About the Journal
Indexing and Impact Factor
JMIR Formative Research (JFR, ISSN 2561-326X) is indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, DOAJ, Scopus, Sherpa/Romeo, EBSCO, and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).
JMIR Formative Research received a 2025 Impact Factor of 2.4 (5-Year Impact Factor of 2.8), and is ranked as a Q2 journal in the following category:
-50th percentile (97/194) in Health Care Sciences & Services
JMIR Formative Research is ranked as a Q3 journal in the following category:
-29th percentile (39/54) in Medical Informatics
JMIR Formative Research received a Scopus CiteScore of 4.2 (2025), ranking as a Q2 journal in the following fields:
-68th percentile (149/466) in Medicine
-52nd percentile (81/168) in Health Informatics