ECS Sensors Plus is publishing a focus issue on grand challenges and potential solutions in next-generation sensing and sustainability.
Sensing technology plays a pivotal role in achieving health and environmental sustainability goals, as outlined by the United Nations. To support these goals, sensors must deliver reliable, context-specific performance, allowing effective decision-making at critical points of need. In this regard, next-generation sensing technologies are emerging as a promising tool. These advanced systems integrate functionalized materials with tunable properties, miniaturized electronics, efficient data management, AI-driven algorithms, and sophisticated data analytics to enable intelligent decision-making and risk assessment. However, the concept of next-generation sensing, which represents a leap toward highly integrated, intelligent sensing solutions, remains underexplored due to its complex, multidisciplinary challenges.
The ECS Sensor Division and ECS Sensors Plus invites researchers to submit articles on all topical interest areas to the ECSSP: Focus Issue on Grand Challenges and Potential Solutions in Next Generation Sensing and Sustainability. Follow this link for more on scope and topical interest areas: About the journal – ECS Sensors Plus – IOPscience.
Additional requirements
- Graphical abstracts are mandatory for submissions to ECS Sensors Plus (ECSSP). All graphical abstract files included with the submission must be in a JPEG, JPG, PNG, or TIF format, with the text “GA” as the prefix of the filename, e.g., “GA[filename].jpg”. Upload all graphical abstract files separately as source files. Select “source file” from the drop-down list when uploading files. Do not embed graphical abstracts in manuscript source files, nor as supplementary files or information.
- Highlights are mandatory for submissions to ECS Sensors Plus (ECSSP).
- Manuscript files submitted in Word: Highlights must be provided as separate Word documents named “Highlights”. Select “source file” from the drop-down list when uploading files.
- Manuscript files submitted in TeX: Highlights must be provided as separate TeX documents named “Highlights”. Select “source file” from the drop-down list when uploading files.
Accepting submissions: January 31, 2025 | Submission deadline: May 31, 2025
(Open Access Charges are waived for manuscripts accepted before September 30, 2025.)
Guest Editors
Ajeet Kaushik, Florida Polytechnic University, U.S. | akaushik@floridapoly.edu
Yogendra Kumar Mishra, Syddansk Universitet, Denmark | mishra@mci.sdu.dk
Pratima Solanki, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India | partima@mail.jnu.ac.in
Jeffrey Gorden Bell, Washington State University, U.S. | jeffrey.g.bell@wsu.edu
Dongmei Dong, Rowan University, U.S. | dongd@rowan.edu
Thiagarajan Soundappan, Navajo Technical University, U.S. | tsoundappan@navajotech.edu
Manjunatha C., RV College of Engineering, India | manjunathac@rvce.edu.in
Stefano Cinti, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy | stefano.cinti@unina.it
Manish Kumar, University of Delhi, India | mkumar2@arsd.du.ac.in
Sheng-Joue Young, National United University, Taiwan I youngsj@nuu.edu.tw
Pradeep Bhadola, Mahidol University, Thailand I pradeep.bha@mahidol.ac.th
Associate Editors
Praveen Sekhar, Washington State University, U.S. | praveen.sekhar@wsu.edu
Trisha Andrew, University of Massachusetts Amherst, U.S. | tandrew@umass.edu
Michael Adachi, Simon Fraser University, Canada | mmadachi@sfu.ca
Harshini Mukundan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S. | hmukundan@lbl.gov
Thomas Thundat, University at Buffalo, U.S. | tgthunda@buffalo.edu
Ariel Furst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S. | afurst@mit.edu
Vishal Chaudhary, Bhagini Nivedita College, University of Delhi, India | drvishal@bn.du.ac.in
Itthipon Jeerapan, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand | itthipon.j@psu.ac.th
Katja Froehlich, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria | Katja.Froehlich@ait.ac.at
Olja Simoska, University of South Carolina, U.S. | OSIMOSKA@mailbox.sc.edu
Technical Editor
Netz Arroyo, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, U.S. | netz.arroyo@electrochem.org
Editor-in-Chief
Ajit Khosla, Xidian University, China; Yamagata University, Japan | ajit.khosla@electrochem.org
Articles are published in a standard issue of the journal as they are accepted. If selected at submission, accepted papers are published online in the ECS Digital Library on IOPscience within 24 hours of scheduling for publication. The version of record is published online within approximately 10 days of final acceptance.
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