ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Trust but verify: a Verification-as-a-Service framework for sustainable infrastructure governance—An integrative conceptual reviewLacour M. Ayompe · Franklin M. LarteyFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1975063
Systematic ReviewPublished 7 October 2026Reimagining public space through technology: a systematic review and conceptual framework linking digital technologies to spatial characteristicsW. S. D. Perera · Udayangani Kulatunga · Nuwan Dias · Chathura De SilvaFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1916510
ReviewPublished 2 October 2026Intelligent defense at the edge: a comprehensive survey of federated learning, TinyML and explainable AI for intrusion detection in IoT and IIoT ecosystemsS. Sarath Kumar · M. Asha JerlinFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1900815
Policy and Practice ReviewsPublished 30 September 2026The digital sweep: transforming sanitation through smart governance for contemporary urban resilience and sustainabilityDaggupati Likhitha · Bangalore MorarjiFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1930465
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Making non-compliance visible: how smart bins reshape social norms in urban waste managementClaudio Marciano · Alessandro Sciullo · Filippo BarberaFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1939810
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026The creative digital city of Guadalajara, Mexico. Disruption of a traditional gridJuan A. Demerutis-ArenasFrontiers in Human Dynamicsdoi 10.3389/fhumd.2026.1829357
Original ResearchPublished 22 September 2026Rejigging smart sustainable city development in Saudi Arabia: artificial intelligence, megaprojects, smart mobility, and green initiativeAbdulaziz I. Almulhim · Yusuf A. AinaFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1906044
Original ResearchPublished 21 September 2026Machine learning driven optimization of biofuel powered urban mobility for cleaner and smarter citiesRitu Chauhan · Devanshi Thakur · Megat F. Zuhairi · Vivek Kumar GaurFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1906890
Original ResearchPublished 17 September 2026Awareness without intention, attitude without action: a multi-method (SEM–ANN–fsQCA) study of Gen Z sustainable transport adoption in smart citiesShankar Chanagala · Sri Yogi Kottala · Madhusudan Kumar Kota · Srinivas Bolagani · G. N. P. V. Babu · N. RoopalathaFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1867418
PerspectivePublished 15 September 2026The AI Urban Exclusion Cycle: smart urbanism and inequality in the Global SouthAbdulaziz I. AlmulhimFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1955093
Mini ReviewPublished 10 September 2026Differentially private federated learning for image analysis in smart-city surveillanceNamrata Pandya · Dhrupa MistryFrontiers in Imagingdoi 10.3389/fimag.2026.1966936
Original ResearchPublished 9 September 2026Equity by design as a sustainability multiplier in the citiverse: an empirical proof-of-conceptPaola Cecchi‐DimeglioFrontiers in Blockchaindoi 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1830313
Original ResearchPublished 3 September 2026A centralized mapping architecture for Automated Streetlight Fault Detection via Wireless Sensor Mesh NetworksSwarnajit Bhattacharya · Biswajit Mandal · Banshidhari SamantaFrontiers in Sensorsdoi 10.3389/fsens.2026.1905827
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 11 August 2026Towards community-scale resilience via repurposable computing continuum infrastructuresNikil Dutt · Julio A. de Oliveira Filho · Francesca Palumbo · Francesco Regazzoni · Nalini VenkatasubramanianFrontiers in Complex Systemsdoi 10.3389/fcpxs.2026.1812652
EditorialPublished 27 July 2026Editorial: Secure blockchain applications for smart cities: enhancing trust, privacy, and resilienceRoben Castagna Lunardi · Diego Kreutz · Maher AlharbyFrontiers in Blockchaindoi 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1912032
ReviewPublished 8 July 2026Deep learning for secure imaging and video surveillance in smart cities: from bibliometric mapping to real-world implementationsSamad Olalekan Olansile · Oluwatosin Ahmed Amodu · Mohamed Sani Adam · Isaac Oluwafemi Elesemoyo · Raja Azlina Raja MahmoodFrontiers in Imagingdoi 10.3389/fimag.2026.1854187
OpinionPublished 8 May 2026Building food-smart cities: embedding urban food systems in the WEF nexusHa Thi Thu Nghiem · Truong Giang NguyenFrontiers in Sustainable Resource Managementdoi 10.3389/fsrma.2026.1819367
Original ResearchPublished 15 April 2026Evolutionary multicriteria planning of bus stops location in smart citiesSantiago Lopez de Haro · Sergio Nesmachnow · Diego RossitFrontiers in Future Transportationdoi 10.3389/ffutr.2026.1800459
ReviewPublished 5 March 2026Direct-to-satellite internet of things (DtS-IoT): a tutorial review on architectures, protocols, and future directionsSerdar Akar · Alessandro Compagnoni · Juan A. Fraire · Roberto GarelloFrontiers in Communications and Networksdoi 10.3389/frcmn.2026.1750955
Original ResearchPublished 28 January 2026Voting mechanism for trustworthy localization in wireless sensor networksSlavisa Tomic · Marko Beko · Dejan Vukobratovic · Srdjan KrcoFrontiers in Sensorsdoi 10.3389/fsens.2026.1730414
Communications and NetworksPublished 30 October 2025F-GGRU: a sensor-driven deep learning framework for smart city weather-aware traffic congestion predictionAkbar Ali · Adnan Nadeem · Noureen Zafar · Muhammad ShirazFrontiers in Communications and Networksdoi 10.3389/frcmn.2025.1666487
Sustainable Energy PolicyPublished 4 September 2025Culture and heritage for a just transition to climate-neutral and smart cities. Text mining supporting New European Bauhaus elements detectionEzilda Costanzo · Daniela AlderuccioFrontiers in Sustainable Energy Policydoi 10.3389/fsuep.2025.1613079
the Internet of ThingsPublished 4 September 2025Securing the future: AI-driven cybersecurity in the age of autonomous IoTFabian Chukwudi Ogenyi · Chinyere Nneoma Ugwu · Okechukwu Paul-Chima UgwuFrontiers in the Internet of Thingsdoi 10.3389/friot.2025.1658273