Journal profile · Medicine-Health Informatics
JMIR Human Factors
ISSN 2292-9495 · JMIR Publications Inc. · Canada
JMIR Human Factors: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,985; median 205 days to acceptance (115 articles, last 24 months); 262 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JMIR Human Factors is published by JMIR Publications Inc. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Digital Mental Health Interventions and Electronic Health Records Systems, together about 48.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JMIR Human Factors (JHF, ISSN 2292-9495) is a multidisciplinary journal with contributions from design experts, medical researchers, engineers, and social scientists. JHF focuses on understanding how the behavior and thinking of humans can influence and shape the design of health care interventions and technologies, and how the design can be evaluated and improved to make health care interventions and technologies usable, safe, and effective. This includes usability studies and heuristic evaluations, studies concerning ergonomics and error prevention, design studies for medical devices and healthcare systems/workflows, enhancing teamwork through human factors-based teamwork training, measuring non-technical skills in staff like leadership, communication, situational awareness and teamwork, and healthcare policies and procedures to reduce errors and increase safety. JMIR Human Factors has a broad scope, including papers that are more technical or more formative than what would be published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. JHF features a rapid and thorough peer-review process, professional copyediting and production, adhering to the same quality standards as JMIR. Need help choosing a journal? Use our Journal Finder tool to find the perfect match for your manuscript. Get Started
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Health Informatics
Editor-in-chief Proposals Theme IssuesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 9, Canada 7, United Kingdom 3, Germany 2, Australia 2 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsHealth Professions21.9%
- Digital Mental Health InterventionsPsychology16.4%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions9.9%
- Telemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationMedicine8.2%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine4.7%
- Technology Use by Older AdultsSocial Sciences4%
- Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityHealth Professions3.7%
- Healthcare Technology and Patient MonitoringMedicine3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCPsycINFOPublisher website
Other: Sherpa Romeo
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 483OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 264LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,338 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 216 | 216 | 68 |
| 2025 | 262 | 262 | 951 |
| 2024 | 216 | 216 | 2,076 |
| 2023 | 161 | 161 | 2,275 |
| 2022 | 159 | 159 | 3,081 |
| 2021 | 113 | 113 | 2,708 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
205 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 146 days – 274 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (115 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 258 days
- Sample
- 115 articles with submission and acceptance dates (545 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,985 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,873 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,985 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- AMA
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship
ORCID required for all authors at time of publication. Model summary
JMIR Publications requires that all authors / coauthors have an ORCID (a unique researcher identifier) at the time of publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Publication misconduct investigated according to COPE guidance. Model summary
Scientific, research, or publication misconduct are subject to investigation according to COPE guidance.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Preprints Open for Peer Review
Cascading peer review: manuscripts and reviews may be transferred to another JMIR journal. Model summary
2026-09-10 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Digital solutions to loneliness for neurodivergent young adults: a participatory co-design study Open Peer Review Period: September 10, 2026 - November 05, 2026 Peer Review Me 2026-08-17 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Evaluating User Experience of the X-Tap Technology in the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism policy defined per COPE; plagiarism is presenting the work of others as one's own without proper acknowledgment. Model summary
JMIR Publications policy on plagiarism is available here: How does JMIR Publications define plagiarism?
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints Open for Peer Review
2026-09-10 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Digital solutions to loneliness for neurodivergent young adults: a participatory co-design study Open Peer Review Period: September 10, 2026 - November 05, 2026 Peer Review Me 2026-08-17 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Evaluating User Experience of the X-Tap Technology in the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- JMIR Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2292-9495
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JMIR Human Factors
What CAS zone is JMIR Human Factors in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JMIR Human Factors is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Medical Informatics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JMIR Human Factors?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 57.
How long does peer review take at JMIR Human Factors?
Based on the dates recorded on 115 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 205 days (interquartile range 146–274 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of JMIR Human Factors?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: AMA; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of JMIR Human Factors based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (9), Canada (7) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JMIR Human Factors?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JMIR Human Factors is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PMC and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JMIR Human Factors open access, and what is the APC?
JMIR Human Factors is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,985.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .