Advantages of choosing JMIR to publish your research:
Fast-track review and rapid publishing: guaranteed peer-review and editorial decisions within 15 working days, guaranteed publication within 4 weeks after acceptance (peer-reviewers may be paid to deliver rapid and high-quality peer review reports)
Open Access: FREE access, NO subscription required to read articles, first open access journal in health informatics (since 1999)
Authors retain copyright and can republish their work for example as book chapters or their personal homepage (as long as the original publication in JMIR is acknowledged)
Fully indexed in: Medline [Index Medicus], CINAHL, Information Science Abstracts, INSPEC (Institution of Electrical Engineers), Communication Abstracts, The Informed Librarian Online, LISA, EMBASE, Scopus, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine (CC/CM) and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), PsycINFO, Google Scholar, LISTA, and other interdisciplinary databases and abstraction services
Permanently archived in PubMed Central
High impact: Science Citation Index Journal Impact Factor (released in 2008) 3.0, ranked #2 journal in the ISI medical informatics category and #6 in the health sciences and services category
High visibility: JMIR website is among the most visited health informatics sites on the web - higher traffic than AMIA, JAMIA, IMIA websites
Official Journal of the Society for the Internet in Medicine
International Editorial Board consisting of leading experts in the field and external peer-reviewers will advise authors on how to improve their papers
Printed version which can be subscribed by institutional members (primarily for archival purposes)
e-papers allow novel article components, e.g. "Multimedia appendices" such as video (example) or Powerpoint-attachments (example)Author-friendly servicesand processes, including a new Web-based manuscript submission and tracking system for JMIR authors and peer-reviewers, where authors can check the status of their manuscript online
Professional proofreading and copyediting services
Acceptance rate 20-40%: Save yourself the hassle to send around your paper from journal to journal (and hearing after 6 months that it has not even been sent out for peer-review). We will never reject a paper simply due to "space restrictions" (because there are none). Rather, we will accept any reasonable academic paper that fits our scope and which contains valid original data. On the other hand, we are selective enough to publish papers which are expected to be cited often.
Rapid and constructive peer-review. While the chances of publication are high if you did methodologically sound research, our peer-review process is rigorous enough to filter out papers which do not justify publication in an academic journal, therefore preserving the high impact factor of our journal. We decline 60% of submissions because they either do not fit the journal's scope, or contain fundamentally flawed data. On the other hand, papers which are "just" poorly written but contain great data are never rejected, instead, we actively work with authors to produce a publishable manuscript.
Now also (optional) peer-review of grant proposals and research protocols (with or without subsequent publication). Peer-reviewers are paid (and act as consultants) before the research starts. (for details see Peer-Review and Publication of Research Protocols and Proposals: A Role for Open Access Journals, J Med Internet Res 2004, 9, 30; 6(3):e37
Institutional affiliate status for departments and universities (Centers for Excellence in eHealth and Internet Research) available (Support & Membership)