The ''Journal of Medical Internet Research'' is a

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medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

established in 1999 covering

eHealth eHealth (also written e-health) is a relatively recent healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication, dating back to at least 1999. Usage of the term varies as it covers not just "Internet medicine" as it was conceived ...

and "healthcare in the Internet age". The

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are

Gunther Eysenbach Gunther Eysenbach is a German-Canadian researcher on healthcare, especially health policy, eHealth, and consumer health informatics. Career Eysenbach was born on 22 March 1967 in West Berlin, West Germany. While a medical student, he served on ...

and Rita Kukafka. The publisher is JMIR Publications.

Publisher

The journal is published by JMIR Publications, which was a cofounder of the

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and is known for other journal titles as well, which mostly focus on specific subtopics within eHealth, such as

mHealth mHealth (also written as m-health or mhealth) is an abbreviation for mobile health, a term used for the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices. The term is most commonly used in reference to using mobile communication ...

(JMIR mHealth and uHealth),

serious games A serious game or applied game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. The "serious" adjective is generally prepended to refer to video games used by industries like defense, education, scientific exploration, he ...

(JMIR Serious Games),

mental health Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior. It likewise determines how an individual handles stress, interpersonal relationships, and decision-making. Mental health ...

(JMIR Mental Health), and

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

(JMIR Cancer). JMIR Publications is also notable for being one of the fastest-growing companies in Canada in 2019 .

Controversy

JMIR Publications has faced criticism for initially using the same

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of its main journal for its sister journals and for offering a fast-track review pathway for a surcharge. Editor-in-chief

commented that the spin-off journals would eventually have their own boards and that the fast-track option does not affect the quality or integrity of its peer-review processes. As of the end of 2016, all journals had their own editorial boards.

Impact

According to the ''

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,'' the journal has a 2021

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of 7.08. According to a survey among 398 health informatics experts in 2015, the journal was ranked as a top tier journal in the field of health informatics.

Other journals from the publisher

Among the 32 JMIR Publications journals, 5 journals, in addition to J Med Internet Res, have been ranked in the ''Journal Citation Reports''. These include:2021 Journal Impact Factor
''Journal Citation Reports'' (Clarivate, 2022). * JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (2021 impact factor of 14.56) * JMIR Mental Health (2021 impact factor of 6.33) * JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2021 impact factor of 4.95) * JMIR Serious Games (2021 impact factor of 3.36) * JMIR Medical Informatics (2021 impact factor of 3.23)

References

External links

* *Publisher site
JMIR Publications
{{DEFAULTSORT:Journal Of Medical Internet Research Open access journals English-language journals Monthly journals Biomedical informatics journals Publications established in 1999