JMIR Publications Achieves Strong Impact Factor Performance in 2025
(Toronto, ON, June 18, 2025) JMIR Publications, a leading publisher of open access digital health journals, proudly announces new Journal Impact Factors for its journals, as published in Journal Citation Reports 2025 from Clarivate. The JMIR Publications portfolio of journals now includes 21 journals with a Journal Impact Factor, with several journals achieving significant year-over-year increases and special distinctions.
JMIR Publications is committed to advancing digital health science and innovation, fostering open scholarship, and maximizing the global reach and influence of the research it publishes. It sees this year’s achievements as intrinsically linked to its open access model, which ensures that vital research findings are freely and immediately available to all. Through open access publication, JMIR Publications’ journals foster wide readership, increased citation potential, and a transparent and collaborative scholarly ecosystem.
Key Highlights From Journal Citation Reports 2025 From Clarivate
Flagship Journal Continues to Excel
- The Journal of Medical Internet Research, JMIR Publications’ flagship journal, now has a Journal Impact Factor of 6.0. As the leading peer-reviewed publication for digital medicine, health, and health care, the journal continues strong positioning in digital health research.
Exceptional Growth and High Impact
Several JMIR Publications’ journals received an increased Journal Impact Factor this year:
- JMIR mHealth and uHealth, with a focus on health and biomedical applications in mobile and tablet computing, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, wearable computing and domotics, achieved an impressive Journal Impact Factor of 6.2, now positioned within the top 10 journals of both the “Medical Informatics” and “Health Care Sciences & Services” categories.
- JMIR Mental Health, a key journal in the portfolio, received a Journal Impact Factor of 5.8. This journal focuses on research on internet interventions and digital innovations for mental health and behavior change.
- JMIR Medical Education, dedicated to technology, innovation, and openness in medical education, received a Journal Impact Factor of 12.5. It has notably secured the #1 position in the “Education, Scientific Disciplines” category.1
Strong Performance Across the Portfolio
Several other journals from JMIR Publications also saw their Journal Impact Factors increase this year:
- JMIR Public Health and Surveillance: 3.9
- JMIR Medical Informatics: 3.8
- JMIR Human Factors: 3.0
- Interactive Journal of Medical Research: 2.2
Introducing Our Newest Impact Factor Journals
Six JMIR Publications’ journals have received an inaugural Journal Impact Factor:
- JMIR Nursing: 4.0
- JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies: 3.0 2
- JMIR Diabetes: 2.6
- JMIR Cardio: 2.2
- JMIR AI: 2.0
- Online Journal of Public Health Informatics: 1.1
“We are incredibly proud of this year’s Journal Impact Factor results. These impact metrics complement the overall high impact, reach, quality, and global relevance of the research we publish,” said Tiffany I Leung, MD, MPH, FAMIA, scientific editorial director of JMIR Publications. “These achievements reflect the innovative, leading-edge scientific work of our authors and the dedication of peer reviewers, editors, and journal staff. Together, we are all committed to open access publishing and the advancement of health and well-being through the latest in digital health research and innovations,” she added.
This news follows closely the recent announcement of JMIR Publications’ success in the Scopus CiteScore rankings earlier this month, with 26 portfolio journals receiving a CiteScore, providing a current and comprehensive view of journal impact.
A Complete List of JMIR Publications Titles With a Journal Impact Factor in 2025
Source: Journal Citation Reports 2025 from Clarivate
JMIR Publications remains committed to providing a robust platform for disseminating high-quality, peer-reviewed research, contributing significantly to evidence-based digital health practices and innovations worldwide.
JMIR Publications believes that the true success of all journals extends beyond a single metric. The publisher advocates for a holistic approach to scholarly impact, encouraging the consideration of diverse metrics such as author satisfaction ratings (eg, SciRev or Google Scholar), Altmetric scores, and other emerging open science measures. In addition, JMIR Publications fully endorses the principles of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), actively promoting a shift away from the over-reliance on Journal Impact Factor in scholarly communication. Authors and the broader academic community are recommended to consider these alternative metrics in conjunction with Journal Impact Factor when evaluating a journal's standing and overall impact within its field.
1. JMIR Medical Education is not included in the June 2025 release of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate. Due to technical delays in indexing, some content was missing from the Web of Science at the time of JCR data extraction. As a result, its profile page will initially display the 2023 profile, with a prominent note indicating that 2024 data is forthcoming. Projected metrics for this journal are posted on the Help page and can be considered official. JMIR Medical Education will be listed in the category page with its ranking in JCR’s October 2025 Reload, and the journal’s profile page will then include the full 2024 profile data.
2. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies is not included in the June 2025 release of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate. Due to technical delays in indexing, some content was missing from the Web of Science at the time of JCR data extraction. Clarivate has since received all the missing articles that were required to calculate the Journal Impact Factor. Projected metrics for the journal are posted on the Help page and can be considered official. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies will appear in the JCR list in the October 2025 Reload.