Special Issues (SIs) are collections of papers centered around a subject of special interest and are organized and led by subject experts who take on the role of Guest Editor of the Special Issue. A Special Issue is not an issue of the journal.
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Journal IF Cite Score Section Title | Editors Submission Deadline Articles
Fuels 2.7 - (none) Biomass Conversion to Biofuels
(Editor: Mamoru Yamada)
15 January 2025 7
Gases - - (none) Gas Emissions from Combustion Sources
(Editors: Cinzia Tornatore, Andrea De Filippo)
31 December 2024 2
Trauma Care - - (none) Psychological and Neurobiological Bases of Threat Processing in Victims of Pandemics and Natural Disasters
(Editors: Massimiliano Conson, Laura Sagliano)
30 June 2025 3
Nitrogen 1.6 2.6 (none) Nitrogen Cycling in Permafrost Soils
(Editors: Benjamin Abbott, Christina Biasi, Pertti Martikainen)
31 October 2024 5
Trauma Care - - (none) Exercise and Sport-Related Injuries: Rehab and Readapt
(Editor: Daniel Rojas-Valverde)
30 June 2025 3
IJERPH - 7.3 (none) Allergic Diseases in Adulthood: Burden, Mechanisms and Risk Factors
(Editors: Sandra Baldacci, Sara Maio, Sofia Tagliaferro, Federico Pirona)
31 December 2024 4
Pediatric Reports 1.4 2.1 (none) Recent Advances in Congenital Anomalies of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract (CAKUT)
(Editors: Velibor Tasic, Marcin Tkaczyk, Silvio Maringhini)
30 June 2025 3
BioChem - - (none) Therapeutic Resolution of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
(Editor: Talat Nasim)
31 August 2024 0
Signals - 3.2 (none) Advancing Signal Processing and Analytics of EEG Signals
(Editors: Ran Xiao, Quanying Liu)
31 August 2024 13
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
Nitrogen 1.6 2.6 (none) Soil Nitrogen Supply: Linking Plant Available N to Ecosystems Functions and Productivity, 2nd Edition
(Editor: Jacynthe Dessureault-Rompré)
31 August 2024 8
Tomography 2.2 2.7 (none) Stroke: Quantitative Imaging-Guided Approaches
(Editor: Jawed Nawabi)
31 December 2024 2
Alloys - - (none) Design of New Metallic Alloys for AM
(Editor: Pavel Krakhmalev)
31 December 2024 6
AI 3.1 7.2 (none) Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture
(Editor: Arslan Munir)
31 January 2025 8
Electronic Materials - 2.8 (none) Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Electronic Applications
(Editors: Ana Rovisco, Jorge Martins, Asal Kiazadeh)
30 June 2025 3
Pathogens 3.3 6.4 (none) Women’s Special Issue Series: Pathogens
(Editors: Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Nicola Carter)
30 September 2024 11
Alloys - - (none) High-Entropy Alloys
(Editors: Peter Hodgson, Daniel Fabijanic, Jithin Joseph)
31 December 2024 1
Ecologies 1.7 1.8 (none) Plant Communities: Identification, Monitoring and Evaluation of Temporal Dynamics
(Editor: Ram C. Sharma)
30 April 2025 4
Nanomaterials 4.4 8.5 (none) Advances in Photonic and Plasmonic Nanomaterials—Volume II
(Editor: Nikolaos G. Semaltianos)
31 August 2024 6
Anatomia - - (none) Anatomy for Modern Urology
(Editor: Olivier Cussenot)
15 December 2024 3
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
Veterinary Sciences 2.0 2.9 (none) Soft-Tissue Sarcomas in Dogs
(Editors: Jane Dobson, Alison Hayes)
05 December 2024 4
Infrastructures 2.7 5.2 (none) Bridge Modeling, Monitoring, Management and Beyond
(Editor: Ekin Ozer)
31 October 2024 2
Air - - (none) Indoor Air Quality: Airborne Disease Measurement, Control, Mitigation and Disinfection
(Editors: Ling Tim Wong, Veronica Wai Yee Chan)
30 April 2025 1
Veterinary Sciences 2.0 2.9 (none) Effects of Feeding Strategies on Rumen Function and Animal Performance
(Editors: Ana Rita Jordão Cabrita, Margarida Maia)
08 November 2024 7
Atoms 1.7 2.7 (none) Advances in Ion Trapping of Radioactive Ions
(Editor: Maxime Brodeur)
31 August 2024 5
Infrastructures 2.7 5.2 (none) Railway in the City (RiC)
(Editor: Maciej Kruszyna)
30 November 2024 7
Trauma Care - - (none) Emergency Trauma Care: The Role of Telemedicine and m-Health Applications
(Editors: Andres M. Rubiano, Shaheem De Vries)
30 June 2025 0
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
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
EJIHPE 3.0 4.4 (none) Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Field or Education
(Editor: Hyunsu Lee)
31 October 2024 9
Tomography 2.2 2.7 (none) Feature Reviews for Tomography 2023
(Editor: Emilio Quaia)
30 April 2025 2
Micromachines 3.0 5.2 (none) Micromachines Research and Development in North America
(Editors: Sima Noghanian, Negar Ebadi, George Shaker)
30 October 2024 4
Vision - 2.3 (none) Visual Mental Imagery System: How We Image the World
(Editor: David F. Marks)
31 October 2024 5
Dentistry Journal 2.5 3.7 (none) Feature Papers to Celebrate the First Impact Factor of Dentistry Journal
(Editors: Claude Jaquiéry, Patrick R. Schmidlin)
31 December 2024 34
Virtual Worlds - - (none) Networked Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality Systems
(Editors: Jorge C. S. Cardoso, Thiago Malheiros Porcino)
30 November 2024 3
Risks 2.0 3.8 (none) Applied Financial and Actuarial Risk Analytics
(Editors: Tak Kuen Ken Siu, Hailiang Yang)
31 December 2024 3
IJFS 2.1 3.7 (none) Accounting and Financial/Non-financial Reporting Developments
(Editors: Graça Azevedo, José Vale)
31 December 2024 6
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
Risks 2.0 3.8 (none) Life Insurance and Pensions: Latest Advances and Prospects
(Editors: Pierre Devolder, Massimiliano Menzietti)
31 October 2024 4
Photonics 2.1 2.6 (none) Advances in Ultrafast Optics: From Fundamental Science to Applications
(Editors: Luca Poletto, Fabio Frassetto)
15 November 2024 2
Virtual Worlds - - (none) Serious Games and Extended Reality in Healthcare and/or Education
(Editors: Chen Huei Leo, Kang Hao Cheong, Bina Rai)
30 November 2024 2
IJFS 2.1 3.7 (none) Sustainable Investing and Financial Services
(Editor: Michael C. S. Wong)
20 September 2024 5
BioChem - - (none) Plant-Derived Bioactive Molecules and Their Use in Sports Practice
(Editors: Guglielmo Duranti, Piergiorgio La Rosa)
31 December 2024 0
Nursing Reports 2.4 2.5 (none) Self-Management of Chronic Disease
(Editor: Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob)
31 December 2024 2
Nursing Reports 2.4 2.5 (none) Nursing Innovation and Quality Improvement
(Editor: Ashley Shepherd)
30 September 2024 4
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
Vision - 2.3 (none) New Horizons in Myopia Management: Bridging Epidemiology and Clinical Innovation
(Editors: Yair Morad, Nir Erdinest)
20 September 2024 3
Epigenomes 2.5 3.8 (none) Histone Variants
(Editor: Chunyuan Jin)
30 September 2024 1
JAL - - (none) Quality of Life among Older Adults: Lifestyle Differentiation and Associated Factors
(Editors: Julie Brown, An Dinh)
31 October 2024 2
J. Imaging 2.7 5.9 (none) New Insights into Photoacoustic Imaging
(Editors: Yan Li, Min Wu)
31 August 2024 0
Electricity - 4.8 (none) Advances in Operation, Optimization, and Control of Smart Grids
(Editors: Murilo E.C. Bento, Hugo Morais)
31 January 2025 0
