Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks

Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks is an international peer-reviewed open access journal founded in 2012 and published bimonthly online by MDPI, covering the science and technology of sensor and actuator networks, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.8.《传感器与执行器网络杂志》（Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks）是（MDPI）于 2012 年创办的国际同行评审开放获取期刊，以双月刊形式在线出版，研究领域为传感器与执行器网络的科学与技术，2025 年影响因子为 4.8。

Scope

• The journal publishes regular research papers, reviews, including comprehensive reviews on complete sensor and actuator networks, and short communications, with no restriction on paper length and a requirement for full experimental detail so that results can be reproduced.该刊发表常规研究论文、综述（含对完整传感器与执行器网络的全面综述）以及短篇通讯，对论文篇幅不设限制，并要求提供完整实验细节以保证结果可复现。
• Manuscripts reporting research proposals and research ideas are particularly welcome, and electronic files and software detailing calculations and experimental procedures may be deposited as supplementary material.该刊特别欢迎汇报研究计划与研究思路的稿件，概述计算方法与实验过程的电子文件和软件亦可作为补充材料存放。
• Core topics span system architecture, operating systems and network hardware for sensor and actuator networks, protocols and middleware, wireless sensor and actuator networks as cyber-physical systems, software-defined systems and networks for control applications.核心主题涵盖传感器与执行器网络的系统架构、操作系统与网络硬件，协议与中间件，作为信息物理系统的无线传感器与执行器网络，以及面向控制应用的软件定义系统与网络。
• Emerging directions include blockchain technologies, AI automation, smart and intelligent sensing and actuation, edge AI and machine learning, edge-cloud collaboration, digital twins and network twins, federated learning, and networks for the visual network and the Tactile Internet.新兴方向包括区块链技术、人工智能自动化、智能感知与驱动、边缘智能与机器学习、边云协同、数字孪生与网络孪生、联邦学习，以及面向视觉网络与触觉互联网的网络技术。
• Connectivity themes cover Internet-of-Things-based networks, industrial IoT and Industry 4.0, embedded wireless systems, heterogeneous network integration, 5G and 6G for sensor and actuator networks, software-defined networking, simultaneous wireless information and power transfer, and nano-sensor networks.连接主题涵盖基于物联网的网络、工业物联网与工业 4.0、嵌入式无线系统、异构网络集成、面向传感器与执行器网络的 5G 与 6G、软件定义网络、无线携能通信以及纳米传感器网络。
• The journal addresses reliability, trust, security and privacy of networks, quality of service, lightweight cryptography, resilient and self-healing networks, intrusion detection, modelling, simulation and virtualisation tools, and experimental facilities and test beds.该刊关注网络的可靠性、信任、安全与隐私，服务质量，轻量级密码学，韧性自愈合网络，入侵检测，建模、仿真与虚拟化工具，以及实验设施与试验床。
• Applications range from smart grids, AI-driven wearable sensors, smart cities and infrastructure, smart agriculture and environmental monitoring to health and medical care, energy harvesting and green networks, intelligent robots and vehicles, aerospace and electronic systems, and disaster response and surveillance.应用范围从智能电网、人工智能驱动的可穿戴传感器、智慧城市与基础设施、智慧农业与环境监测，到健康与医疗照护、能量收集与绿色网络、智能机器人与车辆、航空航天与电子系统，以及灾害响应与监视。

History

• The journal was founded in 2012 and its first issue appeared on 31 January 2012, opening with a welcome editorial by Stefan Fischer of the University of Luebeck.该刊于 2012 年创办，第 1 期于 2012 年 1 月 31 日出版，开篇为吕贝克大学（University of Luebeck）Stefan Fischer 的欢迎辞。^[1]
• It is published by MDPI AG of Basel, Switzerland, as a fully open access journal under the CC BY licence, with an article processing charge of CHF 2000 and discounts for authors in the institutional open access programme.该刊由瑞士巴塞尔的（MDPI AG）出版，为采用（CC BY）许可的完全开放获取期刊，文章处理费为 2000 瑞士法郎，参与机构开放获取计划的作者可享折扣。
• The journal is indexed in Scopus, the Emerging Sources Citation Index of the Web of Science, dblp and INSPEC.该刊被（Scopus）、（Web of Science）的新兴来源引文索引、（dblp）与（INSPEC）收录。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.8, against 4.2 in 2024, and Journal Citation Reports places the journal in Q2 of Computer Science, Information Systems, ranked 80th of 266 titles.2025 年影响因子为 4.8，2024 年为 4.2，期刊引用报告将其列人计算机科学信息系统类 Q2 区，在 266 种期刊中排名第 80。
• Its CiteScore stands in Q1 of Control and Optimization, and the publisher reports a median of 24.4 days from submission to first decision and 3.6 days from acceptance to publication for papers published in the first half of 2026.其（CiteScore）位列控制与优化类 Q1，出版方数据显示 2026 年上半年发表论文从投稿到首次决定的中位时间为 24.4 天，从录用到发表为 3.6 天。
• The journal belongs to the publisher's cluster of network and communications technology journals alongside Future Internet, IoT, Telecom, Network and Signals.该刊与（Future Internet）、（IoT）、（Telecom）、（Network）和（Signals）同属出版方的网络与通信技术期刊集群。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Lei Shu, who holds positions at Nanjing Agricultural University in China and the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom and works on the Internet of Things, sensor networks, green computing and fog computing.主编为 Lei Shu（舒磊），任职于南京农业大学与英国林肯大学（University of Lincoln），研究方向为物联网、传感器网络、绿色计算与雾计算。
• Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz of the CSIR NextGen Enterprises and Institutions EDT4IR Research Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, serves as Section Editor-in-Chief for Network Services and Applications, and Jordi Mongay Batalla of the Warsaw University of Technology as Section Editor-in-Chief for Network Security and Privacy.南非比勒陀利亚（CSIR）下一代企业与机构研究中心的 Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz 任网络服务与应用栏目主编，华沙理工大学（Warsaw University of Technology）的 Jordi Mongay Batalla 任网络安全与隐私栏目主编。
• The advisory board comprises Han-Chieh Chao of National Dong Hwa University in Taiwan, Song Guo of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Gerhard P. Hancke of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications and the University of Pretoria, Hussein Mouftah of the University of Ottawa, and Xing Xie of Microsoft Research Asia.顾问委员会成员包括台湾东华大学（National Dong Hwa University）的 Han-Chieh Chao、香港科技大学的 Song Guo、南京邮电大学与比勒陀利亚大学的 Gerhard P. Hancke、渥太华大学的 Hussein Mouftah，以及微软亚洲研究院的 Xing Xie。
• The editorial board numbers roughly 50 members drawn from some 20 countries and regions, with strong contingents from Italy, mainland China and Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, the United States, Canada and South Africa.编委会约有 50 位成员，来自约 20 个国家和地区，以意大利、中国内地与香港、英国、法国、西班牙、美国、加拿大和南非居多。
• Review is single-anonymised, with at least two review reports collected for each manuscript, authors may opt for open peer review in which reports are published with the article, no pre-submission enquiry is required, and timely high-quality reviewers receive APC discount vouchers.该刊实行单盲评审，每篇稿件至少收集两份评审报告，作者可选择开放评审并将评审报告随文发表，投稿前无需预咨询，及时提交高质量评审的审稿人可获文章处理费折扣券。