Journal of Medical Internet Research
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
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J. Med. Internet Res. |
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| Discipline | Medicine, eHealth |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Gunther Eysenbach |
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| Publisher |
JMIR Publications
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Publication history
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1999-present |
| Frequency | Upon acceptance (issues aggregated monthly) |
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| License | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 |
| 3.428 | |
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| ISSN | 1438-8871 |
| LCCN | 00252482 |
| OCLC no. | 42705591 |
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The Journal of Medical Internet Research is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal established in 1999 covering eHealth and "healthcare in the Internet age". The editor-in-chief is Gunther Eysenbach. According to the Journal Citation Reports the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 3.428, ranking it third out of 24 journals in the category "Medical Informatics"[1] and ninth among 88 journals in the category "Health Care Sciences & Services".[2] In 2004, the journal was called a "reliable, current, and well-maintained scientific publication" with a "a rigorous but speedy peer-review process".[3] The journal was incorporated as JMIR Publications in 2011 and was a cofounder of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association. Shortly after incorporation, several spin-off journals were launched, focusing on specific subtopics within eHealth, such as mHealth, serious games, mental health, and cancer. As of 2015, some of these newer journals had no distinct editorial board yet, ostensibly using the board of the main journal, a fact that drew criticism from open access critic Jeffrey Beall.[4] Eysenbach claimed this is transitional and that the formation of editorial boards is underway.[5] Beall also cited raises in the article processing charge as "evidence that as open-access journals get added to prestigious indexes and databases, their author fees increase, further burdening authors, universities, and funders".[4] In response, Eysenbach stressed that the Article Processing Charges for the sister journals are in fact lower than for the main journal and are similar to other open access journals such as PLOS ONE.[5] Beall was also critical of the optional fast-track peer-review for an additional fee.[4] Eysenbach pointed out that this has also been experimented with by other publishers such as the Nature Publishing Group.[5] He previously defended the fast-track model by showing detailed data from the journal's fast-track experiment, which according to him suggested that fast-tracking does not affect quality and integrity of its peer-review processes.[6]
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