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, 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:
- Advanced Acoustic Sensing Technology (Deadline: 10 July 2025)
- MEMS and NEMS Sensors: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Personal Sensor Technologies for Physiological, Physical Activity and Air Pollution Exposure Assessments (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Wearable Sensors for Postural Stability and Fall Risk Analyses (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Detectors & Sensors in Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Sensors and Geophysical Electromagnetics: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Applications of Manufacturing and Measurement Sensors: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Advances in Energy Harvesting and Sensor Systems (Deadline: 20 July 2025)
- Smart Magnetic Sensors and Application (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Antennas, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Advanced Sensing Applications (Deadline: 27 July 2025)
- Recent Advances in Antenna Measurement Techniques (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Information Management and Vehicle Scheduling for Intelligent Transportation Systems (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Optical Measurements and Sensing Technology (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Gas Sensing for Air Quality Monitoring (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- New Trends in Time–Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Applications of Laser Sensors for Precision Measurements (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Sensors Fusion in Digital Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Sensor Technologies for Gesture Recognition Applications in Shared Spaces (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Vibration System Monitoring Real‐Time Train and Track Condition Monitoring (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Sensors Technologies for Measurements and Signal Processing (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Design of Piezoelectric Actuator and Sensor Configurations Implemented in Operational Environment (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Advanced Sensing Technologies in Geotechnical Engineering—2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Evaluation of the Elastic and Viscoelastic Properties of Soft Materials via Sensing Technology (Deadline: 25 August 2025)
- Sensors, Systems and Methods for Power Quality Measurements (Deadline: 30 August 2025)
- RF and IoT Sensors: Design, Optimization and Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Sensors and Acoustic Emission Technology for Nondestructive Evaluation (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Sensors and Sensory Algorithms for Intelligent Transportation Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Sensing of Nuclear Materials and Activities (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies Based on Intelligent Sensors (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Latest Developments in Biopotential Sensor Development for Brain Signals (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Ultra-High-Speed Optoelectronic Devices for Beyond 5G, 6G and Quantum Computers (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Novel Quantum Devices for Sensing and Other Applications (Deadline: 10 September 2025)
- Advanced Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Control Systems—Celebrating the 75th Birthday of Professor Imre J. Rudas (Deadline: 10 September 2025)
- Sensors and Artificial Intelligence for Analyzing Human Behavior in Sports and Physical Activity (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Collaborative Robotics: Prospects, Challenges and Applications (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Acoustic and Ultrasonic Sensors for Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- RFID and Zero-Power Backscatter Sensors (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Sensing and Data Elaboration in Structural Health Monitoring Technology (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Sensor Technologies for Radar Detection (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advanced Tactile Sensors: Design and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Sensors for Space Applications (Deadline: 1 October 2025)
- Design and Application of SAW Sensors (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Recent Advances in Infrared Thermography and Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Electromagnetic Sensing and Its Applications (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Magnetoelectric Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Nanotechnology Applications in Sensors Development (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Smart Magnetic Sensors and Applications (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Acoustic Sensing for Condition Monitoring (Deadline: 25 October 2025)
- Advanced Nanogenerators for Micro-Energy and Self-Powered Sensors (Deadline: 28 October 2025)
- Advanced Sensing and Measurement Control Applications (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Sensing in Harsh Environments: Power, Communication and Material Challenges (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Ultrasonic Sensors and Ultrasonic Signal Processing (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Sensor Fusion: Kalman Filtering for Engineering Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Hyperspectral Sensing: Imaging and Applications (Deadline: 1 November 2025)
- Magnetic Sensors and Systems for Scientific and Industrial Applications (Deadline: 10 November 2025)
- Self-Powered Wireless Structural Health Monitoring Based on Energy Harvesting (Deadline: 10 November 2025)
- Recent Trends and Developments in Antennas: Second Edition (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Application of Sensors Technologies in Agricultural Engineering (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Advances in Mobile Sensing for Smart Healthcare (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Smart Magnetic Sensors and Magnetometer Systems (Deadline: 20 November 2025)
- Sensing Technologies Applied in Human Emotion and Facial Expression Recognition (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Sports Sensors for Athlete Motion Tracking and Physiological Monitoring: Second Edition (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- Sensor-Based Control and Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles (Deadline: 25 November 2025)
- IoT Sensor Systems: Design, Interfaces, Signals, Processing, and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Sensors for Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- New Sensor-Based Methods for Structural Health Monitoring—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Non-Invasive Sensors for Disease Diagnosis (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advances in Radiation Sensors and Detectors (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Sensors for Severe Environments (Deadline: 10 December 2025)
- Smart Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 December 2025)
- Thermography Sensing-Based Non-destructive Testing Methods and Applications (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Sensor Technology for Improving Human Movements and Postures: 3rd Edition (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Sensors for High Temperature Monitoring (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Recent Advances in Plasmon Resonance Sensors (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Smart Sensors Based on Optoelectronic and Piezoelectric Materials (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Applications of Sensors in Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis (Deadline: 20 December 2025)
