Physical Sensors
A section of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Section Information
In the Physical Section of Sensors, original peer-reviewed papers covering all aspects of Physical Sensing will be published. Both theoretical and experimental papers will be considered, as well as review papers. Subjects include without being limited to, electrical and thermal-based sensors, mass-sensitive and fiber-optic sensors, optoelectronic and photonic sensors, gas sensors, physical sensor applications for food industry and environmental monitoring, physical sensor arrays, modeling, design and software for physical sensors, sensor technology and new physical sensor principles. In general, the Section provides a platform for the publication of original and scientific research that is likely to have a large general impact, also with the aim of initiating special issues.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Resonant Based MEMS Sensors for Analyte Detection, Concentration Measurements and Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 30 May 2022)
- Social Robots in Healthcare (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Sensors Applications in Air Quality Monitoring (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- RFID and Zero-Power Backscatter Sensors (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Exoskeletons in Rehabilitation Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Microwave Sensors for Non-invasive Characterization and Monitoring Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Recent Advances in Liquid Level Sensors (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Smartphone Sensors for Driver Behavior Monitoring Systems (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Sensors for Environment Monitoring (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- State-of-the-Art Technologies in Microwave Sensors (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Advanced Sensing Technology for Falls Prevention and Rehabilitation (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Underwater Acoustic Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Audio–Visual Sensor Fusion Strategies for Video Content Analytics II (Deadline: 10 June 2022)
- Advances in Angle-Only Filtering and Tracking in Two and Three Dimensions (Deadline: 10 June 2022)
- Measurements, Instrumentation, Sensing and Simulation Techniques for the Detection of Radiation (Deadline: 15 June 2022)
- Data Analytics for Mobile-Health (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Sensing Technologies for Damage Detection (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Wearable Sensors for Human Motion Analysis (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Medical Robotics (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Magnetic Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 20 June 2022)
- Recent Advances in RFID Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 25 June 2022)
- Sensors and Sensing Technology Applied in Parkinson Disease (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensor and Embedded System Applications in Structural Engineering and Engineering Seismology (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advanced Electromagnetic Sensors in Environmental, Industrial and Medical Applications II (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensing Platforms for Food Quality and Safety Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Ultrasonic Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Smart Sensors and Physics-Based Machine Learning for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Metal Oxide-Based Gas Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Metaheuristic Algorithms–an Effective Way to Optimize the Behaviour of the Dynamical System (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Embedded Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation: Challenges and Solutions (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Smart Image Sensors II (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Applications of Acoustic and Ultrasonic Waves for Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advances and Application of Human Movement Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Terahertz and Millimeter Wave Sensing and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Fiber Bragg Gratings for Health Monitoring: from Civil Engineering to Human Body (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advanced Materials and Interfaces for Optoelectronic Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensor Technology for Sports Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Infrared Sensing for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Methodology Applications for Sensors-Based Electronic Performance and Tracking Systems in Sport (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensors for Measurements and Diagnostic in Electrical Power Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Brain-Computer Interfaces and Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- High-Frequency Electromagnetic Induction Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Innovative Field Sensors and Actuators: From Modelling to Measurements 2021 (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Cement-Based Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- AI and Big Data Analytics in Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Smart Composite and Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Vision-Based Human–Machine Interactive Operation Technology for Gesture Recognition, Motion Capture and Multi-Touch (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sensors for Space Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- MEMS and Ultra-Sensitive Sensors (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Advanced Application of Eddy Current Sensors, Devices and Systems (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Sensor Systems for Gesture Recognition 2021-2022 (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Development, Investigation and Application of Acoustic Sensors (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Advance in Sensors and Sensing Systems for Driving and Transportation: Part B (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- Sensor Technology for Improving Human Movements and Postures (Deadline: 30 July 2022)
- Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: Protocols and Applications II (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications Ⅱ (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Development and Application of Methods and Algorithms to Smart Objects and Smart Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Electromagnetic Sensors for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- UV, Infrared and THz Radiation Sensing System (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Near-Field Communication (NFC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Electromagnetic Structures for Sensing Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Objective Measurement of Movement, Human Physiology and Physical Activity Using Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Micromechanical Flow Sensors for Microfluidic Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Optical Sensors, Pushing the Limits (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- CMOS-MEMS/NEMS Devices and Sensors: Part B (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Smart Sensor Technology and Engineering System Monitoring (Deadline: 1 August 2022)
