A century of comparative biomechanics: emerging and historical perspectives on an interdisciplinary field

The continuing evolution of JEB

“…Our series of 39 specially commissioned Centenary Articles, published throughout the year, presented fresh viewpoints on existing problems across the subfields of experimental biology, posed questions that remained unanswered, and challenged current paradigms (https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/collection/ 9015/Centenary-Articles) while our special issue (https://journals. biologists.com/jeb/issue/226/Suppl_1) addressed broad biological questions through the lens of comparative biomechanics, highlighting the pivotal role of JEB in the historical, current and future landscape of this key research field and exploring the influence of biomechanics on fields including ecology, evolution and engineering (Patek et al, 2023).…”