Sensors

Wearable Sensors for Gait Monitoring and Motion Analysis

edited by

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: gait analysis; motion analysis; smart diagnosis; intent recognition; human– computer interactions; clinical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Intelligent Sensing Solutions Enhancing Smart Grid Technologies

edited by

Nikolaos Manousakis

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; smart grid; intelligent sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensors in Civil Structural Health Monitoring—2nd Edition

edited by

Jiawei Xiang

,

Laihao Yang

and

Anil Kumar

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil structural health monitoring; structural health monitoring; advanced noise vibration; harshness measurement; detect structural faults

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fault Diagnosis & Sensors)

Sensors and Instruments for Ocean Environment

edited by

Jiawang Chen

, Xiaoping Wang, Lei Guo and

Yongqiang Ge

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean environment monitoring; marine sensors; underwater instrumentation; autonomous sensing systems; multi-sensor data fusion; AI-driven analytics; environmental impact assessment; deep-sea exploration; real-time data transmission; marine pollution sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Intelligent Vision Sensors

edited by

Juan Antonio Leñero-Bardallo

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: vision sensors; intelligent vision sensors; processing at-the-edge; spiking vision sensors; image sensors for AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Development)

Recent Advances in Optical Sensor for Mining

edited by Minfu Liang, Xinqiu Fang,

Gang Cheng

and

Qiang Yuan

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 30374 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensing; optical sensor; mining disaster monitoring; opto-electronic monitoring; artificial intelligence algorithm; big data mining; risk assessment; coal mine disaster early warning systems.

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensors and Wearables for Rehabilitation

edited by

Natalie Baddour

and

Edward Lemaire

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 25020 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; rehabilitation; mobility; mHealth; assistive technology; smartphones; machine learning; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Fall Detection Based on Wearable Sensors

edited by

Plinio Moreno

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 22594 | Submission Open

Keywords: data generation from simulation; transfer learning; data augmentation from fall videos; motion capture; fall detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Intelligent Transportation Systems: Sensing, Automation and Control

edited by

Fenghua Zhu

and

Ryan Wen Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17422 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; multimodal data fusion; intelligent sensing; scenarios engineering; artificial intelligence; big data; connected and autonomous vehicles; knowledge graph; graph deep learning; computer vision

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Novel Implantable Sensors and Biomedical Applications

edited by

Laura Cercenelli

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17237 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advances in Sensing-Based Animal Biomechanics

edited by

Christian Peham

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16334 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Specialty Optical Fiber-Based Sensors

edited by

Jian Wang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16194 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Transformer-Based Deep Learning in Medical Imaging and Healthy Sensors

edited by

Steve Ling

and Juan Lyu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14752 | Submission Open

Keywords: transformer-based models; medical imaging; deep learning; self-attention mechanism; clinical applications; sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Frequency Mixing Magnetic Detection of Magnetic Nanoparticles

edited by

Hans-Joachim Krause

and

Ulrich Engelmann

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13178 | Submission Open

Keywords: frequency mixing magnetic detection (FMMD); magnetic particles; magnetic detection; magnetic immunoassay (MIA); immunomagnetic reduction (IMR); nonlinear AC susceptometry (NL-ACS); magnetic particle spectroscopy (MPS); magnetic particle imaging (MPI); magnetic relaxation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Atomic Magnetic Sensors

edited by

Witold Chalupczak

and

Patrick Bevington

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12493 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Signal Detection and Processing of Sensor Arrays

edited by Ka-Fai Cedric Yiu and

Kit Yan Chan

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11488 | Submission Open

Keywords: beamforming algorithms for sensor arrays; synchronization techniques; asynchronous sensor arrays; source localization and DOA estimation; array calibration and configuration; distributed sensor arrays; artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for sensor arrays; optimization methods for sensor array configurations; data fusion signal synchronization in sensor arrays; sensor array networks and the IoT; implementation of sensor arrays in embedded systems; novel applications of sensor arrays such as communications; robotic control; automotive; automatic manufacturing; transportation; biomedical; real-time analysis for data in sensor array networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Sensors and Sensing Technologies for Seismic Detection and Monitoring

edited by

Lorenzo Palma

,

Paola Pierleoni

and

Alberto Belli

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9490 | Submission Open

Keywords: seismic sensors; seismic monitoring; earthquakes; sensor networks; smart networks; low-cost sensors; mobile crowd sensing; optical sensors; sensor data fusion; embedded AI for sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Sensors Technology for Sports Biomechanics Applications

