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The Forefront of Internet of Things Cybersecurity with Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Shingo Yamaguchi

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11389 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT security; IoT data privacy; AI-powered cyber security

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

Mechanical Sensors in the 70th Anniversary of the Piezoresistive Effect

edited by

Ferran Reverter

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9723 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanical sensor; capacitive sensor; strain gauge; piezoelectric sensor; MEMS; pressure sensor; acceleration sensor; sensor interface electronics; low-power interface circuits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Optical Sensors for Gas Monitoring

edited by

Vanda Pereira

Marta Sofia dos Anjos Ferreira

and

João Micael Leça

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9023 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; colorimetric sensors; fluorescence sensors; metal organic frameworks; surface plasmon resonance; gas sensing; spectroscopy; remote sensing; microstructured optical fibers; sensing material; in situ monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Wireless Sensor Network and IoT Technologies for Smart Cities

edited by

Nurul Sarkar

and

G. G. Md. Nawaz Ali

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8458 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; cognitive IoT; artificial intelligence; wireless sensor network; sensor network systems; energy management; low-power sensor systems; smart technologies; green computing and systems; sustainable networks; smart and intelligent transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Remote Sensing Technology for Agricultural and Land Management

edited by

Paul Krause

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8336 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor networks; Internet of Things; environmental monitoring; satellite image analysis; ecological intensification; conservation agriculture; ecosystem services; biodiversity assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Advanced Sensors and AI Integration for Human–Robot Teaming

edited by Nader Jalili and Soroush Korivand

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6181 | Submission Open

Keywords: human– robot teaming; sensor fusion; AI integration; real-time data processing; machine learning; autonomous systems; robotics; data acquisition; sensor technologies; intelligent systems

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

Nano/Micro-Structured Materials for Gas Sensor

edited by Deepak Rajaram Patil

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4530 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensing; nano/micro-structured materials; humidity sensor; hazardous material sensing; sensitivity; selectivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Recent Trends and Advances in Color and Spectral Sensors: 2nd Edition

edited by Qiang Liu,

Jean-Baptiste Thomas

, Xufen Xie and

Guangyuan Wu

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4040 | Submission Open

Keywords: color sensors; spectral sensors; imaging spectroscopy; spectral recovery; color perception; color appearance model; color reproduction; image vision

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

Joint Communication and Sensing in Vehicular Networks

edited by

Barbara Mavì Masini

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2901 | Submission Open

Keywords: joint communication and sensing; connected vehicles; vehicular networks; integrated radar and communication systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

SAR Imaging Technologies and Applications

edited by

Zhe Geng

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2178 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; PolSAR; InSAR; video SAR; bistatic/multistatic SAR; SAR image segmentation; SAR automatic target detection; SAR automatic target recognition; explainable deep neural network; incremental learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Perception and Control Technology for Intelligent Autonomous Unmanned Systems

edited by

Chunhui Zhao

and

Shuai Hao

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2119 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment perception; intelligent network; target detection; target recognition; target tracking; reactive control; perception-aware control; SLAM; robot; event camera; point cloud processing; image processing; information fusion

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

Recent Advances in Medical Robots: Design and Applications

edited by Zhenguo Nie

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 833 | Submission Open

Keywords: medical robot; multimodal sensing; intelligent sensing; haptic perception; human– robot interaction; control; teleoperation; robot design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Terahertz Imaging and Tomography with FMCW Radars

edited by Jean-Paul Guillet

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 724 | Submission Open

Keywords: FMCW; imaging; radars; sensing; tomography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Recent Advances in Gas Sensors

edited by

Cristian Fabrega Gallego

and

Caroline Duc

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 549 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensing; nanomaterials; sensor selectivity; chemoresistive sensors; optical gas sensors; electrochemical sensors; AI-assisted calibration; VOC detection; environmental monitoring; IoT-enabled gas sensors; sensor stability; e-nose; multi-sensors array; field calibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Advancements in Metasurface-Based Optical and Optoelectronic Sensors

edited by

Mahmoud Hamdy Elshorbagy

Alexander Cuadrado

, Javier Alda and

Rehab Ramadan

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 539 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensors; optoelectronic sensing; metasurfaces; nanomaterials; nanophotonics; 2D materials; quantum dots; plasmonic; spectroscopy and imaging; environmental detection; chemical detection; biomedical diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Wireless Sensor Networks for the Development of Cyber–Physical Systems (CPS)

edited by

Alberto Morato

and

Federico Tramarin

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber-physical systems; industrial IoT; sensor networks; wireless communication; measurement techniques; mobile sensors; 5G; wireless time-sensitive networking; security; industrial applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

