Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: Sep 6, 2019
Date Accepted: Oct 22, 2019
Increasing the impact of JMIR in the attention economy
ABSTRACT
JMIR has attained remarkable achievements in the past twenty years. By depth, JMIR has published the most impactful research in medical informatics, and is top-ranked in the field. By width, JMIR has spin off to about thirty sister journals to cover serious games, mobile health, public health, surveillance, and related medical areas. With ever-increasing data and research findings, academic publishers need to be competitive to win readers’ attention. While JMIR is well-positioned in the field, the journal will need more creative strategies to increase its “attention base” and maintain its leading position. Viable strategies include the creation of online collaborative space, engagement of more diverse audience from less traditional channels, and partnerships with other publishers and academic institutes. Doing so can also enable JMIR researchers to turn research insights into practical strategies to improve personal health and medical services.
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