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Human Movement Monitoring Using Wearable Sensor Technology—2nd Edition

edited by Yi-Chung Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4620 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensing Technology to Measure Human-Computer Interactions

edited by Klaas Bombeke

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4335 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensor design; physiological signals; digital interactions; machine learning; gestures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

AI-Based Object Detection and Tracking in UAVs: Challenges and Research Directions—2nd Edition

edited by

Boyang Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3480 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; object tracking; UAV

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

The Sensing Technologies and Computational Methods for Biomedical Engineering: Next-Generation Perspectives

edited by

Pedro Morais

João Vilaça

and Helena R. Torres

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2638 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; medical imaging sensors; AI-driven biosignal processing; multimodal biomedical sensor fusion; sensor-based physiological modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Gas Sensing for Air Quality Monitoring

edited by

Yinsheng Chen

Yunbo Shi

and Wenjie Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2456 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; machine olfaction; electronic nose; gas detection; concentration estimation; deep learning; signal processing; gas sensitive material

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Novel Nanoprobes for Biomedical Sensing, Disease Detection, and Theranostic Applications

edited by

Ke Cheng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2296 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanoprobes; biomedical sensing; disease detection; theranostics; deep learning; targeted therapy; smart nanodevices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nanosensors)

Wearable Sensors and Human Activity Recognition in Health Research

edited by

Marcin Strączkiewicz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1663 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable sensors; human activity recognition; accelerometry; generalization; reproducibility; free-living environments; machine learning; open science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Advances in Bearing Fault Diagnosis Using Single Sensor Techniques and Sensor Fusion Approaches

edited by

Jong-Myon Kim

and

Zahoor Ahmad

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1634 | Submission Open

Keywords: bearing fault diagnosis; single sensor techniques; sensor fusion; condition monitoring; machine learning

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

Challenges and Future Trends in Antenna Technologies for Communications and Sensing

edited by

Qingsheng Zeng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1246 | Submission Open

Keywords: antenna measurements; antenna sensor; wireless communication; broadband antennas; communication and sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances in Photothermal Techniques for Material Characterization and Sensor Development

edited by

Dorota Korte

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1026 | Submission Open

Keywords: photothermics; photoacoustics; laser physics; thermophysics; bio- and nanophotonics; material science; laser medicine; theranostics; thermal analysis; laser spectroscopy; laser ultrasonics; photothermal theoretical models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Advanced Neural Architectures for Anomaly Detection in Sensory Data

edited by Alireza Tavakkoli and Prithul Sarker

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open

Keywords: anomaly detection; neural architectures; generative models; density estimation; data description

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

Recent Advances in Spectroscopic Sensing and Sensor Engineering

edited by

Andrea Zifarelli

Giansergio Menduni

and

Mariagrazia Olivieri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 844 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical spectroscopy; sensing technologies; laser sources and detectors; photoacoustic gas and liquid sensing; light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy; real-world applications of sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)

AI-Driven Innovations for Enhanced Signal Intelligence: Applications in Radar and Biomedical Imaging Sensing

edited by

Hong Tang

Hanxiang Zhang

and

Yu Shi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 838 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; biomedical imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Recent Trends and Advances in Magnetic Sensors

edited by

Valentina Zhukova

Arcady Zhukov

and Yoshinobu Honkura

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 801 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic sensors; non-destructive control and monitoring; magnetoelastic sensors; giant magnetoimpedance effect and related applications; GHz spin rotation effect and related applications; magnetic materials for sensor and actuator applications; magnetometers; fundamentals and physics of magnetic sensors; magnetic measurements and instrumentation; measurement standards; smart materials and composites; tuneable metamaterials and composites; magnetic sensors applications; novel sensing techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Drone Autonomous Perception-Aware Path Planning for Survey and Inspection Missions

edited by

Samer Hanoun

, Sui Yang Khoo, Chee Peng Lim and

Khaled Eskaf

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 453 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-rotor drones; fixed-wing drones; autonomous navigation; path planning; mission planning; task decomposition; survey and inspection missions; human pilot guidance; perception-aware path planning

Functional Low-Dimensional Materials for Optical and Electrochemical Sensing

edited by

Zhifang Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical and electrochemical sensing; low-dimensional sensing materials; ensing methodologies and mechanism— flexible; wearable; and miniaturized sensor platforms; environmental monitoring; biomedical diagnostics; and industrial sensing; low-dimensional material-enabled sensing structure or devices

