Aims and scope

Discover Applied Sciences (formerly SN Applied Sciences) is a fully open access (OA) journal. All content published in the journal is published under an open access licence, and freely available to readers worldwide, enabling the widest possible dissemination and reuse.

It is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal for the disciplines of Applied Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Materials Science and Physics, fostering sound scientific discovery to solve practical problems. The journal encourages quality, scientifically valid, original research which presents a good understanding of scientific knowledge, experiments and theories, methods and techniques, as well as interdisciplinary linkages.

The Applied Life Sciences section of Discover Applied Sciences aims to publish relevant articles that focus on modern applications of life sciences research in Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Health Sciences, Physics, Engineering and Environmental Sciences. We are particularly interested in applied research that makes significant scientific and societal contributions across the broad spectrum of life sciences.

The topics covered in this section include but are not limited to:

Agriculture and Agronomy
Aquatic and Marine Biology
Behavioral Sciences
Biochemistry
Bioengineering
Biomaterials
Biomedical Sciences
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Cell Biology
Ecology
Environmental Life Science
Evolutionary and Developmental Biology
Food Science
Forestry
Genetics and Genomics
Microbiology
Plant Sciences
Population dynamics
Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
Zoology and Veterinary Sciences

The Engineering section provides a forum for various sub-disciplines of Engineering Technology, e.g. Bioengineering, Applied Engineering, Robotics and Control, Signal Processing, Data Analysis, Experiments, Computational Mechanics, and Fluid Mechanics. We are looking for contributions covering theoretical and practical problems associated with:

Aerospace Engineering
Big Data, Data Science and Data Analysis
Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Communication Systems
Complex Structures
Computer Engineering
Computing Systems
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electromagnetics
Energy, Power and Industrial Applications
Fluid Mechanics
Image Processing and Signal Processing
Industrial Technology and Manufacturing
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
Multiscale Modelling and Multiscale Analysis
Optics
Structural Integrity and Technologies in Construction
Sustainable Inventive Systems

The Interdisciplinary section provides a forum for multi-disciplinary projects that cover the expertise of experiments, numerical modelling, and theory to provide a better understanding of key processes. It welcomes manuscripts combining or linking disciplines of applied sciences and exploring theoretical or practical problems.

The Chemistry and Materials Science section deals with the key research fields of chemistry and material science. Among many topics that our section covers, we promote the topics relating to catalysis, activation of small molecules, electrochemistry and energy materials. The following keywords are only few of the key topics in our section:

Electrocatalysis
Click Chemistry
Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis
Biochemistry
Green Synthesis Of Nanoparticles
Energy Conversion
Biomass
Construction Materials
Photocatalysis
Water Splitting
Fuel Cells
Inorganic Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Electrolysers
Food Chemistry

The Physics and Materials Science section of Discover Applied Sciences targets the latest developments in the Applied Physics area and its intersection with the Material Sciences. We encourage topics that generate an interest or are related to global challenges, including among others, alternative energy sources, climate change, food and water safety and innovative health. Some keywords that we are considering are:

Electronic Properties of Materials
Structure-Property Relationship and Characterization
Superconductivity and Magnetism
Spintronics
Organic Electronics
Perovskite/ Silicon Solar Cells
Biomaterials and Health Applications
Bioelectronics and Sensors
Applied Photochemistry
Photonic Materials
Mechanical Properties of Materials
Thermoelectric Materials
Nanomaterials/Nanoparticles
Energy Transfer, Storage and Conversion
Organic Materials Doping
Batteries
Optical Properties of Materials
Alloys and Ceramics
Applied Biophysics
Sustainable Development in Material Sciences

The Earth and Environmental Sciences section of Discover Applied Sciences aims to publish relevant articles and case studies within Earth and Environmental System Sciences. We welcome disciplinary papers from the fields of Physical Geography, Geology, Climate, Oceanography and Natural Hazards, as well as those with strong interdisciplinary connections from the fields of Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Environmental Engineering. We welcome contributions which demonstrate linkages between natural and anthropogenic processes, human-environmental interactions and environmental processes and applications.

Content types

Discover Applied Sciences welcomes a variety of article types – please see our submission guidelines for details. The journal also publishes guest-edited Topical Collections of relevance to all aspects of applied sciences and its applications. For more information, please follow up with our journal publishing contact.