The IEEE Sensors Journal was born on June 1, 2001, when its first ever issue was published. The journal has grown exponentially over the past 20 years to become one of the world’s largest journals in sensor engineering and technology as well as one of the largest among more than 200 IEEE publications. In these 20 years, the field of sensors has dramatically changed of course: Completely new areas have emerged, e.g., body sensor networks, the Internet-of-Things, memristive sensors, or the smart sensory dusts, while some others have enormously grown, e.g., mechanical sensors, fiber-optics sensors, or radiation sensors. In all these cases, the IEEE Sensors Journal has recorded and presented the progress and achievements of the field. As any engineering journal, IEEE Sensors Journal has also served the community by reporting extremely useful technical papers, in order to provide experiential knowledge. As well, the journal has published scientific manuscripts proposing new detection principles and novel sensing devices. After 20 years of activity, it is now the right time to look back critically at what the field has produced in terms of great achievements and, at the same time, to look ahead at the challenges for the next 20 years to come. That is the main aim of this Special Issue published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IEEE Sensors Journal. With this introductory article, we would like to give an overview of the past 20 years by commenting on their highly successful developments.

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IEEE 传感器杂志 20 周年


IEEE Sensors Journal 诞生于 2001 年 6 月 1 日，当时出版了第一期。该期刊在过去 20 年中呈指数增长，成为世界上最大的传感器工程和技术期刊之一，也是 200 多种 IEEE 出版物中最大的期刊之一。在这 20 年里，传感器领域当然发生了巨大的变化：全新的领域已经出现，例如身体传感器网络、物联网、忆阻传感器或智能传感尘埃，而其他一些领域也有了巨大的发展，例如，机械传感器、光纤传感器或辐射传感器。在所有这些情况下，IEEE传感器杂志都记录并呈现了该领域的进展和成就。与任何工程期刊一样，IEEE Sensors Journal 也通过报道极其有用的技术论文来为社区服务，以提供经验知识。此外，该杂志还发表了提出新检测原理和新颖传感设备的科学手稿。经过 20 年的活动，现在是时候批判性地回顾该领域所取得的巨大成就，同时展望未来 20 年将面临的挑战。这是为庆祝《IEEE 传感器杂志》创刊 20 周年而出版的本期特刊的主要目的。通过这篇介绍性文章，我们想通过评论它们非常成功的发展来概述过去 20 年。