IEEE Sensors Journal


The IEEE Sensors Journal is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal, covering research on sensors. It is published by the IEEE Sensors Council. The editor-in-chief is Sandro Carrara. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 3.076.

Editorial keywords for manuscript classification

The Keywords are used to assign a manuscript to a Topical Area of the Journal
KeywordResearch Areas Covered
SYSTSensor system integration
  • smart sensor systems
  • multiple-sensor systems
  • sensor arrays
  • combined sensors
  • packaging and interconnections
NETWSensor system networks
  • sensor buses and communications
  • networked sensor fusion and decisions
  • sensor telemetry and monitoring
  • PHENSensor Phenomenology
  • sensor testing and evaluation
  • noise, interference effects, cross-talk
  • aging, reliability, stability
  • MODLSensor modelling
  • sensor model analysis
  • sensor model analysis verification
  • SIELSensor Interface Electronics
  • sensor electronic circuits, sensor readout circuits
  • sensor signal conditioning, sensor signal conversion, sensor signal digitization
  • sensor signal processing for high precision and stability
  • sensor signal processing under harsh conditions ; energy consumption/harvesting
  • DATPSensor Data Processing
  • soft computing with sensor data
  • sensor data fusion
  • processing of wave sensor data
  • processing of non-wave sensor data
  • detection, estimation and classification based on sensor data
  • APPLSensor Applications
  • automotive, medical, environmental monitoring and control,
  • consumer, alarm and security, military, nautical, aeronautical and space sensor systems, robotics and automation
  • applications of intelligent sensors
  • internet based and other remote data acquisition and control of sensors
  • ACTUSensor-Actuators
  • integrated sensor-actuators
  • smart sensor-actuators
  • networkable sensors-actuators
  • MATRSensor Materials
  • thin-film and thick-film gas sensors,
  • humidity sensors
  • sensors for specific ions , radon, carbon monoxide
  • viscosity sensors, density sensors
  • acoustic velocity sensors, proximity sensors
  • altimeters, barometers
  • MECHMechanical Sensors
  • strain gauges: metallic, thin-film, thick film and bulk strain gauges
  • pressure sensors
  • accelerometers, gyroscopes, angular rate sensors, displacement transducers, force sensors
  • bulk and surface acoustic wave sensors, ultrasonic sensors
  • flow sensors
  • microelectromechanical sensors
  • MASSMass-Sensitive Sensors
  • quartz crystal microbalance
  • surface acoustic wave sensors
  • mass-sensitive gas sensors
  • resonators/oscillators for sensors
  • THERThermal Sensors
  • platinum resistors, thermistors, diode and transistor temperature sensors
  • thermocouples, thermopiles
  • pyroelectric and piezoelectric thermometers
  • calorimeters, bolometers
  • MAGNMagnetic Sensors
  • magnetoresistors, magnetometers
  • Hall-effect devices, magnetic-field sensors
  • solid-state read and write heads
  • OPTOOptoelectronic and Photonic Sensors
  • light-emitting diodes, diode lasers, other quantum sources for sensing
  • photoconductors, photodiodes, phototransistors
  • position-sensitive photodetectors, photodiode arrays, charge-coupled devices
  • radar sensors
  • imaging sensors
  • sensors using photometry, fluorimetry, interferometry, ellipsometry, surface plasmon resonance
  • MICRTHz/Microwave/Millimeter Wave Sensors
    IONIIonizing Radiation Sensors
    FIBRFiber-Optic Sensors
  • optical fibers for sensing
  • fibre-Bragg grating sensors
  • INTOIntegrated Optics Sensors
    CHEMChemical and Biological Sensors
  • electronics and physics of transduction for chemical and biological signals
  • olfactory sensors
  • microfluidic devices and lab-on-chip devices
  • Editorial Board structure

    The Editorial Board is structured in 10 Topical Areas, each led by a Topical Editor. A Topical Area encompasses a group of 'core' Associate Editors with main expertise in that Topical Area. Topical Areas also have a 'pool' membership of Associate Editors from other Topical Areas, with interdisciplinary expertise. Each Associate Editor is a core member of a single Topical Area, but can be a pool member of several other Topical Areas.

    Journal leadership

    Best paper awards

    The annual IEEE Sensors Journal Best Paper Award recognizes the best paper published in the journal. Winners are presented with a certificate and $2,000 split equally among the authors.