Journal scope

With 12 issues per year, Measurement Science and Technology's subject coverage includes the theory, practice and application of measurement in physics, chemistry, engineering and the environmental and life sciences from inception to commercial exploitation. Its scope includes:

• sensors, instruments and systems for physical, chemical and biological measurands
• sensor applications, micro- and nano-systems
• signal processing techniques for measurement and sensor-actuator systems
• metrology and the theory of measurement, including data and error analysis, standards and calibration

The full range of transduction principles and measurement techniques are covered, including:

• sensors (mechanical, chemical, thermal, biological, magnetic, radiation, fibre optic)
• fluid flow measurement, particle sizing, combustion measurements
• optical and laser based measurement techniques
• imaging techniques, including tomography, microscopy and holography
• spectroscopy, including MS, NMR, ESR, IR, UV-VIS, PCS, fluorescence, optical interferometry, dielectric, acoustic spectroscopy
• biomedical instrumentation
• micro-, nano- and picoscale measurement
• cryogenic science and measurement
• dimensional, thermal and optical metrology
• methods based on visible, infrared, x-ray or other electromagnetic radiation
• electrical and magnetic measurements including frequency and dielectric measurements
• acoustic and ultrasonics
• nuclear measurements