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Following from our two previous successful editions, we invite you to submit your abstracts and participate in the 3rd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers, taking place from 2 to 7 August 2026 in Jeju, South Korea.

Organized by MDPI and the open access journals Sensors, Micromachines, AI Sensors, Micro and Remote Sensing, this in-person conference will once again bring together experts and participating researchers who will share insights and innovations in sensors, sensing technology, transducers and artificial intelligence.

Start preparing your abstracts:
Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your work to peers and leading experts in AI-enhanced sensing systems and transducers. We will be announcing the session topics at AIS 2026 soon.

Find out more about the instructions for authors: https://sciforum.net/event/AIS2026?section=#instructions.

Find out more about the publication opportunities available for authors: https://sciforum.net/event/AIS2026?section=#Publicationopportunities.
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We look forward to welcoming you in Jeju!

The organizing committee of the 3rd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers (AIS 2026).

We are pleased to share that Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220) was awarded an increased Impact Factor of 4.0 in the 2025 Journal Citation Reports™ released by Clarivate in June 2026. Sensors ranks Q2 (24 among 81 titles) in the “Instruments and Instrumentation” category.

The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations received in 2025 to all publications in the journal from 2023 and 2024 by the total number of citable publications from those same years.

To learn more, visit our journal statistics website for detailed metrics or check out our news article for general information.

The support and dedication of all the editors, reviewers, authors, and readers are an integral part of the journal’s performance. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed to the journal.

International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), observed annually on 23 June, is a global initiative that celebrates the outstanding achievements of women in engineering while inspiring more young women to pursue engineering careers. Aligned with the 2026 theme, "Engineering Intelligence", and Goal 5 (Gender Equality) of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), MDPI highlights the innovative contributions of women engineers who are shaping the future through creativity, collaboration, and technological advancement. Together, we can foster a more inclusive engineering landscape and empower the next generation of women in STEM.

Join us in celebrating International Women in Engineering Day and supporting initiatives that empower women in STEM. This webinar will showcase not only the technical contributions of women engineers, but also the personal journeys, challenges, and achievements that have shaped their careers and inspired others to pursue paths in engineering and innovation.

Session 1:
Keywords: women in engineering; female engineers; innovation; STEM
Date: 12:00 p.m. CEST | 6:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 856 2639 9832
Webinar page: https://sciforum.net/event/INWED2026-1?subscribe

Register now for free!

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email on how to join the webinar.

Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway and we will let you know when the recording is available to view.

Webinar Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Maria Konstantaki, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Greece;
• Dr. Gabriella Gaias, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;
• Dr. Sara Casaccia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy;
• Dr. Marilena De Simone, University of Calabria, Italy.

Session 2:
Keywords: women in engineering; female engineers; innovation; STEM
Date: 4:00 p.m. CEST | 10:00 a.m. EDT| 10:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 833 7384 9123
Webinar page: https://sciforum.net/event/INWED2026-2

Register now for free!

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.

Unable to attend? Register anyway and we will let you know when the recording is available to view.

Webinar Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Najmeh Bazmohammadi, Aalborg University, Denmark;
• Prof. Dr. Kristen Fichthorn, Pennsylvania State University, USA;
• Dr. Encarna Micó-Amigo, Heriot-Watt University, UK;
• Prof. Dr. Yuliya Semenova, Technological University Dublin, Ireland;
• Prof. Dr. Sabina Merlo, University of Pavia, Italy.

International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), led by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) and observed annually on 23 June, is a global initiative that celebrates the outstanding achievements of women in engineering while inspiring more young women to pursue engineering careers. Under the 2026 theme “Engineering Intelligence”, INWED celebrates its 13th anniversary, highlighting the expertise, creativity, and leadership that women bring to the engineering profession.

Echoing this mission, MDPI’s established engineering journals serve as platforms for scientific communication. Through webinars, award, Special Issues, and research articles, MDPI aims to celebrate the achievements of women engineers, inspire future generations, and help shape a more inclusive future for engineering worldwide.

We are pleased to announce that the 2nd edition of the Young Women in Engineering Award is now open for nominations. This award was established to recognize the achievements of young women researchers in the field of engineering and to inspire more young women to pursue research and careers in engineering.

Nomination deadline: 30 November 2026.

Prize:

• CHF 1000;
• An electronic certificate;
• A voucher to waive the article processing charges (APCs) for one submission to a journal within the field of engineering (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.

Number of winners: 4.

For more details about the award, please visit here. Please feel free to send the nomination letter to ywe-award@mdpi.com.

We are honored to interview several outstanding female scholars in engineering field to share their research journey and your insight into being a female engineer.

