''Sensors'' is a monthly

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that is published by

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. It was established in June 2001. The

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are Vittorio M.N. Passaro, Assefa M. Melesse, Alexander Star, Eduard Llobet, Guillermo Villanueva and Davide Brunelli. ''Sensors'' covers research on all aspects of

sensor A sensor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of sensing a physical phenomenon. In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, machine, or subsystem that detects events or changes in its environment and sends ...

s and

biosensor A biosensor is an analytical device, used for the detection of a chemical substance, that combines a biological component with a physicochemical detector. The ''sensitive biological element'', e.g. tissue, microorganisms, organelles, cell recep ...

s. The journal publishes original research articles, short notes, review articles,

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s, product reviews, and announcements related to academia.

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is indexed in the following databases: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.576.

References

External links

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