Member Record: JMIR Publications Inc. (formerly JMIR – Journal of Medical Internet Research)
| Title | JMIR Publications Inc. (formerly JMIR – Journal of Medical Internet Research) |
| Class |
Professional Publisher (Medium) |
| URL | http://jmirpublications.com |
| Owner | Privately owned company, primarily owned by founding editor and publisher, Professor Gunther Eysenbach |
| Copyright and Licensing | Examples: http://www.jmir.org/about/submissions#copyrightNotice http://www.i-jmr.org/about/submissions#copyrightNotice http://www.researchprotocols.org/about/submissions#copyrightNotice http://mhealth.jmir.org/about/submissions#copyrightNotice http://www.medicine20.com/about/submissions#copyrightNotice http://wikimedical.jmir.org/about/submissions#copyrightNotice |
| Copyright and Licensing Policy | Unless stated otherwise, all articles are open-access distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work (“first published in…”) is properly cited with original URL and bibliographic citation information. |
| Complaint email | Jmir.editorial.office@gmail.com |
| Complaint policy | All editorial complaints, including appeals to reconsider an editorial decision, should be brought to the attention of the editorial office, which may decide to consult independent advice of a deputy editor. JMIR is also a member of COPE (Committee of Publication Ethics). |
| Publication charge link | Usually found in the instructions for authors and “About us” sections of the respective journals. For example: http://www.jmir.org/about/editorialPolicies#custom8 http://www.i-jmr.org/about/editorialPolicies#custom0 http://mhealth.jmir.org/about/editorialPolicies#custom7 http://www.researchprotocols.org/about/editorialPolicies#custom0 http://www.medicine20.com/about/editorialPolicies#custom0 |
| Publication charge policy | Most JMIR journals have an Article Processing Fee, which is only charged in case of acceptance, ranging from for example from $325 (Medicine 2.0) to $1900 for the J Med Internet Res. Some JMIR journals also have a nominal submission fee (e.g. $90), which is charged on submission. Most JMIR journals have an optional Fast-Track Fee (e.g. $450), which guarantees an editorial decision within 3 weeks after submission and publication within 4 weeks after acceptance.Institutional Memberships are available and cover APF charges of corresponding authors from these members, see http://www.jmir.org/cms/view/support_%26amp%3B_membership All JMIR journals have a fee waiver policy for authors from developing countries, students, and other authors who have no funding (all coauthors must sign that they have no funding). |
| OASPA Compliant OA Journals | 6 (plus an additional 7 under development)
Several new journals are in development and will be launched in 2013 or 2014: |
| OA articles approx. number in 12 months |
500 (2013) |
| Initiatives | Cofounder of OASPA; Founder of WebCite® (http://www.webcitation.org) to archive and preserve cited webreferences or web-accessible preprints free of charge; early adopter of Altmetrics and inventor of the Twimpact Factor® (tweets-based impact metrics, sold to TrendMD), see e.g. http://www.jmir.org/stats/mostTweeted; joint project with Wikipedia to peer-review and publish medical Wikipedia articles http://wikimedical.jmir.org; creator/curator of the Medicine 2.0® Social Network (http://medicine20.net/) and annual Medicine 2.0® Conferences; Open Peer Review (optional) (http://www.jmir.org/reviewer/openReview/abstracts) |
| Peer review policy | Usually found in the About Us section or Instructions for Authors in the respective journal, see for example http://www.jmir.org/about/editorialPolicies#peerReviewProcess “When we receive a manuscript, the Managing Editor and/or Assistant Editor and/or the Section Editor will first decide whether the manuscript meets the formal criteria specified in the Instructions for Authors and whether it fits within the scope of the journal. When in doubt, the editor will consult other members of the Editorial Board. Manuscripts are then assigned to a section editor, who sends it to 2-4 external experts for peer review. Authors are required to suggest at least 2 peer-reviewers (who do not have an conflict of interest) during the submission process. JMIR reviewers will not stay anonymous their names will be revealed and stated below the article in the event that the manuscript will be published.” |