October 2024 11
Nutrients 4.8 9.2 Phytochemicals and Human Health Consumption of Bean and Human Health
(Editors: Sonia Blanco Mejia, Andreea Zurbau, Laura Chiavaroli)
15 October 2024 8
Materials 3.1 5.8 Corrosion Surface Engineering & Coating Technologies for Corrosion and Tribocorrosion Resistance—Volume II
(Editor: Yong Sun)
10 October 2024 9
Materials 3.1 5.8 Metals and Alloys Alloys and Composites: Structural and Functional Applications (Volume II)
(Editor: Wei Guo)
10 October 2024 6
Materials 3.1 5.8 Manufacturing Processes and Systems Sustainable Materials from Industrial Waste
(Editors: Isabel Padilla, Maximina Romero, Aurora López-Delgado)
10 October 2024 9
Nutrients 4.8 9.2 Nutrition Methodology & Assessment Innovative Strategies for Preventing Nutrition-Related Chronic Diseases
(Editors: George Moschonis, Tina Cao)
05 October 2024 4
Social Sciences 1.7 2.6 Social Policy and Welfare The Contested Terrain of Sport: Sociological, Political and Policy Perspectives
(Editors: Steve Jackson, Mike Sam)
01 October 2024 8
Pathogens 3.3 6.4 (none) Women’s Special Issue Series: Pathogens
(Editors: Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Nicola Carter)
30 September 2024 11
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
Biology 3.6 5.7 Immunology Immune Response Regulation in Animals
(Editors: Rong Gao, Hua-Ji Qiu)
30 September 2024 8
Biomedicines 3.9 5.2 Cancer Biology and Oncology Pancreatic Cancer: Pathomechanism, Diagnostics and Novel Treatment Options
(Editors: Konstantinos Dimas, Dimitrios E. Magouliotis)
30 September 2024 3
IJERPH - 7.3 Behavioral and Mental Health Tobacco Use, Vaping, Heating, Nicotine Dependence, Smoking Cessation, and Public Health
(Editors: Klaas F. Franzen, Daniel Drömann)
30 September 2024 5
Fluids 1.8 3.4 Non-Newtonian and Complex Fluids Advances in Computational Mechanics of Non-Newtonian Fluids
(Editors: Chengcheng Tao, Mehrdad Massoudi)
30 September 2024 8
Diversity 2.1 3.4 Plant Diversity Aquatic Plant Diversity, Conservation, and Restoration
(Editors: Danelle Larson, Eva Papastergiadou)
30 September 2024 7
Medicina 2.4 3.3 Dentistry and Oral Health Recent Advances in Periodontics and Dental Implantology: Part II
(Editor: Jun-Beom Park)
30 September 2024 11
Epigenomes 2.5 3.8 (none) Histone Variants
(Editor: Chunyuan Jin)
30 September 2024 1
Electronics 2.6 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
Agronomy 3.3 6.2 Soil and Plant Nutrition Use of Humic Substances and Biostimulants for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
(Editor: Diego Pizzeghello)
30 September 2024 8
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Internet of Things 5G/6G Networks for Wireless Communication and IoT
(Editors: Giuseppe Araniti, Chiara Suraci, Anna Maria Mandalari, Roberto Morabito, Antonino Orsino)
30 September 2024 8
Antioxidants 6.0 10.6 Natural and Synthetic Antioxidants Natural Products: Biological, Antioxidant Properties and Health Effects—3rd Edition
(Editor: Evangelos Zoidis)
30 September 2024 9
Technologies 4.2 6.7 Information and Communication Technologies Data Science and Big Data in Biology, Physical Science and Engineering II
(Editor: Mohammed Mahmoud)
30 September 2024 2
IJERPH - 7.3 Behavioral and Mental Health Bullying: Causes, Consequences, Interventions, and Prevention
(Editor: Matthew Costello)
30 September 2024 6
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Algebra, Geometry and Topology Algebraic Structures and Graph Theory, 2nd Edition
(Editors: Irina Cristea, Alessandro Linzi)
30 September 2024 9
Gels 5.0 4.7 Gel Applications Gel-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Treatment
(Editors: Haoan Wu, Xingchun Gao)
30 September 2024 10
Antioxidants 6.0 10.6 Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants in Neurodegenerative Disorders 2nd Edition
(Editor: Marco Tulio Núñez)
30 September 2024 6
Games 0.6 1.6 Applied Game Theory Applications of Game Theory to Industrial Organization
(Editors: Marco A. Marini, Riccardo D. Saulle, Giorgos Stamatopoulos)
30 September 2024 6
Metals 2.6 4.9 Metal Failure Analysis Creep and Fatigue Behavior of Alloys
(Editor: A. Toshimitsu Yokobori, Jr.)
