Presentation at AMIA 2016 - how to publish and disseminate your research with JMIR journals

1. How to get your research
published and maximize impact
JMIR Publications Inc.
The innovative Open Access publisher for the Internet age
Publisher & CEO: Prof Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH FACMI
Twitter: @JMedInternetRes, @eysenbach
JMIR®, Medicine 2.0®, WebCite®, Healthbook®, Twimpact Factor® are registered trademarks by JMIR Publications Inc.

2. Vision:
JMIR Publications is the leading ehealth publisher, advancing progress in the
health, engineering and social sciences to ultimately help people to live
happier and healthier lives using technology.

3. All 16 JMIR journals
• are open access
• support open science / open data
• online only
• are indexed in PubMed / PubMed Central
• focus on emerging areas in eHealth, mHealth,
technology in health
• aspire to be the top journals in their fields
• are carefully peer-reviewed and copyedited
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4. Flagship journal:
Journal of Medical Internet Research (jmir.org), founded in 1999
Leading digital health and medical informatics journal (Thomson Reuters
Impact Factor: 4.5, outranks JAMIA)

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7. mhealth.jmir.org
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8. medinf.jmir.org
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9. mental.jmir.org
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10. publichealth.jmir.org
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11. games.jmir.org
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12. mededu.jmir.org
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13. humanfactors.jmir.org
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14. diabetes.jmir.org (NO APF)
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15. biomedeng.jmir.org (NO APF)
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16. researchprotocols.org
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17. JMIR Challenges (Publish Competitions
and Prizes for Ideas and Solutions)
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Time/Research Trajectory
Rigor/Impact
JMIR Research Protocols
JMIR Challenges
Idea -> Protocol -> Proposal -> Formative Evaluation -> Usability Study -> Process Evaluation -> Randomized Trial etc
JMIR Human Factors
JMIR mHealth
JMIR Med inform
JMIR Public Health
JMIR Mental Health
JMIR Cancer
J Med Internet Res
Spin-Off Projects
Secondary Outcomes
JMIR Data (in prep.)
For each step during the eHealth R&D process we have an outlet to publish your idea,
papers, and data

19. Our success strategy
• We strongly believe in openness on all levels
– Open access: facilitates knowledge uptake (and
citations)
– Open Peer-Review
• Transparent (reviewers are acknowledged)
• Open for everybody to comment on submissions
– Open Research Assessment: Altmetrics
complementing impact factor

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Impact Factor 2015: 4.5

22. How to decide where to send your
paper
• Impact Factor - declining importance.
Disadvantages new journals / new areas of
research - use citations to individual articles
instead
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23. How to decide where to send your
paper
• Impact Factor - declining importance.
Disadvantages new journals / new areas of
research - use citations to individual articles
instead
• Author feedback eg on SciRev
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24. https://scirev.sc/journal/journal-of-medical-internet-research/
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27. How to decide where to send your
paper
• Impact Factor - declining importance.
Disadvantages new journals / new areas of
research - use citations to individual articles
instead
• Author feedback eg on SciRev
• Indexing (all JMIR journals in PubMed)
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28. How to decide where to send your
paper
• Impact Factor - declining importance.
Disadvantages new journals / new areas of
research - use citations to individual articles
instead
• Author feedback eg on SciRev
• Indexing (all JMIR journals in PubMed)
• Copyediting (all JMIR articles copyedited)
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29. How to decide where to send your
paper
• Impact Factor - declining importance.
Disadvantages new journals / new areas of
research - use citations to individual articles
instead
• Author feedback eg on SciRev
• Indexing (all JMIR journals in PubMed)
• Copyediting (all JMIR articles copyedited)
• Altmetrics
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30. Innovations: Altmetrics, Twimpact Factor®
since 2008

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33. How to decide where to send your
paper
• Impact Factor - declining importance.
Disadvantages new journals / new areas of
research - use citations to individual articles
instead
• Author feedback eg on SciRev
• Indexing (all JMIR journals in PubMed)
• Copyediting (all JMIR articles copyedited)
• Altmetrics
• Turnaround-time (JMIR fast-track: 3wks)
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Days (avg.) from submission to initial decision

35. Innovations: Open Peer Review since 2009
(preprints.jmir.org)

36. Innovations: Karma credits for
reviewers, editors
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40. Fee Schedule
Journal First issue Submission Fee Article Processing
Fee
J Med Internet Res 1999 $90 $2500
JMIR Res Protoc 2012 - $950 / $1900
JMIR mHealth & uHealth 2013 - $1900
JMIR Medical Informatics 2013 - $1500
JMIR Serious Games 2013 - $1500
i-JMR 2012 - $1500
Medicine 2.0 2012 - Free
JMIR Human Factors 2014 - $1500
JMIR Mental Health 2014 - $1500
JMIR Public Health 2015 $1500
JMIR Challenges
JMIR Diabetes
2016 Free*
* Introductory offer until pubmed-indexed, then $1500

43. Knowledge Transfer Innovations
Just publishing and wait for readers
to find it is not enough
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44. Business Innovations: Add-on Knowledge
Transfer / Dissemination items

46. Promotion through the TrendMD network e.g. on BMJ, JAMA, and other journals

48. Business Innovations: Add-on Knowledge
Transfer / Dissemination items

49. JMIR sends organic and promoted
tweets for each article
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50. Business Innovations: Add-on Knowledge
Transfer / Dissemination items

51. Lifelong Author Ad in article
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53. Business Innovations: Add-on Knowledge
Transfer / Dissemination items

54. Crowdfunding Widget

55. Published Articles
(2016 Projection based on 32% growth)

56. Editors wanted
• Preferably reviewed before for JMIR journals
(pick one from preprints.jmir.org)
• Preferably h-index>8
• Primary member of one editorial board, but
can also be section editor of multiple other
JMIR journals
• Apply at http://tinyurl.com/jmir-eb
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57. Authors - jmir.org/author
• Submit Word document
• Any format, but preferably style the headings
with Word styles (Heading1, Heading2, etc)
• No numbering of headings
• In-text citations numbered [1]
• References numbered at the end, in AMA style
or any other format if PMID is included
• Web documents (URLs) cited as references and
archived with webcitation.org
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58. Questions?
• support@jmir.org
• editorial-office@jmir.org
• tech-support@jmir.org
• ed-support@jmir.org
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