Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Fine-tuning improves deep learning-based digital phenotyping of lettuce genetic resourcesEunju Lee · Yuseok Jeong · Hyo Jun Bae · Yoon-Jung Lee · Seong-Hoon Kim · Young-Wang Na · Hwan-suk Cheong · Inchan ChoiFrontiers in Plant Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1970840
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Characterization of pulmonary bacterial composition in community-acquired pneumonia depending on sampling methodsLuis Cabanes López · Miguel Carda-Diéguez · Alejandro Mira · Eva Martínez-MoragónFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1938648
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026The moderating role of athletic mental energy in the relationship between pessimism and burnout among athletes competing in university sports competitionsFerhat Çifçi · Ersin Ballıkaya · Abdurrahman DemirFrontiers in Psychologydoi 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1968065
ReviewPublished 8 October 2026Screen exposure and cognitive outcomes in school-aged children and adolescents: a narrative review through the lens of Cognitive Load TheoryHiya Al Kalbani · Erin Kitt-LewisFrontiers in Developmental Psychologydoi 10.3389/fdpys.2026.1958088
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026The eagle as an agricultural ally: quantifying the predation of medically significant snakes and public perception gaps in the Thar DesertRadheshyam Bishnoi · Govind Tiwari · Randeep SinghFrontiers in Bird Sciencedoi 10.3389/fbirs.2026.1897409
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 8 October 2026When humans and agents form a collective: a framework for collective intelligence in persistent organizational human-AI teamsAlessandro Rovetta · Alessandro Bortolotti · Claudio Di BerardinoFrontiers in Organizational Psychologydoi 10.3389/forgp.2026.1941058
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026The correlation between surgical, anaesthetic and obstetric workforce and surgical volume: a modelling studyYuki Julius Ng · Alex J. van Duinen · Håkon A. Bolkan · Anita Gadgil · Priti Patil · Nobhojit RoyFrontiers in Health Servicesdoi 10.3389/frhs.2026.1920090
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Comparison of MF and RMS EMG parameters in women with TMD and asymptomatic women during sustained bilateral submaximal bite force protocolPaulo Fernandes Pires · Elisa Bizetti Pelai · Samara Caroline Fernandes Galvani · Bianca Pulino · Marcio de Moraes · Ester Moreira de Castro-Carletti · Fabiana Foltran-Mescollott · Raphael Capelli Guerra · Delaine Rodrigues-BigatonFrontiers in Pain Researchdoi 10.3389/fpain.2026.1962220
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 8 October 2026Altered body representation in chronic non-specific low back pain: a testable framework linking body-schema-related disturbance, corticomotor alterations, and altered pain processingZhifei XieFrontiers in Pain Researchdoi 10.3389/fpain.2026.1899538
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026AI for citizen participation in international policymaking: a collaborative governance perspective on multilingual inclusionVictoria Ustenko · Nimita Pandey · Shubham Sharma · Shakti Kumar Roy · Matthijs Fakkel · Susan Witt · R. Bhavani RaoFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1842794
Systematic ReviewPublished 8 October 2026Beyond the app: a marketness assessment of digital health, sports, and well-being - a systematic reviewFrancisco von Hafe · Ana Rita Santos · Ana Rita Londral · Ana Margarida Silva · José Lopes · Nuno Carvalho · Soraia Ferreira · Salomé AzevedoFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1871114
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Multimodal classification of skin lesions based on lightweight gated low-rank hyper-fusion networkKe Wang · Tao Zhang · Xingqi Liu · Jiancun Zhou · Qian He · Jianxin HeFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1947161
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Explainable AI and ESG analytics for sustainable investment decision: the roles of ESG forecast credibility and trust in AI-generated informationM. Vijayananth · R. Muthu Sundari · N. SaravanabhavanFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1965649
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Institutional-based social network resources, social resource orchestration competence, and business growth of manufacturing small and medium enterprises: evidence from KenyaLoise Wanjiru Kanotha Oburu · Joseph Odhiambo Onyango · Anne NdiranguFrontiers in Human Dynamicsdoi 10.3389/fhumd.2026.1861807
PerspectivePublished 8 October 2026From model trust to software topology: a Perspective on structurally governed agentic AI systemsMichai Morin · Fahim SufiFrontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1919950
