Submissions

Articles

SECTION A — Earth & Environmental Interfaces

This section publishes research at the interfaces between Earth, environmental, hydrological, geochemical, climatic, and biological systems. Manuscripts may address coupled water–energy processes, hydro–materials interactions, climate–energy feedbacks, and geophysical–biological couplings.

Submissions that span multiple disciplinary domains are evaluated through a modular peer-review process: each disciplinary component (e.g., water resources, climate modelling, materials interaction) is assigned to a specialist reviewer. The handling editor integrates the modular reports to reach a unified editorial decision, ensuring scientific rigor, cross-disciplinary coherence, and innovation at system interfaces.

SECTION B — Energy, Materials & Matter

This section covers research on energy systems, advanced materials, matter–environment interactions, and the physical principles enabling next-generation energy technologies. Topics include solar–thermal–mechanical coupled systems, energy–biology interfaces, quantum materials for water and energy applications, and smart material–environment feedback mechanisms.

Manuscripts spanning multiple disciplines are evaluated using a modular peer-review model, where each disciplinary element (e.g., materials science, thermodynamics, bioenergy) is reviewed by a specialist. The handling editor synthesizes the modular reports to form a unified editorial decision.

SECTION C — Living Systems & Technology

This section publishes research integrating biological systems with engineered devices, materials, and computational technologies. Areas include bio-physical interface systems, bioinformatics–environment interactions, biomedical–energy devices, tissue–material coupling, and nano-bio interactions.

The modular peer-review process is applied for submissions involving multiple domains (e.g., biology + materials + engineering), ensuring expert evaluation of each component and coherence across disciplinary boundaries.

SECTION D — Computation, AI & Complex Systems, Prof. Dr. Pedro Fernández de Córdoba

This section focuses on computational modelling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the study of complex coupled systems. Topics include AI-based simulation of coupled physical systems, machine learning with environmental and material datasets, multi-scale modelling, digital twins, and interdisciplinary data fusion.

Modular peer-review is used for manuscripts drawing from multiple computational or scientific subfields, assigning the appropriate expert to each methodological or disciplinary component.

SECTION E — Human, Social & Economic Interfaces

This section addresses socio-technical, socio-environmental, and human-system interactions, including water–energy–food–health systems, climate–migration–economics dynamics, infrastructure–society couplings, governance of coupled systems, and technology–policy interfaces.

The modular peer-review process ensures that each disciplinary dimension (e.g., economics, environmental science, public policy) is evaluated by a qualified specialist, with the handling editor integrating all reviews into a single decision.

SECTION F — Synchrotron & Photon-Matter Interfaces

This section publishes research at the interfaces between synchrotron radiation techniques and scientific domains such as materials science, environmental systems, water processes, energy technologies, cultural heritage, and biomedical applications. Manuscripts may address photon–matter interactions, multiscale structural characterization,  environmental applications of synchrotron techniques, operational or in-situ analyses, and synchrotron-enabled insights into complex natural or engineered systems.

Submissions that span multiple disciplinary domains are evaluated through a modular peer-review process: each disciplinary component (e.g., application of synchrotron in water engineering, X-ray spectroscopy, environmental chemistry, biological imaging, energy materials) is assigned to a specialist reviewer. The handling editor integrates the modular reports to reach a unified editorial decision, ensuring methodological rigor, cross-disciplinary coherence, and innovation at photon–matter interfaces.

SECTION G — Art, Creativity & Scientific Interfaces

This section publishes research at the interfaces between artistic practice, scientific inquiry, technological innovation, and human perception. Manuscripts may address art-based visualization of complex data, material or structural innovation inspired by artistic methods, art–health applications, environmental or ecological art systems, creative human–machine interaction, and conceptual frameworks where artistic and scientific processes mutually inform one another.

Submissions that span multiple disciplinary domains are evaluated through a modular peer-review process: each disciplinary component (e.g., visual design of green roofs, materials characterization, cognitive science, environmental sensing) is assigned to a specialist reviewer. The handling editor synthesizes the modular reports to reach a unified editorial decision, ensuring scientific integrity, creative relevance, and innovation at art–science interfaces.