edited by

Ana Vanessa Bataller-Cervero

,

César Berzosa Sánchez

,

Juan Rabal-Pelay

and

Eduardo Piedrafita

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7946 | Submission Open

Keywords: sports technology; wearable sensors; sport biomechanics; performance assessment; GPS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Biomedical Sensors Based on Microfluidics

edited by

Han-Sheng Chuang

and

Dhrubajyoti Das

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5965 | Submission Open

Keywords: microfluidics; biosensors; lab-on-a-chip; point-of-care; diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Applications of Fluorescent Chemical Sensors and Photocatalytic Materials in Environmental Monitoring and Remediation

edited by

Baozhu Tian

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5680 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescent sensors; fluorescence imaging; photocatalytic materials; photocatalytic degradation; sensing/decomposing of antibodies; sensing/eliminating of pesticides; sensing/eliminating of organic contaminants; sensing/eliminating of toxic metals (metal ions); sensing eliminating of pathogens; sensing/eliminating of air pollutants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Recent Advances in LiDAR Sensor

edited by

Sung Min Park

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5297 | Submission Open

Keywords: single-photon avalanche photodiodes (SPADs); avalanche photodiodes (APDs); analog front-end (AFE) circuits; readout integrated circuits (ROICs); solid-state LiDAR sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Indoor Navigation: Indoor Positioning System Using Sensing Technologies

edited by

Frank Deinzer

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5004 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor navigation; positioning systems; sensing technologies; sensor fusion; Wi-Fi/bluetooth; ultra-wideband; inertial measurement unit; non-linear systems

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

Advanced Microwave Sensing and Imaging in Real-Time for High-Resolution Industrial Applications

edited by

Tanveer Ul Haq

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4637 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna sensors; MIMO systems; non-destructive testing (NDT); metasurface; dielectric characterization; microwave measurements and system design; microwave sources and detectors; imaging in real time; metamaterial and complementary metamaterial; industrial applications; rapid prototyping; resonant and non-resonant approaches

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

State of the Art in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring

edited by Yang Liu, Stephen Xia and Ting Dang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4591 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; health monitoring; physical rehabilitation; activity tracking; physiological sensing; sensing materials; personalized medicine; telehealth; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data analytics; security and privacy; lifestyle monitoring; preventive healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Underwater Vision Sensing System: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhibin Yu

, Sai-Kit Yeung and

Huimin Lu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4257 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater imaging; underwater 3D reconstruction; autonomous underwater vehicles; underwater vision sensing systems; underwater networks; underwater communication; underwater sensing and detection; underwater microscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Design and Fabrication of Fiber Optic Sensors for Bio-Chemical Sensing Applications

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submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4136 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensors; fiber interferometers; surface plasmon resonances (SPR) sensors; bio-chemical sensors; gas sensors; fluorescence sensors; acoustic wave sensors; microfluidic sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advances in Miniaturization and Power Efficiency of Optical Sensors

edited by Yanlu Li,

Roel Baets

and Mohammadamin Ghomashi

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4089 | Submission Open

Keywords: miniaturized photonic sensors; energy-efficient photonic sensors; photonic sensor packaging; optoelectronic sensors; novel optical sensing materials; on-chip photonic sensors; waveguide-based sensors; optical micro-cavity-based sensors; wearable sensors; biomedical photonic sensors; plasmonic sensors; multiplexing of photonic sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Secure and Resilient Solutions for CCTV, Small Sensor and IoT Device Security

edited by

Jong Hyuk Park

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3698 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security; CCTV anomaly detection; lightweight cryptography; blockchain for IoT; secure IoT frameworks; sensor authentication; cyber threat mitigation; federated learning for IoT; quantum-resistant algorithms; resilient IoT architectures

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

Intelligent Measurements and Interpretation of Wireless Systems for Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring

edited by Christian Sylvest Meyhoff

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3641 | Submission Open

Keywords: continuous monitoring; vital signs; biosensors; complications; artificial intelligence; alert reduction; clinical support systems; in-hospital monitoring; hospital at home

