Sensors

Advanced Sensors for Monitoring and Detection in Geotechnical Engineering

edited by Kuihua Wang and

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 5635 | Submission Open

Keywords: geotechnical engineering; monitoring and detection; advanced sensors; non-destructive testing; on-site testing; damage identification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Recent Advances in Micro- and Nanofiber-Optic Sensors

edited by

Dejun Liu

,

Qiang Wu

and

Ke Tian

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5226 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; micro-/nanofibers; microstructure optical fibers; SPR sensors; biochemical sensors; gas sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advanced Sensing and Signal Processing Technologies for Medical Applications

edited by Jordi Cusidó

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4438 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT in healthcare; virtual sensors; advanced signal processing; patient monitoring; AI in medical diagnosis; real-time data analytics; predictive healthcare algorithms; wearable medical devices; secure data in IoT healthcare; smart healthcare solutions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advanced Flexible Electronics for Sensing Application

edited by Xinkai Xie

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3311 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible electronics; wearable sensors; self-powered optoelectronics; multimodal sensors; neuromorphic sensors; e-textiles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Smart Sensing for Failure Diagnosis in Structures and Machine Components: 2nd Edition

edited by

Muhammad Khan

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3003 | Submission Open

Keywords: failure diagnosis; smart sensing; structure health monitoring; near-real-time diagnosis; invasive and non invasive sensing; big data; intelligent algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging

edited by Jun Ke, Gonzalo Arce, Xu Ma and Zhenbo Ren

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2756 | Submission Open

Keywords: basic theories of computational imaging; computational microscopy; compressive imaging; compressive spectral imaging; computational display for AR/VR; computational holography; event-driven computational imaging; imaging through scattering media; lensless imaging; LIDAR; light field; non-line-of-sight imaging; single-pixel imaging; structure illumination for 3D imaging; super-resolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Remote Sensing for Crop Growth Monitoring

edited by

Antonio Uris Martínez

and

Alberto San Bautista

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2595 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; crop modelling; vegetation indices; machine learning; data processing; productivity; crop management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

SPAD-Based Sensors and Techniques for Enhanced Sensing Applications

edited by

Leonardo Gasparini

and

Alessandro Tontini

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 539 | Submission Open

Keywords: single-photon avalanche diode arrays (SPAD); time-resolved imagers; photon counting imagers; time-of-flight (ToF) sensors and systems; LiDAR; fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM); Raman spectroscopy; positron emission tomography (PET); time-domain near infra-red spectroscopy (TD-NIRS)/diffuse optical tomography (DOT); high dynamic range (HDR) imaging; quantum imaging super-resolution spectroscopy; sub-shot noise imaging; ghost imaging; non-line-of-sight (NLoS) imaging; time-to-digital converters

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Quantum-Enabled Optical Communications and Networks

edited by M. V. Jabir

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 510 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Intelligent Sensing Technologies, Algorithms, and Drone Applications for Environmental and Aerospace Challenges

edited by

Justyna Tomaszewska

and Paweł Gołda

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent sensing technologies; advanced algorithms for sensing; drone-based environmental monitoring; aerospace sensing applications; sensor fusion and real-time analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Network Security and IoT Security: 2nd Edition

edited by

Amitabh Mishra

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security threats and mitigation; access management; improved authentication; wireless security; firewalls and honeypots; endpoint security; digital piracy; biometrics in security; malware detection; information security; cloud security; ransomware; risk management; digital forensics; challenges in remote access; data storage security; data loss prevention systems; social media security; cryptography; blockchains; mobile applications security

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

IoT in Action: Practical IoT Applications and Advanced Security Solutions

edited by

Samsul Huda

and Shunsuke Araki

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor networks; practical IoT applications; IoT implementation strategies; IoT security; secure IoT architectures; practical cryptography for IoT devices; blockchain-secured IoT networks; AI-driven IoT threat intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Ultrafast Optoelectronic Sensing and Imaging

edited by

Houzhi Cai

and

Lijuan Xiang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultrafast science; ultrafast optoelectronics; ultrafast laser physics; ultrafast optical measurement; ultrafast imaging and information processing; ultrafast diagnosis; ultrafast sensors/detectors; ultrafast electronics; ultrafast phenomena; intersection of ultrafast optics and other disciplines

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Sensor

edited by Yang Jiang and

Jianjun Luo

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanogenerators; energy harvesting; self-powered systems; self-powered sensing; blue energy; high-voltage applications; nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Acoustic and Ultrasonic Sensors for Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Dimitrios G. Aggelis

