ISI/SCI Impact Factors 2007: JMIR remains on top |
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Open Access Journal Remains on Top of Its Discipline - Second Year in a Row - Impact Factor (3.0) now almost equal with JAMIA (3.1) On June 20th, 2008, ISI/SCI released their 2007 Journal Impact Factors. With an outstanding impact factor of 3.0 JMIR has again held its position as a close second (out of 20 journals) in the medical informatics category, almost equal with the leading journal in that category, the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association JAMIA (3.1). JMIR also continues to be ranked #6 in the health care sciences & services category (out of 57 leading journals), tied with the reputable journal Health Affairs. |
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Idea for a CIHR grant proposal: A JMIR theme issue |
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| The Canadian Institutes of Health has just announced a new type of grant mechanism called a End of Grant Knowledge Translation Supplement, worth up to CDN $25,000 per grant. Among the dissemination activities eligible for funding under this program is "Dissemination of research results through specialized publications", which includes for example a JMIR article, a series of JMIR articles, or even a JMIR theme issue. | More... |
Call for Papers: Medicine 2.0 |
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| Submissions for the JMIR Medicine 2.0 Theme Issue is closed -thanks for your submissions, we got over 20 great papers! You may still submit an abstract or panel proposal to the Medicine 2.0 Conference, and we may invite some conference contributors to submit a full paper to the Theme Issue. Call for Papers: Medicine 2.0 - How social networking and Web 2.0 technologies revolutionize health care, wellness, clinical medicine and biomedical research In the past few years we have seen the rapid evolution of new tools and programming techniques collectively called “Web 2.0 tools”, which facilitate the development of collaborative and user-friendly Web applications. To celebrate the first international "Medicine 2.0" conference on Sept 4./5th 2008 in Toronto, JMIR will publish a “Medicine 2.0” Theme Issue focusing on Web 2.0 Applications for Health. We will publish peer-reviewed research articles, reviews, and opinion articles (new submission deadline for full articles: March 3rd, 2008). JMIR is specifically seeking contributions, including original papers, editorials, viewpoint articles, case studies, and review articles, on topics related to Web 2.0 as it intersects with health and health care. (click MORE for the complete call for papers) |
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Cancer survivor makes donation to JMIR |
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| (Toronto, 7 Nov 2007) We were recently touched by a donation to JMIR made by a patient with CLL. The donor (who prefers to remain anonymous) values the information we publish, particularly cancer related research. We find it remarkable that our journal is read and valued not only by researchers, but also by "endusers", including patients. Another testimony of the power of open access publishing. | More... |
JMIR receives funding from Research Council |
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| (Toronto, 7. Nov 2007). JMIR is proud to announce that it has received a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) under their Aid to Open Access Journals grants program. JMIR is one of 11 journals supported under this new program. The adjudication committee consisting of scholars with expertise in open access publishing acknowledged the outstanding quality of JMIR: "The committee considered the journal to be of very high quality. It found the editorial board excellent and the peer review process sound. The committee commends the journal for becoming actively involved in the development and/or customization of open access tools." | More... |
Call for abstracts/papers: JMIR Special Issue Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions |
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| CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: JMIR Special Issue Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions Update 24 Oct 2007: This call is now closed. We received over 30 abstracts, and selected 20 for further consideration for the theme issue. Please do not submit full papers to the section "WATI theme issue" unless you have been invited to do so. However, tobacco-related original papers can be submitted to any regular JMIR issue, at any time. The Journal of Medical Internet Research is seeking submissions for a special issue on the use of information technologies applied to tobacco use cessation, prevention and professional training under the rubric of Web-Assisted Tobacco Interventions (WATI). JMIR is specifically seeking contributions, including original papers, editorials, viewpoint articles, and review articles, which highlight or discuss the role of eHealth in addressing smoking cessation with special populations, innovative service delivery models, tobacco-related training and education of health professionals, and efforts to support global tobacco control efforts. Empirical studies and field-tested evaluations are strongly encouraged. (click MORE for more information) |
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2006 ISI/SCI Impact Factors confirm JMIR as a top health informatics & health sciences research journal |
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| [This post is outdated. For Impact Factors released in 2008 see here] --- We are happy and proud to report that on June 20th, 2007, ISI/SCI released their 2006 Journal Citation Reports, reporting journal impact factors for the worlds' most important scholarly journals. For the first time, the J Med Internet Res (JMIR) was "officially" included - and ended up with a considerable impact factor of 2.9, placing the journal on #2 in the medical informatics category (out of 20 medical informatics journals), and #6 in the very broad "Health Care Sciences & Services" journal category, which includes 56 other leading journals ! [Click "more" for full details] |
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Job Posting: Technical Analyst / Web Developer (PHP/LAMP) for JMIR (Toronto, Canada) |
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| POSITION: Technical Analyst - OJS/Web-developer EMPLOYER: University Health Network (http://www.uhn.ca/) - Centre for Global eHealth Innovation (http://www.ehealthinnovation.org), Toronto General Hospital - Eysenbach Research Group, Toronto Click "more" for the complete job posting. | More... |
Institutional Members: Editing IP addresses |
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| For institutional members it is now no longer possible to edit their IP addresses themselves. New institutional members should provide their IP range in their initial membership request. | More... |
Authors: How to pay the JSF/FTF/APF |
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| A number of changes have been made regarding how to pay the JSF (JMIR submission fee), APF (article processing fee), and FTF (fast-track fee). Click on "more" for details. |
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IMPORTANT notice for authors who are currently revising their manuscripts |
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| Note that we have upgraded our manuscript management system. In contrast to the old system, responses to the reviewers' and editorial comments are now to be pasted into a notification email to the editor (click "Notify Editor" after logging in and clicking on "Roles: Author" and the manuscript title). |
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