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Development of Metal Oxide Gas Sensors: From Design and Synthesis to Real-World Applications

edited by

Estefanía Núñez-Carmona

and

Veronica Sberveglieri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 288 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal oxide gas sensors; nanostructured sensing materials; selectivity and sensitivity enhancement; environmental and industrial monitoring; smart and wearable gas sensors; hybrid and composite materials; low-power and flexible sensors; mechanisms of gas detection; Internet of Things (IoT) sensing applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Security, Trust and Privacy in Internet of Things

edited by Alex Akinbi, Safiullah Khan and

Max Hashem Eiza

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: IoT; privacy; security; blockchain; cryptography

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

Cyber Resilience of IoT Systems: Leveraging Cryptography, Protocols, and AI

edited by

Dongxi Liu

and Nan Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: cyber resilience; IoT systems; IoT security

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

Sensors and Machine Vision Technologies for Stress and Disease Detection in Digital Agriculture

edited by

Md Sultan Mahmud

and

Tanzeel Ur Rehman

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; artificial intelligence; smart sensors; deep learning models; crop sensing; disease detection and monitoring; data-driven agriculture; AgRobotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Smart Agriculture)

Biometric Sensing in Human–Computer Interaction for Assistive AI Systems

edited by

Khalid Saeed

and

Nobuyuki Nishiuchi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: product sensing in Kansei engineering; biometrics; AI methods in smart life; smart cities; affective computing; assistive AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Advances in Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Smart Beamforming for Next-Generation Wireless Networks

edited by

Mohamed Mamdouh Mahmoud Ali

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS); smart beamforming; wireless networks; energy efficiency; dynamic channel adaptation; IoT; UAV communications; 6G; mmWave/THz communications; AI-driven wireless systems; wireless sensor networks

Blockchain Security and Its Application in Internet of Things (2nd Edition)

edited by

Chun-Ta Li

Cheng-Chi Lee

and

Tuan-Vinh Le

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain; Internet of Things; security and privacy; cryptography protocol; secure communication

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

Sensing Signals for Biomedical Monitoring—2nd Edition

edited by

Carlos M. Travieso-González

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical monitoring; sensing signals; artificial intelligence for healthcare; wearable sensors; data acquisition and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Wearable Technologies and Sensors for Health Monitoring

edited by

Francisco J. Romero

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: wearable health monitoring; biosignal monitoring; biosensors; flexible antennas

(This special issue belongs to the Section Wearables)

Advanced Sensors for Path Planning and Navigation in Challenging Environments

edited by

Jianguo (Jack) Wang

Gregor Klančar

and

Shiwei Lin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: positioning sensors; sensor fusion; navigation; AGV path planning; dynamic environment; AGV applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Innovative Sensing Methods for Motion and Behavior Analysis

edited by Koichi Hashimoto,

Naoya Chiba

and

Shohei Ochi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: motion analysis; behavior sensing; sensor fusion; SLAM; hyperspectral imaging; RFID; high-speed vision; animal tracking; human– machine interaction

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

Next-Generation Semiconductor-Based Nanophotonic Sensors for Applied Technologies

edited by Evripidis Michail

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing; semiconductors; nanophotonic; nanofabrication; optoelectronics; photonic devices; light– matter interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Integrated Devices, Circuits, and Systems for Sensor Applications

edited by

Zoran Stamenkovic

and

Vladimir M. Milovanović

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensing devices; signal conditioning circuits; interfacing circuits; millimeter wave radar circuits; monolithic sensor systems; hybrid sensor systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Advances in Mechanical and Electric Systems for Aircraft and Space Devices Based on Sensors Technology

edited by

Lucjan Setlak

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric propulsion; aerospace systems; mechatronics; spacecraft subsystems; structural dynamics; avionics; thermal control; hybrid-electric aircraft; electromechanical actuators; space robotics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electronic Sensors)

Advancements in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks: Challenges, Solutions and Applications in Modern Domains

edited by Alessandro Aloisio

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterogeneous wireless networks; communication; IoT

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

eHealth Platforms and Sensors for Monitoring Health and Human Activity—Second Edition

edited by

Safak Dogan

and

Xiyu Shi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital health (eHealth/mHealth) platforms; remote and predictive healthcare; self-managed care; health monitoring and management; human activity monitoring; sensing and actuation; smart wearables; brain– computer interfaces (BCIs); and Internet of Things (IoT) networks; health analytics and AI; sensor-based human– AI collaboration; and Natural Language Processing (NLP); assisted living; cybersecurity and privacy protection; user acceptance and adoption; robotics in health monitoring and management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomedical Sensors)

Application of Optical Imaging in Medical and Biomedical Research

edited by

Dongyu Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical imaging; optical coherence tomography; medical research; biomedical research