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Point-of-Care Biosensors: Design and Applications

edited by Rong Cai and Caroline Ajo-Franklin

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2462 | Submission Open

Keywords: point-of-care; personalized medicine; biosensor; glucometer; electrochemistry; protein engineering; synthetic biology; nanoenzyme; microneedle; organic electrochemical transistor; filed effect transistor; electronic skin; wearable device; colorimetric assay; paper-based sensor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Scalable Blockchain and AI-Based Embedded IoT Systems for Smart Spaces (3rd Edition)

edited by

Faisal Jamil

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1944 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; Internet of Things (IoT); smart systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Electromagnetic Sensors and Their Applications

edited by

Shiquan Wang

and

Kwok L. Chung

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1903 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic sensors; metamaterial-enhanced sensors; AI-driven sensor design; non-contact sensing; IoT-based sensing; integrated sensing and communication; biomedical and industrial applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Recent Progress on Sensors in Power Industry: System, Signal Processing, and Data Analysis

edited by Ying Zhang,

Henry Leung

and

Junliang Wang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1876 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; power industry; signal processing; data analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Multi-Sensor Resilient Fusion Perception, Positioning and Navigation Systems

edited by

Long Zhao

and

Cheng Yang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1845 | Submission Open

Keywords: resilient PNT; multi-sensor information resilient fusion; simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM); system autonomous integrity

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

Optical Sensors for Industrial Inspection and Quality Control

edited by Mostafa Agour and

Claas Falldorf

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1765 | Submission Open

Keywords: interferometry and shear interferometry; holographic and speckle techniques; phase retrieval; moire and structured illumination techniques; deflectometry and image correlation techniques; hyperspectral techniques; confocal and focus scanning techniques; coherence scanning; time-of-flight techniques; scattering and diffraction based analysis; advanced imaging and signal processing; fibre and micro-optical sensors; measurement systems using artificial intelligence (smart optical sensors); microstructures; nanostructures and roughness measurement; measurement of precision components; measurement of optical components and systems; additive manufacturing measurement and inspection; form measurement/reverse engineering; non-destructive testing and defect detection; thickness measurement; functional surface inspection; stress and vibration analysis; inspection of renewable energy system components; inspection of large objects; inspection of 2D material (meta-surfaces); scattering surface and volume inspection; measurement systems for Industry 4.0; determining material properties and parameters

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Remote Sensing and UAV Technologies for Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Alfred Colpaert

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1557 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV sensors; flight automation; drone swarms; UAV high-precision positioning; RTK; environmental monitoring; damage assessment; long-endurance flight technology; weather resistant drones

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Nanophotonic Materials and Sensor Devices

edited by

Zhengbiao Ouyang

,

Huihui Lu

, Xin Jin and Huanhuan Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1095 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Architecture, Applications and Challenges of Communication and Navigation Integration

edited by Zhongliang Deng

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 953 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless positioning signal design and signal processing; high-precision distance measurement; high-precision angle measurement; wireless positioning signal propagation path identification; wireless positioning error estimation; multi-sensor fusion positioning; fusion positioning algorithm; communication and positioning fusion system; seamless indoor and outdoor location service; mobile device tracking

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

Sensors and Sensing Techniques in Petroleum Engineering

edited by Rita Esuru Okoroafor and Ding Zhu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber optic sensing; distributed acoustic sensing (DAS); distributed temperature sensing (DTS); subsurface monitoring; fracture diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances in Smart Nanomaterials and Quantum Sensors: Integrating AI/ML for Next-Generation Applications

edited by

Kamil Reza Khondakar

,

Hirak Mazumdar

and

Azahar Ali

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart nanomaterials; quantum sensors; lab-on-chip; smart sensors; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML); medical diagnostics; environmental monitoring; predictive analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Acoustic Sensing for Musical Instrument Study and Vocal Analysis

edited by Chii-Chang Chen

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 826 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustics; musical instruments; vocal; holography; acoustic materials; vocals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Next-Generation Healthcare: The Role of 6G and Vehicular Edge Computing in Smart Automation Systems

edited by

Nuno M. Garcia

and

Ali Hassan Sodhro

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 445 | Submission Open

Keywords: 6G; AI; IoT vehicular edge computing; smart healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

IoT-Enabled Healthcare Systems: Intelligent Diagnosis and Telemonitoring

edited by

Abdul Ahad

, Qiangguo Jin, Lipeng Gao and

Zhongjiang Yan

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 310 | 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 230 | 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 172 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

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