- Next Generation Sensing and Cloud Services (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Sensor Technologies for Microwave Imaging (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Smart Sensors for Automation in Agriculture 4.0 (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Precision Agriculture and Sensor Systems (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Unusual Behavior Detection Based on Machine Learning (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Microfluidic Sensors 2022 (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- Applications of Resource Efficient Machine Learning in Smart Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- MEMS and NEMS Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sensor-Based Precision Dimensional Measurement (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Vision Sensors for Object Detection and Recognition (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Multiagent Systems, Learning and Their Applications to Robotic (Mobile, Aerial, Underwater, Industrial and Medical) Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Towards Sign Language Recognition: Achievements and Challenges (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Biometric Systems for Personal Human Recognition (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sensors and Data Analysis Applied in Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sensors for Vehicle Detection and Control (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Sensors and Technologies in Skeletal Muscle Disorder (Deadline: 10 September 2022)
- Sensor Data Fusion Analysis for Broad Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Magnetic Sensors and Systems for Scientific and Industrial Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Sensor Technologies for Human Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Recent Advances in Digital Healthcare and Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Smart Materials for Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Application of Ferroelectric Thin Films in MEMS (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Novel Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Opportunities and Challenges in Energy Harvesting and Smart Sensors (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Metrology of Shock Waves (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Bragg Grating Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- AI and Big Data for Smart Construction (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- SiPM-Based Photosensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Development of UWB High-Gain Vivaldi Array Antenna for Microwave Imaging of Construction Materials and Composite Structure (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Microwave Sensors in Biomedical Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Artificial Intelligence Based Multi-Source Information Processing and Fusion (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Selected Papers from 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT 2022) (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Attitude Estimation Based on Data Processing of Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Advances in Magnetic Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Integrated Circuits and Technologies for Real-Time Sensing (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- MEMS Actuators and Sensors 2022 (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- The Role and Influence of Sensors in Modern Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Monitoring System for Aircraft, Vehicle and Transport Systems (Deadline: 1 October 2022)
- IMU Sensors, Techniques and Methods for Movement Analysis in the Context of Health Monitoring and Clinical Applications (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Structural Health Monitoring with Acoustic Emission Sensors (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Data, Signal and Image Processing and Applications in Sensors II (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Advanced Research of Optical Fiber Sensing Technology (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Machine Learning for Medical Data Analysis (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Biomedical Microwave Sensors for Point-of-Care Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Robotic Systems for Remote and Hazardous Environments (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Recent Advances in Microelectromechanical Systems for Sensing Applications (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation with Ultrasonic Guided Waves (Deadline: 28 October 2022)
- Recent Advances in Triboelectric Sensors (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Action Recognition and Tracking Using Deep Learning (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Technology and Methods to Monitor Resistance Training: Applications in Health, Disease, and Performance in Sport (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Deep Learning Methods for Aerial Imagery (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- IoT Multi Sensors (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Emotion Intelligence Based on Smart Sensing (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Sensors for Cultural Heritage Monitoring 2022 (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Frontiers in Tactile Sensors (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Antenna Design and Sensors for Internet of Things (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Intelligent Soft Sensors (Deadline: 1 November 2022)
- Hazardous Gas Sensing for Environment Safety (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Sensors for Distributed Monitoring (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Non-destructive Inspection with Sensors (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- The State-of-the-Art on Smart Materials Sensors and Actuators (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Magnetic Nanoparticles and Special Alloys for Biosensors (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Advanced Sensing and Safety Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- E-Health System Based on Sensors and Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Progress in the Development in High-Z and Wide-Bandgap Compound Semiconductor Radiation Detectors (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Mid-Infrared Laser Based Sensors (Deadline: 25 November 2022)
