Focus and Scope
JMIR Infodemiology (Editor-in-Chief: Tim Ken Mackey) launched in 2021, is a PubMed Central, PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, DOAJ, Web of Science, EBSCO/EBSCO Essentials, and CABI-indexed, peer-reviewed journal, focusing on infodemiology, the study of determinants and the distribution of health information and misinformation on the internet, and its effect on public and individual health. The new scientific discipline of "Infodemiology," first introduced in 2002, has been gaining momentum due to the COVID-19 infodemic, with the WHO recognizing it as an important pillar in managing public health emergencies. JMIR Publications is proud to have been spearheading the advancement of this new scientific discipline for more than a decade. We are now accelerating the development of this new interdisciplinary discipline with the first and only journal devoted to this rapidly evolving field, by bringing together thought leaders in research, data science, and policy. Areas of interest include information monitoring (infoveillance, including social listening); eHealth literacy and science literacy; knowledge refinement and quality improvement processes and policies; and the influence of political and commercial interests on effective knowledge translation.
In 2024, JMIR Infodemiology received an inaugural Journal Impact Factor™ of 3.5 (ranked Q1 #30/174 journals in the category Health Care Sciences & Services and Q1 #84/403 journals in the category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health) (Journal Citation Reports™ from Clarivate).
JMIR Infodemiology received a CiteScore of 4.8, placing it in the 75th percentile (#78 of 310) as a Q1 journal in the field of Health Policy.