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Journal IF Cite Score Section Title | Editors Submission Deadline Articles
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites Surfaces and Interfaces of Polymer Composites
(Editors: Inge Mühlbacher, Matej Bracic, Thomas Luxbacher)
15 July 2024 7
Forests 2.4 4.4 Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Forestry
(Editors: Guojie Wang, Zengxin Zhang)
15 July 2024 11
Pathophysiology 2.7 3.1 (none) MYC in Regeneration and Tumorigenesis
(Editor: Roderik Kortlever)
15 July 2024 4
JCM 3.0 5.7 Ophthalmology Advances in Glaucoma Management and Intraocular Pressure Physiology
(Editor: Kevin Gillmann)
15 July 2024 15
Antioxidants 6.0 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
Biology 3.6 5.7 Medical Biology Patho-Mechanisms Associated with Oral Autoimmune Disease and Cancer
(Editor: Nicola Cirillo)
15 July 2024 6
Processes 2.8 5.1 Advanced Digital and Other Processes Features, Reviews and Perspectives for the 10th Anniversary of Processes
(Editors: Giancarlo Cravotto, Zhen Fang, Jose V. Garcia-Perez)
15 July 2024 16
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Microwave and Wireless Communications Antenna Designs for 5G/IoT and Space Applications, 2nd Edition
(Editors: Faisel Tubbal, Ladislau Matekovits, Raad Raad)
16 July 2024 8
JCM 3.0 5.7 Obstetrics & Gynecology Breast Cancer: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment
(Editor: Rita De Sanctis)
16 July 2024 5
Nanomaterials 4.4 8.5 Nanophotonics Materials and Devices Synthesis and Application of Optical Nanomaterials
(Editor: Bong-Hyun Jun)
20 July 2024 12
Technologies 4.2 6.7 Information and Communication Technologies IoT-Enabling Technologies and Applications
(Editor: Xavier Fernando)
20 July 2024 2
Energies 3.0 6.2 A4: Bio-Energy Pyrolysis and Gasification of Biomass and Waste II
(Editor: Grzegorz Czerski)
20 July 2024 10
Batteries 4.6 4.0 Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application Machine Learning for Advanced Battery Systems
(Editors: Benben Jiang, Guannan He, Xiang Chen)
21 July 2024 5
Environments 3.5 5.7 (none) Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Air Quality Assessment and Management
(Editors: William A. Anderson, Ching-Yuan Chang)
25 July 2024 7
JCM 3.0 5.7 Pulmonology Clinical Advances in Allergy and Asthma: Issues, Strategies, and Future Directions
(Editor: Laura Pini)
25 July 2024 9
Animals 2.7 4.9 Animal Welfare Care and Well-Being of Laboratory Animals
(Editor: Stephanie Krämer)
25 July 2024 7
Universe 2.5 4.3 Space Science Advanced Studies in Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays
(Editors: Gina Isar, François Montanet)
30 July 2024 0
Antioxidants 6.0 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
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Optical Sensors Distributed Fibre Optic Sensing Technologies and Applications
(Editors: Martin Litzenberger, Gaetan Calbris, Bernd Drapp)
30 July 2024 10
Pathogens 3.3 6.4 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Disease: Importance of Surveillance and Detection in Public Health Initiatives
(Editor: Fabio Tramuto)
30 July 2024 14
JCM 3.0 5.7 Ophthalmology Advances in Ophthalmic Imaging
(Editor: Ulrich Kellner)
30 July 2024 9
Crystals 2.4 4.2 Liquid Crystals Liquid Crystal Research and Novel Applications in the 21st Century
(Editor: Ingo Dierking)
30 July 2024 4
Water 3.0 5.8 Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems Contemporary Threats to Biodiversity in Aquatic Ecosystems
(Editors: Iga Lewin, Andrzej Zawal)
30 July 2024 0
Chemosensors 3.7 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
JCM 3.0 5.7 Cardiovascular Medicine Current Practice and Future Perspectives in Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation—Volume II
(Editor: Sebastien Knecht)
30 July 2024 8
Resources 3.6 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 3
