The ''Journal of Medical Internet Research'' is a
peer-reviewed
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open-access medical journal
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History
The first ...
established in 1999 covering
eHealth and "healthcare in the Internet age". The
editors-in-chief are
Gunther Eysenbach and
Rita Kukafka
Rita may refer to:
People
* Rita (given name)
* Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984)
* Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962)
* Rita (Japanese singer)
* Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita
Places
* Djarrit, also known as Rita, a ...
. The publisher is JMIR Publications.
Publisher
The journal is published by JMIR Publications, which was a cofounder of the
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
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and is known for other journal titles as well, which mostly focus on specific subtopics within eHealth, such as
mHealth (JMIR mHealth and uHealth),
serious games (JMIR Serious Games),
mental health (JMIR Mental Health), and
cancer
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(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
editorial board of its main journal for its sister journals and for offering a fast-track review pathway for a surcharge.
Editor-in-chief
Gunther Eysenbach 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 ''
Journal Citation Reports,'' the journal has a 2021
impact factor 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
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*Publisher site
JMIR Publications
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Open access journals
English-language journals
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Biomedical informatics journals
Publications established in 1999