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 full-length Research articles as well as Brief Communications of empirical findings, Reviews, Perspectives, Comments, Case Studies, Registered Reports, and Data Notes from across the full range of disciplines concerned with life science. The journal also publishes guest-edited Topical Collections of relevance to all aspects of life science and its applications. For more information, please follow up with our journal publishing contact.