Sensors

IoT-Enabled Healthcare Systems: Intelligent Diagnosis and Telemonitoring

edited by

, Qiangguo Jin, Lipeng Gao and

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 433 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT); 5G and 6G networks; intelligent diagnosis; telemonitoring; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); deep learning (DL); quantum computing in healthcare; smart healthcare systems; real-time health monitoring; telemedicine and remote diagnostics; wearable health devices; healthcare data analytics; predictive healthcare technologies; AI-driven healthcare solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Sensor Techniques and Methods for Sports Science: 2nd Edition

edited by

Arnold Baca

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 375 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomarkers; biomechanics; heart rate; machine learning; motion analysis; sports equipment technology; tracking; workload

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Smart Sensing for Green Engineering: Technologies to Enhance Sustainable Design, Manufacturing and Recycling

edited by Scott D. Adams and

Mario Coccia

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: green engineering; sustainable technologies; smart sensors; sustainable engineering; circular economy; IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Advancing Ocean Sustainability: Cutting-Edge Sensor Technology and Applications

edited by

Teruhisa Komatsu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development; marine sensing technologies; monitoring; remote sensing; habitat mapping; ecosystem health; in situ measurement; archival tags; marine pollution; microplastics; sensor platforms; submersible devices and equipment; biological oceanography; physical oceanography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Recent Advances in Electronic Skins and Self-Powered Flexible Sensors for Wearable Applications

edited by

Wen Cheng

, Zifeng Wang and

Mengmeng Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible electronics; electronic Skins (e-skin); self-powered sensors; wearable technology; flexible Sensors; nano/micro-fabrication; novel materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Scene Text Detection and Recognition with Sensing Technology

edited by

Chu Zhang

and

Hengnian Qi

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: scene text detection; scene text recognition; multi-lingual text recognition; ancient Chinese text recognition; large language models (LLMs); vision– language models; few-shot learning; zero-shot learning; document layout understanding; cultural heritage preservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Intelligent Wheels: AI, Next-Generation Networks, and Federated Learning in the Era of Connected Autonomous Vehicles

edited by

Anirudh Paranjothi

,

Mohammad Khan

and Neeli Rashmi Prasad

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs); next-generation networks (5G/6G); artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); deep learning; federated learning; V2X communication; intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); mobile edge computing (MEC) for CAVs; cybersecurity in CAVs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Soft and Wearable Electronics for Health Monitoring

edited by

Yongkuk Lee

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: soft electronics; wearable biosensors; health monitoring; flexible circuits; biocompatible materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Advances in Optical Sensing, Instrumentation and Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xin Zhu

and

Zhenhe Ma

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 21 articles | Viewed by 32307 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical coherence tomography (OCT); image processing; deep learning; binocular vision; 3D reconstruction; optimization; spectral analysis; computer vision; stereo vision; surface plasmon resonance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Smartphone Sensors and Their Applications

edited by

Juan A. Monsoriu

and

Juan Carlos Castro-Palacio

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13743 | Submission Open

Keywords: smartphone sensors; smartphone applications; education; health; environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

High Performance Sensors and Actuators in the Context of Industry 4.0 and Society Wellbeing: Theory, Developments and Applications

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Vijaya Kumar Manupati

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Géza Husi

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Camelia Claudia Avram

and

Justyna Trojanowska

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10468 | Submission Open

Keywords: Advanced Sensors; Advanced actuators; Industry 4.0; Added Value Systems; Wellbeing; Quality of Life

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Antenna Array Design for Wireless Communications

edited by Choon Lee

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10081 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna array; linear and planar arrays; MIMO antennas; beamforming; phased arrays; feeding network; high gain antennas; radiation patterns; 5G; wireless communications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Advances in E-health, Biomedical Sensing, Biosensing Applications

edited by

Hariton-Nicolae Costin

,

Cristian Rotariu

and Gladiola Petroiu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5273 | Submission Open

Keywords: ehealth; biomedical sciences; bioengineering; medical devices; biosignal; biomechanics; neurosciences

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

State-of-the-Art Optical Sensors Technology in China 2024–2025

edited by

Yang Yang

and Yan Huang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3827 | Submission Open

Keywords: photodetectors; optical-fiber-based sensors; lidar; advanced microscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Integrated Sensing and Communication: Wireless and Optical Communication Techniques and Applications

edited by

Sicong Liu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1993 | Submission Open

Keywords: integrated sensing and communications; visible light communications; visible light positioning; sensing and detection; wireless localization and navigation; next-generation communication networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Emerging Trends in Next-Generation mmWave Cognitive Radio Networks

edited by

Gyanendra Prasad Joshi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1614 | Submission Open

Keywords: millimeter-wave (mmWave); cognitive radio networks (CRNs); resource management; mobility support; beamforming; spectrum sensing; interference management; handover optimization; machine learning; 5G/6G; network slicing; energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Sensor Networks and Communication with AI

edited by Ge Wang and Fei Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1451 | Submission Open

