Journal profile · Medicine-Health Informatics
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
ISSN 2291-5222 · Journal of medical Internet Research · Canada
JMIR mHealth and uHealth: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6.24; fully open access; APC about USD 3,150; median 251 days to acceptance (109 articles, last 24 months); 239 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JMIR mHealth and uHealth is published by Journal of medical Internet Research and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Digital Mental Health Interventions and Physical Activity and Health, together about 58.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JMIR mHealth and uHealth (JMU, ISSN 2291-5222) is a leading peer-reviewed journal and one of the flagship journals of JMIR Publications. JMIR mHealth and uHealth received a Impact Factor of 6.3 in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports™. JMIR mHealth and uHealth is indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Psycinfo, SCIE, JCR, EBSCO/EBSCO Essentials, DOAJ, GoOA and others. In June 2026, JMIR mHealth and uHealth received a CiteScore of 11.1, placing it in the 90th percentile (#17 of 168) as a Q1 journal in the field of Health Informatics. The journal focuses on health and biomedical applications in mobile and tablet computing, pervasive and ubiquitous computing, wearable computing and domotics. JMIR mHealth and uHealth features a rapid and thorough peer-review process, professional copyediting, professional production of PDF, XHTML, and XML proofs. JMIR mHealth and uHealth adheres to the same quality standards as Journal of Medical Internet Research, and all articles published here are also cross-listed in the Table of Contents of Journal of Medical Internet Research, the world's leading medical journal in health sciences/health services research and health informatics (http://www.jmir.org/issue/current). We are looking for papers covering, for example, the following themes: Ubiquitous Health (uHealth) mHealth for Data Collection and Research Usability and user perceptions of mHealth mHealth in the Developing World and for Global Health mHealth in a Clinical Setting mHealth for Symptom and Disease Monitoring mHealth for Wellness, Behavior Change and Prevention mHealth for Screening Text-messaging (SMS)-Based Interventions Design and Formative Evaluation of Mobile Apps Security and Privacy of mHealth and uHealth Quality Evaluation and Descriptive Analysis of Multiple Existing Mobile Apps mHealth for Treatment Adherence Use and User Demographics of mHealth mHealth for Telemedicine and Homecare mHealth for Patient Education mHealth in Medical Education and Training Evaluation and Research Methodology for mHealth Wearable Devices and Sensors Fitness Trackers and Smart Pedometers/Accelerometers Google Glass and Augmented Reality Applications Product Reviews and Tutorials in mHealth 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: 1 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 2, United Kingdom 2, Germany 2, Switzerland 2, Malaysia 2 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsHealth Professions34.3%
- Digital Mental Health InterventionsPsychology16.9%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine7.3%
- Telemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationMedicine2.8%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology2.7%
- COVID-19 Digital Contact TracingComputer Science2.7%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions2.5%
- Innovative Human-Technology InteractionComputer Science2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCPubMedPsycINFOPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 6.24LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 11.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 159OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,423OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 212LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 100Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,231 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 215 | 215 | 81 |
| 2025 | 239 | 239 | 1,143 |
| 2024 | 171 | 171 | 2,135 |
| 2023 | 171 | 171 | 3,945 |
| 2022 | 179 | 179 | 7,001 |
| 2021 | 368 | 368 | 14,510 |
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
251 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 169 days – 329 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 48 days (109 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 296 days
- Sample
- 109 articles with submission and acceptance dates (483 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 38 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 3,150 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,850 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,150 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship
ORCID required for all authors/coauthors 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 ·- Peer review Preprints Open for Peer Review
Reporting guidelines/checklists required for specific article types Model summary
2026-09-10 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Understanding User Engagement Patterns with Manage My Pain: A Digital Health App for Pain Tracking and Pain Self-Management Open Peer Review Period: September 11, 2026 - November 06, 2026 Peer Review Me 2026-09-01 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Digital health interventions fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Original work only; not under consideration elsewhere Model summary
Manuscripts are considered with the understanding that they have not been published previously in print or electronic format and are not under consideration by another print or electronic publisher.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints Open for Peer Review
2026-09-10 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Understanding User Engagement Patterns with Manage My Pain: A Digital Health App for Pain Tracking and Pain Self-Management Open Peer Review Period: September 11, 2026 - November 06, 2026 Peer Review Me 2026-09-01 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Digital health interventions fo…
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
- Journal of medical Internet Research
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2291-5222
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 mHealth and uHealth
What CAS zone is JMIR mHealth and uHealth in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JMIR mHealth and uHealth is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Medical Informatics; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JMIR mHealth and uHealth?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.24; CiteScore 11.1, h-index 159.
How long does peer review take at JMIR mHealth and uHealth?
Based on the dates recorded on 109 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 251 days (interquartile range 169–329 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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 mHealth and uHealth?
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 mHealth and uHealth based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2), United Kingdom (2) and Germany (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JMIR mHealth and uHealth?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JMIR mHealth and uHealth is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, PubMed and PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JMIR mHealth and uHealth open access, and what is the APC?
JMIR mHealth and uHealth is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,150.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .