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Journal IF Cite Score Section Title | Editors Submission Deadline Articles
Tomography 2.2 2.7 (none) Feature Reviews for Tomography 2023
(Editor: Emilio Quaia)
30 April 2025 3
Gels 5.0 4.7 Gel Applications Gels: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications in High Performance Chemistry (2nd Edition)
(Editors: Viorel-Puiu Paun, Maria-Alexandra Paun)
30 October 2024 13
Dentistry Journal 2.5 3.7 Digital Technologies Feature Papers in Digital Dentistry
(Editors: Luigi Canullo, Maria Menini, Paolo Pesce)
15 October 2024 11
Medicina 2.4 3.3 Gastroenterology & Hepatology Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Diseases
(Editors: Marcello Candelli, Ludovico Abenavoli)
31 December 2024 8
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Artificial Intelligence Signal and Image Processing Applications in Artificial Intelligence
(Editors: Fabio Mendonca, Morgado Dias, Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa)
17 December 2024 10
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
Axioms 1.9 - Mathematical Analysis Application of Machine Learning and Optimization Methods in Engineering Mathematics
(Editors: Miljan Kovačević, Borko Đ. Bulajić)
31 January 2025 8
Materials 3.1 5.8 Polymeric Materials Fabrication, Characteristics and Applications of Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposites
(Editor: Jianhua Zhang)
20 March 2025 0
Materials 3.1 5.8 Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Advances in Nanomaterials for Medical Application, Drug Delivery and Bone Tissue Engineering
(Editor: Marco Biondi)
20 October 2024 2
Geosciences 2.4 5.3 Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry: Latest Developments and Applications for Geosciences
(Editor: William M. White)
30 November 2024 0
Viruses 3.8 7.3 Human Virology and Viral Diseases Virological and Immunological Factors Underlying HBV Functional Cure and HBV Reactivation
(Editor: Valentina Svicher)
15 December 2024 0
Materials 3.1 5.8 Catalytic Materials High-Efficient Electrocatalytic Materials
(Editor: Wenjie Jiang)
20 November 2024 1
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Computational and Applied Mathematics Approximation Theory and Applications
(Editors: Paola Lamberti, Incoronata Notarangelo)
20 January 2025 8
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 8
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
EJIHPE 3.0 4.4 (none) Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Field or Education
(Editor: Hyunsu Lee)
31 October 2024 10
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Industrial Electronics Energy Harvesting and Storage Technologies
(Editor: Giacomo Cerretti)
15 November 2024 9
Processes 2.8 5.1 Chemical Processes and Systems 10th Anniversary of Processes: Design of the Chemical Industry of the Future
(Editor: Fausto Gallucci)
31 December 2024 8
Biomedicines 3.9 5.2 Cell Biology and Pathology The Role of Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Their Cellular Interactions
(Editor: Younggeon Jin)
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
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Power Electronics Innovative Technologies in Power Converters, 2nd Edition
(Editors: Aitor Vázquez Ardura, Diego Gonzalez Lamar)
30 November 2024 6
Animals 2.7 4.9 Equids Advances in Equine Neonatal Care
(Editors: Pamela A. Wilkins, Annette Marie McCoy)
25 September 2024 0
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
Ecologies 1.7 1.8 (none) Plant Communities: Identification, Monitoring and Evaluation of Temporal Dynamics
(Editor: Ram C. Sharma)
30 April 2025 5
Energies 3.0 6.2 C: Energy Economics and Policy Energy Efficiency Assessments and Improvements
(Editors: Inga Konstantinaviciute, Viktorija Bobinaite, Vaclovas Miškinis, Saulius Gudžius, Daiva Dumciuviene)
30 December 2024 10
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 9
Foods 4.7 7.4 Sensory and Consumer Sciences Consumer Behavior and Food Choice—Volume III
(Editor: Cristina Calvo-Porral)
15 September 2024 16
Medicina 2.4 3.3 Endocrinology Advances in Clinical Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolic Diseases
(Editors: Yuzuru Ohshiro, Kunimasa Yagi, Yasuhiro Maeno)
31 October 2024 9
JCM 3.0 5.7 Oncology High-Risk Neuroblastoma: New Clinical Insights and Challenges
(Editors: Rupert Handgretinger, Johannes Hubertus Schulte)
20 November 2024 8
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
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Circuit and Signal Processing Ultra-Low-Voltage and Ultra-Low-Power Integrated Circuits and Systems Evolution
(Editors: Andrea Ballo, Gaetano Palumbo, Orazio Aiello)
15 November 2024 10
Biomedicines 3.9 5.2 Neurobiology and Clinical Neuroscience Emerging Research in Neurorehabilitation
(Editor: Manuel Gaviria)
31 December 2024 5
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Optical Sensors Spectroscopy-Based Sensing Technologies for Food Quality and Safety
(Editors: J. Paul Robinson, Euiwon Bae)
20 November 2024 6
Medicina 2.4 3.3 Surgery Update on Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases (2nd Edition)
