Announcements

1. “Recent Advances in Electrochemical Biosensors: Applications, Challenges, and Future Scope”
by Anoop Singh et al.
Biosensors 2021, 11(9), 336; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11090336
Cited by 187 | Viewed by 1959
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/9/336

2. “Recent Advances in Nanotechnology-Based Diagnosis and Treatments of Human Osteosarcoma”
by Mahmood Barani et al.
Biosensors 2021, 11(2), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11020055
Cited by 28 | Viewed by 2626
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/2/55

3. “Multi-Functionalized Nanomaterials and Nanoparticles for Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinoblastoma”
by Rabia Arshad et al.
Biosensors 2021, 11(4), 97; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11040097
Cited by 26 | Viewed by 2260
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/4/97

4. “Paper-Based Biosensors: Frontiers in Point-of-Care Detection of COVID-19 Disease”
by Riccarda Antiochia
Biosensors 2021, 11(4), 110; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11040110
Cited by 24 | Viewed by 2676
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/4/110

5. “Recent Advances on IoT-Assisted Wearable Sensor Systems for Healthcare Monitoring”
by Shwetank Dattatraya Mamdiwar et al.
Biosensors 2021, 11(10), 372; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11100372
Cited by 23 | Viewed by 2433
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/10/372

6. “Wearable Biosensors for Non-Invasive Sweat Diagnostics”
by Jing Xu et al.
Biosensors 2021, 11(8), 245; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11080245
Cited by 21 | Viewed by 3813
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/8/245

7. “Sources of Inaccuracy in Photoplethysmography for Continuous Cardiovascular Monitoring”
by Jesse Fine et al.
Biosensors 2021, 11(4), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11040126
Cited by 19 | Viewed by 2628
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/4/126

8. “Paper-Based Screen-Printed Electrodes: A New Generation of Low-Cost Electroanalytical Platforms”
by Estefanía Costa-Rama et al.
Biosensors 2021, 11(2), 51; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11020051
Cited by 19 | Viewed by 2103
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/2/51

9. “Two-Dimensional Material-Based Colorimetric Biosensors: A Review”
by Danzhu Zhu et al.
Biosensors 2021, 11(8), 259; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11080259
Cited by 19 | Viewed by 2138
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/8/259

10. “Point-of-Care PCR Assays for COVID-19 Detection”
by Niharika Gupta et al.
Biosensors 2021, 11(5), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11050141
Cited by 18 | Viewed by 4174
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/11/5/141

The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2022)

The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Waseem Asghar has been appointed Section Associate Editor of the Section “Biosensors and Healthcare” in Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374).

Dr. Asghar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at Florida Atlantic University, and since 2014, he has been the Director of the Asghar Lab: Micro and Nanotechnology in Medicine (http://faculty.eng.fau.edu/asghar/). Previously, he held a postdoctoral appointment at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard University (July 2012–April 2014). Later, he joined the Stanford School of Medicine as a Research Fellow before joining FAU.

His research interests lie in the areas of infectious disease diagnostics, point-of-care medical devices, and imaging technologies for healthcare. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal papers, over 50 conference proceedings, 4 book chapters, and 4 patent applications. He has received various international and national awards: the “2022 Distinguished Engineering Educator Award by The Engineers’ Council”, “2022 Senior Faculty Research Award by FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science”, “2020 NSF CAREER Award”, “2020 New Faculty Researcher Award by American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE SE)”, “2020 Researcher of the Year Award by FAU”, “Outstanding STEM Educator Award, by The Engineers’ Council 2018”, “Humanity in Science Award 2016”, and the “Faculty Mentoring Award 2015”. His research work has received excellent media attention and has been recognized by many premier magazines, including Newsweek, Wired UK, Popular Science, Sciencedaily, and Engadget, along with many others. He has been invited to various TV news channels to talk about his research, including West Palm Beach TV (WPTV) and WPLG news. He has also been invited to talk about biosensors on live radio programs: “Doctor’s Radio, NY” and National Public Radio (NPR), Miami. The honors and recognition he has received prove his successful track record in applying forefront technologies to problems in disease diagnostics and focusing on disposable microchips for point-of-care and bedside applications.

