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JMIR Formative Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by JMIR Publications Inc..
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ISSN 2561-326XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 149 / 466 | 68th | Q2 |
| Health Informatics | 81 / 168 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.2.
JMIR Formative Research is Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 149 of 466) and Q2 in Health Informatics (rank 81 of 168), by CiteScore 2025.
JMIR Formative Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.763, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 41.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,900 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
JMIR Formative Research is published by JMIR Publications Inc. Its ISSN is 2561-326X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
JMIR Formative Research has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 2.81 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #108 of 451 Scopus journals in Medicine (miscellaneous).
JMIR Formative Research published 933 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (34.4%), Netherlands (8.9%) and China (5.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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