Sensors

Multi-Sensor Fusion Technology for Feature Extraction and Intelligent Fault Diagnosis

edited by

Shengnan Tang

,

Yong Zhu

and

Qiang Gao

submission deadline 24 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1698 | Submission Open

Keywords: feature extraction; fault diagnosis; multi-sensor fusion; signal-level fusion; feature-level fusion; decision-level fusion; hybrid fusion

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

Advanced Microwave Sensors and Their Applications in Measurement

edited by

Changjun Liu

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 13 articles | Viewed by 31017 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave energy applications in the industry; microwave sensors and advanced sensing systems; real-time industrial monitoring; sensor performance benchmarking: simulation vs. validation; permittivity measurement sensor; emerging wireless sensor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

New Developments in Guided Waves (GW) Based Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Using Optical Fiber Sensors

edited by

Rohan Nandkishor Soman

,

Kara Peters

and

Zahra Sharif Khodaei

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 22413 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; structural health monitoring; guided waves; damage detection; fiber Bragg grating; Fabry– Perot interferometer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Advances in Sensing and Robotic Assistive Technologies in Rehabilitation

edited by Daniela D'Auria

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20856 | Submission Open

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

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

Superconductor and Semiconductor-Based Radiation Detectors

edited by

Alberto Ghirri

and

Francesco Rossella

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10551 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave radiation detectors; terahertz radiation detectors; superconducting circuits; quantum dots; semiconductor nanostructures; single-photon detectors; photon counters

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Sensor Fusion: Kalman Filtering for Engineering Applications

edited by

Xinhe Zhu

,

Yongmin Zhong

and

Bingbing Gao

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6454 | Submission Open

Keywords: Kalman filter; sensor fusion; multiple sensors; autonomous navigation; GPS and IMU fusion; biomedical systems; computational biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Chemical Sensors for Air Pollutants: Where the Heck Are We!

edited by

Paul A. Solomon

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1992 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution sensors; gases; particle mass; particle chemical species; calibration approaches; uncertainty; collocation results; field studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical 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 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1793 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)

Positioning and Navigation Techniques Based on Wireless Communication

edited by Lu Yin

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1635 | Submission Open

Keywords: positioning; localization; navigation; communication– positioning integration; high-accuracy positioning

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

Sensors in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Processing Applications

edited by

Sofia Zaira Otin Mallada

and

Francisco Ávila Gómez

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 616 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical optics; photonic sensors; digital image processing; optical coherence tomography; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Smart Sensing and AI-Driven Monitoring for Natural Hazards and Geotechnical Infrastructure

edited by Daoyuan Tan,

Gang Cheng

and

Xiao Ye

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensing technologies; artificial intelligence for natural hazards; geotechnical infrastructure monitoring; machine learning for risk prediction; data fusion and early warning systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Smart Sensors in Power and Electronic Systems: Innovations and Self-Powered Operation

edited by

Simon Lineykin

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensors; energy harvesting; self-powered systems; sensor networks; power electronics; diagnostics; monitoring; control; predictive maintenance; smart energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Soft and Wearable Electronics for Health Monitoring

edited by

Yongkuk Lee

submission deadline 26 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1149 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

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 26 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 416 | 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)

Assistive and Rehabilitation Technologies Based on Intelligent Sensors

edited by

Andrea Tigrini

,

Alessandro Mengarelli

,

Federica Verdini

,

Ali Al-Timemy

and

Simone Ranaldi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 33040 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– computer interfaces; rehabilitation and assistive technologies; prosthesis control; EMG sensors; IMU systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Artificial Intelligence and Sensing Technology in Smart Manufacturing

edited by Sudha Ramasamy

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 31335 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart manufacturing; machine vision; machine learning; artificial intelligence; internet of things; plug & produce; multi-agent systems; flexible manufacturing; process optimization; intelligent automation; energy efficiency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Multimodal Perception Modeling Based on Advanced Computational Technologies

edited by

Manuel Gil-Martín

,

Rubén San-Segundo

and

Fernando Fernández-Martínez

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 25937 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal perceptual modeling; motion recognition; large multimodal language models (MMLLMs); sensor technology; wearable devices; computer vision; multi-sensor fusion; machine learning; deep learning; signal processing; activity recognition; multimedia memorability; attention and aesthetics; persuasion in multimedia; olfactory signals; emotion recognition; gesture data; human– computer interaction; healthcare applications; biometric systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Joaquín Ángel Ortuño

and José M. Olmos

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 23449 | 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)