From Science to Recovery: Bridging Sensing Technology and Neurology for a Better Future

edited by

Hatice Kumru

Yolanda Castillo-Escario

and Antonio Oliviero

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurology; neurorehabilitation; artificial intelligence; sleep; wearable sensors; smart system; neurorobotics; neuromodulation; neurophysiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Advanced Robust Processing Techniques and Sensor Technologies for Complex Radio Frequency Signals

edited by Yanwu Ding

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: passive RF sensing; multispectral sensing and detection; AI and ML algorithms for RF applications; processing the mismatch between training and testing data in ML algorithms; high-fidelity RF digital twins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Recent Progress in Optical Fiber Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring

edited by

Francesco Falcetelli

Neha Chandarana

and Luis Costa

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical fiber sensors; structural health monitoring; optical sensing; optical metrology; optical measurement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

AI and Smart Sensors for Intelligent Transportation Systems

edited by

Yuchuan Du

Yu Shen

and Chenglong Liu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 18354 | Submission Open

Keywords: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); Artificial intelligence (AI); smart sensors; Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Computer Vision and Sensing Technologies for Industrial Quality Inspection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Hong-Dar Lin

Cheng-Hsiung Hsieh

and

Hsin-Chieh Wu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12392 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; sensing technologies; industrial quality inspection; automatic optical inspection; artificial intelligence techniques; machine learning; deep learning

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

Applied Robotics in Mechatronics and Automation

edited by Yueh-Jaw (YJ) Lin

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11197 | Submission Open

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

Materials and Devices for Flexible Electronics in Sensor Applications

edited by Huanhuan Feng

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9716 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible sensors; electronic skins; curved interfaces; health monitoring; wearable devices; tactile sensing; advanced materials; structural designs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Feature Review Papers in Fault Diagnosis & Sensors

edited by

Len Gelman

Gilbert-Rainer Gillich

and

Shuncong Zhong

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6276 | Submission Open

Keywords: condition monitoring; structural health monitoring; non-destructive testing

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

Novel Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring: 2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos Moutinho

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4229 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed sensor networks; vision systems; fiber optic sensing; wireless sensing; noncontact sensing; laser and radar systems; unmanned ground and aerial vehicle inspection; global navigation satellite systems; energy-harvesting-based systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Sensors for Enabling Wireless Spectrum Access

edited by Joseph Gaeddert and

Alan Michaels

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3795 | Submission Open

Keywords: radio frequency (RF) wireless communications; spectrum sensing; dynamic spectrum access; software-defined radio; 5g/cellular communications; satellite communications; radar coexistence; antennas and phased arrays; digital signal processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Radar Sensors)

Distributed Sensors: Development and Applications

edited by

George Y. Chen

and

Jun He

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2165 | Submission Open

Keywords: distributed sensing systems; distributed fiber-optic sensors; distributed sensors deployment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality in Neurosurgery

edited by

Adrian Elmi Terander

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1576 | Submission Open

Keywords: extended reality (XR); virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR); mixed reality (MR); neurosurgery; neuronavigation

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

Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity for Wireless Communication and IoT

edited by

Kiho Lim

and Weihua Liu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1343 | Submission Open

Keywords: wireless communication; Internet of Things (IoT); cybersecurity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Smart Internet of Things System for Renewable Energy Resource

edited by

Antonio Cano-Ortega

and

Francisco Sánchez-Sutil

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 735 | Submission Open

Keywords: cloud computing; smart electric meters; smart power analyzers; smart grids; smart meter networks; monitoring of renewable energy power plants: photovoltaic solar energy; wind energy; hydroelectric energy; biomass energy; and other renewable energy resources; distributed generation; efficient smart electrical energy; monitoring of storage energy system: batteries; supercapacitors; fuel cells; etc.; monitoring electrical vehicles; wireless technologies: Wi-Fi; LoRa; ZigBee; Bluetooth; NB-IoT; etc.; LPWAN electrical networks

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

Sensors Technologies in Robot-Assisted Surgical Systems

edited by Jianmin Li

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: flexible sensors; multi-modal sensing; miniaturized sensors; real-time sensing feedback; robot assisted surgery

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

Healthcare Systems Enhanced by Advances in the Internet of Medical Things

edited by

George Oguntala

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoMT; biomedical sensor; wearable devices; remote patient monitoring; smart health; sensor integration; cybersecurity in IoMT; AI in healthcare; edge computing; health data security; personalised medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

RFID and Zero-Power Backscatter Sensors

edited by

Antonio Lázaro

David Girbau

and

Ramon Villarino

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 87207 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