	Name: Dr. Miriam Filippi Affiliation: Soft Robotics Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Winner of the inaugural Young Women in Engineering Award “The most transformative research often comes from integrating perspectives across fields and pushing beyond conventional boundaries.”   Please read the full interview here.
	Name: Prof. Dr. Yang Gao Affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China “I tell my students: use AI and automation aggressively but never outsource your reasoning or your conscience.”   Please read the full interview here.
	Name: Dr. Maria Graça Rasteiro Affiliation: CERES, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal “It is important to always analyse the potential negative consequences of relying on AI for engineering decisions.”   Please read the full interview here.

“Design and Analysis of a Compact Self-Tuning High-Voltage Controller for MFC”
by Qiong Zhu, Qiang Zhang, Hongli Ji and Jinhao Qiu
Actuators 2026, 15(3), 169; https://doi.org/10.3390/act15030169

“Nervous System-on-Chip: Innovative Microfluidic Platform to Compartmentalize hiPSC-Derived Neural Networks”
by Rahman Sabahi-Kaviani, Antigoni Gogolou, Celine Souilhol, Mark van der Kroeg, Steven A. Kushner, Femke M. S. de Vrij, Anestis Tsakiridis and Regina Luttge
Micromachines 2026, 17(2), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi17020199

“Maximizing Efficiency in a Retrofitted Battery-Powered Material Handler by Novel Control Strategies”
by Marco Ferrari, Daniele Beltrami, Vinay Partap Singh, Tatiana Minav and Stefano Uberti
Actuators 2025, 14(11), 553; https://doi.org/10.3390/act14110553

“An Internet of Things Approach to Vision-Based Livestock Monitoring: PTZ Cameras for Dairy Cow Identification”
by Niken Prasasti Martono, Ryota Tsukamoto and Hayato Ohwada
Telecom 2025, 6(4), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/telecom6040082

“Mechanisms and Control Strategies for Morphing Structures in Quadrotors: A Review and Future Prospects”
by Osman Acar, Eija Honkavaara, Ruxandra Mihaela Botez and Deniz Çınar Bayburt
Drones 2025, 9(9), 663; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9090663

“Optimizing Local Explainability in Robotic Grasp Failure Prediction”
by Cagla Acun, Ali Ashary, Dan O. Popa and Olfa Nasraoui
Electronics 2025, 14(12), 2363; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics14122363

“AI-Enabled IoT for Food Computing: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions”
by Zohra Dakhia, Mariateresa Russo and Massimo Merenda
Sensors 2025, 25(7), 2147; https://doi.org/10.3390/s25072147

“A Review of Time-Series Forecasting Algorithms for Industrial Manufacturing Systems”
by Syeda Sitara Wishal Fatima and Afshin Rahimi
Machines 2024, 12(6), 380; https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12060380

Special Issues:

“Medical Imaging: Artificial Intelligence, Image Recognition, and Machine Learning Techniques (2nd Edition)” Guest Editor: Dr. Ines Domingues Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026	“AI-Driven Intelligent Maintenance and Health Management for Complex Industrial Systems” Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Dandan Peng, Dr. Xiaoxi Hu, Dr. Jipu Li and Prof. Dr. Chuanjiang Li Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026
“Vehicle Systems and Road Infrastructure Integration for Smarter Transportation Systems” Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Anna Granà, Prof. Dr. Elżbieta Macioszek and Dr. Maria Luisa Tumminello Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026	“Intelligent Automation: Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Automation” Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. João Miguel da Costa Sousa and Dr. Susana Vieira Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026
“Large Language Models for Intelligent Urban Digital Twins: Spatiotemporal Reasoning, Knowledge Graphs, and Simulation” Guest Editors: Dr. Xi Kuai, Prof. Dr. Biao He, Dr. Minmin Li and Dr. Haojia Lin Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027	“Actuators and Robotic Devices for Rehabilitation and Assistance—2nd Edition” Guest Editors: Dr. Monica Tiboni, Dr. Monica Malvezzi and Dr. Maria Cristina Valigi Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027

“A Machine Learning Framework for Crop Productivity Classification and Risk Assessment”
by João Pedro de Moraes Xavier, Kelyn Schenatto, Glauco Vieira Miranda, Claudio Leones Bazzi, Ricardo Sobjak and Marlon Rodrigues
AgriEngineering 2026, 8(6), 203; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering8060203

“Mechanical Modeling of Grape Destemming in a Horizontal Centrifugal Destemmer”
by Piernicola Masella, Agnese Spadi, Ferdinando Corti, Alessandro Parenti and Giulia Angeloni
AgriEngineering 2026, 8(3), 94; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering8030094