Security and Privacy in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)

edited by

Kamanashis Biswas

,

Mohammad Jabed Morshed Chowdhury

and

Shantanu Pal

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 20684 | Submission Open

Keywords: security; privacy; trustworthiness; wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Smart Gas Sensor Applications in Environmental Change Monitoring

edited by

Kai Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19485 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensors; environmental monitoring; nanomaterials; metal oxides; metal sulfides; pollutants; semiconductors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensors and Analog Front-End Circuits for Sensing Systems and High Sensitivity Measurements: 2nd Edition

edited by

Haruo Kobayashi

,

Toshio Iino

and

Tadashi Ito

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19018 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors for recent sensing systems; high-sensitivity measurement; sensors (image sensors; photo sensors; magnetic sensors; acceleration sensors; gyro sensors; temperature sensors; position sensors; strain sensors; pressure sensors; sounds sensors; flow sensors; gas sensors; soil sensors; biomagnetism sensors; and so on) Integrated sensors; MEMS sensors; analog filter; op amp; delta-sigma ADC; incremental ADC; SAR ADC; analog signal conditioning; calibration; testing; power supply circuits (switching converter; charge pump circuits; LDOs)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Sensors and Sensor Systems for Atmospheric and Environmental Pollution Monitoring

edited by

Emiliano Zampetti

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17757 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical sensors; physical sensors; chemical sensor array; electronic nose; smart sensors; sensor networks; wireless sensors; materials for chemical sensors; sensors for soil contaminants; sensors for environmental disaster

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Image Feature Extraction for Computer Vision Tasks in Sensor Systems and Applications

edited by Weichuan Zhang,

Yanbing Li

, Jie Ren and Jin Lu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17600 | Submission Open

Keywords: representation learning; deep learning; image feature extraction; medical image analysis; image denoising and enhancement; image classification; feature matching; image defect detection; three-dimensional reconstruction

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

AI-Based Computer Vision Sensors & Systems—2nd Edition

edited by Xuefeng Liang and Guangyu Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 17375 | Submission Open

Keywords: RGB cameras; depth cameras (LiDAR); thermal cameras; image processing units (GPUs; TPUs; FPGAs); YOLO (You Only Look Once); gesture recognition systems; autonomous navigation systems; augmented reality (AR); industrial automation; smart surveillance systems

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

Sensors for Object Detection, Pose Estimation, and 3D Reconstruction

edited by

Liyan Zhang

, Shenglan Liu and Nan Ye

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16960 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine vision; 3D optical inspection; industrial augmented reality; computer vision; 3D reconstruction; photogrammetry; non-contact strain measurement; image processing

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

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

,

Géza Husi

,

Camelia Claudia Avram

and

Justyna Trojanowska

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15570 | 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)

Advanced Physical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring

edited by Yizhou Ye and

Shunbo Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14499 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical sensor; environmental monitoring; MEMS; high performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Vision- and Image-Based Biomedical Diagnostics—2nd Edition

edited by

Alexander Wong

,

Pengcheng Xi

and

Ashkan Ebadi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14486 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical; medical; imaging; image; vision; diagnostics; prognosis; artificial intelligence; machine learning; imaging modalities; signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advancements in GNSS Precise Point Positioning Technology and Applications

edited by

Dimitrios Psychas

and

Robert Odolinski

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14318 | Submission Open

Keywords: global navigation satellite system (GNSS); precise point positioning (PPP); integer ambiguity resolution (IAR); low-cost receivers and antennas; sensor fusion; LEO; smartphones

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

Recent Advances in Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Sensors

edited by Kuoyuan Hwa

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13372 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Biosensors for Point-of-Care Diagnostics

edited by

Dacheng Wei

and Derong Kong

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12807 | Submission Open

Keywords: point-of-care diagnostics; biosensors; molecular diagnostics; disease detection; healthcare; biomarkers; infectious disease testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensors Development)

Image Processing and Analysis for Object Detection: 3rd Edition

edited by

Kaihua Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 12057 | Submission Open

Keywords: augmented reality; artificial intelligence; computer vision; classification algorithms; defect detection; deep learning; feature extraction; image processing; image classification; image super-resolution; machine vision; object detection; tracking; and recognition techniques; semantic segmentation; sensing technologies; sensor fusion and technologies; visual tracking; vision sensors; video classification

