Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Implementation of universal welfare policies in the Global South: a case study of Indonesia’s free nutritious meal programJoyce Jacinta Rares · Michael Mamentu · Muhammad Ridha · Zainul AbidinFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1845044
Mini ReviewPublished 12 October 2026The impact of digitalisation on the development of physical activity of older people (through the example of European Union countries)Zhaxat Kenzhin · Tursynzada Kuangaliyeva · Assem Aitkaliyeva · Yerbol Myrzabossynov · Aigerim Zhunussova · Odiljon DadabayevFrontiers in Public Healthdoi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1965028
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Catalyzing sustainable development through digitalization: the nexus between government digital transition and green total factor productivityLei Wang · Jun Xu · Fangfang DengFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1946309
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Policy evaluation as a source of policy advice in Italy: a tale of two policy sectorsErica MelloniFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1903753
CorrectionPublished 8 October 2026Correction: Analysis of natural resource total factor productivity in China’s eastern coastal region based on integrating static SBM-DEA with multi-frontier decompositionChunjuan Wang · Yugu Cai · Ying Yu · Zheng Li · Dahai Liu · Ziao Huang · Zixi WangFrontiers in Marine Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1977269
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Beyond the digital divide: structural determinants of the digital government gap in the European UnionCarmen Rodríguez-Rocha · Antón Lodeiro-Vázquez · Bran Barral-BucetaFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1933446
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Social cohesion in contexts of violence against women: evidence from Honduras and implications for public policyJosué Sabillón-Casco · Darlis Banegas-Maldonado · Héctor Moncada-MúnozFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1925726
Original ResearchPublished 6 October 2026Does rural land transfer promote high-quality agriculture development? Empirical evidence from 30 provinces in ChinaTian Tian · Jiawei Yang · Tong Yu · Mengran Li · Zhen XieFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1940003
Original ResearchPublished 5 October 2026Assessment of multiple ecosystem services and interrelation-ships in Forest-rich regions: a case study of Guilin, ChinaQing Kang · Zhoupeng Chen · Chengdao HuangFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1815737
Original ResearchPublished 1 October 2026The policy implementation paradox: governance failure and elite capture in Southeast Asia’s green transitionVuthipong RoadkasamsriFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1895044
CorrectionPublished 30 September 2026Correction: Community-based development for sustainable local economies: comparative governance lessons from urban, semi-urban, and rural communities in ThailandMahdee Champeephan · Nantida Jansiri · Sureeporn Sukawonlli · Arpaporn Sookhom · Kittachet Krivart · Manwar Hossein MallaFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.2001247
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026From progressive reform to institutional concerns: the evolution of public administration reform discourse in EU reports on Türkiye (2015–2025)A. Muhammet Banazılı · Umut Turgut YıldırımFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1842263
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Building cyber resilience in a digitalizing state: Kazakhstan’s evolving national security architectureAigul Kosherbayeva · Yerlan Kylbayev · Gaini Mukhanova · Dariya SerikovaFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1904000
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Does regional competition hinder renewable energy innovation? evidence from Chinese citiesShi Chen · Xue Lei · Jiaxin Gao · Jian XuFrontiers in Physicsdoi 10.3389/fphy.2026.1908805
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 25 September 2026Governing the information ecosystem under authoritarian power: epistemic conditions of public reasoning in TürkiyeGamze Turgaylı ZenginFrontiers in Communicationdoi 10.3389/fcomm.2026.1974057
ReviewPublished 21 September 2026Deploying artificial intelligence for occupational and environmental health in waste management: a systematic reviewWei Li · Zhengyan Ge · Hui Wang · Mingzi Yuan · Zhican YinInternational Journal of Public Healthdoi 10.3389/ijph.2026.1610020
OpinionPublished 18 September 2026How much less is enough? A reflexive perspective on the theory of simplified information processing by Voigt et al. (2025)Swen Koerner · Mario S. StallerFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1796558
