It is with great pleasure to announce the 2016 Paper of the Year and two honorable mentions—of original manuscripts that were accepted for publication in 2016. These awards represent acknowledgement from the Associate Editors and Editor-in-Chief of Abdominal Radiology of outstanding academic scholarship that translates into clinically useful practice. My congratulations to all the authors.

Paper of the Year

Ehman EC, Behr SC, Umetsu SE, Fidelman N, Yeh BM, Ferrell LD, Hope TA. Rate of observation and interobserver agreement for LI-RADS major features at CT and MRI in 184 pathology proven hepatocellular carcinomas. Abdominal Radiology (2016) 41:963–969.

University of California San Francisco

Department of Radiology

San Francisco, CA USA

Honorable Mentions

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    Heijnen LA, Lambregts DMJ, Lahaye MJ. et al. Good and complete responding locally advanced rectal tumors after chemoradiotherapy: where are the residual positive nodes located on restaging MRI? Abdominal Radiology (2016) 41:1245–1252

    Nederlands Kanker Instituut Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis Radiology

    Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

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    Pendse DA, Makanyanga JC, Plumb AA, et al. Diffusion weighted Imaging for evaluating inflammatory activity in Crohn’s disease; comparison with histopathology, conventional MRI activity scores, and faecal calprotectin. Abdominal Radiology (2017) 42:115–123.

    University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Department of Imaging, UCLH

    London, London

    UNITED KINGDOM