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

Advances in Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) and Fiber Optic Sensor Technology

edited by Qi Liu and

Junguo Cui

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11758 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber bragg grating; fiber optic sensors; distributed sensing; real-time monitoring; optimization; artificial intelligence; data processing and analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Sensors, Systems and Methods for Power Quality Measurements

edited by

Alessandro Mingotti

and

Mario Luiso

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11313 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; transducers; power quality; harmonics; supraharmonics; signal processing; high frequency; measurement systems; signal generation; distubances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Digital Imaging Processing, Sensing, and Object Recognition

edited by

Marco Buzzelli

,

Flavio Piccoli

and Alain Tremeau

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10955 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital imaging processing; object recognition; sensors; object classification; object identification

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and Electromagnetic Spectrum Sensing: Data Acquisition and Signal Processing

edited by Hongbing Ji,

Lin Li

and

Tiancheng Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10951 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; spectrum sensing; signal processing; target recognition; target tracking; signal classification; information fusion; deep learning

Cutting-Edge Developments in Optical Communications, Perception and Computing

edited by Yiwen Zhang, Hao Song, Lei Sun and

Yang Yue

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10914 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical communications; optical computing; optical sensing; optical perception; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Novel Signal Processing Techniques for Wireless Communications

edited by Zhongxia He

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10556 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; wireless communication; THz signals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Sleep, Neuroscience, EEG and Sensors

edited by

Gary Garcia-Molina

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10151 | Submission Open

Keywords: sleep EEG; unobtrusive sensing; closed-loop; falling and staying asleep; slow wave enhancement; AI applied to sleep EEG

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Applications of Advanced Sensors and Interoperability Technologies in Autonomous Transportation Systems

edited by

Yilong Ren

, Zhiyong Cui and

Kun Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10012 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous transportation systems; interoperability technologies; consistent interaction semantics; integration of sensor; communication; and computing resources; interoperability requirements and mechanisms; crowd intelligence and decision control; multi-agent cooperative control; crowd sensing; simulation and testing of interoperability technologies; collaborative perception technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Signal Processing for Satellite Navigation and Wireless Localization

edited by Xin Chen and Xinhua Tang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8891 | Submission Open

Keywords: positioning and navigation; global navigation satellite systems (GNSS); signal processing; satellite navigation; wireless localization; LEO-PNT

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Recent Advances in LiDAR Sensor

edited by

Sung Min Park

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8852 | 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)

Advances in GNSS Signal Processing and Navigation—Second Edition

edited by Ming Huang, Jingjing Yang and Zhe Xiao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 8508 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS signal processing; LEO opportunistic doppler-aided GNSS positioning; GNSS alternatives

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

Advanced Sensing Technologies for Detecting Cybersecurity Attacks in Internet of Things Systems

edited by

Kamran Siddique

,

Ka Lok Man

and

Zahid Akhtar

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7843 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security; cybersecurity attacks; anomaly detection; intrusion detection; machine learning; AI-driven security; blockchain; edge computing; threat monitoring; sensor networks; data fusion; privacy-preserving techniques

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

Sensors for Space Situational Awareness and Object Tracking

edited by

Regina Lee

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7413 | Submission Open

Keywords: space situational awareness; object tracking; RSO detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Wearable Sensors and Signal Processing Technology for Digital Health Applications

edited by

Shing-Hong Liu

and

Xin Zhu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5972 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital health; wearable device; physiological signal and parameter; deep learning; machine learning; edge computing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

New Challenges and Sensor Techniques in Robot Positioning

edited by

Itzik Klein

and

Dušan Nemec

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5881 | Submission Open

Keywords: robot navigation; sensor fusion; positioning and localization; sensors; data-driven navigation; nonlinear filtering; bio-inspired navigation

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

Advances in Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy Techniques

edited by

Huizhong Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5791 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioimaging; biomarkers; biophotonics; fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; nanomaterials; nanoscopic spectroscopy; nano-optics; optical nanostructures; plasmonic nanostructures; single-molecule spectroscopy; super-resolution microscopy; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS); tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Magnetoelectric Sensors and Their Applications

edited by

David Gray

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5779 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetoelectric; magnetic field sensors; multiferroic; low-noise sensing; noise rejection; materials synthesis; device fabrication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Radars, Sensors and Applications for Applied Geophysics

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5428 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite; aerial and/or ground-based radar; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); real aperture radar (RAR); interferometric RAR/SAR data; GNSS reflectometry (topic to be handled by Sensors’ Associate Editors); ground-penetrating radar (GPR); SAR polarimetry; data processing and interpretation; signal enhancement; portable radar systems; radar applications to societal issues; Integration of data and sensors; integration and fusion with other geophysical and diagnostics techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

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