(Editors: Se Hwan Hwang, Do Hyun Kim)
10 March 2025 2
Materials 3.1 5.8 Advanced Composites Recent Advances in Conductive and Electrical Insulating Polymer Composites
(Editor: Pengfei Fang)
20 October 2024 5
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
Current Oncology 2.8 3.3 Gastrointestinal Oncology New Frontiers in Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
(Editors: Olav F. Dajani, Knut Jørgen Labori, Arne Westgaard)
15 November 2024 8
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Mathematical Physics Transport Phenomena Equations: Modelling and Applications
(Editors: Torcicollo Isabella, Carfora Maria Francesca)
31 December 2024 8
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Fuzzy Sets, Systems and Decision Making Topological Study on Fuzzy Metric Spaces and Their Generalizations
(Editor: Juan José Miñana)
31 December 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)
31 December 2024 23
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
Materials 3.1 5.8 Biomaterials Recent Advancements in Technology and Applications for Dental Ceramics (Second Edition)
(Editor: Sompop Bencharit)
20 January 2025 2
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Inorganic Chemistry Exclusive Feature Papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edition
(Editors: Andrea Bencini, Vito Lippolis)
31 December 2024 31
Medicina 2.4 3.3 Infectious Disease Infectious and Tropical Diseases: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
(Editor: Temi Lampejo)
25 January 2025 6
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites Advances in Thermal, Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composites
(Editors: Gabriel Pinto, Victoria Alcázar Montero, Marina Patricia Arrieta Dillon)
30 December 2024 13
Horticulturae 3.1 3.5 Vegetable Production Systems Sustainable and Organic Farming of Vegetable Crops in Greenhouse and Open Field Systems
(Editor: Kalliopi Kadoglidou)
30 December 2024 10
Tomography 2.2 2.7 (none) Stroke: Quantitative Imaging-Guided Approaches
(Editor: Jawed Nawabi)
31 December 2024 2
Algorithms 1.8 4.1 Analysis of Algorithms and Complexity Theory Surveys in Algorithm Analysis and Complexity Theory, Part II
(Editor: Jesper Jansson)
28 February 2025 5
Batteries 4.6 4.0 Battery Performance, Ageing, Reliability and Safety Artificial Intelligence-Based State-of-Health Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries—2nd Edition
(Editors: Remus Teodorescu, Xin Sui)
20 May 2025 5
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Analytical Chemistry Advances in Pharmaceutical Analytical Technologies
(Editor: Alexis Oliva)
30 November 2024 8
Epigenomes 2.5 3.8 (none) RNA Modification in Inflammation and Metabolism
(Editors: Kezhong Zhang, Juncheng Wei, Cristina Espinosa-Diez)
01 November 2024 0
Foods 4.7 7.4 Drinks and Liquid Nutrition Influence of the Raw Materials and Beverage Processing on Volatile, Bioactive, and Sensory Profiles of the Final Product
(Editors: Raquel Rodríguez Solana, Anabela Romano, Ludovina Galego)
31 January 2025 0
Animals 2.7 4.9 Animal Physiology Exploring Stress Responses in Farm Animals: A Focus on Physiological and Behavioral Aspects
(Editors: Désirée Gellatly, Tiago da Silva Valente)
31 March 2025 2
Materials 3.1 5.8 Corrosion Surface Engineering & Coating Technologies for Corrosion and Tribocorrosion Resistance—Volume II
(Editor: Yong Sun)
10 October 2024 9
Vaccines 5.2 8.9 Cancer Vaccines and Immunotherapy Vaccines Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment: Challenges and Future Prospects
(Editors: Walter J. Storkus, Devin Lowe)
30 November 2024 3
Biomedicines 3.9 5.2 Molecular and Translational Medicine Urothelial Carcinoma: Role of Biomarkers in Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment
(Editors: Ioannis Zachos, Panagiotis Vlachostergios)
31 October 2024 6
Materials 3.1 5.8 Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Advances in Nanomaterials for (Opto-)electronic Devices
(Editors: Lin Wang, Junyong Wang)
10 January 2025 2
Electronics 2.6 5.3 Power Electronics Section Collection Series: New Horizons and Recent Advances in Power Electronics
(Editors: Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez, Ahmed Abu-Siada, Jean-Christophe Crebier, Zhiwei Gao, Kai Fu, Eladio Durán Aranda)
31 December 2024 19
IJFS 2.1 3.7 (none) Accounting and Financial/Non-financial Reporting Developments
(Editors: Graça Azevedo, José Vale)
31 December 2024 6
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
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
IJERPH - 7.3 Health Care Sciences Palliative Care for Chronic Diseases
(Editors: Michael Connolly, Mary Ryder)
31 October 2024 4
Infrastructures 2.7 5.2 (none) Railway in the City (RiC)
(Editor: Maciej Kruszyna)
30 November 2024 7
Infrastructures 2.7 5.2 (none) Bridge Modeling, Monitoring, Management and Beyond
(Editor: Ekin Ozer)
31 October 2024 2
Dentistry Journal 2.5 3.7 Dental Implantology Oral Implantology and Bone Regeneration
(Editors: Silvio Mario Meloni, Aurea Immacolata Lumbau, Milena Pisano)
15 January 2025 13
Biomedicines 3.9 5.2 Cell Biology and Pathology Molecular Insights into Myocardial Infarction
