Journal of Medical Internet Research

The leading peer-reviewed journal for digital medicine and health and health care in the internet age. 

Editor-in-Chief:

Gunther Eysenbach, MD, MPH, FACMI, Founding Editor and Publisher; Adjunct Professor, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada


Impact Factor 6.0 CiteScore 11.7

The Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) is the pioneer open access eHealth journal, and is the flagship journal of JMIR Publications. It is a leading health services and digital health journal globally in terms of quality/visibility (Journal Impact Factor 6.0, Journal Citation Reports 2025 from Clarivate), ranking Q1 in both the 'Medical Informatics' and 'Health Care Sciences & Services' categories, and is also the largest journal in the field. The journal is ranked #1 on Google Scholar in the 'Medical Informatics' discipline. The journal focuses on emerging technologies, medical devices, apps, engineering, telehealth and informatics applications for patient education, prevention, population health and clinical care.

JMIR is indexed in all major literature indices including National Library of Medicine(NLM)/MEDLINE, Sherpa/Romeo, PubMed, PMCScopus, Psycinfo, Clarivate (which includes Web of Science (WoS)/ESCI/SCIE), EBSCO/EBSCO Essentials, DOAJ, GoOA and others. Journal of Medical Internet Research received a Scopus CiteScore of 11.7 (2024), placing it in the 92nd percentile (#12 of 153) as a Q1 journal in the field of Health Informatics. It is a selective journal complemented by almost 30 specialty JMIR sister journals, which have a broader scope, and which together receive over 10,000 submissions a year. 

As an open access journal, we are read by clinicians, allied health professionals, informal caregivers, and patients alike, and have (as with all JMIR journals) a focus on readable and applied science reporting the design and evaluation of health innovations and emerging technologies. We publish original research, viewpoints, and reviews (both literature reviews and medical device/technology/app reviews). Peer-review reports are portable across JMIR journals and papers can be transferred, so authors save time by not having to resubmit a paper to a different journal but can simply transfer it between journals. 

We are also a leader in participatory and open science approaches, and offer the option to publish new submissions immediately as preprints, which receive DOIs for immediate citation (eg, in grant proposals), and for open peer-review purposes. We also invite patients to participate (eg, as peer-reviewers) and have patient representatives on editorial boards.

As all JMIR journals, the journal encourages Open Science principles and strongly encourages publication of a protocol before data collection. Authors who have published a protocol in JMIR Research Protocols get a discount of 20% on the Article Processing Fee when publishing a subsequent results paper in any JMIR journal.

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Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology

More than one in eight people potentially live with a mental health disorder, yet fewer than half receive treatment. Poor mental health awareness may contribute to this treatment gap, and digital health technologies, like wearables and their associated phone- and web-based applications, have the potential to reduce the mental health awareness gap due to their ease of adoption, objective feedback, and high rate of engagement.

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Public (e)Health, Digital Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics

The websites of prominent public health and healthcare organizations play pivotal roles in ensuring access to quality health information, including information guiding health equity. Several initiatives have been developed in the United States to promote equitable, fair, and inclusive health information and practices across prominent health websites. Currently, health disparities across racial groups are recognized as a critical public health problem. Simultaneously, the use of the term “racial health equity/equities” has been rising in academic literature. However, the definition and findability of “racial health equity/equities” information has not yet been evaluated in health websites. Thus, we utilized a systematic review approach to assess the findability and availability of racial health equity terminology and definitions across prominent health organization websites.

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Chatbots and Conversational Agents

Chatbots driven by Large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged as potential tools to enhance health information access for cancer patients. However, their integration into patient education raises concerns among oncologists. However, limited literature has examined the perceptions and attitudes of oncologists in terms of endorsing AI-driven chatbots for health information.

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Online Dating, Sexual Health Behavior

Dating apps are virtual sociosexual networking platforms that facilitate varying social and sexual relationships and have considerably changed the way that many queer individuals form social, sexual, and romantic connections. Despite evidence that social media use can be associated with either diminished or improved mental health, few studies have explored the association between dating apps and mental health among queer adults.

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Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology

Recent longitudinal studies have revealed the heterogeneity of the developmental trajectory of internet addiction (IA), which is believed due to the influences of inter-individual variables. In a social-cognitive framework, family environment (FE) and obsessive beliefs (OBs) are associated with IA severity. However, it remains unclear how these environment and individual cognition factors interact to influence IA development.

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Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology

Incidents of online public shaming can have devastating consequences for those who are shamed, but how those who witness shaming behaviors react is unclear. When considering online public shaming, it is crucial to be aware of the context in which it occurs. Implicit norms that govern these contexts and evoke emotions can influence what is deemed as acceptable behavior when witnessing public shaming. However, previous work has not examined the role that perceived social acceptability of the shaming content and emotional arousal may have in explaining social media behavior after witnessing online shaming incidents.

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Infodemiology and Infoveillance

Psychiatrization may contribute to the deterioration of public mental health observed in recent decades. The cultural aspects of psychiatrization can be understood as a form of concept creep (progressive expansion) of mental health terminology. Over time, concepts of psychopathology have expanded to encompass a broader range of human experiences, potentially diluting their meaning. Accordingly, previous research has shown a gradual decline in the semantic severity of the word trauma. However, the semantic severity of anxiety and depression has been increasing over time.

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Artificial Intelligence

Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide, with home-based rehabilitation playing a crucial role in improving patient prognosis and quality of life. Traditional health education often lacks precision, personalization, and accessibility.In contrast, large language models (LLMs) are gaining attention for their potential in medical health education, owing to their advanced natural language processing capabilities. However, the effectiveness of LLMs in home-based stroke rehabilitation remains uncertain.

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Public (e)Health, Digital Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics

The rapid integration of information technology into daily life has exacerbated the digital divide (DD), particularly among older adults, who often face barriers to technology adoption. While prior research has linked technology use to cognitive benefits, the long-term neurostructural and cognitive consequences of the digital divide remain poorly understood.

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing in health care, particularly in medical imaging, offering potential for improved efficiency and reduced workload. However, there is little systematic evidence on process factors for successful AI technology implementation into clinical workflows.

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Digital Health Reviews

Medication nonadherence in cardiometabolic syndrome negatively impacts patients’ quality of life, health care systems, and economic stability. Despite extensive research, no universally recognized strategy has been established to improve adherence. SMS text messaging has emerged as a widely accessible and cost-effective intervention, particularly when the intervention is structured using behavioral theories.

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Digital Health Reviews

The rise of federated learning as a novel privacy-preserving technology offers the potential to create models collaboratively in a decentralized manner to address confidentiality issues, particularly regarding data privacy. However, there is a scarcity of clear and comprehensive evidence that compares the performance of federated learning (FL) with that of the established centralized machine learning (CML) in the clinical domain.

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