As part of the Annual Special Issue, the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering (JBME) Associate Editors selected the top papers published in the journal during 2014. Those Editors' Choice papers, listed below in chronological order, exemplified both the high quality and the breadth of papers published in the journal. Congratulations to these authors and to all authors whose work appeared in JBME over the past year!
Pyne, J. D., Genovese, K., Casaletto, L., and Vande Geest, J. P., 2014, “Sequential-Digital Image Correlation for Mapping Human Posterior Sclera and Optic Nerve Head Deformation,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 136(2), p. 021002.
Ghosh, S., Dutton, J. C., and Han, B., 2014, “Measurement of Spatiotemporal Intracellular Deformation of Cells Adhered to Collagen Matrix During Freezing of Biomaterials,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 136(2), p. 021025.
Riggin, C. N., Sarver, J. J., Freedman, B. R., Thomas, S. J., and Soslowsky, L. J., 2014, “Analysis of Collagen Organization in Mouse Achilles Tendon Using High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 136(2), p. 021029.
Colloca, M., Ito, K., and van Rietbergen, B., 2014, “An Analytical Approach to Investigate the Evolution of Bone Volume Fraction in Bone Remodeling Simulation at the Tissue and Cell Level,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 136(2), p. 031004.
Labus, K. M., Han, S. K., Hsieh, A. H., and Puttlitz, C. M., 2014, “A Computational Model to Describe the Regional Interlamellar Shear of the Annulus Fibrosus,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 136(5), p. 051009.
Fischenich, K. M., Coatney, G. A., Haverkamp, J. H., Button, K. D., DeCamp, C., Haut, R. C., and Haut Donahue, T. L., 2014, “Evaluation of Meniscal Mechanics and Proteoglycan Content in a Modified Anterior Cruciate Ligament Transection Model,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 136(7), p. 071001.
Shi, Y., Yao, J., Xu, G., and Taber, L. A., 2014, “Bending of the Looping Heart: Differential Growth Revisited,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 136(8), p. 081002.
Nasseroleslami, B., Vossoughi, G., Boroushki, M., and Parnianpour, M., 2014, “Simulation of Movement in Three-Dimensional Musculoskeletal Human Lumbar Spine Using Directional Encoding-Based Neurocontrollers,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 136(9), p. 091010.
Figueroa, D. S., Kemeny, S. F., and Clyne, A. M., 2014, “Glycated Collagen Decreased Endothelial Cell Fibronectin Alignment in Response to Cyclic Stretch Via Interruption of Actin Alignment,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 136(10), p. 101010.