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Medicinal Chemistry Featured Papers in Medicinal Chemistry II
(Editors: Diego Muñoz-Torrero, Helen Osborn, Robert J. Doerksen)
31 July 2024 9
Biomedicines 3.9 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 13
Pathogens 3.3 6.4 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Emergence and Control of African Swine Fever
(Editors: Lauro Velazquez-Salinas, Gisselle N. Medina, Elizabeth Ramirez-Medina)
31 July 2024 18
Viruses 3.8 7.3 Viruses of Plants, Fungi and Protozoa Whitefly-Transmitted Plant Viruses
(Editors: Gian Paolo Accotto, Emanuela Noris, Laura Miozzi)
31 July 2024 0
QuBS 1.3 2.8 High-Power Laser Physics Laser Assisted Manufacturing
(Editors: Swee Leong Sing, Wai Yee Yeong)
31 July 2024 9
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Physics and Theory Theoretical and Computational Polymers Science: Physics, Chemistry and Biology
(Editor: Hector Eduardo Roman)
31 July 2024 3
Games 0.6 1.6 Algorithmic and Computational Game Theory Applications of Game Theory with Mathematical Methods
(Editor: Yllka Velaj)
31 July 2024 7
JCM 3.0 5.7 Orthopedics Latest Advances in Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis
(Editor: Gunther Maderbacher)
31 July 2024 14
Cells 5.1 9.9 Tissues and Organs Eye Development and Evolution: Cellular and Molecular Events
(Editors: Annamaria Locascio, Maria I. Arnone)
31 July 2024 5
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Artificial Intelligence Advances in the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) and IoT in the Primary Sector
(Editors: Nikos Petrellis, Nikolaos Voros, Christos P. Antonopoulos)
31 July 2024 6
IJERPH - 7.3 Global Health Adolescent Nutrition and Health
(Editors: Stefania Ruggeri, Laura Censi)
31 July 2024 6
Vaccines 5.2 8.9 COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccination Understanding Immune Responses to COVID-19 Vaccines
(Editor: Federico De Marco)
31 July 2024 2
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Inorganic Chemistry Metal Complexes as Potential Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Agents
(Editor: Mihaela Badea)
31 July 2024 6
Risks 2.0 3.8 (none) Risks Journal: A Decade of Advancing Knowledge and Shaping the Future
(Editor: Mogens Steffensen)
31 July 2024 9
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Applications Polymer Materials in Sensors, Actuators and Energy Conversion II
(Editor: Jung-Chang Wang)
31 July 2024 13
Gels 5.0 4.7 Gel Processing and Engineering Design of Supramolecular Hydrogels
(Editors: Dipankar Ghosh, Gareth O. Lloyd, Elina I. Sievanen)
31 July 2024 0
Inorganics 3.1 2.8 Organometallic Chemistry Research on Ferrocene and Ferrocene-Containing Compounds
(Editors: Mojca Čakić Semenčić, Lidija Barišić)
31 July 2024 4
Virtual Worlds - - (none) Networked Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality Systems
(Editors: Jorge C. S. Cardoso, Thiago Malheiros Porcino)
31 July 2024 3
Biology 3.6 5.7 Neuroscience Roles and Functions of Neurotrophins and Their Receptors in the Brain
(Editor: Oliver Von Bohlen Und Halbach)
31 July 2024 6
Biomedicines 3.9 5.2 Molecular and Translational Medicine Inherited Retinal Diseases: From Pathomolecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies
(Editor: José Martín-Nieto)
31 July 2024 4
Remote Sensing 4.2 8.3 Environmental Remote Sensing Photogrammetry – the Science of Precise Measurements from Images: A Themed Issue in Honour of Professor Emeritus Armin Grün in Anticipation of His 80th Birthday
(Editors: Fabio Remondino, Devrim Akca, Rongjun Qin)
31 July 2024 9
Photonics 2.1 2.6 Optical Interaction Science Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Nonlinear Photonics
(Editors: Luigi Sirleto, François Sanchez, Yan Feng)
31 July 2024 7
Metals 2.6 4.9 Metallic Functional Materials Feature Papers in Metallic Functional Materials