New Trends in Intelligent Social-Health Systems Empowered by Internet of Every Things

edited by

Macarena Espinilla-Estevéz

Mª Ángeles Verdejo-Espinosa

Francisco Javier Cabrerizo-Lorite

and

Yolanda María de la Fuente Robles

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 55364 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent systems; Internet of Everything; artificial intelligence; soft computing; social health systems; accessibility; dependency; disability; aging; accessibility

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Recent Advances in Biomedical Imaging Sensors and Processing

edited by

Patrizia Vizza

and Giuseppe Tradigo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 23607 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Green Analytical Chemistry: A Themed Issue in Honor of Professor Jacek Namieśnik

edited by

Tomasz Marcin Dymerski

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 22925 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical sensors; sensor arrays; electronic noses; electronic tongues; gas chromatography; liquid chromatography; olfactometry; mass spectrometry; capillary electrophoresis; isotachophoresis; sensor miniaturization; device miniaturization; new analytical methodologies; volatiles; non volatiles; qualitative and quantitative analysis; classifications; signal treatment; data processing methods; chemometrics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Multi-sensor Fusion in Medical Imaging, Diagnosis and Therapy

edited by

Xuming Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17491 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion; sparse representation; multi-scale decomposition; machine learning; deep learning model; convolutional neural network; transformer; disease diagnosis and therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Blockchain-Based Security System Applied to IoT Used in Intelligent Systems

edited by

Yongjun Ren

and Hu Xiong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15772 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; Internet of Things; smart contracts; data security; access control; intelligent systems; artificial intelligence

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

Sensor-Based Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure

edited by

Bin Xu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13273 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensors; structural health monitoring; civil infrastructure; sensor materials; sensor networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Sensing)

Smart Sensor Systems for Positioning and Navigation

edited by Zhiyuan Luo and

Khuong An Nguyen

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13162 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor positioning; indoor mapping; indoor navigation; smart sensors

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

Recent Advances in Smart Mobile Sensing Technology

edited by

Chien Aun Chan

Ming Yan

and

Chunguo Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12188 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-enabled smart mobile sensing technology; hardware; material; and signal processing of smart mobile sensing technology; smart mobile sensing applications and use-cases; machine learning; deep learning; and big data analytics; privacy-preserving and security of smart mobile sensing; intelligent AR/VR application with machine/deep learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Microwaves for Biomedical Applications and Sensing

edited by

Marta Cavagnaro

and

Rosa Scapaticci

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12113 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwaves; electromagnetics; diagnostic applications; therapeutics; sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Smart Sensor Technologies for Accurate Movement Monitoring and Connectivity

edited by Pi-Chung Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11909 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart sensor; movement monitoring and connectivity; wearable technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Terahertz Sensors

edited by

Dongshan Wei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10729 | Submission Open

Keywords: THz metamaterial; THz sensing; QBIC; quantum dot; photonic crystal; molecular marker; trace detection; Q value; sensitivity; resonant frequency

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Intelligent Sensors and Robots for Ambient Assisted Living

edited by

Philippe Gorce

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9527 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Recent Advances in THz Sensing and Imaging

edited by Maxime Bernier, Gwenael Gaborit and Pierre-Baptiste Vigneron

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6411 | Submission Open

Keywords: gas sensing; nondestructive testing; THz prospection; subwavelength imaging; THz image processing; sensing and modeling of heterogeneous samples; QCL THz; THz-QWIP; THz lab-on-chip; THz detectors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

Innovative Synergies: Robotics, AI, and Sensor Technologies in Field Autonomous Systems

edited by

Ehsan Asadi

and

Hamid Khayyam

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6301 | Submission Open

Keywords: field robotics systems: trials and real-world applications; robotic sensor technologies and sensor fusion for field deployment; AI applications in robotics; vision; and sensor technologies; algorithms and field implementations for visual and non-visual sensors; mobile robotics and navigation in field environments; human– robot interactions in field settings; bio-inspired robotics for field applications; computational intelligence in field robotics; mechatronic systems: field applications and innovations; swarm robotics in field operations; drones in field operations; social/humanoid robotics in field contexts; immersive interfaces for field robotics; IoT and robotics: crossover field applications

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

Advances and Applications of Magnetic Sensors: 2nd Edition

edited by

Paula Corte-Leon

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5783 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic sensors; microsensors; magnetic nanomaterials; characterization of magnetic nanomaterials; magnetic micro- and nanowires; smart materials and composites; sensing materials; magnetic biosensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Detectors & Sensors in Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics

edited by

Zhuang Ge

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5220 | Submission Open

Keywords: detectors; diagnostics system; design; measurements; characterization; simulations; nuclear physics; nuclear astrophysics; fundamental physics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Human Movement Monitoring Using Wearable Sensor Technology—2nd Edition

edited by Yi-Chung Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4637 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; human movement; rehabilitation; workplace injury; posture; sport performance; sport injury

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

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