Keywords: edge and cloud computing; energy-harvesting systems; wearable computing; next generation of mobile networks; smart cities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Smart Sensing for Healthcare Transformation

edited by

Fernando Seoane

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 993 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; real-time location systems; environmental sensors; healthcare transformation; personalized care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence for IoT Sensors

edited by

Hiroshi Watanabe

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; Internet of Things sensors; blockchain; verifications; security; attestations; distributed ledger; hash chain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Innovations in Digital Healthcare Sensing: AI and IoT Intelligence

edited by

Akshi Kumar

and MPS Bhatia

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital healthcare sensing; large language models (LLMs) & small language models (SLMs) in healthcare; IoT edge intelligence; wearable & implantable sensors; AI-driven medical analytics; multimodal sensor fusion; real-time health monitoring; smart diagnostics; biomedical signal processing; remote patient monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

The Advanced Spintronics Theory, Devices and Sensors

edited by Xiaofang Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: spintronics; half-metal; band alignment; spintronic devices and sensors; spintronic theory; magnetic materials; hall effect

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Combining Machine Learning and Sensors in Human Movement Biomechanics: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mariano Serrao

and

Alberto Ranavolo

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; neural network; biomechanics; human movement; wearable devices; movement disorders; movement analysis; motor function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Cyber Security and Privacy in Internet of Things (IoT)

edited by

Xu-An Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT sensor data; IoT security; security for UAV

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Datasets in Intelligent Agriculture

edited by

Wen-Hao Su

,

Zhou Zhang

and

Ce Yang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent plant identification; high-throughput phenotyping; deep learning; image segmentation; weed control; pest and disease monitoring; yield prediction; quality evaluation; grading equipment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cross Data)

UAV Detection, Classification, and Tracking

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 101847 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV detection; UAV classification; UAV tracking; Optical sensors; IR sensors; RF sensors; Radars; Deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Feature Review Papers in Physical Sensors

edited by

Evangelos Hristoforou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 71487 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors based on magnetic properties; sensors based on semiconducting properties; sensors based on dielectric properties; sensors based on conducting properties; sensors based on superconducting properties; magnetic sensors; optic sensors; acoustic sensors; electric sensors; industrial applications; defense applications; transportation applications; biomedical applications; multidisciplinary

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

EMG Signal Acquisition, Processing and Analysis: From Research to Daily Practice in the Rehabilitation, Sports, and Occupational Fields

edited by

Luca Miceli

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 33112 | Submission Open

Keywords: EMG and surface EMG analysis; myoelectric control; wearable sensors; rehabilitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Industrial Internet of Things in the Industry 4.0: New Researches, Applications and Challenges (Volume II)

edited by

Salvatore Cavalieri

and

Nunzio Marco Torrisi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 32973 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Wearable Sensing of Medical Condition at Home Environment

edited by

Gaddi Blumrosen

and

Amos Bardea

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 32842 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensing; home monitoring; health monitoring; healthcare; sensor signal processing; diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

INS/GNSS Integrated Navigation Systems

edited by

Xiyuan Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 27794 | Submission Open

Keywords: inertial navigation systems; GNSS; sensor fusion; integrated navigation; Kalman filter

(This special issue belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)

Advanced Wearable Sensors and Other Sensing Technologies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 27646 | Submission Open

Keywords: Parkinson’ s disease; movement disorders; parkinsonism; dystonia; ataxia; chorea; biosensors; wearable sensors; gait analysis; remote patient monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Computer Vision Recognition and Communication Sensing System

edited by

Weizhong Qian

,

Weimin Shi

and Yue Xiu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 26942 | Submission Open

Keywords: visual recognition perception; waveform design; visual positioning navigation; deep learning; algorithm design; integrated sensing and communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Human-Centred Smart Manufacturing - Industry 5.0

edited by

Jorn Mehnen

,

Nikolaos Tapoglou

and

Jonathan Corney

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 26835 | Submission Open

Keywords: human-centric manufacturing systems; human-in-the-loop control; human– robot collaboration; smart decision-making support; human digital twin; trust; reliability; upgrading and upskilling; human– machine interfaces; sustainable smart manufacturing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Feature Review Papers in Optical Sensors

edited by

Flavio Esposito

,

Stefania Campopiano

and

Agostino Iadicicco

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 26633 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; photonics; spectral sensing; infrared/fluorescent/photoluminescence/terahertz sensors; micro- and nano-optical devices; optical sensing technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Feature Review Papers in the Biomedical Sensors Section

edited by

James F. Rusling

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 25538 | Submission Open

Keywords: in vivo sensors; cancer biomarkers; heart disease biomarkers; Alzheimer’ s disease biomarkers; sensors for physiological function; self-powered sensors; RNA sensors; CRISPR-based sensors; multiplexed sensors; wearable sensors; implanted sensors; nano-electronically powered sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Independent Living: Sensor-Assisted Intelligent Care and Healthcare

edited by Lili Liu and Antonio Miguel-Cruz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24759 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; ambient sensors; types of sensors (vision and imaging; radiation; temperature; motion; humidity; electrical contract; pressure; etc.); Internet of Things (IoT); apps (mobile applications); zero-effort technology (ZET); healthcare implementation; usability and adoption; technologies for indoor localization and tracking; e.g.; Ultra-wide Band (UWB); micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) / nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Feature Papers in Physical Sensors 2025

