Journal History

2011 The inaugural issue was released. Biosensors was published as a quarterly journal.
2013 Biosensors was indexed in Scopus.
2015 Biosensors was indexed in MEDLINE - PubMed.
2016

Biosensors was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) - Web of Science.

First online Editorial Board meeting was held. 

Biosensors announced the first edition of the Travel Award.

2017 Biosensors received its first CiteScore of 2.83.
2019

Biosensors was indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science.

Biosensors received its CiteScore (2018) of 3.57, ranked 18/113 in “Clinical Biochemistry”.

2020

Biosensors received its first Impact Factor (2019) of 3.240.

Biosensors received a CiteScore (2019) of 4.4.

Biosensors adopted a monthly publication schedule.

The 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors, sponsored by Biosensors, was held on Sciforum.

Biosensors announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award.

Biosensors established the following sections:
-Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices;
-Nano- and Micro-Technologies in Biosensors;
-Biosensor Materials;
-Biosensors and Healthcare;
-Optical and Photonic Biosensors;
-Intelligent Biosensors and Bio-Signal Processing.

2021

Biosensors received its Impact Factor (2020) of 5.519, ranked 15/83 (Q1) in “Chemistry, Analytical”, 8/64 (Q1) in “Instruments & Instrumentation”, and 42/107 (Q2) in “Nanoscience & Nanotechnology”.

Biosensors received its CiteScore (2020) of 5.4, ranked 38/113 in “Clinical Biochemistry”. 

Biosensors announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award.

Biosensors established the following section:
-Environmental Biosensors and Biosensing.

The year 2021 marked the 10th Anniversary of Biosensors.

2022

Biosensors received its Impact Factor (2021) of 5.743, ranked 14/87 (Q1) in “Chemistry, Analytical”, 8/64 (Q1) in “Instruments & Instrumentation”, and 52/109 (Q2) in “Nanoscience & Nanotechnology”.

Biosensors received its CiteScore (2021) of 5.6, ranked 38/113 in “Clinical Biochemistry”, 13/115 in “Engineering (miscellaneous)”, 20/136 in “Instrumentation”, 41/130 in “Analytical Chemistry”, 92/293 in “Biotechnology”, 87/252 in “Biomedical Engineering”, and 51/115 in “Clinical Biochemistry”.

Biosensors announced the eighth edition of the Travel Award, the second edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award, the third edition of the Young Investigator Award, and the first edition of the Best Paper Award.

Biosensors established the following section:
-Wearable Biosensors.

2024 Biosensors was indexed in Ei Compendex.

Editor-in-Chief

2011–2019 Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jeff D. Newman
2020–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giovanna Marrazza

Section Editor-in-Chief

2020–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael Thompson for the section on Nano- and Micro-Technologies in Biosensors
2021–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Benoît Piro for the section on Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices
2022–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Francesco Dell’Olio for the section on Optical and Photonic Biosensors
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Huanyu Cheng for the section on Biosensor Materials
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