,

Nicolas Ospitia

and

Gerlinde Lefever

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: acoustic emission; ultrasound; non-destructive testing; structural health monitoring; non-contact ultrasonics; damage detection; nonlinear acoustics; frequency; dispersion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Unmanned Aerial Systems in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Aristotelis C. Tagarakis

and

Dimitrios Kateris

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; computer vision; UAV; artificial intelligence for data analysis; sensors fusion for agricultural applications; simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM); flight planning; field; crop and soil properties monitoring and mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Industry 5.0 and Beyond: Sensor and Digital Technologies for Sustainable, Circular, and Human-Centric Systems

edited by

Maria Valero Bernal

,

Manuchehr Soleimani

and Anthony Basco Halog

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors; wearable sensors; internet of things (IoT); industrial internet of things (IIoT); digital twins; artificial intelligence; machine learning; smart manufacturing; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0; manufacturing systems; robotics and sensors; sustainability; human-centric systems; circularity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Advances in Intelligent System Engineering for Smart Sensor Applications

edited by Te-Jen Su

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent system engineering; smart sensors; Internet of Things (IoT); machine learning (ML); edge computing; embedded systems; wireless sensor networks (WSNs); artificial intelligence (AI); industrial automation and real-time monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Privacy and Security in Sensor Networks

edited by

Ahmed Sherif

,

Kasem Khalil

and

Nick Rahimi

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied cryptography; IoT privacy and security; privacy-preservation schemes; AI-based privacy and security schemes; secure embedded systems; cryptographic hardware; physical unclonable functions (PUFs); secure hardware architectures; hardware trojan detection; supply chain security; intrusion detection systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advanced Flexible Electronics and Wearable Biosensing Systems

edited by Mengge Wu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible electronics; wearable electronics; stretchable electronics; bioelectronics; skin electronics; intelligent biosensing; multimodal biosensing; biomedical engineering; materials engineering; mechanical engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Recent Advances in Wearable and Non-Invasive Sensors

edited by Changhao Xu

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; non-invasive monitoring; personalized healthcare

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Advancements in Metamaterial Sensors Across Frequency Domains

edited by Brian Wells

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: metamaterials; metasurfaces; sensors; gigahertz frequencies; terahertz frequencies; optical sensors; electromagnetic sensing; 3D printing; frequency-selective devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Electrochemical Biosensing Devices and Their Applications

edited by

Angeliki Brouzgou

and

Ilona Sadok

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical sensing platforms; electrochemical biosensing technologies; electrochemical diagnostics; industrial sensing tools; smart sensing devices; detection tools; methodological improvements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

5G and 6G Networks: Advances in Self-Organizing, Cybersecurity and Privacy

edited by

Pedro Pinto

and

Silvestre Malta

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: 5G; 6G; security; privacy protection; network vulnerabilities; cryptographic techniques; SON; IoT security; data integrity; cyber resilience; advanced threat mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Recent Developments in Heavy Metals Detection: Sensors, Devices, Pretreatment Techniques, Prediction Models and Algorithms

edited by

Guo Zhao

and Yanyan Zhang

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: detection of heavy metals; electrochemical sensors; pretreatment methods; algorithms; portable equipment

Sensors and Applications in Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Shyan-Ming Yuan

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; sensor networks; object detection; reinforcement learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

RFID and Zero-Power Backscatter Sensors

edited by

Antonio Lázaro

,

David Girbau

and

Ramon Villarino

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 71299 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Sensing and Data Elaboration in Structural Health Monitoring Technology

edited by

Monica Ciminello

,

Ignazio Dimino

and

Antonio Concilio

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17960 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor technology; sensors integration; network layout optimization; qualification and certification; real-time data processing; damage detection analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Application of UAV and Sensing in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Christopher C. Stewart

and

Huiping Tsai

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16499 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles; sensors; sensing technologies; precision agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning in the Biomechanics of Human Movement

edited by

Michael E. Hahn

and

Seth Donahue

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15629 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; machine learning; human gait; clinical applications; robotics; balance; clinical gait analysis; sport performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

ECG Signal Processing and Analysis, Computational Technology and Applications: 2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Sánchez

and

Jan Cornelis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14774 | Submission Open

Keywords: ECG sensors; ECG processing; wearable devices; cardiac signal processing; heart rate monitoring; arrhythmia detection; biomedical engineering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Wearable Sensors for Biomechanics Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Winson Lee

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13088 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; wearable smart devices; accelerometers; gyroscopes; magnetometers; ultrasound optical; nanomaterial-based; EMG and force sensors; exoskeletons; soft wearable robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Biomedical Sensors for Cardiology

edited by

Omar Escalona

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8283 | Submission Open

Keywords: long-term vital signs monitoring; wearable biocompatible dry ECG electrodes; body-surface surrogate cardiac contractility monitoring techniques; noninvasive sensors; cardiovascular therapeutic destination implanted devices; tissue engineering solutions in cardiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Applications of Sensors Based on Embedded Systems

edited by

Sergio Spanò

and

Luca Di Nunzio

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8187 | Submission Open

Keywords: applications of sensors to low-power IoT systems; FPGA and SoC processing for sensors data; microcontrollers processing for sensors data; embedded GPU processing for sensors data; ASIC processing for sensors data; machine learning on the Edge; efficient sensors data-processing algorithms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Wireless Sensor Networks for Condition Monitoring

edited by

Juan C. Granda

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7892 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial IoT; fault detection and diagnosis; predictive maintenance; sensors for condition monitoring; WSNs in harsh environments; deep learning or machine learning models for condition monitoring; energy-aware condition monitoring; cloud; edge; fog and combined cloud-edge computing architectures for condition monitoring; case studies and practical implementations of WSNs in monitoring critical infrastructure; security and privacy issues in WSN-based condition monitoring systems; energy harvesting in WSN