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

Nucleic Acid-Based Biosensors for Molecular Diagnostics

edited by

Fei Ma

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: nucleic acid biosensors; molecular diagnostics; signal amplification; aptamer; DNAzyme; RNAzyme; DNA nanodevice; DNA nanotechnology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Real-Time Object Detection and Classification Using Advanced Sensing Techniques

edited by Chuang Zhu

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2650 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; lightweight model; real-time algorithm; advanced sensors; computer vision

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

Next-Generation Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases: Microfluidics, BioMEMS for Pathogen Detection and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

edited by

Wei Wang

, Yaoping Liu and Shitao Shen

submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 112 | Submission Open

Keywords: pathogen detection; microfluidics; BioMEMS; antimicrobial resistance; AMR; AI-enhanced diagnostics; multiplexed biosensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Chemical Sensors for Toxic Chemical Detection: 2nd Edition

edited by

Marijo Buzuk

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8678 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical sensing; toxic chemicals; electrochemical sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Fluorescent Sensors for Advanced Applications in Biological and Chemical Detection

edited by Sellamuthu Anbu

submission deadline 5 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescent sensors; biological detection; chemical detection; fluorescent probes; biosensing technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Sensors Fusion in Digital Healthcare Applications

edited by

Boon Giin Lee

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 33168 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Intelligent Control Systems for Autonomous Vehicles

edited by Jun Chen and Wen-Chiao Lin

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13312 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; human– machine interaction; sensor fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Vehicular Sensing)

Energy Harvesting and Self-Powered Sensors

edited by

Long Liu

, Bingyong Guo and

Lu Wang

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13057 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy harvesting; wave energy; vibration energy; solar energy; self-powered sensors; wireless sensor networks; wearable sensors; power management; internet of things applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)

Cyber Physical System: Security and Resilience Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Shareeful Islam

Sotiris Ioannidis

, Spyros Papastergiou and Marc-Oliver Pahl

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8665 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybersecurity; resilience; cyber physical systems; risk management; vulnerability assessment; intrusion detection and response; incident response; AI and digital resilience act

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

Trustless Biometric Sensors and Systems

edited by

Kristijan Lenac

and

Žiga Emeršič

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5391 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart biometric sensors; decentralized biometric sensors; trust management in blockchain; trust management in biometrics; biometric data privacy; trusted biometric systems; distributed processing of biometric data; digital identity; decentralised biometrics; decentralised identity; biometric authentication; zero knowledge authentication; privacy-preserving biometry; biodata security; biometric trust; biometric wallets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Novel 2D Material-Based Sensors for Optoelectronic Devices

edited by

Alessandro Fantoni

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2490 | Submission Open

Keywords: 2D materials; optoelectronic device; optoelectronic sensor

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sensor Materials)

Remote Sensing in Urban Surveying and Mapping

edited by

Eva Savina Malinverni

and

Francesco Di Stefano

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical and thermal remote sensing data; GIS; urban mapping; land surface temperature (LST); change detection; urban heat island; hyperspectral data; LiDAR; deep learning; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)

Advanced Photodetector Based on Multifunctional Material

edited by Carmela Bonavolontà and Massimo Valentino

submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 591 | Submission Open

Keywords: photodetectors based on 2D materials; multifunctional nanoscale device; organic photodetectors; multifunctional 2D materials for chemical and biological agent detection; heterojunctions for ultrasensitive photodetectors; multifunctional composite materials; metal-halide perovskite optoelectronics applications; single-photon detectors; broadband photodetectors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

Combining Brain-Computer Interfaces and Assistive Biosensing Technologies

edited by Chunxiu Yu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16497 | Submission Open

Keywords: brain– computer interface (BCI); assistive technology; biosensing; machine learning; adaptive systems; wearable sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosensors)

Biosignal Sensing Analysis (EEG, EMG, ECG, PPG) (2nd Edition)

edited by

Vangelis Sakkalis

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15980 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomedical signals; biosignals; ECG; EEG; PPG; EDR; EMG; BCI; multimodal signal processing; biomedical sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)

Sensor Applications for Military* and Public Use: The Duality into Action

edited by

Spyridon K. Chronopoulos

and

Konstantinos Peppas

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14239 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned vehicles; multi-sensors; antennas; digital signal processing; public applications; military applications; noise; interference; dual application of military and public usage (DUAMILPUS); short-range communications (SRC); long-range communications (LoRa); satellite communications; security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Communications)

Secure Communication for Next-Generation Wireless Networks

edited by

Yue Xiao

and