Focus and Scope
JMIR mHealth and uHealth (JMU, ISSN 2291-5222) is a leading peer-reviewed journal and one of the flagship journals of JMIR Publications. JMU is indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Psycinfo, SCIE, JCR, EBSCO/EBSCO Essentials, DOAJ, GoOA and others. In June 2023, JMU received a 5.0 impact factor in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports™.
The journal focuses on health and biomedical applications in mobile and tablet computing, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, wearable computing and domotics. JMU features a rapid and thorough peer-review process, professional copyediting, professional production of PDF, XHTML, and XML proofs. JMU adheres to the same quality standards as JMIR, and all articles published here are also cross-listed in the Table of Contents of JMIR, the world's leading medical journal in health sciences/health services research and health informatics (http://www.jmir.org/issue/current).
We are looking for papers covering, for example, the following themes:
- Ubiquitous Health (uHealth)
- mHealth for Data Collection and Research
- Usability and user perceptions of mHealth
- mHealth in the Developing World and for Global Health
- mHealth in a Clinical Setting
- mHealth for Symptom and Disease Monitoring
- mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention
- mHealth for Screening
- Text-messaging (SMS)-Based Interventions
- Design and Formative Evaluation of Mobile Apps
- Security and Privacy of mHealth and uHealth
- Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps
- mHealth for Treatment Adherence
- Use and User Demographics of mHealth
- mHealth for Telemedicine and Homecare
- mHealth for Patient Education
- mHealth in Medical Education and Training
- Evaluation and Research Methodology for mHealth
- Wearable Devices and Sensors
- Fitness Trackers and Smart Pedometers/Accelerometers
- Google Glass and Augmented Reality Applications
- Product Reviews and Tutorials in mHealth