Journal History | Sensors

2001	The inaugural issue was released. Sensors was published as a monthly journal.
2004	Sensors was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 4 (Issue 1).
2005	Sensors received its first Impact Factor (0.990).
2010	Sensors established the following sections: -Biosensors; -Chemical Sensors; -Physical Sensors; -Remote Sensors.
2011	Sensors announced the first edition of the Best Paper Awards. Sensors was indexed in the US National Library of Medicine's (NLM) PubMed Central (PMC). Sensors established the following section: -Sensor Networks. Sensors was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2012	Sensors was indexed in Ei Compendex. Sensors received its first CiteScore (2011) of 3.6.
2013	Sensors received its 2012 Impact Factor (1.953); the 5-year Impact Factor was 2.395. Sensors sponsored the 17th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2013).
2014	Sensors received its 2013 Impact Factor (2.048); the 5-year Impact Factor was 2.457. Sensors published its 5,000th paper. The first International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-1), sponsored by Sensors, was held on 1–16 June 2014.
2015	Sensors received its 2014 Impact Factor (2.245); 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.
2016	Sensors received its 2015 Impact Factor (2.033); 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. Sensors announced 2017 Travel Awards.
2017	Sensors received its 2016 Impact Factor (2.677); the 5-year Impact Factor was 2.964. Sensors established the following sections: -Intelligent Sensors; -Internet of Things. 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 announced 2018 Travel Awards and announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award and Outstanding Reviewer Awards.
2018	Sensors established the following 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. Sensors announced 2019 Travel Awards.
2019	Sensors adopted a semimonthly publication schedule. Sensors received its 2018 Impact Factor (3.031); the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.032. Sensors established the following sections: -Optical Sensors; -Biomedical Sensors; -Electronic Sensors. 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 announced 2020 Travel Award, 2019 Young Investigator Award, and 2020 Best Paper Awards.
2020	Sensors received its 2019 Impact Factor (3.275); the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.427. Sensors established the following sections: -Communications; -Fault Diagnosis & Sensors; -Wearables; -Nanosensors; -Sensing and Imaging; -Sensors and Robotics. 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 announced 2021 Travel Awards, 2020 Young Investigator Award, 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards and announced the first edition of the PhD Thesis Award and Best Cover Award. The Polish Society of Applied Electromagnetics (PTZE), Japan Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (JSPRS) and Spanish Society of Biomedical Engineering (SEIB) became affiliated to Sensors.
2021	Sensors received its 2020 Impact Factor (3.576); the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.735. Sensors established the following sections: -Radar Sensors; -Vehicular Sensing; -Navigation and Positioning; -Smart Agriculture; -Environmental Sensing; -Industrial Sensors. 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 announced 2022 Travel Awards, 2021 Young Investigator Awards, 2021 Best PhD Thesis Award, 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Awards, 2021 Best Cover Award, and 2022 Best Paper Awards. Sensors initiated the Topical Advisory Panel. The year 2021 marked the 20th Anniversary of Sensors.
2022	Sensors received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.847); the 5-year Impact Factor was 4.050. The International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour (ISMPB) became affiliated to Sensors. Sensors established the following section: -Sensors Development; The Ninth International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2022) was held in Warsaw, Poland, on 20–22 June 2022. The Ninth International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-9) was held on Sciforum on 1–15 November 2022. Sensors announced the 2023 Travel Awards, 2022 Young Investigator Awards, 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award, 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Awards, 2022 Best Cover Award, and 2023 Best Paper Awards.
2023	Sensors received its 2022 Impact Factor (3.9); the 5-year Impact Factor was 4.1. Sensors received its CiteScore (2022) of 6.8. The 8th International Symposium on Sensor Science–China (I3S-CN) was held in Nanjing, China on 29–31 March 2023. The 10th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-10) was held on Sciforum on 15–30 November 2023. Sensors announced the 2024 Travel Awards, 2023 Young Investigator Award, 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award, 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Awards, and 2024 Best Paper Awards.
2024	Sensors received its 2023 Impact Factor (3.4); the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.7. Sensors received its CiteScore (2023) of 7.3. Sensors established the following section: -Cross Data. The 1st International Conference on AI Sensors & The 10th International Symposium on Sensor Science (AIS-I3S) was held in NUS University, Singapore on 1–4 August 2024. The 11th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-11) was held on Sciforum on 26–28 November 2024. Sensors announced the first edition of the Outstanding Special Issue Award and the Editor of Distinction Award.
2025	The International Society for Condition Monitoring (ISCM) became affiliated to Sensors. Sensors received its 2024 Impact Factor (3.5); the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.7. Sensors received its CiteScore (2024) of 8.2. The 2nd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 29 July–3 August 2025. The 12th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-12) was held on Sciforum on 12–14 November 2025. The 11th International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2025) was held in Barcelona, Spain, on 17–19 November 2025. Sensors announced the 2026 Travel Awards, the 2025 Young Investigator Award, the 2025 Best PhD Thesis Award, the 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Awards, and the 2026 Best Paper Awards.
2026	Sensors received its 2025 Impact Factor (4.0); the 5-year Impact Factor was 4.1. Sensors received its CiteScore (2025) of 9.4, achieved ninth consecutive years of growth. The 3rd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers was held successfully in Jeju, South Korea, on 2–7 August 2026.

Editor-in-Chief

2001–2003	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Milan M. Antonijevic (Founding Editor)
2004–2005	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael J. Schöning
2006–2010	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Seitz
2022–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vittorio M. N. Passaro

Section Editor-in-Chief

2010–2018	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. W. Rudolf Seitz for the Section on Chemical Sensors
2010–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alexander Star for the section on Biosensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Assefa M. Melesse for the section on Remote Sensors
2011–2012	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Tim Wark for the section on Sensor Networks
2012–2019	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vittorio M. N. Passaro for the section on Physical Sensors
2013–2014	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mohamed F. Younis for the section on Sensor Networks
2014–2020	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Leonhard M. Reindl for the section on Sensor Networks
2018–2025	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Rasit Yuce for the section on Intelligent Sensors
2019–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eduard Llobet for the section on Chemical Sensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vittorio M. N. Passaro for the section on Optical Sensors
2020–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Raffaele Bruno for the section on Internet of Things Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Davide Brunelli for the section on Sensor Networks Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Roozbeh Ghaffari for the section on Wearables Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Guillermo Villanueva for the section on Physical Sensors
2021–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Hyungsoon Im for the section on Biomedical Sensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xianbin Wang for the section on Communications Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Edgar Muñoz for the section on Nanosensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sylvain Girard for the section on Sensing and Imaging Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wonsuk (Daniel) Lee for the section on Smart Agriculture
2021–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Youfan Hu for the section on Electronic Sensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mengdao Xing for the section on Radar Sensors
2022–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bijan Shirinzadeh for the section on Sensors and Robotics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chris Rizos for the section on Navigation and Positioning Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mikhael Bechelany for the section on Sensor Materials
2023–2025	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chunhua Yang for the section on Industrial Sensors
2024–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Guangcai Sun for the section on Radar Sensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Felipe Jiménez for the section on Vehicular Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vittorio Ferrari for the section on Electronic Sensors Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tielin Shi for the section on Fault Diagnosis & Sensors
2025–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lei Shu for the section on Cross Data Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Michele Penza for the section on Environmental Sensing Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hyoungshick Kim for the section on Industrial Sensors
2026–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Henry Leung for the section on Intelligent Sensors