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Angular velocity characteristics and inter-limb asymmetry during jodan-tsuki execution in a world champion female karate athlete: a case studySoyib Tajibaev · Tolibjon Arslanov · Mekhriddin Abdullayev · Aziz Utepov · Zamira Tuganboyeva · Ulbosin Kubeisinova · Davron Omonov · Abror RejametovFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1917343
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Pathogen spectrum and triple-criteria interpretation algorithm of BALF-targeted NGS in children with refractory severe community-acquired pneumonia in mountainous Northeastern Sichuan: a single-center retrospective studyRongjie Chen · Zhe Xu · Tingting He · Xiao Liu · Yi Ding · Xin HouFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1929990
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Machine learning-assisted noise characterization and entanglement verification in superconducting qubitsRadhakrishnan DelhibabuFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1869591
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026The dashboard says “perfect:” a systematic audit of label-free model monitoring and test-time adaptation under temporal distribution shift in network intrusion detectionWali Ahmed · Md Azizul Rahaman · Pappu Roy · Parves AlamFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1928858
PerspectivePublished 8 October 2026Designing responsible AI feedback in higher education: faculty readiness, student judgement, and metacognitive calibrationPatricia Fidalgo · Reem HashemFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1953700
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026GenAI literacy and online learning resilience among Chinese university students: the mediating role of self-efficacyDinara Dauyen · Ulzhan ZhubaniyazovaFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1860024
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Climate policy uncertainty and agricultural digital-intelligent transformation in China: evidence from provincial panel dataWenwen Wang · Yuanyi Yang · Yanru Yu · Yanwei ZhangFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1909691
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Refining posthuman aesthetic pedagogy for teacher education through multidisciplinary expert consultationOk-Hee JeongFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1940834
Conceptual AnalysisPublished 8 October 2026Responsive co-agency in educational accompaniment: a relational model integrating agency, personalism, and the pedagogy of alterityPedro García CasasFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1953411
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026A qualitative examination of the mediating void: teacher PCK, classroom management, and mathematical achievementLord Ampofo Adusei · Yarhands Dissou ArthurFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1921022
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 8 October 2026Growth mindset as an emergent outcome: autonomy and strategy use in second language learningNuray Okumuş CeylanFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1865310
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Digital information manipulation, AI readiness, and security outcomes in Africa: evidence from Africa’s most populous countriesTersoo Solomon Shaminja · Merlyn BarkhuizenFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1964645
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Capital structure risk and portfolio returns: evidence from Indian stock marketJayashree Somu · Nirakar BarikFrontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statisticsdoi 10.3389/fams.2026.1953346
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Artificial intelligence for sustainable development: assessing net carbon mitigation benefits of AI-based climate solutions with anomaly detection and life-cycle emissions accountingCongmin Zhu · Esperanza DeigoFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1900922
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026ARISE: an urban political economy-informed resilience indicator framework for south asian metropolitan citiesR Zorba · Ganapathi MalarvizhiFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1889318
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from meat industriesDespina Vougiouklaki · Markos Dalezios · Konstantina Kyriakou · Marios Papaparaskevas · Marina Siouti · Simen Akkermans · Jan F. M. Impe · Efstathia Tsakali · Dimitra HouhoulaFrontiers in Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1922185
PerspectivePublished 8 October 2026GLP-1 receptor agonists and lymphedema: from weight loss to potential direct modulation of lymphatic functionEva Klara Merzel Šabović · Miodrag Janić · Tanja Planinšek RučigajFrontiers in Endocrinologydoi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1980239