30 September 2024 6
Pathogens 3.3 6.4 Bacterial Pathogens New Insight in Pathogenic Escherichia coli: Infections, Pathogenesis and Therapies
(Editor: Bogdan Nowicki)
30 September 2024 7
IJERPH - 7.3 Global Health Work and Occupational Health: Focus on Gender, Youth and New Labor Inequalities
(Editors: Esteban Agulló-Tomás, Sara Menéndez-Espina, José Antonio Llosa)
30 September 2024 3
Chemistry 2.4 3.2 Inorganic and Solid State Chemistry Lanthanoid and Actinoid Complexes
(Editors: Spyros Perlepes, Sokratis T. Tsantis)
30 September 2024 0
Gels 5.0 4.7 Gel Analysis and Characterization Food Gels: Structure and Properties
(Editor: Hongjie Dai)
30 September 2024 9
Administrative Sciences 3.0 4.8 (none) Navigating Global Sustainability Compliance Challenges: The Role of Organizational Change Strategies
(Editor: Francesco Ceresia)
30 September 2024 1
Animals 2.7 4.9 Equids Advances in Equine Neonatal Care
(Editors: Pamela A. Wilkins, Annette Marie McCoy)
25 September 2024 0
Animals 2.7 4.9 Poultry Coccidiosis in Poultry: Current Thinking on Eimeria spp., Host–Parasite Relationships, and Potential for Advancements in Control
(Editor: Kenneth Bafundo)
25 September 2024 8
Vaccines 5.2 8.9 Vaccines against Tropical and other Infectious Diseases 2nd Edition of Vaccines against Pneumococcal Infection
(Editor: Alan Cross)
25 September 2024 4
JCM 3.0 5.7 Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine Current Challenges in Clinical Dentistry
(Editors: Eiji Tanaka, Susumu Abe)
25 September 2024 14
Energies 3.0 6.2 E: Electric Vehicles Advanced Solutions for the Efficient Integration of Electric Vehicles in Electricity Grids
(Editors: Evangelos Karfopoulos, Michele Roccotelli, Ioannis Karakitsios)
25 September 2024 9
Vision - 2.3 (none) New Horizons in Myopia Management: Bridging Epidemiology and Clinical Innovation
(Editors: Yair Morad, Nir Erdinest)
20 September 2024 3
Energies 3.0 6.2 D: Energy Storage and Application Review Papers in Energy Storage and Related Applications
(Editor: Massimo Guarnieri)
17 September 2024 8
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Artificial Intelligence AI Technologies and Smart City
(Editors: Young Im Cho, Eric Matson)
16 September 2024 12
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Circuit and Signal Processing Embedded Systems: Fundamentals, Design and Practical Applications
(Editors: Alexander Barkalov, Larysa Titarenko, Dariusz Kania, Remigiusz Wiśniewski)
15 September 2024 21
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Processing and Engineering Polymer Micro/Nanofabrication and Manufacturing II
(Editor: Yi-Je Juang)
15 September 2024 8
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Physics and Theory Polymers Physics: From Theory to Experimental Applications
(Editors: Célio Pinto Fernandes, Luís L. Jorge Lima Ferraz, Alexandre M. Afonso)
15 September 2024 16
Cells 5.1 9.9 Cell Motility and Adhesion Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer Invasion and Metastasis
(Editors: Wen G. Jiang, Qingping Dou)
15 September 2024 7
Foods 4.7 7.4 Sensory and Consumer Sciences Consumer Behavior and Food Choice—Volume III
(Editor: Cristina Calvo-Porral)
15 September 2024 16
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Networks Recent Advances in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
(Editors: Binod Vaidya, Byung Rae Cha)
15 September 2024 9
Biosensors 4.9 6.6 Biosensors and Healthcare Biosensing, Biosafety and Diagnosis
(Editor: Chenxu Yu)
15 September 2024 3
Actuators 2.2 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 10
Crystals 2.4 4.2 Polycrystalline Ceramics Advanced Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric and Dielectric Ceramics
(Editor: Zhonghua Yao)
14 September 2024 12
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