University of Exeter Library and Copernicus Publications have signed an agreement on the central billing of article processing charges (APCs) to facilitate the publication procedure for authors.

The journal metrics 2021 were released and the current numbers are available from the journal metrics overview.

At the end of the year, we would like to express our deep gratitude for our collaboration with all editors, referees, and authors in 2021. Please take a look at our Christmas card. Since our virtual office is closed from 23 Dec to 2 Jan and a significant number of editors and referees pause their work over the Christmas days, we extended all journal review deadlines: deadlines expiring shortly before or over Christmas have been extended to the week after and deadlines expiring after Christmas or over New Year have been extended to after New Year’s Day. Season's greetings and a happy New Year. Please stay healthy.

The founding editor of JSSS Professor Gerald Gerlach, TU Dresden, steps down as chief editor of JSSS. Ulrich Schmid, professor at the Institute for Sensor and Actuator Systems (ISAS) at the Vienna University of Technology, will take over as chief editor. Read more.

As of 1 November 2020 the direct settlement of article processing charges (APCs) between the ETH Zurich and Copernicus Publications will be valid for corresponding authors.

The journal metrics were updated and the current numbers are available from the metrics box on the left-hand side.

Gothenburg University Library and Copernicus Publications have signed an agreement on the central billing of article processing charges (APCs) to facilitate the publication procedure for authors.

The Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) will now provide a publication fund for their corresponding authors publishing in Copernicus' open-access journals.

As of 1 September 2019 the direct settlement of article processing charges (APCs) between the Helmholtz Association and Copernicus Publications will be valid for corresponding authors.

The journal metrics were updated and the current numbers are available from the metrics box on the left-hand side.

A video abstract is a short video statement providing authors with the opportunity to present background information about their findings and to showcase their research activities to a wider audience.

14 scientific institutions have joined the national opt-in consortium for the central payment processing of APCs for articles of all journals published by Copernicus Publications.

Iowa State University Library and Copernicus Publications have signed an agreement on the central billing of article processing charges (APCs) to facilitate the publication procedure for authors.

Copernicus Publications recently launched its full-text HTML workflow and optimized the JSSS website for mobile devices. Thereby, the user experience is significantly enhanced when reading JSSS articles.

To facilitate the publication procedure for authors from Helsinki University, Copernicus Publications and Helsinki University Library have signed an agreement on a central billing of article processing charges (APCs).

Data underpinning any research finding should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) - not only for humans, but also for machines. Therefore, Copernicus Publications requests that such data are available upon publication of an article.

JSSS has introduced article processing charges (APCs) to cover the costs of the review process, typesetting, web publication, and long-term archiving. APCs are valid for all manuscripts submitted after 01 July 2018.

The updated publication policy now is extended by the journal's open access statement, its archiving and indexing scheme, and explicit policies on corrections and retractions.

The general obligations for editors, referees, and authors have been revised to give advice for the appropriate handling of literature suggestions.

From 6 June onwards, all newly submitted articles, if accepted for publication, will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

To make it as easy as possible for users without technical knowledge to cut and paste or click to share DOIs, CrossRef has changed the display and citation guidelines for DOIs from "doi:10.5194/abcd" to "https://doi.org/10.5194/abcd".

Copernicus Publications has extended the article level metrics (ALMs) by showing the geographical distribution of views. This information is available for articles published after 3 August 2016.

The Call for Papers for the AMA Conferences 2017, SENSOR und IRS², has been put out. Both conferences will be held from 30 May to 1 June 2017 parallel to the trade fair SENSOR+TEST 2017 in Nuremberg. The submission deadline for presentations is 17 November 2016.

Scopus has completed its evaluation of Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems (JSSS) and announced that it will include the journal in its database.

Thomson Reuters announced that JSSS has been accepted into the Web of Science and is now included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

In cooperation with the TIB|AV-Portal JSSS authors can now add short, citable video abstracts and video supplements to their articles.

We have updated our data policy: it now also refers to the Data Citation Principles and stresses the necessity of data availability.

Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems (JSSS) has received the new DOAJ Seal which recognizes journals with an exceptionally high level of publishing standards and best practice.

Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems (JSSS) has become a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and thereby subscribes to the principles of COPE.

The JSSS website has been given a new look, and the navigation has been adjusted. Further details:

Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems (JSSS) has started an XML-first workflow and will provide all new articles in full-text XML from now on. 

Article level metrics (ALMs) comprise a set of easy-to-understand real-time impact indicators that track how an article is read, discussed, or cited.

JSSS has implemented publication ethics in order to guarantee high scientific and ethical standards.

JSSS has just published its new data policy.