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026Corporate land-asset adjustment after the formal establishment of China’s national parks: evidence from boundary-distance exposureShi Liang · Song Hu · Xinhai Lu · Linrong Wu · Danling ChenFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1947680
Original ResearchPublished 8 September 2026Agricultural machinery socialized services as a buffer? Enhancing rural livelihood resilience amid afforestation-driven cropland loss in the Wuling Mountain Area, ChinaShiyu Zheng · Qunhua Zeng · Siqi Tang · Ming LiFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1938411
Original ResearchPublished 31 August 2026Coupling between factor flows and Multiple Rural Ecosystem Service Values: a case study of Hunan Province, ChinaQing Liu · Qiuyu Xie · Ru Zhao · Lianghui Tian · Hui RenFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1924117
Systematic ReviewPublished 19 August 2026Bridging the socio-technical lag: a systematic literature review of regulation, collaboration, and inclusive governance in smart city infrastructureCaoyuan Yang · U Kei Wong · Jingwen Cai · Chunning Wang · Haoqian Hu · Wai In Ho · Yifen YinFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1897229
Original ResearchPublished 17 August 2026Benchmarking retrieval augmented generation LLMs for Arabic noise robustnessSaleh Almohaimeed · Abdulrahman Alabduljabbar · Mousa Jari · Mohammed Alkhowaiter · Saad Almohaimeed · Mohamad Mahmoud Al RahhalFrontiers in Big Datadoi 10.3389/fdata.2026.1884673
Systematic ReviewPublished 13 August 2026Motivations for community participation in marine protected areas governance systemsGideon Walter Mutanda · Godwell NhamoFrontiers in Ocean Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/focsu.2026.1808210
Original ResearchPublished 13 August 2026Blockchain applications for sustainable development in the EU public sector: an AI-based mapping of alignment with the Sustainable Development GoalsJaume Martin Bosch · Marco Combetto · Luca Tangi · A. Paula Rodriguez MüllerFrontiers in Blockchaindoi 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1768217
PerspectivePublished 31 July 2026Brain linkage for good governance: the need for Guatemalan diaspora expertiseKleinsy Bonilla · Diego Alejandro Quan Reyes · Natalia Ortíz-Barrientos · Antonio Romero · Annelisse Fernández MorenoFrontiers in Research Metrics and Analyticsdoi 10.3389/frma.2026.1856460
MethodsPublished 27 July 2026Transparent qualitative model-building in high-stakes digital governance: a methods protocol for tracing institutional mechanismsAhmad Nur Hidayat · Nina Karlina · Ramadhan Pancasilawan · R. Widya Setiabudi SumadinataFrontiers in Research Metrics and Analyticsdoi 10.3389/frma.2026.1889262
Community Case StudyPublished 11 May 2026Infrastructural inequity in urban expansion: water, sanitation, and waste in the city of Polokwane's dormitory locations of Juju Valley and Mamahule ParkPhuti Alfred Patrick MabothaFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1802504
Original ResearchPublished 30 March 2026Rethinking local economic development support: prospects for Rand West City Local MunicipalityPrudence Khumalo · Vaola Sambo · Buti Lekonyane · Kenneth Sonayena Nokele · Promise RasealaFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1525555
Original ResearchPublished 18 March 2026Impact of demography and emission trading scheme on heat-related mortality in ChinaShuyang ChenFrontiers in Environmental Economicsdoi 10.3389/frevc.2026.1714884
EditorialPublished 18 February 2026Editorial: The dynamics of sustainable, inclusive and equitable human settlementsPrudence KhumaloFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1785564
Original ResearchPublished 21 January 2026The impact of the reform of grassland property rights system on the allocation of production factors for herders in Qinghai, ChinaYujiao Gou · Hongbo Ma · Wu Sun · Xinyan Jin · Lizhuang Hao · Airu ZhangPastoralism: Research, Policy and Practicedoi 10.3389/past.2026.15314
Communications and NetworksPublished 24 September 2025Cyber threat in drone systems: bridging real-time security, legal admissibility, and digital forensic solution readinessUsman Mistura Mohammed · Abiodun Esther Omolara · Oludare Isaac Abiodun · Jawad Rasheed · Onur Osman · Patricia Manko Lar · Philip Oyadiran Adeyinka · Adeola Grace OlugbengaFrontiers in Communications and Networksdoi 10.3389/frcmn.2025.1661928
Sustainable Energy PolicyPublished 23 May 2024Developing a toolkit to help smaller local authorities establish strong net zero governance in the UKPeter Gudde · Nicolas Bury · Peter Cochrane · Nicholas CaldwellFrontiers in Sustainable Energy Policydoi 10.3389/fsuep.2024.1390570
Energy EfficiencyPublished 9 April 2024The landscape of heat pump adoption in Canada: a market segments approachKevin Andrew · Aaron Pardy · Ekaterina RhodesFrontiers in Energy Efficiencydoi 10.3389/fenef.2024.1376070