Special Issues

Symmetry publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated EBM will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Symmetry, Finite Element Analysis, and Intelligent Sensing and Monitoring: Applications in Engineering
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 17420 | Submission Open
Keywords: Finite element analysis; Geometric modelling; Intelligent sensing; Deformation analysis; Structural health monitoring; Multi-sensor measurement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Carbon Neutrality and Symmetry in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
edited by Longfei Chen, , , Guangze Li and Bin Zhang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 15383 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Individual Differences in Behavioral and Neural Lateralization submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11689 | Submission Open
Keywords: behavioral lateralization; neural lateralization; individual differences; mental disorders; atypical lateralization; handedness; motor asymmetries; perceptual and attentional asymmetries; sex; age; personality; sexual orientation; cognitive performance; genetics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
Symmetric Machine Learning Method Enhanced by Evolutionary Computation and Its Applications in Big Data Analytics submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9495 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; evolutionary computation; multi-objective optimization; big data processing; deep learning models; neural architecture search; intelligent systems; industrial applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Advances on Engineering Graphics: Improvements and New Proposals, Volume 2 submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9254 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Hamiltonian and Overdamped Complex Systems, Symmetry of Phase-Space Occupancy submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8270 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer with Symmetry submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7037 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanomaterials; solar energy  ; hybridization  ; effect of nanoparticles on fluid flow  ; environmental remediation  ; advanced oxidation processes  ; water purification  ; adsorption  ; multifunctional nanomaterials  ; magnetic nanoparticles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry in Protein Function and Structure submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6512 | Submission Open
Keywords: protein folding; protein assembly; protein symmetry; structure– function relationship; misfolding; computational analysis; spectroscopy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
Symmetry-Based Biomedical Image Processing
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5610 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligence; orthodontics; orthognathic surgery; symmetry/asymmetry; computed tomography; cognition; perception; ergonomical balance; mutual information; bilateral symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
Quantum Chemistry as Applied to Molecular Systems
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5367 | Submission Open
Keywords: Charge transfer  ; Excited states; Push– pull molecules  ; Delocalised radicals  ; Intersystem crossing; Quantum confinement in organic molecules; Spectroscopy  ; Circular dichroism; Molecular aggregates; Excitonic coupling  ; Vibronic coupling  ; Excimers  ; Quantum coherence; Circularly polarised luminescence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Neutron Scattering and Symmetry in Condensed Matter Physics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3745 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; neutron scattering; condensed matter physics; magnetism; superconductivity; lattice structure; lattice vibrations; phonons; magnetization; magnetic order; spin excitations; crystal field effects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Topological Aspects of Quantum Gravity and Quantum Information Theory
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3442 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum gravity; quantum information; entanglement; black holes; information paradox; ER=EPR conjecture; model building; condensed matter physics; topological phase transitions; AdS/CFT correspondence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Discrete and Continuous Memristive Nonlinear Systems and Symmetry II
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3196 | Submission Open
Keywords: chaos; nonlinear system; memristive system; fraction-order memristor; fractional-order memristive system; image encryption; neural network; brain-like computing; memristor based artificial intelligence; symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Exact Solutions in Modern Cosmology with Symmetry/Asymmetry submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2646 | Submission Open
Keywords: cosmology; inflation; general relativity; modified gravity theories; scalar fields; exact solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry in Differential Equations and Integral Operators submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2448 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Supersymmetry and Supersymmetric Field Theories
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2441 | Submission Open
Keywords: supergravity; superconformal field theories; supersymmetric objects; super integrable systems; AdS/CFT; relativistic and nonrelativistic holography; gauge super field theories; noncommutative quantum theories; supersymmetry in dynamical systems; supersymmetry in condensed matter and statistical physics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Mechanical Behaviors and Interactions of Nanostructures with Nanoparticles
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2405 | Submission Open
Keywords: vibrations; mechanical response; nanoparticles; nanostructures; static and dynamic instabilities; mechanical interactions; advanced continuum mechanics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry, Asymmetry and Nonlinearity in Geomechanics