Diversity 2.1 3.4 (none) 2024 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members
(Editor: Michael Wink)
31 December 2024 20
Dietetics - - (none) Vitamin D in the New Decade: Facts, Controversies, and Future Perspectives for Daily Clinical Practice
(Editor: Spyridon N. Karras)
15 December 2024 0
Recycling 4.6 6.8 (none) Emerging Technologies in the Hydrometallurgical Recycling of Critical Metals
(Editor: Ana Paula Paiva)
31 January 2025 2
Epigenomes 2.5 3.8 (none) RNA Modification in Inflammation and Metabolism
(Editors: Kezhong Zhang, Juncheng Wei, Cristina Espinosa-Diez)
01 November 2024 0
Electronics 2.6 5.3 (none) Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the University of Manchester—Electrical and Electronic Engineering
(Editors: Zhengtao Ding, Zhenhong Li, Alessandra Parisio)
31 December 2024 4
JAL - - (none) Aging in Place: Supporting Older People's Well-Being and Independence
(Editor: Gordana Dermody)
30 November 2024 0
Vision - 2.3 (none) Effects of Optical and Behavioral Factors on the Ocular Accommodation Response
(Editors: Beatriz Redondo Cabrera, Niall Hynes)
31 January 2025 1
Electricity - 4.8 (none) Planning, Operation and Control of Power Systems with Large Amounts of Variable Renewable Generation
(Editor: Emilio Gomez-Lazaro)
31 December 2024 0
Administrative Sciences 3.0 4.8 (none) AI, Tokenization, and FinTech: Implications of Governance Issues
(Editors: Seoungpil Ahn, Young Kim)
31 December 2024 1
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
Water 3.0 5.8 (none) Innovative Trends to Reshape the Water Science, Technology and Engineering
(Editor: Helena M. Ramos)
31 December 2024 1
Administrative Sciences 3.0 4.8 (none) Navigating Global Sustainability Compliance Challenges: The Role of Organizational Change Strategies
(Editor: Francesco Ceresia)
30 September 2024 0
Antioxidants 6.0 10.6 (none) Nanoantioxidants―3rd Edition
(Editors: Riccardo Amorati, Christian Bergamini)
31 August 2024 0
BioChem - - (none) Feature Papers in BioChem
(Editors: Buyong Ma, Manuel Aureliano)
31 December 2024 2
Geometry - - (none) Feature Papers in Geometry
(Editor: Yang-Hui He)
31 January 2025 0
AppliedMath - - (none) Algebraic Combinatorics in Data Science and Optimisation
(Editor: Takayuki Hibi)
31 July 2025 0
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Natural Products Chemistry Natural Products as Antimicrobial Agents: From Extraction to Therapeutic Applications
(Editor: Céline Rivière)
31 August 2024 9
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Medicinal Chemistry Novel Agents in Photodynamic Therapy
(Editor: Gloria Mazzone)
31 August 2024 5
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Biosensors Micro/Nano-Devices for Biosensing: From Single Molecule Sensing to Device Applications
(Editor: Ken Hirano)
31 October 2024 7
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Biosensors Nature Inspired Engineering: Biomimetic Sensors
(Editors: Kiyoshi Toko, Xiao Wu)
20 May 2025 9
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Physical Sensors Advances in Particle Detectors and Radiation Detectors
(Editors: Ismael Martel Bravo, Olof Tengblad)
05 December 2024 12
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Physical Sensors Smart Sensing Technologies for Human-Centered Healthcare: Research and Applications
(Editors: Thanasis Tsanas, Andreas Triantafyllidis, Asimina Kiourti, Siddharth Arora)
31 October 2024 8
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Remote Sensors Innovations in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: Modern Sensors, New Processing Strategies and Advances in Applications (Volume II)