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition for Advanced Smart Agriculture Solutions

edited by

Azlan Zahid

and

Yaqoob Majeed

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6523 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; pattern recognition; 3D reconstruction; deep learning; image rendering; classification; precision agriculture; object detection; crop sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Security and Privacy in Internet of Things and Wireless Sensor Networks

edited by

Yong Wang

and

Bhaskar Rimal

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6205 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; security; privacy; machine learning; blockchain; post-quantum

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advances in Wearable Photoplethysmography Applications in Health Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mimma Nardelli

and

Raquel Bailón

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5111 | Submission Open

Keywords: photoplethysmography (PPG); pulse rate variability (PRV); wearable monitoring systems; signal quality; PPG signal processing; time series analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Current Research and Future Development for Wearable Measurement Sensors

edited by

Silvia Sangiovanni

and

Marco Laracca

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5091 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearables sensors; smart tissue; wearability; physiological measurement; healthcare; movement analysis; rehabilitation; measurement in sport science; wearables devices; healthcare and IoT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Joaquín Ángel Ortuño

and José M. Olmos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4088 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; water quality; chemical sensors; water monitoring; real-time monitoring; drinking water; seawater; aquaculture; environmental pollution; wastewater; groundwater

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Advances in Sensing and Robotic Assistive Technologies in Rehabilitation

edited by Daniela D'Auria

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4017 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical robotics; telemedicine; AI; bioengineering; rehabilitation

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

Integration of Sensor Technologies and Artificial Intelligence Strategies for Autonomous Vehicles and Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by

Tomás Mateo Sanguino

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3939 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; intelligent transportation systems; sensor integration; embedded computer vision; artificial intelligence; real-time decision making; resource-constrained hardware; sensor fusion; edge computing; cloud computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Radar Remote Sensing and Applications—2nd Edition

edited by

Shunjun Wei

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3227 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar sensing applications; remote sensing; radar imaging and detection; advanced radar systems; SLAM; jamming and anti-jamming; multi-sensor fusion; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Unmanned and Autonomous Surface Vehicles: Localization, Control, and Navigation

edited by Karim Ismail

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2652 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned surface vehicles; autonomous surface vehicles; safe interactions; outdoor navigation; localization; control

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Radar and Multimodal Sensing for Ambient Assisted Living

edited by Haobo Li and Ilya Starshynov

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2574 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar sensing; activity recognition; vital signs monitoring; radar data processing; ambient assisted living; multimodal sensing; information fusion; deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Smart Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Testing on Transportation Infrastructures

edited by

Zhen Liu

,

Xingyu Gu

,

Dongdong Han

and Yuliang Zhou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2193 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors; structural health monitoring (SHM); non-destructive testing (NDT); transportation infrastructures; real-time monitoring; damage detection; ground penetrating radar; falling weight deflectometer; traffic speed deflectometer; pavement maintenance; wireless sensor networks; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Multi-Sensor Fusion for Positioning and Navigation of Aerospace Vehicles

edited by

Roberto Opromolla

and

Flavia Causa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2149 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor fusion; autonomous spacecraft; unmanned aerial vehicles; autonomous navigation; simultaneous localization and mapping; state estimation; GNSS denied/degraded environment; exteroceptive sensors; GNSS integrity monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Advanced Tactile Sensors: Design and Applications

edited by

,

, Wenbo Ding,

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2122 | Submission Open

Keywords: tactile sensor; tactile internet; robotics; embodied intelligence; dataset

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Human-Robot Interaction in Intelligent Robotics

edited by

Vazquez Gomez Juan Ignacio

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1773 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– robot interaction; artificial intelligence; robotics; reinforcement learning; human– robot collaboration; extended and augmented reality; generative artificial intelligence; emotional robots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensors for Unsupervised Mobility Assessment and Rehabilitation

edited by

Philippe Terrier

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1520 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological assessment methods in mobility; unsupervised mobility assessment in aging populations and older adults; wearable sensors and mobile health devices; data processing and algorithms for unsupervised data; remote monitoring and tele-rehabilitation systems; patient engagement through personal sensing devices; addressing challenges in data privacy and security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

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