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JMIR Human Factors is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by JMIR Publications Inc..
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ISSN 2292-9495Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | 15 / 48 | 69th | Q2 |
| Health Informatics | 56 / 168 | 66th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.6.
JMIR Human Factors is Q2 in Human Factors and Ergonomics (rank 15 of 48) and Q2 in Health Informatics (rank 56 of 168), by CiteScore 2025.
JMIR Human Factors 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 5.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.998, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 44.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,873 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 Human Factors is published by JMIR Publications Inc. Its ISSN is 2292-9495.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
JMIR Human Factors has an h-index of 57 and a 2-year mean of 4.4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #6 of 47 Scopus journals in Human Factors and Ergonomics.
JMIR Human Factors published 260 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 (27.8%), United Kingdom (12.4%) and Germany (5.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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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