''Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering'' is an

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published by Annual Reviews. In publication since 1999, this journal covers the significant developments in the broad field of

biomedical engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

with an annual volume of

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s. It is edited by

Martin L. Yarmush Martin L. Yarmush (born October 8, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American scientist, physician, and engineer known for his work in biotechnology and bioengineering. After spending 4 years as a Principal Research Associate in Chemical Engineer ...

and

Mehmet Toner Mehmet Toner (born 1958) is a Turkish biomedical engineer. He is currently the Helen Andrus Benedict Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, with a joint appointment as professor at the Harvard- ...

. As of 2022, ''

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'' gave the journal has an

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of 11.324, ranking it seventh out of 98 journals in the category "Biomedical Engineering". As of 2021, ''Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering'' is being published as

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History

The ''Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering'' was first published in 1999 by the nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews. The inaugural editor was

; Yarmush remained editor until 2021, at which point he was co-editor along with

. Though it began with a physical edition, it is now only published electronically.

Scope and indexing

The ''Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering'' defines its scope as covering significant developments relevant to

. Included subfields are

biomechanics Biomechanics is the study of the structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to organs, cells and cell organelles, using the methods of mechanics. Biomechanics is a branch ...

;

biomaterial A biomaterial is a substance that has been engineered to interact with biological systems for a medical purpose, either a therapeutic (treat, augment, repair, or replace a tissue function of the body) or a diagnostic one. As a science, biomateria ...

computational genomics Computational genomics refers to the use of computational and statistical analysis to decipher biology from genome sequences and related data, including both DNA and RNA sequence as well as other "post-genomic" data (i.e., experimental data obtaine ...

;

proteomics Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins. Proteins are vital parts of living organisms, with many functions such as the formation of structural fibers of muscle tissue, enzymatic digestion of food, or synthesis and replication of DNA. In ...

; healthcare,

biochemical Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology ...

, and tissue engineering;

biomonitoring In analytical chemistry, biomonitoring is the measurement of the body burden of toxic chemical compounds, elements, or their metabolites, in biological substances. Often, these measurements are done in blood and urine. Biomonitoring is performed ...

; and medical imaging. As of 2022, ''

'' lists the journal's

as 11.324, ranking it seventh of 98 journal titles in the category "Biomedical Engineering". It is

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, among others.

Editorial processes

The ''Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering'' is helmed by the editor or the co-editors. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors. Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted.

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of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.

Current editorial board

As of 2022, the editorial committee consists of the co-editors and the following members: * James S. Duncan * Martha L. Gray * Todd P. Coleman *

Frances Ligler Frances S. Ligler (born June 11, 1951) is a biochemist and bioengineer who was a 2017 inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Ligler's research dramatically improved the effectiveness of biosensors while at the same time reducing their ...

* Wendy M. Murray *

Yaakov Nahmias Yaakov "Koby" Nahmias is an Israeli biomedical engineer and entrepreneur. Nahmias is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an affiliated member of the NIH-funded BioMEMS Resource Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. Nahmia ...

* Eleftherios Terry Papoutsakis * Erkin Şeker *

Marjolein C. H. van der Meulen Marjolein Christine Hermance van der Meulen is an American engineer who currently serves as James M. and Marsha McCormick Director of Biomedical Engineering and Swanson Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University and is a Senior Scient ...

Jennifer L. West Jennifer L. West is an American bioengineer. She is the current Dean of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She was the Fitzpatrick University Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University from 2012-2021. In 200 ...

George R. Wodicka George R. Wodicka is an American biomedical engineering educator, researcher, inventor, entrepreneur, and academic administrator. He is thand was the Dane A. Miller Founding Head of the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University ...

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Biomedical Engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

Publications established in 1999 Annual journals English-language journals

History

Scope and indexing

Editorial processes

Current editorial board

See also

References