(Editors: Francesco Pirotti, Francesco Mancini)
30 October 2024 7
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Sensor Networks UAV and Sensors Applications for Navigation and Positioning
(Editors: Yongbo Zhang, Yuhang Li)
15 November 2024 9
Viruses 3.8 7.3 Animal Viruses Bovine Viral Diarrhea Viruses
(Editor: Shafiqul Chowdhury)
30 November 2024 0
Materials 3.1 5.8 Biomaterials Recent Advancements in Technology and Applications for Dental Ceramics (Second Edition)
(Editor: Sompop Bencharit)
20 January 2025 2
Materials 3.1 5.8 Energy Materials Design and Characterization of Energy Catalytic Materials
(Editors: Gang Cheng, Chao Han, Florian J. Stadler)
20 November 2024 3
Materials 3.1 5.8 Energy Materials Advanced Photovoltaic Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
(Editor: Deying Luo)
20 December 2024 2
Materials 3.1 5.8 Advanced Composites Interactive Fiber Rubber Composites—Volume II
(Editors: Chokri Cherif, Thomas Gereke)
20 November 2024 4
Materials 3.1 5.8 Advanced Composites Recent Advances in Conductive and Electrical Insulating Polymer Composites
(Editor: Pengfei Fang)
20 October 2024 5
Materials 3.1 5.8 Advanced Materials Characterization The 15th Anniversary of Materials—Recent Advances in Advanced Materials Characterization
(Editors: Sanichiro Yoshida, Luciano Lamberti, Giuseppe Lacidogna)
20 December 2024 7
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
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
Crystals 2.4 4.2 Liquid Crystals Liquid Crystal Research and Novel Applications in the 21st Century
(Editor: Ingo Dierking)
31 December 2024 5
Crystals 2.4 4.2 Biomolecular Crystals New Advances in Protein Crystallography
(Editors: Rocco Caliandro, Benedetta Carrozzini)
10 November 2024 1
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
Biomedicines 3.9 5.2 Neurobiology and Clinical Neuroscience Emerging Research in Neurorehabilitation
(Editor: Manuel Gaviria)
31 December 2024 5
IJERPH - 7.3 Global Health Adolescent Nutrition and Health
(Editors: Stefania Ruggeri, Laura Censi)
31 July 2025 6
IJERPH - 7.3 Global Health Suicide in Asia and the Pacific
(Editors: Harry Minas, Erminia Colucci)
13 August 2024 8
IJERPH - 7.3 Global Health Advances in Indigenous and American Indian and Alaska Native Health and Wellness
(Editors: Claradina Soto, Amy E. West)
31 December 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
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
Inorganics 3.1 2.8 Coordination Chemistry Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series in “Featuring Ligands and Their Applications in Coordination Chemistry”
(Editors: Debbie Crans, David Morales-Morales)
31 October 2024 8
Inorganics 3.1 2.8 Bioinorganic Chemistry Rational Design of Pharmacologically Active Metal-Based Compounds
(Editors: Irena Kostova, Luciano Saso)
31 August 2024 5
Microorganisms 4.1 7.4 Gut Microbiota Gut Microbiota and Nutrients 2.0
(Editor: Seong-Tshool Hong)
31 October 2024 5
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Internet of Things Advances in Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart City
(Editors: Guisong Yang, Yutong Liu, Linghe Kong)
25 December 2024 7
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
Forests 2.4 4.4 Forest Ecology and Management Ecosystem-Disturbance Interactions in Forests
(Editors: Camilla Wellstein, Roberto Tognetti, Daniel Scherrer)
20 December 2024 3
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