- Car Crash: Sensing, Monitoring and Detection (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Sensors and Applications in Computer Science and Intelligent Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Damage Detection Systems for Aerospace Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Infrared Imaging and Sensing Technology (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Superconducting Optical Detectors (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- RFID Sensor Technology in IoT Era (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Next-Generation Temperature Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Wearable Inertial Sensors for Gait Pattern Recognition/Biometrics (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Sensors and Energy Management Applications for Smart Grid (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Proximity Detection through Sensing Technology (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Airborne Particle Detection Sensors (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- MEMS-Based Sensors and Devices for Wireless Communication System (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Sensors Fusion in Digital Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 8 December 2022)
- Recent Advances in Radiation Detection and Imaging Systems (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Smart Sensor Integration in Wearables (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Advances in 3D Measurement Technology and Sensors (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Sensors for High Temperature Monitoring (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Optical Resonator (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Novel Approaches to Preventive and Occupational Telemedicine Based on Sensor Fusion (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Structural Health Monitoring Based on Sensing Technology (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Soft Sensors and Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Sensors for Mobile Robot (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Partial Discharge Detection, Monitoring and Diagnosis (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Integrated Circuits and CMOS Sensors (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Sensors and Sensing Systems for Condition Monitoring (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Sensors Applications in Fault-Tolerant, Fault-Detection and Diagnostic Systems (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Non-destructive Testing and Health Monitoring of Structures and Systems (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Emotion Recognition in Human-Machine Interaction (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Tactile and Force Sensors for Dexterous Robotic Manipulation of Soft Objects (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Personal Sensor Technologies for Physiological, Physical Activity, and Air Pollution Exposure Assessments (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Artificial Intelligence for Smart Sensing, Test and Measurement (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Advanced Sensing Technologies for Aerosol Measurement and Its Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Detection and Measurement of Radioactive Noble Gases (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Nano Materials Based Low Power Gas Sensors and Detectors (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Feature Papers in Physical Sensors 2022 (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Sensors and Actuators for Wearable and Implantable Devices (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Sensing Technology and Data Interpretation in Machine Diagnosis and Systems Condition Monitoring: Part B (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Recent Advances in Cellulose-Based Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Towards a New Era of MEG Imaging: New Technologies and Clinical Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Sensing, Monitoring and Imaging Technologies for Diabetes and/or Peripheral Vascular Disease (Deadline: 10 January 2023)
- Sensors Based on Optical and Photonic Devices (Deadline: 10 January 2023)
- Piezoelectric Resonator-Based Sensors (Deadline: 15 January 2023)
- Design of Generic or Specific Interfaces for Smart Sensors (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Saving Limbs and Lives - Sensing and Monitoring Technologies for the Diabetic Foot (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Use of Smart Wearable Sensors and AI Methods in Providing P4 Medicine (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Frontiers of Mechanical, Civil and Petroleum Engineering: Advances in Sensors and Measurement Methods of Multi-Scale Systems (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Autonomous Transportation and Smart Cities (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Smart Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Sensors for Food Supply Chain (Deadline: 30 January 2023)
- Modelling, Simulation, Design, and Manufacturing of CMOS Integrated MEMS 2021 (Deadline: 30 January 2023)
- RF and IoT Sensors: Design, Optimization and Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Smart Sensors and Machine Learning Technique for Damage Detection and Visualization (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Smart Sensing Technology and Infrastructure Health Monitoring (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Sensing Technologies Applied in Mobile Perception and Intelligence (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Sensing and Measurement Techniques Applied in Agriculture and Forestry (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Sensing Technology in Virtual Reality (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Localising Sensors through Wireless Communication (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Applications of Antenna Technology in Sensors II (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Sensing Technologies Applied in Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Greenhouse Gas Sensing for Carbon Neutrality (Deadline: 1 May 2023)
- Challenges and Future of Fault-Tolerant, Adaptive, Self-X Sensor Systems (Deadline: 22 May 2023)
- Smart Human-Robot Interaction (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Marine Sensors: Recent Advances and Challenges, Volume II (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis in Rotating Machines (Deadline: 12 July 2024)
- Wave and ICT Based Sensing and Characterization (Deadline: 2 August 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Dielectric Sensing-Based Systems and Applications
- Electromagnetic Sensors
- Energy Harvesting Sensors
- Inertial Sensors and Applications
- Instrument and Measurement
- Machine Learning for Signal, Image, and Video Processing
- Machine Learning in Agriculture
- Magnetic Sensors
- Microfluidic Sensors
- Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering
- Next Generation MEMS: Design, Development, and Application
- Position Sensor
- Robotic and Sensor Technologies in Environmental Exploration and Monitoring
- Sensors and Measurements for Unmanned Systems
- Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring
- Sensors for Fault Diagnosis, Fault Tolerance and Resilient Control
- Sensors for Globalized Healthy Living and Wellbeing
- Sensors for Human Movement Applications
- Sensors in Biomechanics
- Sensors Technology in Cultural Heritage
- Smart Robotics for Automation
- Tactile Sensors, Sensing and Systems
- Ultrasound Transducers
- Visual Sensors