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Jun-Jie Zhu has been appointed Associate Editor in Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374).

Name: Prof. Dr. Jun-Jie Zhu
Homepage: https://hysz.nju.edu.cn/jjzhu/29594/list.htm
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Interest: electrochemical sensing; bioanalysis; bioimaging; nanoanalysis

Prof. Dr. Jun-Jie Zhu is a Full Professor at Nanjing University. He obtained his B.S. degree in chemistry in 1984 and his Ph.D. degree in 1993 at Nanjing University. He served as a postdoc fellow at Bar Ilan University, Israel (1998–1999). He became an Associate Professor in 1996 and a Full Professor in 2001 at Nanjing University. He was awarded the National Distinguished Young Scholar prize in 2003 and was invited as an FRSC in 2016. His research work focuses on analytical chemistry and nanochemistry, including bioanalytical chemistry, electroanalytical chemistry, nanobioelectrochemistry, optical analysis of nanomaterials, bio-application of nanomaterials, etc. He has published over 500 papers in international journals, which have been cited more than 27,000 times, with an H-index of 101. He was ranked in the Elsevier’s annual list of China’s Most Cited Researchers in chemistry from 2014 to 2021. He was also a highly cited researcher from the Thomson Reuters highly cited researcher index in the Cross-Field category from 2018 to 2021. He serves as an Associate Editor of Current Smart Materials, Frontiers in Sensors, and Analyst.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Zhu, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take the role as its Associate Editor?
Biosensing is an important topic in many disciplines such as analytical chemistry, biology, the environment, and so on. Therefore, I believe in the mission of the journal Biosensors to disseminate scientific research. The journal has a good reputation and an excellent editorial team in the academic community. It is a great honor to participate in this group and take this responsibility. I want to make an effort to act as a bridge between authors and readers, facilitating the dissemination of works of a high standard. The journal also provides a resource for those just starting their research in the field of biosensors. From my personal experience, it is ecstatic to put biosensors into daily life, and I hope this exciting field is useful to our wide readers.

2. What is your vision for Biosensors?
My vision for the journal is to maintain the standard in paper quality and to increase the attraction through flexible contents and enjoyable forms. For example, some kind of video presentations about experimental directions could be embedded into the traditional text contents. Compared with the text form, the video format is more accessible with mobile phones and spreads more easily in apps. After all, biosensors are connected with our daily lives very closely. I think that people, even without the relevant knowledge background, are probably surprised when seeing the roles of biosensors in the journal.

3. What does the future of this field of research look like?
Biosensors is a useful but complex field. Its development needs joint efforts from chemists, biologists, electrical engineers, and mechanical engineers. It is a good beginning to see more collaborations between scholars and people who need biosensors in their daily work such as doctors, police, and environmental inspectors. On the one hand, scholars develop advanced biosensors to pursue intellectual beauty. On the other hand, more robust biosensors have been commercialized in markets. Nowadays, biosensors are spread over every branch of frontier science ranging from fundamental measurement science to advanced artificial intelligence technology. We anticipate that these different types of biosensors will be applied in our practical daily life just like glucometers, one of the most common applications.

4. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?
Open Access is beneficial to our general readers who are interested in the content of papers. Open Access provides a more convenient way to access the scientific edge in academy. Certainly, whether or not Open Access is the right choice, we should consider many intertwined factors such as the cost, convenience, sustainability, and cultural difference. It is right to provide opportunities to authors who cannot afford the cost of publication. It is also right to provide opportunities to readers who cannot afford the cost of access. I think many efforts have been made to push Open Access to become more common despite the obstacles. I support the development of Open Access because it accelerates the spread of knowledge, and the whole system is improving for authors and readers. On the one hand, I understand the difficulties and inevitable failures when we are stepping into the age of Open Access. On the other hand, I envision that it is more reasonable to perform Open Access in some journals.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Jun-Jie Zhu in taking up his role as Associate Editor, and we look forward to him leading Biosensors to many more milestones.