(Editor: Dong Wang)
31 October 2024 12
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Computational and Applied Mathematics Advances in Control Systems and Automatic Control
(Editors: Satyam Paul, Davood Khodadad, Rob Turnbull)
30 November 2024 7
Biomedicines 3.9 5.2 Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Diabetes and Complications of Diabetes: Pathophysiology, Mechanisms, and Therapies
(Editors: Daniel Petroviĉ, Draženka Pongrac Barlovič)
31 October 2024 10
Metals 2.6 4.9 Biobased and Biodegradable Metals Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Advanced Metallic Biomaterials
(Editors: Silvia Spriano, Takayoshi Nakano)
15 November 2024 5
Biosensors 4.9 6.6 Biosensors and Healthcare Biosensing, Biosafety and Diagnosis
(Editor: Chenxu Yu)
15 September 2024 3
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Natural Products Chemistry Natural Products as Antimicrobial Agents: From Extraction to Therapeutic Applications
(Editor: Céline Rivière)
31 December 2024 9
Nitrogen 1.6 2.6 (none) Nitrogen Cycling in Permafrost Soils
(Editors: Benjamin Abbott, Christina Biasi, Pertti Martikainen)
31 October 2024 5
Animals 2.7 4.9 Animal Welfare Care and Well-Being of Laboratory Animals
(Editor: Stephanie Krämer)
25 January 2025 8
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Network Science Neural Networks and Their Applications
(Editor: Mario Muñoz Organero)
30 November 2024 8
Sci - 4.5 Biology Research and Life Sciences One Health
(Editor: Mark A. Brown)
31 December 2024 1
Nutrients 4.8 9.2 Phytochemicals and Human Health New Advances in Effect of Natural Compounds on Vascular Inflammation, Aging and Cardiovascular Disease
(Editors: Francesco Paolo Mancini, Carmela Spagnuolo, Alberto Zullo)
05 February 2025 8
Tomography 2.2 2.7 Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging Bias in Tomography Artificial Intelligence
(Editor: Pascal N. Tyrrell)
20 December 2024 0
Plants 4.0 6.5 Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions Embracing Systems Thinking in Crop Protection Science
(Editors: Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, Nicolas Desneux, Yanhui Lu, Livy Williams)
30 November 2024 11
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Algebra, Geometry and Topology New Advances in Algebra, Ring Theory and Homological Algebra, 2nd Edition
(Editors: Juan Ramón García Rozas, Luis Oyonarte Alcalá, Driss Bennis)
30 November 2024 10
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
Water 3.0 5.8 (none) Innovative Trends to Reshape the Water Science, Technology and Engineering
(Editor: Helena M. Ramos)
31 December 2024 1
Crystals 2.4 4.2 Liquid Crystals Liquid Crystal Research and Novel Applications in the 21st Century
(Editor: Ingo Dierking)
31 December 2024 5
Electronic Materials - 2.8 (none) Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Electronic Applications
(Editors: Ana Rovisco, Jorge Martins, Asal Kiazadeh)
30 June 2025 3
Cells 5.1 9.9 Cellular Biophysics Modeling Developmental Processes and Disorders in Zebrafish
(Editors: Natascia Tiso, Francesco Argenton)
31 December 2024 10
Sensors 3.4 7.3 Biosensors Micro/Nano-Devices for Biosensing: From Single Molecule Sensing to Device Applications
(Editor: Ken Hirano)
31 October 2024 8
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
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Engineering Mathematics Mathematical and Computational Models of Cognition
(Editor: Ronaldo Vigo)
01 December 2024 5
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Computational and Applied Mathematics Mathematical Modeling and Data Science for Biology and Medicine
(Editor: Takashi Suzuki)
15 April 2025 9
Molecules 4.2 7.4 Macromolecular Chemistry Exclusive Feature Papers in Macromolecular Chemistry
(Editor: Ivan Gitsov)
31 December 2024 11
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
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Computational and Applied Mathematics Combinatorial Optimization and Applications
(Editor: Anna Sciomachen)
31 March 2025 9
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
Polymers 4.7 8.0 Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites Epoxy Polymers and Composites
(Editors: Zhengguang Heng, Yang Chen, Huawei Zou)
30 December 2024 0
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
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
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
Mathematics 2.3 4.0 Mathematical Physics Applications of Partial Differential Equations in Mathematical Physics, 2nd Edition
(Editor: Panayiotis Vafeas)
31 January 2025 8
Biomolecules 4.8 9.4 Molecular Biology Unraveling Mysteries of Heme Metabolism
(Editors: Harry A. Dailey, Peter N. Meissner, Amy E. Medlock, John D. Phillips, Iqbal Hamza)
30 November 2024 7
Materials 3.1 5.8 Metals and Alloys Metallurgical Process Simulation and Optimization2nd Volume
(Editors: Qing Liu, Jiangshan Zhang)
10 December 2024 18
JCM 3.0 5.7 Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine Current Challenges in Oral Surgery
(Editor: Christian Bacci)
05 January 2025 10
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