Physical Sensors

Special Issues

Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:

• Advances in Monitoring and Assessment of Marine Geohazards (Deadline: 10 June 2023)
• High-Spectral-Resolution Image Sensing (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
• Sensor Technologies in Sports and Exercise (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
• SDN-Enabled Sensing in Smart Infrastructure (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
• Intelligent Soft Sensors (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
• Deep Learning for Semantic Segmentation and Explainable AI Based on Sensing Technology (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
• Advanced Sensing and Safety Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles: Volume Ⅱ (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
• New Challenges to Secure and Intelligent IoT Sensor Systems and Applications (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
• UV, Infrared and THz Radiation Sensing System (Deadline: 25 June 2023)
• Applications of Antenna Technology in Sensors II (Deadline: 28 June 2023)
• Sensors for Performance Analysis in Team Sports (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
• Microwave-Microfluidic Integrated Sensors and Devices (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
• Chip-Based MEMS Platforms (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
• Advanced Sensing for Smart Precision Manufacturing (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
• Sensing Technologies and Measurement Techniques in Mechanical Vibrations and Structural Dynamics (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
• Non-destructive Inspection with Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
• Ultrasonic Sensing and Photogrammetry for Non-destructive Testing (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
• Sensors for Cultural Heritage Monitoring 2022-2023 (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
• Advances in Sensors-Based Machine Learning for Intelligent Engineering Systems and Applications III (Deadline: 10 July 2023)
• Proximity Detection through Sensing Technology (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
• Sensors and Human-Robot Interaction (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
• Sensors Based on Optical Fiber Resonators (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
• Recent Innovations in Eletromagnetic-Wave Absorbers in Sensing Area (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
• ECG Signal Processing and Analysis, Computational Technology and Applications (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
• Topical Advisory Panel Members’ Collection Series: “Sensors for Gait Monitoring” (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
• Progress in the Development in High-Z and Wide-Bandgap Compound Semiconductor Radiation Detectors (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
• Advances in Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging and Sensing (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
• Multi-Agent-Based Human-Computer Interaction (Volume II) (Deadline: 20 July 2023)
• Cantilever Sensors for Industrial Applications II (Deadline: 25 July 2023)
• Advanced Sensing Technologies in Robot Systems (Deadline: 25 July 2023)
• Integrated Circuit and System Design for Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 July 2023)
• Electromagnetic Sensors for Remote Patient Monitoring (Deadline: 30 July 2023)
• Smart Sensing Technology and Infrastructure Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 July 2023)
• Sensor and Sensing Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
• RF and IoT Sensors: Design, Optimization and Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
• Deep Learning Methods for Aerial Imagery (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
• Advanced Research of Optical Fiber Sensing Technology (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
• Advanced Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring Applications ‖ (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
• Sensors and Acoustic Emission Technology for Nondestructive Evaluation (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
• Atomic Magnetic Sensors (Deadline: 5 August 2023)
• Ultra-High Precision Inertial Sensor Test and Evaluation Technology (Deadline: 10 August 2023)
• Multiferroics and Magnetoelectrics for Sensors and Devices (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transport (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• Wide Bandgap Power Integrated Circuits and Sensors (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• Intelligent Perception for Autonomous Driving in Specific Areas (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• RFID Sensor Technology in IoT Era (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Magnetic-Responsive Smart Materials and Applications for Sensors and Transducers (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• Flexible Energy Converter and Sensor (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• Advanced Application of Eddy Current Sensors, Devices and Systems (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• Advanced Field-Effect Sensors: Volume II (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• Sensing and Data Elaboration in Structural Health Monitoring Technology (Deadline: 20 August 2023)
• Technology and Methods to Monitor Resistance Training: Applications in Health, Disease, and Performance in Sport (Deadline: 30 August 2023)
• The State-of-the-Art of Smart Materials Sensors and Actuators (Deadline: 30 August 2023)
• Piezoelectric/Ferroelectric Materials-Based Sensors and Energy Harvesters (Deadline: 30 August 2023)
• Sensors and Signal Analysis for Dynamic Measurement in Industrial Process (Deadline: 30 August 2023)
• Smart Sensing, VR and Intelligent Systems for Mental Health and Obesity Monitoring (Deadline: 30 August 2023)
• Machine Learning and IoT in Medical Practice: Research Applications and Population-Level Solutions (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
• Human Performance Sensing and Human-Structure Interactions (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
• Micro/Nano Electromechanical Sensors and Actuators (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
• Applications of Manufacturing and Measurement Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
• Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) for Sensing, Imaging, and Measurement (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
• Sensing Technology and Data Interpretation in Machine Diagnosis and Systems Condition Monitoring: Volume 2 (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
• Damage Assessment and Structural Health Monitoring of Composites (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
• Novel Sensors and Sensing Technologies in Indoor Localization and Mapping Targeting Challenging Environment (Deadline: 2 September 2023)
• Advanced Technology in Acoustic Signal Processing (Deadline: 10 September 2023)