(Editors: Victorino Franco, João Horta Belo, Luis Miguel Moreno-Ramírez)
31 July 2024 10
Vaccines 5.2 8.9 Human Papillomavirus Vaccines Vaccine Strategies for HPV-Related Cancers
(Editor: Diane M. Harper)
31 July 2024 8
Fluids 1.8 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
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Computational and Applied Mathematics Mathematical Modeling and Data Science for Biology and Medicine
(Editor: Takashi Suzuki)
31 July 2024 9
Plants 4.0 6.5 Phytochemistry Natural Products in Plants: Synthesis, Analysis and Bioactivity
(Editors: Alberto Minassi, Federica Pollastro)
31 July 2024 0
IJFS 2.1 3.7 (none) Cross-Cultural Corporate Governance, Firm Performance and Firm Value
(Editor: Brian Bolton)
31 July 2024 4
AI 3.1 7.2 (none) Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
(Editor: Arslan Munir)
31 July 2024 7
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites Dynamic Behavior of Polymer Composite Materials and Structures
(Editors: Hongxu Wang, Jonathan Tran)
05 August 2024 7
Children 2.0 2.7 Pediatric Nursing Family Centered Neonatal and Maternity Care
(Editors: Karen D. Hendricks-Muñoz, Juan Gabriel Ruiz Pelaez)
05 August 2024 7
IJERPH - 7.3 Global Health Suicide in Asia and the Pacific
(Editors: Harry Minas, Erminia Colucci)
13 August 2024 8
Laws 1.3 2.0 Human Rights Issues The Human Rights of Migrants
(Editors: Raquel E. Aldana, Beth Lyon)
15 August 2024 1
Biosensors 4.9 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
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Computer Science & Engineering Selected Papers from Young Researchers in Signal/Image/Video Coding and Processing
(Editors: Ionut Schiopu, Radu Ciprian Bilcu)
15 August 2024 10
Foods 4.7 7.4 Meat Green Processing Technology of Meat and Meat Products Volume II
(Editors: Jinxuan Cao, Changyu Zhou)
19 August 2024 8
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Chemical Biology Themed Issue in Honor of Carlos Gutiérrez Merino: Forty Years of Research Excellence in the Field of Membrane Proteins and Bioenergetics
(Editors: Alejandro Samhan-Arias, Manuel Aureliano, Carmen Lopez-Sanchez)
20 August 2024 13
JFB 5.0 4.6 Antibacterial Biomaterials Antibacterial Materials: Recent Advances in Methodologies and Regulations
(Editors: Claudia Vineis, Alessio Varesano)
20 August 2024 7
Brain Sciences 2.7 4.8 Neurolinguistics Neurofunctional Basis of Language Processing
(Editor: Roozbeh Rezaie)
25 August 2024 6
Philosophies 0.6 1.3 (none) Special Issue in Memory of Professor Mark Burgin
(Editors: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Marcin J. Schroeder)
25 August 2024 4
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites Advanced Polymer Nanocomposites III
(Editors: Ting-Yu Liu, Yu-Wei Cheng)
25 August 2024 8
Axioms 1.9 - Algebra and Number Theory Advances in Linear Algebra with Applications
(Editor: Jorge Delgado Gracia)
30 August 2024 10
Sensors 3.4 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
JMSE 2.7 4.4 Physical Oceanography Latest Advances in Physical Oceanography—2nd Edition
(Editors: João Miguel Dias, Mª Teresa de Castro Rodríguez)
31 August 2024 2
Nanomaterials 4.4 8.5 (none) Advances in Photonic and Plasmonic Nanomaterials—Volume II
(Editor: Nikolaos G. Semaltianos)
31 August 2024 6
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Natural Products Chemistry Natural Products as Antimicrobial Agents: From Extraction to Therapeutic Applications
(Editor: Céline Rivière)
31 August 2024 8
Atoms 1.7 2.7 (none) Advances in Ion Trapping of Radioactive Ions
(Editor: Maxime Brodeur)
31 August 2024 5
Plants 4.0 6.5 Plant Molecular Biology Molecular Insights into Cotton Fiber Gene Regulation
(Editors: Yuxian Zhu, Fuguang Li)
31 August 2024 1
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Analytical Chemistry Applications of Solid-Phase Microextraction and Related Techniques
(Editor: Hiroyuki Kataoka)