edited by , Peng Feng, and Weigang Shen
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2321 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Symmetry Applied in EEG and Brain Research: Theory and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1994 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetry; electroencephalography; brain– computer interface; symmetry methods in EEG; EEG rhythms; disease diagnosis; deep learning and machine learning in EEG; Artificial Intelligence in EEG; optimization problems and applications; nonlinear operator theory in EEG and applications; symmetry exploitations; symmetric matrices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
Integral Transformation, Operational Calculus and Their Applications III submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1949 | Submission Open
Keywords: integral transformations and integral equations as well as other related operators including their symmetry properties and characteristics; applications involving mathematical (or higher transcendental) functions including their symmetry properties and characteristics; applications involving fractional-order differential and differintegral equations and their associated symmetry; applications involving symmetrical aspect of geometric function theory of complex analysis; applications involving q-series and q-polynomials and their associated symmetry; applications involving special functions of mathematical physics and applied mathematics and their symmetrical aspect; applications involving analytic number theory and symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Neuroscience, Neurophysiology and Asymmetry—Volume II submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1760 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuronal asymmetry; sensory system; somatosensory system; motor systems; neuroscience; cognitive science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
Advances in Optical Technology and Symmetry
edited by Zexin Feng, and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1649 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Contact Geometry: Reduction, Symmetries and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1617 | Submission Open
Keywords: contact structures; quantum and discrete contact geometry; integrability through reduction of contact structures; conserved quantities; dissipated quantities and symmetry in contact structure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Research on Motor and Special Electromagnetic Device of Symmetry II submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1525 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Functional Analysis, Fractional Operators and Symmetry/Asymmetry: Second Edition submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1327 | Submission Open
Keywords: dynamical systems; partial differential equations; mathematical physics; symmetry operators; fractional operators; applied mathematics; discrete mathematics and graph theory; mathematical analysis; fractional differential equations; extension of linear operators; self-adjoint operators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry in Strong-Field Physics II
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1293 | Submission Open
Keywords: space-time symmetry; strong-field physics; ultrafast spectroscopy; high harmonic generation; time-resolved detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Neutron Simulation and Neutron Scattering submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1272 | Submission Open
Keywords: New concepts for neutron scattering instrumentation; Simulation of specific instruments; concepts and parts thereof; Neutron generation as sources; Inelastic neutron scattering; Simulation of instrumental concepts; Methods for simulating neutrons experiments; Data analysis; Macromolecular neutron scattering; Polarized neutron scattering.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
New Trends in Symmetry/Asymmetry of Image Processing and Computer Vision
edited by Yuanjie Shao and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1269 | Submission Open
Keywords: pattern classification and clustering analysis; object detection; tracking; and recognition; machine learning; action recognition; neural networks and deep learning; multimedia analysis and reasoning; feature extraction and feature selection; medical image processing and analysis; fundamentals of computer vision; biometric recognition; low-level visual understanding; image processing; remote sensing image interpretation; 3D vision and reconstruction; optimization and learning methods; computational photography; sensing; and display technology; multimodal information processing; document analysis and recognition; video analysis and understanding; character recognition; visual applications and systems; face recognition and pose estimation; vision problems in robotics and autonomous driving; symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetries in Gravity Research: Classical and Quantum
edited by Carlos Frajuca and Nadja Simão Magalhães
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1248 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetries; symmetries in gravitation; symmetries in quantum gravity; preserving properties in gravitation; symmetries in general relativity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry and Its Applications in Partial Differential Equations
edited by and Dianchen Lu
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1142 | Submission Open
Keywords: partial differential equations; mathematical methods; exact solutions; solitons; solitary waves; analytical and numerical wave solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Molecular Medicinal Chemistry submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 783 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry in Experimental Physics of Fundamental Interactions submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open