• Smart Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• Structural Health Monitoring Based on Sensing Technology (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• Sensors Based on Optical and Photonic Devices (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• Structural Health and Condition Monitoring with Acoustic Emission and Guided Ultrasonic Waves: Sensors and Transducers (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• Topical Advisory Panel Members' Collection Series: "Terahertz Sensors" (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• Integrated Circuits and Systems for Smart Sensing Application (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• Novel Sensors for Future Transportation Means (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• Magnetic Sensor and Its Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• Sensor Technology for Improving Human Movements and Postures: Part II (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• AI and Big Data Analytics in Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• Unusual Behavior Detection Based on Machine Learning (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
• AI and Big Data for Smart Construction (Deadline: 23 September 2023)
• Smart Sensing Technologies for Human-Centered Healthcare: Research and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Signal Processing for Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Sensing, Monitoring and Imaging Technologies for Diabetes and/or Peripheral Vascular Disease (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Sensors and Advanced Sensing Techniques for Computer Vision Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• New Challenges in Fiber Laser Sensing (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Sensors and Measurements in Machine-Learning-Based Battery Management Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Recent Advances in RFID Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Advances in Micro- and Nano- Sensors/Devices for Environmental and Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Laser-Spectroscopy Based Sensing Technologies II (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Sensors and Energy Management Applications for Smart Grid (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Design and Development of Vision-Based Tactile Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
• Sensors and Measurements in Geotechnical Engineering II (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
• Sensors and Algorithms for 3D Visual Analysis and SLAM (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
• Recent Trends of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for Powering Wireless Sensors (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
• Frontiers of Mechanical, Civil and Petroleum Engineering: Advances in Sensors and Measurement Methods of Multi-Scale Systems (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
• Next-Generation Wireless Systems for the Internet of Things (IoT) (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
• Biometrics Recognition Based on Sensor Technology (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
• The Intelligent Sensing Technology of Transportation System (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
• Sensing and Signal Processing in Nondestructive Evaluation (Deadline: 25 October 2023)
• Gas Sensors for Environmental Applications (Deadline: 25 October 2023)
• Development, Investigation, and Application of Acoustic Sensors: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 25 October 2023)
• Microwaves and Antennas for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 25 October 2023)
• Shape Sensing 2021-2022 (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
• Sensors Technologies for Gesture Recognition Applications in Shared Spaces (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
• Advances in Particle Detectors and Radiation Detectors (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
• Nano Materials Based Low Power Gas Sensors and Detectors (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
• Advance in CMOS-MEMS Devices and Sensors (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
• Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks: Protocols and Applications II (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
• Recent Advances in Triboelectric Sensors (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
• Toward Advanced Microwave Sensors (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
• Microwave Sensing Systems (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
• Integrated Circuits and Technologies for Real-Time Sensing (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
• MEMS Devices for More Compact and Low Cost Sensing Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
• Recent Advances in Sensing Technology for Signal Acquisition and Processing (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
• Particle Detector R&D: Design, Characterization and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensing Technology in Virtual Reality (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Distributed Observation and Control of Multi-Sensor Networks (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensor-Based Optical Coherence Tomography: Technology and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensor Technologies for Precision Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensor Technologies for Gait Analysis: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Use of Smart Wearable Sensors and AI Methods in Providing P4 Medicine (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) for Infrastructure and Manufacturing (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Superconductor and Semiconductor-Based Radiation Detectors (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensor Data Fusion Analysis for Broad Applications: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensors and Sensing Systems for Condition Monitoring (Volume II) (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensors for Navigation and Control Systems (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• MEMS-Based Sensors: Technology and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Novel Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Applications of Acoustic and Ultrasonic Sensors for Non-destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring: Volume II (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensor Technologies and Their Applications in Biomechanics (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Advanced Sensing Technology for Moving-Magnet Planar Motor (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Recent Trends and Developments in Antennas (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensors and Sensor Interface Integrated Circuit Design: Research and Applications (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
• Sensors Technology and Data Analytics Applied in Smart Grid (Deadline: 25 November 2023)
