Special issues

Call for papers
We are currently inviting submissions for upcoming special issue: Sustainability and digitalization in textile/fashion design and manufacturing

Issue 1/2027 of the Industria Textila journal will be a special issue with the topic Sustainability and digitalization in textile/fashion design and manufacturing. Interested authors are welcome to submit their articles on this special topic, until August 2026.
Guest Editor: Prof. Xianyi Zeng - Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts et Industries Textiles (ENSAIT), France
The topic includes but not limited to following fields:
○ Smart textile and intelligent wearable systems
○ Textile digitalization: garment and textile CAD, quality control, digitalized supply chain and production
○ Textile sustainability and circularity: Life Cycle Analysis, traceability, textile waste sorting and recycling

Submission Process
Submit Special Issue articles online through manuscript submission, review and editorial tracking system for quality and quick review processing at it.manuscriptmanager.net

2026
Special issue on Advanced textile technologies
Guest Editor: Dr. Huipu Gao, Department of Textile Development & Marketing, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, USA
Issue 1/2026 of the Industria Textila journal is a special issue with the topic Advanced textile technologies. The topic includes but is not limited to following fields:
○ High-performance textiles
○ Protective clothing
○ Nanotechnology in textiles
○ Environmental-friendly practices in the textile industry
○ Smart textiles
○ Textile testing technologies

2025
Special issue on Textiles for human performance
Guest Editor: Lec. Alexandra De Raeve - University College Ghent, Fashion, Textile and Wood Technology Department, Belgium
Issue 1/2025 of the Industria Textila journal is a special issue with the topic Textiles for human performance. The topic includes but is not limited to following fields:
○ Ergonomic requirements
○ Thermophysiological comfort
○ Sizing and fit
○ Active cooling systems
○ Aerodynamics and hydrodynamics
○ Compression
○ Exoskeletons



2024
Special issue on Smart and high functional textiles
Guest Editor: Dr. Adnan Mazari, Department of Clothing, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
Issue 1/2024 of the Industria Textila journal is a special issue with the topic Smart and high functional textiles. The topic includes but is not limited to following fields:
○ Smart Textile
○ High Functional Textiles
○ Advanced textile
○ E-textile
○ Flexible electronics
○ Energy harvesting fibres



2023
Special issue on Digital transformation
Guest Editor: Associate Prof. Hong Yan, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, China
Issue 1/2023 of the Industria Textila journal is a special issue with the topic Digital transformation. The topic includes but is not limited to following fields:
○ Intelligent and digital development (design, pattern, colour)
○ 3D simulation
○ Human health
○ E-textiles
○ Human factor digitalization
○ Intelligent and digital management (production, supply chain, branding)
○ Smart garment



2022
Special issue on Biotechnology and protection against hazards
Guest Editor: Dr. Aminoddin Haji, Phd. Msc. Bsc, Textile Chemistry and Fiber Science Assistant Professor, Textile Engineering Department, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Issue 1/2022 of the Industria Textila journal was a special issue with the topic Biotechnology and protection against hazards. The topic included but was not limited to following fields:
○ Nanoparticles and nanotechnology
○ Biodegradation
○ Human health
○ Safe and healthy working environment
○ Workers and citizens protection



2021
Special issue on Circular economy
Issue 1/2021 of the Industria Textila journal was a special issue with the topic Circular economy. The topic included but was not limited to following fields:
○ Recyclability/Upcycling
○ Green technologies
○ Waste issues
○ Social impacts
○ Environmental issues
○ New trends in textiles