Journal profile

JMIR formative research

Publisher: JMIR Publications
ISSN2561-326X FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.05
Citation rate 3.65 5,390 total citations
h5-index 54 h5 depth signal
Cited share 81.8% 1,268 of 1,551
Total citations 5,390 Citation footprint
Metric signal 3.89 External metric anchor
Self-citation 2.9% 154 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 2,115
United Kingdom 459
Canada 374
China 273
Germany 266

Citing Fields of Research

Health Education & Remote Healthcare 2,551
Psychiatry 808
Psychiatry & Psychology 800
Nutrition & Dietetics 543
Patient Care 485

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 5,006 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 1,551 1,268 cited publications
Last 12 months 1,055 87.9 publications/month
Open access share 100.0% 1,055 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 2,115 citing publications
Leading citing field Health Education & Remote Healthcare 2,551 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 16 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v8, 2024-
PubMed
v1n1, Jan.-Dec. 2017-
PMC
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Health Education & Remote Healthcare Psychiatry Psychiatry & Psychology Nutrition & Dietetics Patient Care

Broad Categories

Health Services Research Health Education & Remote Healthcare Nutrition & Dietetics Psychiatry Medical Ethics Patient Care Palliative Care

MeSH Descriptors

Biomedical Research

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
Maor Gabay, Ofer Levi, Lupsa Marius Matichescu et al.
Background: Digital nudging strategies are increasingly implemented to promote physical activity; yet, evidence from real-world fitness settings remains limited. The early membership period in fitness centers is characterized by high dro...
03
Narayani Ballambat, Dylan R Rice, Reem Najjar et al.
Background: In Vietnam, an upper-middle-income country, the majority of people living with HIV smoke. Vietnam has established quitline services to support this population, but they remain underused. Text messaging is widely used in Vietn...
04
Linda Wallin, Nick Nilsson, Inga Dennhag
Background: Digital tools may support early phases of trauma therapy for adolescents, yet little is known about how an app-based stabilization phase functions in routine child and adolescent psychiatry clinics. To our knowledge, no previ...
09
Yiliang Zhu, Tracie Collins
Background: In a pilot randomized trial, face-to-face or telephone motivational interviewing (MI) was more efficacious than a smartphone app after 3 months for increasing 6-minute walk distance (primary outcome) and reducing body weight ...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Sister journal to: Journal of medical Internet research and: JMIR mHealth and uHealth.

Complemented by (work): Journal of medical Internet research 1438-8871 (DLC) 00252482 (OCoLC)42705591 (DNLM)100959882.

Complemented by (work): JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2291-5222 (DLC) 2014243192 (OCoLC)858979937 (DNLM)101624439.