20th Anniversary of Sensors

The journal was divided into four topical sections: Biosensors, Chemical Sensors, Physical Sensors, and Remote Sensors.

Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Alexander Star

Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh

Prof. Dr. Alexander Star received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from Tel-Aviv University in 1994 and 2000, respectively. He joined the Chemistry faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in September 2005 as an Assistant Professor. His focus is on the research of materials chemistry/nanoscience and nanotube-based sensors.

Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Assefa M. Melesse

Dr. Assefa M. Melesse is a Professor of Water Resources Engineering with a background in remote sensing and geospatial applications to hydrological modeling. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) and also Diplomate of Water Resources Engineer (D. WRE) with over 30 years of teaching and research experience.

Sensors was indexed by EI Compendex.

Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro

Prof. Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro received his Ph.D. degree in Electronic Engineering, curriculum Optoelectronics, from Politecnico di Bari in 1992. In October 2000, he joined Politecnico di Bari as an Associate Professor of Electronic Technologies and Photonics, and in February 2014, he qualified for a full professorship in the general area of “Electronics”. Since 1988, his research interests have been focused on several theoretical and experimental aspects of optoelectronic and photonic devices, as well as integrated optics.

The first International E-Conference on Sensors and Applications, sponsored by Sensors, was held.

The International E-Conference on Sensors is solely an online proceeding that allows individuals from all over the world to participate without concerns about travel and related expenditures. This type of conference is particularly appropriate and useful because research involving sensors is progressing rapidly. An electronic conference provides a platform for rapid and direct exchanges about the latest research findings and novel ideas.

Sensors published its 5000th paper.

Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Leonhard M. Reindl

Prof. Dr. Leonhard Reindl received a Dipl. Phys. degree from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, in 1985 and a Dr. sc. techn. degree from the University of Technology Vienna, Austria, in 1997. In 2003, he accepted a full professor position at the Laboratory for Electrical Instrumentation in the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Germany. His primary interest was in the development and application of SAW ID-tag and wireless passive SAW sensor systems.

A new topical section on Sensor Materials was set up.

Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Eduard Llobet

Prof. Dr. Eduard Llobet is a full professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering of the University of Tarragona, Spain. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Telecom Eng. in 1997 from the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona. He belongs to the IEEE, RSC, ISOCS, and the American Nano Society. In 2012, he received the RQR Award, and in 2013, he received the ICREA Academia Award. He is currently addressing the fabrication of sensor arrays employing low-dimensional metal oxides and carbon nanomaterials.

Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Mehmet Rasit Yuce

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Rasit Yuce is an Associate Professor at the Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering of Monash University, Australia. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2004 from North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC, USA. His research interests are wearable devices, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, bioelectronics, IC circuits, wireless body area networks, MEMs design, biomedical circuits, RF electronics, energy harvesting, sensor/sensor interface circuits, and low-power circuits for emerging technologies in wireless communications such as UWB technology and the IoT.

Sensors published its 20,000th paper.

Sensors received an Impact Factor of 3.031 for the year 2018; the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.032.

Three new topical sections on Optical Sensors, Biomedical Sensors, and Electronic sensors were set up.

The seventh International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S2019) and Editorial Board Meeting were held in Napoli, Italy.