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026The fixed cortical fraction assumption in Hip Structure Analysis produces systematic, sex- and age- dependent errors in femoral neck morphology estimatesMadison S. Richards · Erin M. R. Bigelow · Robert W. Goulet · Bonnie T. Brooker-Nolan · Kyle J. Franklin · Karl J. Jepsen · Todd L. BredbennerFrontiers in Endocrinologydoi 10.3389/fendo.2026.1932381
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026A hierarchical architecture for brownfield digitization: design, analytical insights, and validation of an ultra-low-cost Wi-Fi/MQTT IIoT frameworkGulshat Amirkhanova · Meiramkul Zhasuzakova · Nazargozha Abdulkhamit · Bauyrzhan Amirkhanov · Onggarbek Alipbeki · Alina RaevaFrontiers in Communications and Networksdoi 10.3389/frcmn.2026.1822183
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 7 October 2026The Arid Zone Pollinator Paradox: hidden resilience erosion and structural-functional decoupling in dryland pollination systemsRachid SabbahiFrontiers in Conservation Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcosc.2026.1883949
EditorialPublished 7 October 2026Editorial: Benchmarks and good practices in bioinformaticsBruno César Feltes · Renato Augusto Corrêa dos Santos · Hugo VerliFrontiers in Bioinformaticsdoi 10.3389/fbinf.2026.2005704
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Addressing biomedical complexity using the energy systems languageFederico Surra · Francesco Gonella · Luigi Conte · Alessandra RomanoFrontiers in Systems Biologydoi 10.3389/fsysb.2026.1903662
Case ReportPublished 7 October 2026Neural oscillatory activity during guided and self-generated motor imagery: a comparative case study of a six-time World Cup skateboarder champion and an experienced recreational surferLuciane Aparecida Moscaleski · Alexandre MoreiraFrontiers in Human Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnhum.2026.1964730
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Towards automated assessment of communication skills in virtual reality: an exploratory feasibility studyElena Parra Vargas · Mariano Alcañiz RayaFrontiers in Virtual Realitydoi 10.3389/frvir.2026.1872244
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Assessing digital factors influencing AI-led asset information management in hospital facilitiesMotheo Tjebane · Thabo KhafisoFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1900969
Conceptual AnalysisPublished 7 October 2026Digital inclusion, trust, and experience quality: a conceptual framework for smart tourism technology acceptance in fast-digitalising destinations, with illustration from UzbekistanYulduz Dushanova · Ergash Ibadullaev · Bokhodir Isroilov · Dilfuza Khamzaeva · Jasur KushmanovFrontiers in Human Dynamicsdoi 10.3389/fhumd.2026.1961668
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026The role of digital management control systems on TQM practices and employee performance: an empirical study on Saudi service organizationsSalma Elhag · Mariah Alaseeri · Taif Alsharif · Nada AlmatrafiFrontiers in Human Dynamicsdoi 10.3389/fhumd.2026.1895700
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Research in the “Games Bubble”: leveraging outreach-embedded data collection at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter GamesGobinathan Nair · Andrea Petróczi · Xie Li · Ge Yifan · Venera Abdulla · Nadiah AL-ShamaliFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1945134
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Olympic fencing medallists are increasingly clustering around an age that has hardly changed (1896–2024)Novrizal Achmad Novan · Edina Kardos · Zsolt Nemcsik · Leonidas PetridisFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1938745
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Psychological characteristics of athletes on the Vietnamese national weightlifting team prior to the 2019 Asian Championships: a cross-sectional descriptive studyNgoc Quang DinhFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1945226
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Factors associated with potential doping behavior among Swedish combat sport athletes: a cross-sectional studyJonathan Karl Oliver Myléus · José Morales · Haris Pojskic · Damir SekulicFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1954492
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Governance-aware autonomous retail coordination in artificial intelligence cities using multi-agent reinforcement learning, blockchain accountability, and federated learningToqeer Ali Syed · Ali Akarma · Shahid Kamal · Salman Jan · Ahmad B. Alkhodre · Arshad JamalFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1942376
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Building a deeply AI over a substrate you cannot retrain: the Clara Nexus reference implementation of layered intelligence theoryRichard DobsonFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1936295