Journal History
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2001 |
The inaugural issue was released, and Sensors was published as a monthly journal. |
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2005 |
Sensors received its first Impact Factor (0.990). |
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2010 |
The journal was divided into four topical sections: Biosensors, Chemical Sensors, Physical Sensors, and Remote Sensors. |
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2011 |
Sensors journal announced the first edition of the Best Paper Awards. Full-text papers were archived in the US National Library of Medicine's (NLM) PubMed Central (PMC). Sensors established section Sensor Networks. |
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2012 |
Indexed by EI Compendex. |
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2013 |
Sensors received an Impact Factor of 1.953 for the year 2012; the 5-year Impact Factor was 2.395. Sensors sponsored the 17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2013). |
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2014 |
Sensors received an Impact Factor of 2.048 for the year 2013; the 5-year Impact Factor was 2.457. Sensors published its 5000th paper. The first International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-1), sponsored by Sensors, was held on 1–16 June 2014. |
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2015 |
Sensors received an Impact Factor of 2.245 for the year 2014; the 5-year Impact Factor was 2.474. The fourth edition of the International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S2015) was held in Basel, Switzerland. The second International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-2) was held on Sciforum on 15–30 November 2015. Sensors announced the first edition of the Travel Awards. |
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2016 |
Sensors received an Impact Factor of 2.033 for the year 2015; the 5-year Impact Factor was 2.437. Sensors published its 10,000th paper. The third International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-3) was held on Sciforum on 15–30 November 2016. |
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2017 |
Sensors received an Impact Factor of 2.677 for the year 2016. The 5-year Impact Factor was 2.964. Sensors established the following sections: Sensors held its first online Editorial Board Member meeting. Sensors sponsored Eurosensors 2017. The fifth edition of the International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S2017) was held in Barcelona, Spain. The fourth International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-4) was held on Sciforum on 15–30 November 2017. Sensors launched 2017 Travel awards and announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award and Outstanding Reviewer Awards. |
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2018 |
Sensors established section Sensor Materials. The sixth edition of the International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S2018) was held in Kenting, Taiwan. The fifth International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-5) was held on Sciforum on 15–30 November 2018. Sensors sponsored Eurosensors 2018 and arranged a collaboration through setting up a Special Issue. |
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2019 |
Sensors adopted a semimonthly publication schedule. Sensors received an Impact Factor of 3.031 for the year 2018; the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.032. Sensors established the following sections: Sensors published its 20,000th paper. The seventh International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2019) was held in Napoli, Italy, on 9–11 May 2019. The sixth International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-6) was held on Sciforum on 15–30 November 2019. Sensors launched the Travel Award 2019 and Young Investigator Award 2019. |
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2020 |
Sensors received an Impact Factor of 3.275 for the year 2019; the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.427. Sensors established the following sections:
Sensors published its 30,000th paper. The seventh International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-7) was held on Sciforum on 15–30 November 2020. Sensors launched 2020 Travel Awards, 2020 Young Investigator Award, 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards and announced the first edition of the PhD Thesis Award, Best Cover Award, and Best Paper Awards. The year 2020 marks the 20th Anniversary of Sensors. Sensors became an affiliated journal of the Polish Society of Applied Electromagnetics (PTZE); Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (JSPRS); Spanish Society of Biomedical Engineering (SEIB) |
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2021 |
Sensors received an Impact Factor of 3.576 for the year 2020; the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.735. Sensors established the following sections:
Sensors published its 40,000th paper. The Eighth International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2021) was held online, on 17–28 May 2021. The Eighth International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-8) was held on Sciforum on 1–15 November 2021. Sensors launched the following awards: 2021 Travel Awards, 2021 Young Investigator Awards, 2021 PhD Thesis Award, 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards, 2021 Best Cover Award, and 2021 Best Paper Awards. Sensors initiated the Topical Advisory Panel. |
Editors-in-Chief
| 2001–2003 | Founding Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Milan M. Antonijevic |
| 2004–2005 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael J. Schöning |
| 2006–2010 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Seitz |
| 2010–2018 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. W. Rudolf Seitz for Section on Chemical Sensors |
| 2010–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Alexander Star for Section on Biosensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Assefa M. Melesse for Section on Remote Sensors |
| 2011–2012 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Tim Wark for Section on Sensor Networks |
| 2012–2019 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro for Section on Physical Sensors |
| 2013–2014 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mohamed F. Younis for Section on Sensor Networks |
| 2014–2020 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Leonhard M. Reindl for Section on Sensor Networks |
| 2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Rasit Yuce for Section on Intelligent Sensors |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eduard Llobet for Section on Chemical Sensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vittorio M.N. Passaro for Section on Optical Sensors |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Raffaele Bruno for Section on Internet of Things Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Davide Brunelli for Section on Sensor Networks Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roozbeh Ghaffari for Section on Wearables Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Guillermo Villanueva for Section on Physical Sensors |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Youfan Hu for Section on Electronic Sensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Hyungsoon Im for Section on Biomedical Sensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xianbin Wang for Section on Communications Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Edgar Muñoz for Section on Nanosensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sylvain Girard for Section on Sensing and Imaging Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mengdao Xing for Section on Radar Sensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Wonsuk (Daniel) Lee for Section on Smart Agriculture |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bijan Shirinzadeh for Section on Sensors and Robotics |