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 20 articles | Viewed by 24739 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustic; sound; vibration:; geophone; hydrophone; microphone; seismometer; sound locator; ultrasonic sensors electric current; electric potential; magnetic; radio:; current sensor; hall effect sensor; magnetic anomaly detector; magnetometer; magnetoresistance; MEMS magnetic field sensor; planar hall sensor; radio direction finder; voltage detector pressure; force; density; level:; pressure sensor; tactile sensor; force gauge and force sensor; level sensor; piezocapacitive pressure sensor; piezoelectric sensor; torque sensor thermal; heat; temperature:; microwave radiometer; infrared thermometer; special sensor microwave/imager mechanical:; mechanical sensors; transducers and actuators; flexible mechanical sensors proximity; presence; alarm sensor; motion detector; proximity sensor; infrared sensor triangulation sensor position; angle; displacement; distance; speed; acceleration; accelerometer; capacitive displacement sensor; capacitive sensing; piezoelectric accelerometer; position sensor; angular rate sensor; motion sensor; tilt sensor; tachometer; ultrasonic thickness gauge; variable reluctance sensor; speed sensor others; quantum sensor; sensor array; underwater sensors; MEMS sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Medical Imaging and Sensing Technologies

edited by

Cihui Yang

and

Shiping Wen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24678 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; medical image denoising; medical image segmentation; tumor detection; deep learning; image processing; computerized tomography; ultrasounds; positron emission tomography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Multimodal Sensing Technologies for IoT and AI-Enabled Systems

edited by

Emmanouil Tsardoulias

,

Charalampos Dimoulas

and Andreas L. Symeonidis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 24141 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI-enabled systems; data-driven systems; Internet of Things; machine learning; multimodal decision making; multimodal sensing; smart systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Internet of Things)

Perception and Imaging for Smart Agriculture

edited by

Wei Wang

,

Xuan Chu

and Hongwei Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 24020 | Submission Open

Keywords: perception; sensors; advanced imaging technology; smart agriculture; agricultural information acquisition; artificial intelligence; agricultural robot; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)

Intelligent Sensors and Signal Processing in Industry

edited by

Lisha Peng

, Oleksii Karpenko, Hongyu Sun and Zhichao Cai

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 22095 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-destructive testing; structural health monitoring; intelligent sensors; signal processing; industrial applications; predictive maintenance; machine learning; real-time monitoring; Industrial IoT (IIoT)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Feature Papers in Optical Sensors 2025

edited by

Yuliya Semenova

and

Gabriele Bolognini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 17 articles | Viewed by 20688 | Submission Open

Keywords: photonic sensors; optomechanical sensors; fiber-optic sensors; silicon photonics; plasmonic sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Design, Communication, and Control of Autonomous Vehicle Systems

edited by

Ali Eydgahi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20105 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Feature Papers in Smart Sensing and Intelligent Sensors 2025

edited by

Antonio Fernández-Caballero

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19133 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensors; smart sensing; artificial intelligence; sensing systems; sensor data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Electronic Noses III

edited by

Jose V. Ros-Lis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18691 | Submission Open

Keywords: e-nose; electronic nose; pattern recognition; optoelectronic nose; array analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Intelligent Social Robotic Systems

edited by

Ameersing Luximon

and

Ravindra S. Goonetilleke

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18153 | Submission Open

Keywords: social robots: past; present; and future; theoretical aspects of robotic systems; including sensing and instrumentation; robotics systems and technology; wearables technology and systems for social robots; AI technologies in intelligent robotic systems; human– robot interaction; design of intelligent social robotic systems; intelligent robotic systems in everyday life; instrumentation and sensors for intelligent robotic systems; smart homes with social systems; smart cities and social robots; social robots in health care

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)

Sensing and Machine Learning Control: Progress and Applications

edited by

Félix Hernández del Olmo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16979 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; sensing technology; autonomous vehicles; robotics; energy management; ML-driven control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Wearable Sensors, Robotic Systems and Assistive Devices

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16862 | Submission Open

Keywords: human bio-sensors; human ambulation sensors; human motion intention detection systems; mobile servant robots; physical assistance; cognitive assistance; humanoid robots; wearable assistive exoskeletons; supplementation assistive systems; augmentation assistive systems; medical assistive systems; rehabilitation exoskeletons; physical assessment capability systems; wearable technology regulations; human ethics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Wearable Devices for Physical Activity and Healthcare Monitoring

edited by

Yehuda Weizman

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16803 | Submission Open

Keywords: physiological disorders; disability; orthopaedics; epidemiology; public health; detection; prevention; sedentary behaviour; digital healthcare; wearable motion and pressure sensors; textile sensors for human movement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Data Privacy, Security, and Trust in New Technological Trends—2nd Edition

edited by

Valderi R. Q. Leithardt

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16662 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; communication protocols; cryptographic algorithms; cyberattacks; cybersecurity; data privacy and trust; data security on drones; knowledge on security and privacy; hardware security; data security in smart cities; information context; Internet of Things; management data privacy and trust in cloud computing; mechanism to protect mobile and IoT applications; security in data science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

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