In the last decade, the sensors market has witnessed an abrupt rising adoption rate in the wake of a variety of factors, including widespread IoT applications, growing wireless network demand, and rising demand for high accuracy sensors and more efficient and reliable measurement systems. Sensors are used for a wide range of applications such as environmental monitoring, agriculture, healthcare, and human-machine interaction. With the increasing advances of sensor technologies in a wide range of applications, sensing devices have become more and more pervasive and capable. For instance, the number of sensors included in the latest generation of smartphones is huge: from the touchscreen and fingerprint sensors to the heart rate sensor passing through the Global Positioning System (GPS) sensor. Their combination enables users to interact with the device, support their everyday activities, and monitor their state of health. Likewise, wearables equipped with sensors (e.g., smartwatches and smart bands) have also become an increasingly popular option for monitoring health and fitness.

Additionally, several factors have also resulted in the surging demand for sensors, such as increasing Internet connectivity worldwide, growing industrial automation, and growing requirements for improved efficiency in industries. The global sensing market is thus expected to experience strong growth in the next few years. The market is also expected to gain prominence over the forthcoming years owing to the rise in the integration of IIoT and 5G networks.

In this context, the research of novel sensors and sensor-based measurement systems represents one of the most important challenges for the development of new and advanced applications.

This is the main topic of the Sensors Journal (MDPI) Special Issue (SI) entitled “Sensors and Sensor-Based Measurement Systems: Design, Development and Challenges” and edited by Prof. Nicola Donato from the University of Messina (Res4Net member) in collaboration with Dr. Luca Lombardo (Politecnico di Torino) and Dr. Giovanni Gugliandolo (University of Messina).

The scope of this SI is to publish high-quality research papers as well as review articles including, but not limited to, design, development, characterization, and employment of sensors and sensor-based measurement systems. New application scenarios, as well as sensor technology and sensor fusion and measurement issues, are also topics of interest.

The SI is open and will accept paper proposals up to 20 January 2023.