31 August 2024 8
Minerals 2.2 4.1 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Industrial Minerals Flotation–Fundamentals and Applications
(Editors: Xuming Wang, Jan D. Miller)
31 August 2024 2
Antioxidants 6.0 10.6 (none) Nanoantioxidants―3rd Edition
(Editors: Riccardo Amorati, Christian Bergamini)
31 August 2024 0
Biomedicines 3.9 5.2 Cancer Biology and Oncology Head and Neck Tumors, 3rd Edition
(Editors: Silvia Di Agostino, Jan B. Vermorken)
31 August 2024 10
Algorithms 1.8 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 10
Nitrogen 1.6 2.6 (none) Soil Nitrogen Supply: Linking Plant Available N to Ecosystems Functions and Productivity II
(Editor: Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompré)
31 August 2024 7
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Applications Polymeric Materials for Wastewater Treatment Applications
(Editors: Marta Otero, Ricardo N. Coimbra)
31 August 2024 9
Gels 5.0 4.7 Gel Processing and Engineering Liposomal and Ethosomal Gels: From Design to Application (2nd Edition)
(Editors: Maddalena Sguizzato, Rita Cortesi)
31 August 2024 2
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Computational and Applied Mathematics Computational Intelligence in Addressing Data Heterogeneity
(Editor: Haifeng Wang)
31 August 2024 1
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Medicinal Chemistry Novel Agents in Photodynamic Therapy
(Editor: Gloria Mazzone)
31 August 2024 5
Catalysts 3.8 6.8 Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry Recent Applications of Metal Catalysts in Organic Synthesis, 2nd Edition
(Editors: Cyril Nicolas, Isabelle Gillaizeau)
31 August 2024 1
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Difference and Differential Equations Differential and Integro–Differential Equations: Theory and Applications
(Editors: Jüri Majak, Andrus Salupere)
31 August 2024 9
Vaccines 5.2 8.9 Vaccines against Infectious Diseases Bacterial and Viral Immunity and Vaccination
(Editor: Martin R. Goodier)
31 August 2024 8
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers Biodegradable Polymer Composites
(Editors: Vincenzo Fiore, Luigi Botta)
31 August 2024 9
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Probability and Statistics Probability, Statistics and Random Processes
(Editor: Velizar Pavlov)
31 August 2024 8
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
J. Imaging 2.7 5.9 (none) New Insights into Photoacoustic Imaging
(Editors: Yan Li, Min Wu)
31 August 2024 0
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Semiconductor Devices Wide Bandgap Semiconductor: From Epilayer to Devices
(Editors: Ray-Hua Horng, Giovanna Mura, Qixin Guo, Chin-Han(King) Chung, Ching-Lien Hsiao)
31 August 2024 5
Electricity - 4.8 (none) Advances in Operation, Optimization, and Control of Smart Grids
(Editors: Murilo E.C. Bento, Hugo Morais)
31 August 2024 0
Biology 3.6 5.7 Evolutionary Biology Evolutionary Insights into Life History
(Editors: Thomas Colard, Adeline Le Cabec)
31 August 2024 4
Inorganics 3.1 2.8 Bioinorganic Chemistry Rational Design of Pharmacologically Active Metal-Based Compounds
(Editors: Irena Kostova, Luciano Saso)
31 August 2024 5
Fossil Studies - - (none) Advances in Palaeontology—Feature Papers to Celebrate the Inaugural Issue of Fossil Studies
(Editors: Eric Buffetaut, Dany Azar)
01 September 2024 5
IJERPH - 7.3 Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life Physical Activity and Wellbeing across the Lifespan
(Editors: Justin Richards, Paul Kelly)
01 September 2024 4
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
Pediatric Reports 1.4 2.1 Inborn Errors and Neonatal Screening Global Neonatal Screening: Expanding Horizons in Diagnostic Technologies
(Editor: Victoria Kain)
10 September 2024 0
Plants 4.0 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 6
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