- Atomic Magnetic Sensors (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Advances in Sensing-Based Animal Biomechanics (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems: Sensing, Automation and Control (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Electromagnetic Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Sensor Techniques and Methods for Sports Science: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Sensors and Sensing Techniques in Petroleum Engineering (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Smart Sensing for Healthcare Transformation (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Tomographic and Multi-Dimensional Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Sensor and Sensing Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Feature Review Papers in Physical Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Advanced Sensor-Based Methods for Condition Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Fault-Tolerant Control of Power Converters (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Innovative Detection Techniques for Ionizing Radiation in Medicine, Environment and Space (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Novel Sensors and Sensing Technology Used for Empowering High-End Equipment Structure (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Current Advances in Sensor Design, Innovation, and Their Industry Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Wearable Devices for Physical Activity and Healthcare Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Structural Health Monitoring and Smart Disaster Prevention (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Radars, Sensors and Applications for Applied Geophysics (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Sensors for Space Situational Awareness and Object Tracking (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Sensor Fusion for Telemedicine: Advancing Remote Healthcare Through Multi-Modal Data Integration (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Innovative MEMS-Based Sensors for Smart Systems and IoT Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Ultrasound Sensors and MEMS Devices for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Feature Papers in Physical Sensors 2025 (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Sensors for Smart Manufacturing: Advanced Sensing Solutions for Human-Centric, Inclusive and Resilient Industrial Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Sensor-Based Assessment of Performance in (Adaptive) Sports: Methodological Developments, Validation, and Emerging Analyses (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Vibration Engineering, Reliability Assessment and Fault Diagnosis in Mechanical Systems (Deadline: 10 January 2026)
- Autonomous Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Addressing Technical Challenges and Advancing Innovation (Deadline: 15 January 2026)
- Challenges, Innovations and Future Perspectives for Next-Generation Smart Buildings (Deadline: 15 January 2026)
- Innovative Schemes for Bio/Chemical Sensors Based on Specialty Optical Fibers, Metasurfaces and Optofluidics (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Optoelectronic Devices and Sensors (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- UAV-Based Sensing and Autonomous Technologies (Deadline: 20 January 2026)
- Wireless Sensor Network and IoT Technologies for Smart Cities (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Intelligent Control and Robotic Technologies in Path Planning (Deadline: 25 January 2026)
- Materials and Devices for Flexible Electronics in Sensor Applications (Deadline: 30 January 2026)
- Functional Low-Dimensional Materials for Optical and Electrochemical Sensing (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Wearable Sensors and Human Activity Recognition in Health Research (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Recent Trends and Advances in Magnetic Sensors (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Advanced Photodetector Based on Multifunctional Material (Deadline: 10 February 2026)
- Recent Advances in Intelligent Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems (Deadline: 15 February 2026)
- Sensors for Characterization of Energetic Materials Effects (Deadline: 15 February 2026)
- Chip-Based MEMS Platforms—2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 February 2026)
- Intelligent Circuits and Sensing Technologies: Second Edition (Deadline: 20 February 2026)
- Advanced Self-X Sensory Systems: Concepts, Challenges, and Applications (Deadline: 25 February 2026)
- Sensors for Performance Analysis in Team Sports: Second Edition (Deadline: 25 February 2026)
- Sensors and Advanced Sensing Techniques for Computer Vision Applications: Second Edition (Deadline: 25 February 2026)
- Wireless Sensor Networks with Energy Harvesting (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Advanced Electrochemical Sensors: Design and Applications (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Sensing and AI: Advancements in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Advances and Recent Trends in Sensing Technology and Systems for Human Health Monitoring (Deadline: 1 March 2026)
- Advanced Design and Electronic Design Automation Techniques of Analog and RF Integrated Circuits for Sensor Applications (Deadline: 10 March 2026)
- Design and Measurement of Millimeter-Wave Antennas (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Condition Assessment and Reliability Analysis Enabled by Structural Health Monitoring Sensors (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- New Trends in Sensing and Structural Health Monitoring for New and Existing Structures (Deadline: 20 March 2026)
- Advances in Chipless RFID Sensors and Systems (Deadline: 25 March 2026)
- Intelligent Sensing Technology for Structural Vibration Control and Non-Destructive Testing (Deadline: 25 March 2026)
- Metrology in Modern Measurement Systems and Sensors: Design, Application, Research and Challenges (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Selected Papers from the 15th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (IWSHM 2025) (Deadline: 1 April 2026)
- Applications of Sensor Technologies in Motion Perception and Position Tracking (Deadline: 10 April 2026)
- Recent Advances in Sensor Technology and Precision Measurement (Deadline: 15 April 2026)
- Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Systems Through Advanced Sensor and Process Monitoring (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- Sensor-Based Methods for Kinematics, Kinetics, and Physiology in Motion: Applications and Metrological Characterization (Deadline: 30 April 2026)
- AI in Sensor-Based E-Health, Wearables and Assisted Technologies (Deadline: 15 May 2026)
- Vehicular Communications in 5G and 6G: Technologies, Architectures, and Challenges for Future Mobility (Deadline: 20 May 2026)
- Artificial Intelligence in Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Control for Smart Cities (Deadline: 25 May 2026)
- Sensors for Human Movement Recognition and Analysis: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 May 2026)
- Advances in Piezoelectric Polymer Materials for Multifunctional Devices (Deadline: 20 June 2026)
- Superconductor and Semiconductor-Based Radiation Detectors (Deadline: 25 June 2026)
- Sensors in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Processing Applications (Deadline: 25 June 2026)
- Sensors and Responsible Multimodal AI for On-Device Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2026)
- Nuclear Radiation Detectors and Sensors (Deadline: 31 July 2026)
- Sensor-Enhanced Machine Learning for Complex System Optimization (Deadline: 20 December 2026)
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 (Closed)
- 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 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