“An Automated Modular Platform for Vascular Graft Assessment via Coronary-like Flow-Induced Stimulation”
by Elia Pederzani, Lucrezia Moro, Alessia Sofia Bolandrina, Sara Rega, Gianluca Lorenzo Perrucci, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore and Monica Soncini
Bioengineering 2026, 13(2), 221; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering13020221

“Biomechanical Monitoring of Exercise Fatigue Using Wearable Devices: A Review”
by Yang Chen, Siqi Li, Jian Kuang, Xu Zhang, Zhijie Zhou, En-Jing Li, Xiaoli Chen and Xianmei Meng
Bioengineering 2026, 13(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering13010013

“Applying Machine Learning Algorithms to Classify Digitized Special Nuclear Material Obtained from Scintillation Detectors”
by Sai Kiran Kokkiligadda, Cathleen Barker, Emily Gunger, Jalen Johnson, Brice Turner and Andreas Enqvist
J. Nucl. Eng. 2025, 6(3), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/jne6030031

“Reliability Analysis of Interface Oxidation for Thermal Barrier Coating Based on Proxy Model”
by Juan Ma, Anyi Wang, Philipp Junker, Anas W. Alshawawreh, Qingya Li, Haoqi Xu and Runzhuo Xue
Modelling 2025, 6(3), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/modelling6030061

“Classification of Metallic Powder Morphology Using Traditional and Automated Static Image Analysis: A Comparative Study”
by Cindy Charbonneau, Fabrice Bernier, Étienne Perrault, Roger Pelletier and Louis-Philippe Lefebvre
Powders 2025, 4(2), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/powders4020015

“Advancing Brain Tumor Analysis: Current Trends, Key Challenges, and Perspectives in Deep Learning-Based Brain MRI Tumor Diagnosis”
By Namya Musthafa, Qurban A. Memon and Mohammad M. Masud
Eng 2025, 6(5), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/eng6050082

Special Issues:

Impact Factors measure how often articles in scientific journals are cited—specifically, the average number of citations received in a given year by articles published in that journal over the previous two years, as tracked in the Web of Science. For researchers, the number answers a practical question: how often is work published in this journal being picked up and built upon?

The metric is assigned to the journal as a whole, not to individual articles. A high Impact Factor tells you something useful about a journal's place in its field; it tells you less about any single paper within it.

For a complementary, article-level view, MDPI lists an Altmetric score on each article page. Where the Impact Factor tracks academic citations, the Altmetric score captures broader online attention: how an article is being shared, discussed, and referenced beyond the journal literature. Together, they offer two different ways of asking the same question: is this research reaching people?

With 2025 CiteScores from Scopus published a few weeks ago, Clarivate has now released this year's Journal Impact Factors in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR).

254 MDPI Journals Saw a Rise in Impact Factor

This year's JCR include 330 MDPI journals across a wide range of disciplines. Of these, 231 journals are placed in the top 50% (Q1 or Q2) of their respective subject categories, a result that spans fields as different as materials science, public health, environmental studies, and mathematics. 78 journals hold a top-quartile position (Q1), and 33 journals have a JIF of 5.0 or above.

• 330 journals earned a Journal Impact Factor (JIF)
• 29 journals earned a first JIF
• 254 journals had an increase in JIF
• 71% of ranked journals are in Q1 or Q2

For the full metrics on any MDPI journal, visit our Web of Science journals overview page or a journal's individual statistics page.

29 MDPI Journals Received Their First Journal Impact Factor

A first Impact Factor is a confirmation for an emerging journal. It marks the point at which a journal has been publishing long enough, and cited broadly enough, to enter the formal record of scientific influence. For the research communities those journals serve, it signals that the work being published is being read and built upon.

This year, 29 MDPI journals received a Journal Impact Factor for the first time, across a range of emerging and established research areas. Each represents years of editorial development and peer review—recognized in 2026 for the first time in the JCR.

This is also part of a longer shift in how science gets indexed. When the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) launched in 2016, 24 MDPI journals were included. By 2024 that number had grown to over 200, reflecting a broader change in the visibility of open access publishing within major citation tracking systems, not just at MDPI but across the sector.

Open Access with Impact

MDPI journals have received a total of 25.2 million citations in Web of Science. That figure matters less as a measure of MDPI's reach and more as a measure of what happens when research is freely available: it gets found, read, and used. Open access is only meaningful if the work actually travels and citations are one indicator that it does.

