JMIR Publications is pleased to announce that JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), has been given an inaugural Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 3.7 from the 2023 Journal Citation Reports™ (JCR). This is a great achievement for everyone involved and continues to demonstrate the importance of JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting’s contribution to the scientific community and progressing open science and digital health.

Born and published open access since 2018, JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting has been included among the world's best journals in the Pediatrics (ESCI) category.

Highly cited articles from JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting include:

· Parental Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination for Children Under the Age of 18 Years: Cross-Sectional Online Survey

· Digital Approaches to Remote Pediatric Health Care Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Existing Evidence and a Call for Further Research

· Psychosocial Challenges and Opportunities for Youth With Chronic Health Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In total, 14 out of the 34 open access journals published by JMIR Publications now have a JIF. This represents a 133% increase compared to last year. Additionally, we have launched more journals in the past two years that are not yet eligible for metrics, such as JIF and CiteScore.

Our journals with inaugural Impact Factors include:

o Interactive Journal of Medical Research - 2

o JMIR Aging - 4.9

o JMIR Cancer - 2.8

o JMIR Formative Research - 2.2

o JMIR Human Factors - 2.7

o JMIR Medical Education - 3.6

o JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting - 3.7

o JMIR Research Protocols - 1.7

JMIR Publications' flagship and tenured journals continue to remain strong:

Our flagship journal Journal of Medical Internet Research, has gone from 7.1 to 7.4
JMIR Medical Informatics remains at 3.2
JMIR Mental Health has gone from 6.3 to 5.2
JMIR mHealth and uHealth has gone from 4.9 to 5
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance has gone from 14.6 to 8.5
JMIR Serious Games has gone from 3.3 to 4

Discover JMIR Publications' complete open access journal portfolio and explore the communities progressing digital health.

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