Physical Sensors
A section of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).
Section Information
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Sensor Technologies for Human Health Monitoring: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Advances in Printed Sensors and Electronics: Research and Applications (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Novel Applications of Sensors Technology for Motion Analysis to Advance Understanding of Human Movement (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- New Sensor-Based Methods for Structural Health Monitoring-2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Collaborative Robotics: Prospects, Challenges and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Machine Learning Techniques for Wireless Time Series in the Context of Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Edge Sensing and Computing in 6G (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advanced Technology in Acoustic Signal Processing (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Deep Learning Methods for Aerial Imagery (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advances in Real-Time Computing for Sensor-Based Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Applications of Antenna Technology in Sensors II (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advances in Magnetic Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- Application of Sensors Technologies and Embedded Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Field (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- New Trends and Opportunities in Scintillation Detectors (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Novel Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Thermography Sensing-Based Non-destructive Testing Methods and Applications (Deadline: 26 April 2024)
- Advanced Inertial Sensors: Advances, Challenges and Applications (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Shape Sensing 2021-2024 (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Toward Advanced Microwave Sensors (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Efficient Wireless Temperature Sensors (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Sensors and Advanced Sensing Techniques for Computer Vision Applications (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Antenna Design and Sensors for Internet of Things - 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Electromagnetic Structures for Sensing Applications: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advances in Odor Biosensors Employing Biological Principles or Components (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Emotion Recognition Technologies in Human-Machine Interaction (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Tomographic and Multi-Dimensional Sensors (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Biomedical Sensors: New Technologies, Integration and Signal Processing (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Techniques and Instrumentation for Microwave Sensing (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Guided Waves for Structural Health Monitoring (GW4SHM) (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Advances in CMOS-MEMS Devices and Sensors (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Sensors for Non-destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 1 May 2024)
- Underwater Acoustic Sensors and Applications-2nd Edition (Deadline: 1 May 2024)
- Opportunities and Challenges in Energy Harvesting and Smart Sensors (Deadline: 10 May 2024)
- Advances in Particle Detectors and Radiation Detectors (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Sensor Data Fusion Analysis for Broad Applications: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 May 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring Based on Sensing Technology (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Advances in 3D Pixel Sensors and 3D Silicon Sensors (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Sensing and Data Elaboration in Structural Health Monitoring Technology (Deadline: 20 May 2024)
- Particle Detector R&D: Design, Characterization and Applications (Deadline: 24 May 2024)
- Smart Sensing Technologies for Human-Centered Healthcare: Research and Applications (Deadline: 25 May 2024)
- Plasma Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 25 May 2024)
- Advance in Electromagnetic Sensing and Its Applications (Deadline: 25 May 2024)
- Sensors Technology and Data Analytics Applied in Smart Grid (Deadline: 25 May 2024)
- Wireless Sensor Networks for Intelligent Localization (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Exoskeletons in Rehabilitation Applications: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Advanced Sensing for Smart Precision Manufacturing (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Sensors and Measurements in Machine-Learning-Based Battery Management Systems (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Selected Papers from 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT 2022) (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Detection and Feature Extraction in Acoustic Sensor Signals-2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Damage Assessment and Structural Health Monitoring of Composites (Deadline: 10 June 2024)
- Advances in Magnetic Anomaly Sensing Systems (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Advances in Automated Driving: Sensing and Control (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Diabetic Foot and Fall Prevention Based on Sensors Technology (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Sensors Based on Optical and Photonic Devices (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Structural Health and Condition Monitoring with Acoustic Emission and Guided Ultrasonic Waves: Sensors and Transducers (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Magnetic Sensor and Its Applications (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Sensor Techniques and Methods for Sports Science (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Atomic Magnetic Sensors (Deadline: 25 June 2024)
- Wearable Sensors for Human Activity Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advanced Sensing and Measurement Control Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Sensor Technologies in Sports and Exercise (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Magnetic Sensors and Systems for Scientific and Industrial Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Quantum Sensors and Their Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- IoT Sensor Systems: Design, Interfaces, Signals, Processing, and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Smart Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring and Nondestructive Evaluation: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Optical Fiber Sensors and Its Application in Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Microwave Sensing Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Mechanical, Civil and Petroleum Engineering: Advances in Sensors and Measurement Methods of Multi-Scale Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advances in Flexible Self-Powered Electronics Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Non-destructive Inspection with Sensors (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Microwave and Millimeter Wave Antenna Sensors: Architectures, Applications and Challenges (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Research Development in Terahertz and Infrared Sensing Technology (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advanced Sensing Technology for Moving-Magnet Planar Motor (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Multiferroics and Magnetoelectrics for Sensors, Low-F Antenna and Other Related Emerging Devices (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Smart Sensor Integration in Wearables (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis in Rotating Machines (Deadline: 12 July 2024)