• Wearable Sensors for Human Activity Monitoring (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Application of Tactile Sensors in Biomedical Engineering (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Advanced Sensing and Measurement Control Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Microwave Sensors for Non-invasive Characterization and Monitoring Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Advances in Odor Biosensors Employing Biological Principles or Components (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Advanced Sensing Technologies for Tele-Assessment and Tele-Rehabilitation (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Energy Harvesting Technologies and Applications for the Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks (Volume II) (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Advanced Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Control in Electromechanical Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Antenna Systems for 5G Communication Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Ultrasound Devices for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Recent Advances in Magnetic GSR Sensor (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Sensors for High Temperature Monitoring (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
• Marine Sensors: Recent Advances and Challenges, Volume II (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
• Smart Sensor Integration in Wearables (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
• Sensors Fusion in Digital Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
• Sensors for Space Applications (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
• Sensors for Navigation and Control Systems: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
• Flexible Wearable Sensors (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
• Wireless Sensors for Biomedical (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
• Advanced Semantic Technologies and Sensors (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
• Sensors for Measurements and Diagnostic in Electrical Power Systems (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
• Integrated Circuits and CMOS Sensors (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
• Personal Sensor Technologies for Physiological, Physical Activity, and Air Pollution Exposure Assessments (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
• Intelligent Vision Technology/ Sensors for Industrial Applications (Deadline: 22 December 2023)
• Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Wearable Sensor System for Monitoring (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
• Recent Advances in Magnetic Sensors: Materials, Design, and Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Sensors and Geophysical Electromagnetics (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Piezoelectric Resonator-Based Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Advanced Sensing Technologies for Aerosol Measurement and Its Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Sensors for Vibration Control and Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Detection and Measurement of Radioactive Noble Gases (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Biomedical Sensors: New Technologies, Integration and Signal Processing (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Feature Papers in Physical Sensors 2023 (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Microwave and Millimeter Wave Antenna Sensors: Architectures, Applications and Challenges (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Antennas Technologies for Wireless Sensing and Communications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Quantum Sensors and Quantum Sensing (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
• Smart Sensing in Structural Health Monitoring of Advanced Composite Structures (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
• Signal, Image Processing and Computer Vision in Smart Living Applications: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
• Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Sensors and Applications: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
• Intelligent Transportation Systems: Sensing, Automation and Control (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
• The Role and Influence of Sensors in Modern Energy Systems (Deadline: 20 January 2024)
• Sensor Data Acquisition and Application: Medical Imaging and Information Processing (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
• Radiation Sensors and Detectors: Materials, Principles and Applications (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
• Sensor Fusion in Robotics and Intelligent Mobility (Deadline: 25 January 2024)
• Smart Sensors and Data Analytics for Geotechnical Monitoring (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
• Wearable Sensors for Postural Stability and Fall Risk Analyses (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
• Smartphones and Wearable Devices for Human Behavior Monitoring (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
• Advances in Sensing-Based Animal Biomechanics (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
• Design of Piezoelectric Actuator and Sensor Configurations Implemented in Operational Environment (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
• Advanced Gas Sensors for Industrial and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
• Collaborative Robotics: Prospects, Challenges and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
• Electromagnetic Structures for Sensing Applications: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
• Tomographic and Multi-Dimensional Sensors (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
• Guided Waves for Structural Health Monitoring (GW4SHM) (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
• Selected Papers from 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT 2022) (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
• Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis in Rotating Machines (Deadline: 12 July 2024)
• Wave and ICT Based Sensing and Characterization (Deadline: 2 August 2024)
• Magnetic and Electromagnetic-Based Sensors for Engineering Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
• Flexible and Stretchable Sensors and Actuators for Engineering Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
• Magnetic and Electromagnetic Sensors for Engineered Systems and Technologies (Deadline: 30 November 2024)

Topical Collections

Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:

• Dielectric Sensing-Based Systems and Applications
• Electromagnetic Sensors
• Inertial Sensors and Applications
• Instrument and Measurement
• Machine Learning for Signal, Image, and Video Processing
• Machine Learning in Agriculture
• Magnetic Sensors
• Measurements, Instrumentation, Sensing and Simulation Techniques for the Detection of Radiation
• 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