Sensor Council Publications

Michael S. Shur (VP, publications)CII 9017, RPI, 110 8th street, Troy, NY 12180, USA

(518) 276 2201; (518) 276 2990 (fax) shurm@rpi.edu

(518) 276 6724 (secretary)

Presented to Sensor Council ADCOMOctober 25, 2003

Outline

• Existing sensor publications (competing with Sensor Journal)

• State of the Sensor Journal (to be presented by Troy Nagle, EIC)– page budget and number of articles– distribution and readership– special issues– future plans– EIC transition and AEs

• Sensor WEB page and possible WEB-based newsletter

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Sensor Books on Amazon.com

• 840 books• 300,000 pages (estimated)• 30 years to read (8 hours a day, 300

days per year)

Sensor Journal on Google• 857 times

Major Sensor Journals• IEEE Sensors Journal

• Format: Magazine; Publisher: IEEE; Issues: 6 issues/12 months

• Sensors & Actuators - Part A - Physical Sensors• Format: Journal; Publisher: Elsevier Science Bv.; ASIN:

B00007B1GQ

• Sensors & Actuators - Part B - Chemical Sensors• Format: Journal; Publisher: Elsevier Science Bv.; ASIN:

B00007B9LT

• http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/subscription.htm

Major Sensor Journals (1)• Sensor• Format: Magazine, Publisher: Advanstar Communications Inc.

• Sensor Review• Format: Journal, Publisher: Emerald

• Sensors and Materials• Format: Journal, Publisher: Maruzen Co Ltd., • • Sensors Update• Format: Book, Publisher: Wiley-vch Verlag Gmbh, Issues:2

issues/12 months,

• Sensor-Magazin• Issues: 4 issues/12 months, Format: Magazine Language: German• Publisher: Magazin Verlag Krauel Kg

Major Sensor Journals (2)• Sensor Business Digest• Format: Newsletter, Publisher: Vital Information

Publications, Issues: 12 issues/12 months,

• Fiber Optic Sensors & Systems• Format: Newsletter, Publisher: Information

Gatekeepers Inc., Issues: 12 issues/12 months, • Sensor Technology• Format: Newsletter, Publisher: Technical

Insights/Frost & Sullivan, Issues: 12 issues/12 months, ASIN: B00006KWP8

Sensor proceedings• 2004

• IEEE Sensors 2004 The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Sensors, Vienna, AUSTRIA, 24-27 October, 2004 with tutorials on October 24 The Eighth World Congress on Biosensors, Granada, SPAIN, 24-26 May, 2004. Deadline for abstract: 2 January, 2004 Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (Topic: Devices and components (sensors, actuators, ...), Montreux, SWITZERLAND, 12-14 May, 2004. Deadline for abstract: 31 October, 2003 The 7th Eur. Conference on Optical Chemical Sensors & Biosensors, Europt(r)ode, Madrid, SPAIN, 4-7 April 2004 2004 IEEE-ISA Sensor for Industry Conference (SICON '04), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - 27-29 January 2004 17th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems MEMS 2004, Maastricht, THE NETHERLANDS, 25-29 January 2004. Deadline for abstract: 15 August, 2003

2003 November /October

• Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys 2003), Los Angeles, CA, USA, 5-7 November 2003 14 MicroMechanics Europe Workshop (Topic: Sensing and actuation applications) Delft, The NETHERLANDS, 2-4 November 2003

• PHOTONICS EAST 2003, (Topic: Optical Technologies for Industrial and Environmental Sensing), Rhode Island, USA, 27-31 October 2003 IEEE international conference on sensors (IEEE SENSORS 2003), Toronto, CANADA, 22-24 October 2003 The First IMEKO TC19 Conference on Environmental Measurements (ICEM' 2003), Budapest, HUNGARY, 13-17 October 2003 Symposium on Frontiers of NanoEngineering (Topic: Molecular Sensors), Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, 2-3 October, 2003

Sensor WEB Portals

http://www.sensorsportal.com/(International  Frequency  Sensor  Association  (IFSA))

Also:– AA Electric – Calibration4U – Earthshaper: Civil Engineering Portal – EE Compendium – ElsevierEngineering.com – EMSNow Media – Eng-Tips – Engineering.com – Flowmeter Directory UK – FreeTradeZone – iCivilEngineer.com – Megatron Electronics & Controls – MotionNet.com Engineering Directory – Myplant.com – Optics2001 – Plant Automation.com – Process and Control Today – Pneumatics Online – Sensor Technology Information Exchange – Sensorland.com – SMTnet – Your gateway to the

Electronics Manufacturing Industry – Temperatures.com, Inc. – Test and Measurement.com – ToolingDocs Online Resource and

Conferences

Sensor Council WEB Siteand Future Plans

• WEB expansion ideas– Newsletter?– Peer reviewed?– Cost?– Volunteer run?– Ties to IEEE Sensor conference?

• Future Plans– Strengthen Sensor Journal– Improve WEB presense