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. JMIR mHealth and uHealth received a Impact Factor of 5.4 in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports™.
JMIR mHealth and uHealth is indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Psycinfo, SCIE, JCR, EBSCO/EBSCO Essentials, DOAJ, GoOA and others. In June 2024, JMIR mHealth and uHealth received a CiteScore of 12.6, placing it in the 90th percentile (#13 of 138) as a Q1 journal in the field of Health Informatics.
The journal focuses on health and biomedical applications in mobile and tablet computing, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, wearable computing and domotics. JMIR mHealth and uHealth features a rapid and thorough peer-review process, professional copyediting, professional production of PDF, XHTML, and XML proofs. JMIR mHealth and uHealth adheres to the same quality standards as Journal of Medical Internet Research, and all articles published here are also cross-listed in the Table of Contents of Journal of Medical Internet Research, 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