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative, the Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program intends to provide an opportunity for early-career scientists to enhance their editing, networking, and organizational skills and to work closely with our journal to gain more editorial experience. Early-career scientists who have novel ideas for new Biosensors Special Issues will act as Guest Editors under the mentorship of an experienced scientist; this mentor could be a member of the Editorial Board of Biosensors (ISSN: 2079-6374), or from other well-established research institutes or laboratories, etc.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Biosensors Editorial Office (biosensors@mdpi.com) and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, Biosensors will continually welcome all Special Issue proposals based on hot research topics as usual.

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Chenzhong Li has been appointed Associate Editor of the “Optical and Photonic Biosensors” Section in Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374).

Prof. Dr. Chenzhong Li is the Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry and the Deputy Director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics at Tulane University School of Medicine.

Before joining Tulane in 2021, Prof. Dr. Li held the Worlds Ahead professor position in Biomedical Engineering, and he is also the director of the Nanobioengineering/Bioelectronics Core at Florida International University (Miami).

Prof. Dr. Li is the former Program Director of the Biosensing Program of the National Science Foundation for the USA and he oversaw research projects in the fields of biosensors and biomedical devices.

Prof. Dr. Li is a world-renowned expert in bioinstrumentation, specifically in the development of biomedical devices for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes; these devices can also have cross-applications for disease diagnosis, environmental and food safety monitoring, drug screening, and homeland security. The impact of his work is documented in 15 granted patents and around 160 peer-reviewed journal papers. Prof. Dr. Li’s research interests include biosensors, Point-of-Care Testing (POCT), cell/tissue electronics, the neuron–device interface, cell/organ-on-a-chip, electric therapy, as well as the electron transfer study of various biomaterials. He is the founder of three startup companies in China, Canada, and the USA.

In recognition of his work, Prof. Dr. Li has received several awards and honors, including the Kauffman Entrepreneurship Professor Award, the JSPS (Japan) Professor Fellowship Award, the 2016 Pioneer in Technology Development Award from the Society of Braining Mapping, and the 2016 Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Award in Cancer Research from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

Prof. Dr. Li is the elected fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and a fellow member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Conference name: 9th International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2022)

Conference website: https://i3s2022warsaw.sciforum.net/

Date: 20–22 June 2022

Place: Warsaw, Poland

It is with great pleasure that we announce the 9th International Symposium on Sensor Science, to be held in Warsaw, Poland, from 20 to 22 June 2022.

Sensor technology has been shown to be suitable for applications in many important fields, including industrial applications, security medical diagnostics, and environmental monitoring. This international conference, supported by the Photonics Society of Poland, Warsaw University of Technology, as well as MDPI’s Sensors (ISSN: 1424-8220), will bring together scientists from different areas to discuss important recent developments in sensor technology. It will represent a great opportunity for an in-person meeting of an interdisciplinary community aiming to discuss important breakthroughs in sensor technology and its related fields.

The main topics of the conference include:

• Chemical sensors;
• Biosensors;
• Physical sensors;
• Optical/photonic sensors;
• Sensor applications;
• Specialty optical fibers for sensing;
• Materials, microfluidics, configurations and strategies for sensing;
• Distributed sensing in optical fibers;
• Amorphous materials for sensor applications.

We look forward to your participation in this exciting event.

Dr. Piotr Lesiak, Prof. Tomasz Woliński and Prof. Leszek Jaroszewicz
I3S 2022 Conference Chairs

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We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Benoît Piro has been appointed to the position of Editor-in-Chief for the Section “Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices”, published in Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374).

We look forward to his contributions to the continued success of the journal.

Biosensors Editorial Office

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Omowunmi "Wunmi" Sadik has been appointed Section Associate Editor for the Section “Biosensors and Healthcare”, and Dr. Kevin C. Honeychurch and Dr. Arnaud Buhot have been appointed Section Associate Editors for the section “Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices”; both of these Sections are published in Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374).

We look forward to their contributions to the continued success of the journal.

Biosensors Editorial Office