(Toronto, June 26, 2024) JMIR Publications announced today that JMIR mHealth and uHealth has received a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 5.4 as published in the 2024 Journal Citation Report (JCR) from Clarivate. This represents an impressive 8% increase in JIF. The journal sits within the first quartile (Q1) of the “Health Care Sciences & Services” and “Medical Informatics” categories. This follows our recent announcement that, according to Scopus CiteScore, JMIR mHealth and uHealth is now a Q1 journal in their "Health Informatics" category.

"We are excited to see our focus on high-quality research reflected in the rankings, which speaks to the hard work of our authors, peer reviewers, and staff. This is still a relatively young field and there is much work that needs to be done in this space. We look forward to continuing to be at the forefront of this cutting-edge field," says Lorraine Buis, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan and editor-in-chief of JMIR mHealth and uHealth.

Here’s a selection of some of the highly cited articles from the JMIR mHealth and uHealth:

Overall, 8 JMIR Publications journals (more than half of our portfolio of journals with a JIF) secured positions in the top quartile of their respective categories.

A Complete List of JMIR Publications Titles With a JIF in 2024:

Journal of Medical Internet Research	5.8	Q1
JMIR mHealth and uHealth	5.4	Q1
JMIR Aging	5.0	Q1
JMIR Mental Health	4.8	Q1
JMIR Serious Games	3.8	Q1
JMIR Infodemiology	3.5	Q1
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance	3.5	Q1
JMIR Cancer	3.3	Q2
JMIR Medical Education	3.2	Q1
JMIR Medical Informatics	3.1	Q2
JMIR Human Factors	2.6	Q2
JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting	2.1	Q2
JMIR Formative Research	2.0
Interactive Journal of Medical Research	1.9
JMIR Research Protocols	1.4

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We are grateful to the scholars, researchers, institutions, funders, peer reviewers, editors, and editorial board members who have contributed to our mission of advancing scientific knowledge.

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