Sports Engineering journal Best Paper of the Year competition.
The following papers were selected. These papers are of the highest quality in term of their significance, novelty and rigor.
First place
Smith, C., Saulino, M., Luong, K., Simmons, M., Nessler, J.A. and Newcomer, S.C., 2020. Effect of wetsuit outer surface material on thermoregulation during surfing. Sports Engineering, 23(1), pp.1-8.
SharedIt link to read: https://rdcu.be/celBC
Link to paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12283-020-00329-8
Runners-up
Greybe, D.G., Jones, C.M., Brown, M.R. and Williams, E.M., 2020. Comparison of head impact measurements via an instrumented mouthguard and an anthropometric testing device. Sports Engineering, 23, pp.1-11.
Link to open access paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12283-020-00324-z
Hermann, A., Ostarhild, J., Mirabito, Y., Bauer, N. and Senner, V., 2020. Stretchable piezoresistive vs. capacitive silicon sensors integrated into ski base layer pants for measuring the knee flexion angle. Sports Engineering, 23(1), pp.1-10.
Link to open access paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12283-020-00336-9