More than 4.6 million authors have published with MDPI. That breadth, across disciplines, institutions, and geographies, is what makes open access at this scale worth doing.

Thank You to the MDPI Scholarly Community

These results belong to the people who do the actual work: the Editors-in-Chief who set the standards, the Editorial Board Members and reviewers who hold them, and the authors who choose open access for their research. The numbers in the Journal Citation Reports are the downstream effect of decisions made at the desk, in the review, and at submission. Thank you for making them.

Data: 2025 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports™ (Clarivate, 2026)

MDPI will attend IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications as an exhibitor. This event will be held in Singapore, from 1 to 4 September 2026.

IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) brings together leading researchers and professionals in the cellular, PCS, wireless LAN and mobile data industries to discuss key topics, such as AI and machine learning in communications, channel modeling, cooperative communications, integrated sensing, millimeter wave and terahertz communications, multi-user communications, optical wireless communications, physical layer security and quantum communications.

The following open access journals will be represented:

• Future Internet;
• AI;
• Information;
• Computers;
• Entropy;
• Electronics;
• IoT;
• JCP;
• MAKE;
• MCA;
• Network;
• Sensors;
• Telecom.

If you are attending this event, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person at our booth and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://pimrc2026.ieee-pimrc.org/.

MDPI is pleased to announce our participation in the 12th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (EWSHM 2026), held from 7 to 10 July in Toulouse, France.

The EWSHM is the main European event dedicated to structural health monitoring (SHM), a key technology for infrastructure maintenance and integrity monitoring. This unmissable event attracts world-renowned experts from the academic and industrial sectors, as well as from research laboratories around the world, to discuss innovations and applications in this constantly evolving field.

The workshop covers a wide spectrum of key areas in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), including damage detectability under environmental and operational variability, fiber-optic sensing solutions, digital–physical convergence, and smart damage detection across distinct structural systems. Attendees will also have the opportunity to explore advanced industrial applications, next-generation maintenance strategies, and transformative case studies—such as connected infrastructure and aerospace management—that are shaping the future of asset integrity.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Sensors;
• Applied Mechanics;
• Applied Sciences;
• Acoustics;
• Vibration;
• NDT;
• Aerospace;
• Infrastructures;
• Construction Materials;
• Buildings;
• JETA;
• CivilEng;
• Automation;
• AI Sensors.

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth and have a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the event, please visit the following link: https://ewshm2026.com/.

We are pleased to share that Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220) has received an updated CiteScore of 9.4 in June 2026. CiteScore ranks the journal 19 out of 206 titles (Q1) in the “Instrumentation” category, an impressive achievement for a journal in its 26^th volume.

You can find more statistics on our website.

Current CiteScores measure the average number of citations within a journal in a four-year window (2022–2025). The Scopus database provides a comprehensive suite of metrics that support informed publishing strategies and research evaluation and enable the benchmarking of journal performance.

This achievement reflects the collective efforts of our authors, reviewers, and editors. Together, we will continue to track the progress of Sensors and its growing impact in the field of sensors.

Conference: The 41st ICROS Annual Conference
Date: 1–3 July 2026
Location: EXCO, Daegu, Republic of Korea

MDPI will be participating in the 41st ICROS Annual Conference, which will take place from 1 to 3 July 2026 in Daegu, Republic of Korea.

Hosted by the Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS), the Korean representative body of IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control), will be held under the theme “Control, Robots, and Systems Leading the AI 2.0 Era”. This event offers attendees a premier platform for sharing future technologies across various engineering fields, including electrical, electronic, mechanical, aerospace, and chemical engineering.

The following MDPI journals will be represented at the conference:

• Inventions;
• Symmetry;
• AI;
• Applied Sciences;
• Automation;
• Electronics;
• Mathematics;
• MTI;
• Processes;
• Robotics;
• Vehicles;
• Actuators;
• Algorithms;
• Logistics;
• Sensors.

We warmly invite you to visit our booth to share your valued research experience. We look forward to meeting you in person and assisting with any questions that you may have. For more information regarding this conference, please visit the official website.

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Sensors 2025 Young Investigator Award, established to acknowledge the achievements of young investigators in all aspects of energy research. After a rigorous evaluation process, one winner has been selected.

Please join us in congratulating the following winner:

• Wenbo Ding, Tsinghua University, China.

Prize:

• CHF 2000;
• An electronic certificate;
• A voucher to waive the Article Processing Charge (APC) for one submission to the journal (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all of the nominators for their participation and the Award Committee Members for their careful evaluation of the many outstanding nominees.

We warmly congratulate the award recipient and wish him continued success in his research careers.

Sensors Editorial Office