- Integrated Circuit and System Design for Health Monitoring (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Magnetic-Responsive Smart Materials and Applications for Sensors and Transducers (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Sensors for Space Applications (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Microwave and Millimeter Wave Sensing and Applications (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Design and Application of Sensors Based on Nanomaterials in Clinical, Food and Environmental Analysis (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Detection and Measurement of Radioactive Noble Gases (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Advances in Sensor-Based Lightweight and Adaptive Time Series Anomaly Detection (Deadline: 25 July 2024)
- Electromagnetic Sensing and Its Applications (Deadline: 25 July 2024)
- Sensor Technologies and Their Applications in Biomechanics (Deadline: 25 July 2024)
- Advances in Mobile Sensing for Smart Healthcare (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Evaluation of the Elastic and Viscoelastic Properties of Soft Materials via Sensing Technology (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Sensing Technology in Virtual Reality (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Human Performance Sensing and Human-Structure Interactions (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Sensors and Geophysical Electromagnetics (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- RF and IoT Sensors: Design, Optimization and Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- High-Power and High-Frequency RF MEMS and Their Applications (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Challenges and Future Trends of Inertial Sensors (Deadline: 1 August 2024)
- Wave and ICT Based Sensing and Characterization (Deadline: 2 August 2024)
- Sensors Fusion in Digital Healthcare Applications (Deadline: 10 August 2024)
- The Intelligent Sensing Technology of Transportation System: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Sensor Technologies for Gait Analysis: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems: Sensing, Automation and Control (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Sensors for Navigation and Control Systems: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 August 2024)
- Advanced Chemical Sensors for Industrial and Environmental Applications (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Recent Advances in Sensing Technology for Signal Acquisition and Processing (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Health Monitoring and Maintenance of Road Pavements Using Emerging Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Sensing Technologies in Additive Manufacturing (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Sensors and Applications: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Ultrasound Devices for Biomedical Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Sensors and Algorithms for 3D Visual Analysis and SLAM (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Antenna Technologies for Wireless Sensing and Communications (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Magnetoelectric Sensors and Their Applications (Deadline: 2 September 2024)
- Research Progress in Optical and Optoelectronic Devices and Systems (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- Applications of Manufacturing and Measurement Sensors (Deadline: 20 September 2024)
- Magnetic Nanoparticles-Based Sensors: Research and Applications (Deadline: 25 September 2024)
- Application of Tactile Sensors in Biomedical Engineering (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Recent Advances in Sensors Technology for Structural Health Monitoring (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advances in Chipless RFID Sensors and Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Superconductor and Semiconductor-Based Radiation Detectors (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Design of Piezoelectric Actuator and Sensor Configurations Implemented in Operational Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Flexible Energy Converter and Sensor (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Advances in Sensing-Based Animal Biomechanics (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Sensors Technologies for Gesture Recognition Applications in Shared Spaces (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Topical Advisory Panel Members' Collection Series: "Terahertz Sensors" (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Distributed Observation and Control of Multi-Sensor Networks (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Attitude Estimation Based on Data Processing of Sensors: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring of Structures and Infrastructures (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Magnetic and Electromagnetic-Based Sensors for Engineering Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Wireless Sensor Network and IoT Technologies for Smart Cities (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Sensors and Sensory Algorithms for Intelligent Transportation Systems (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Electromagnetic Sensors for Remote Patient Monitoring (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Sensors for High Temperature Monitoring (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- SDN-Enabled Sensing in Smart Infrastructure (Deadline: 1 November 2024)
- Design and Application of Quantum Sensors (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Sensors in Sports Safety and NextGen Rehabilitation (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Flexible and Stretchable Sensors and Actuators for Engineering Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Millimeter Waves and Terahertz Sensing for Engineering Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Magnetic and Electromagnetic Sensors for Engineered Systems and Technologies (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Ferroelectric Materials for Sensors and Device Applications (Deadline: 1 December 2024)
- Advanced Acoustic Sensing Technology (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Sensor Technologies for Radar Detection (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Personal Sensor Technologies for Physiological, Physical Activity and Air Pollution Exposure Assessments (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Emerging Sensing Technologies for Machine Health State Awareness (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Optical Fiber Interferometers and Resonators (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Feature Review Papers in Physical Sensors (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Sensor and Sensing Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring and Non-destructive Testing—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Dalian University of Technology Celebrating 75th Anniversary (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advanced Sensing Technologies in Geotechnical Engineering—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Sensing of Nuclear Materials and Activities (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Feature Papers in Physical Sensors 2024 (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Sensors and Acoustic Emission Technology for Nondestructive Evaluation (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Kinetic Analysis of Movement With Wearable Systems (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Dielectric Sensing-Based Systems and Applications
- Electromagnetic Sensors
- Inertial Sensors and Applications
- Instrument and Measurement
- Machine Learning for Signal, Image, and Video Processing
- Machine Learning in Agriculture
- Magnetic Sensors
- Measurements, Instrumentation, Sensing and Simulation Techniques for the Detection of Radiation
- Microfluidic Sensors
- Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering
- Next Generation MEMS: Design, Development, and Application
- Position Sensor
- Robotic and Sensor Technologies in Environmental Exploration and Monitoring
- Sensors and Measurements for Unmanned Systems
- Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring
- Sensors for Fault Diagnosis, Fault Tolerance and Resilient Control
- Sensors for Globalized Healthy Living and Wellbeing
- Sensors for Human Movement Applications
- Sensors in Biomechanics
- Sensors Technology in Cultural Heritage
- Smart Robotics for Automation
- Tactile Sensors, Sensing and Systems
- Ultrasound Transducers
- Visual Sensors