Keywords: experimental particle physics; physics beyond the Standard Model; new detection techniques; detector design and implementation; detector performance optimization; data analysis strategies; reconstruction algorithms; detector calibration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry and Its Application in Aeronautical Engineering submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 567 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
Restoration of Broken Symmetries in the Nuclear Many-Body Problem
edited by Javid Sheikh and Peter Ring
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 474 | Submission Open
Keywords: mean-field models; spontaneous symmetry breaking; symmetry restoration methods; rotational; isospin; and gauge symmetries; unbound systems; projection methods in the continuum
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Advances in Imaging Evaluation of Head and Neck Spaces with Symmetry submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open
Keywords: cervical spaces; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; salivary glands; texture analysis; radiomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Life Sciences)
Symmetry/Asymmetry in Finite Element: Theories, Applications and Advances
edited by and Stephen Kirkup
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open
Keywords: theory of the finite element; finite element algorithm; finite element modelling in special areas; multi-field coupled finite method application; advances and outlook of finite element method; modeling language and designing method
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Relativity Based on Symmetry—Part II
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open
Keywords: relativity of spacetime; geometrization of spacetime; action function of curved spacetime; visualization of the geometry of a spacetime; principle of least action; Euler-Lagrange equations; relativistic dynamics; electromagnetic and gravitational fields; energy-momentum of a field; the fundamental charge; gravitational waves and their polarization; the spiral structure of galaxies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry and Primordial Black Hole
edited by Shi Pi
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: primordial black hole; symmetry; cosmological perturbation theory; early universe; inflation; curvature perturbation; single-field inflation; Hawking radiation; microlensing; ultra-compact object; induced gravitational waves; stochastic gravitational waves; space-borne interferometer; LISA; Taiji; TianQin; pulsar timing array; loop corrections to inflation; ultra-slow-roll inflation; constant-roll inflation; stochastic inflation; primordial black hole binary; gravitational collapse; sphericity; closed universe; the big crunch; peak theory of random fields; Press-Schechter mechanism; critical collapse; femtolensing; CMB mu-distortion; CMB y-distortion; supermassive black holes; merger rate; origin of black holes; black hole mass function; black hole clustering  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Astrophysics, Cosmology with Gravitational Waves and Symmetry
edited by , Soumitra SenGupta and Debaprasad Maity
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 187 | Submission Open
Keywords: primary and induced (or secondary) gravitational waves; reheating era; modification of standard cosmology; modified gravity theories
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Asymmetric Catalysis in Organic Synthesis: Topics and Advances
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry/Asymmetry: Quantum Physics and Quantum Electrodynamics
edited by
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 152 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Symmetry in Electrochemical Processes: Electrocatalysts for Sulfur-Based Batteries
edited by Wuxing Hua and Tongxin Shang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: sulfur-based batteries; symmetric cells; electrocatalysts; electronic structure; polysulfide intermediates; shuttle effect
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry in Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Communication
edited by Veronica Fernandez and Daniel Cano
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
Keywords: quantum key distribution; quantum communications; quantum network; cryptographic systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
New Advances in Symmetry/Asymmetry in Machine Learning
edited by Yiying Zhang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
Symmetry in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Topics and Advances submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry and Finite Element Modeling of Steel Structural Components submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: FE modelling; steel structures; characterization with FEM; optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering and Materials)
The Theory of Low-Dimensional Strongly Correlated Electron Systems and Condensed Matter Physics
edited by Jianwei Li
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: condensed matter physics; low-dimensional strongly correlated electron systems; nanomaterials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physics)
Advances in Organic Chemistry with Symmetry/Asymmetry
edited by Sihua Hou
submission deadline 31 Mar 2024 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: chirality; enantiomers and diastereomers; symmetry operations; point group symmetry; stereoselectivity in reactions; crystallography and symmetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemistry: Symmetry/Asymmetry)
Symmetry in Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos II
edited by
submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 13 articles | Viewed by 13731 | Submission Open
Keywords: chaos; theoretical and experimental advances; applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Mathematics)
Asymmetric and Symmetric Study on Image Processing and Statistical Data Analysis
edited by , and Gabriel Dauphin
submission deadline 15 Apr 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11630 | Submission Open
Keywords: image analysis; machine learning; ecological environment; object identification; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Computer)
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