Interactive Journal of Medical Research

Interactive Journal of Medical Research is an open access general medical journal on innovation in health, published by JMIR Publications.《Interactive Journal of Medical Research》是一份聚焦健康领域创新的开放获取综合医学期刊，由 JMIR 出版社出版。

It was launched in 2012 and takes the relations between people, systems and machines as its field.该刊于 2012 年创办，以人、系统与机器之间的关系为其领域。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the second quartile of medicine, research and experimental.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在医学-研究与实验类目列第二区。

Scope

• The journal takes interaction as its organizing idea, and it asks what passes between two parties in a health setting.该刊以交互为组织观念，追问医疗情境中双方之间传递了什么。

• Interaction between people is named, and the journal carries work on how a patient and a clinician reach each other.人与人之间的交互被点名，该刊刊载患者与临床医生如何彼此抵达的工作。

• Interaction between a person and a computer is treated, and the journal admits work on how a system answers a user.人与计算机之间的交互得到处理，该刊收载系统如何回应使用者的工作。

• Interaction between organizations is named, and the journal takes work on how two bodies share a record.组织之间的交互被点名，该刊收载两个机构如何共享一份记录的工作。

• Interaction between systems is part of the remit, and the journal carries work on how two machines exchange data.系统之间的交互属于收稿范围，该刊刊载两台机器如何交换数据的工作。

• Innovation in health is the broad aim, and the journal admits work on a new technique or a new idea.健康领域的创新是总目标，该刊收载新技术或新想法方面的工作。

• Clinical informatics is named, and the journal carries work on how a record or an alert is put to use.临床信息学被点名，该刊刊载记录或提醒如何被投入使用的工作。

• Coverage reaches across the health sciences, and the journal admits papers from cardiology, dermatology, neurology and nursing.覆盖范围横跨健康科学，该刊收载来自心脏病学、皮肤病学、神经病学与护理学的论文。

• Nutrition, ophthalmology, dental science and psychiatry are also named, and the journal takes work from any of them.营养学、眼科学、牙科学与精神病学亦被点名，该刊收载其中任一领域的工作。

• Telehealth is treated, and the journal asks how a consultation is carried out at a distance.远程医疗得到处理，该刊追问诊疗如何在远处进行。

• Patient education is named, and the journal carries work on how a person is helped to understand a condition.患者教育被点名，该刊刊载人如何被帮助理解某一病症的工作。

• Prevention and population health are part of the remit, and the journal takes work on how a community is kept well.预防与人群健康属于收稿范围，该刊收载社区如何被保持健康的工作。

• Organizational change is treated, and the journal admits work on how a service is rearranged around a technology.组织变革得到处理，该刊收载服务如何围绕一项技术被重新安排的工作。

• Evaluation is named, and the journal carries work that measures what an innovation does in practice.评估被点名，该刊刊载衡量某项创新在实践中起何作用的工作。

• Original research, reviews and short reports are all taken, and the journal sets out the structure each should follow.原创研究、综述与短报均予收载，该刊列出各类应遵循的结构。

• The journal is meant to publish readable and applied work, and it takes a study that speaks to a practitioner.该刊意在发表可读而实用的工作，收载面向从业者的研究。

History

• The journal was launched in 2012 by a publisher that runs a family of health and technology titles.该刊于 2012 年由一家经营健康与技术刊群的出版社创办。

• It was among the earlier titles from that house, and it opened a general medical ground beside the house's specialised journals.该刊是该社较早的刊物之一，在该社的专业刊之外另辟一块综合医学阵地。

• It was issued from a city in Canada, and it is written for a readership that reaches across several continents.该刊自加拿大的一座城市发行，为遍及数个大洲的读者而写。

• Only one number is in use for the title, and the journal is published online rather than in print.该刊只使用一个刊号，以在线而非印刷形式出版。

• A volume is published for each year, and the series had reached volume 15 by 2026.该刊每年出版一卷，到 2026 年已出至第 15 卷。

• There is no issue to wait for, and a paper appears as soon as it has passed review.该刊没有可等待的分期，论文一经通过评审即行出现。

• Access was open from the start, and every article is free to read from the moment it appears.该刊自始即开放获取，每篇文章自出现那一刻起即可免费阅读。

• A publication charge applies to an accepted paper, and the journal points to the publisher's policy and to its waiver scheme.被录用的论文须缴纳出版费用，该刊指明出版方的政策与减免方案。

• Authors keep the copyright of their work, and every article is released under a licence that allows reuse with attribution.作者保留其作品的著作权，每篇文章以允许署名再用的许可发布。

• The impact figure has risen in recent editions, standing at 1.9 for 2023 and reaching 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子在近期各版中上升，2023 年为 1.9，2025 年版为 3.3。

• The journal is indexed in the emerging sources citation index, and it is carried in Scopus and in a large health database.该刊被新兴资源引文索引收录，并被 Scopus 与一所大型健康数据库收录。

• Its papers are deposited in PubMed and in a public archive, where they are free to read and are preserved.其论文存放在 PubMed 与一所公共档案之中，在其中免费阅读并受保存。

Editors

• Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso of Deakin University in Australia is editor-in-chief, and her own field is the clinical course of mental disorder.澳大利亚迪肯大学的（Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso）担任主编，其本人领域为精神障碍的临床病程。

• She works as a scientific editor at the publisher as well, and she leads the title in its general medical turn.她同时在该出版社担任科学编辑，并在该刊转向综合医学之际主持之。

• A body of associate editors and an editorial board are drawn from several countries, and the journal names members from universities and from hospitals.一组副编辑与一个编委会从数个国家遴请，该刊列出来自大学与医院的成员。

• The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。

• Each paper is sent to independent referees, and the review is anonymous on the side of the reviewer.每篇论文送交独立审稿人，评审在审稿人一侧为匿名。

• Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。

• Work that involves patients is held to the usual standards, and the journal asks that consent and approval be recorded.涉及患者的研究须达到惯常标准，该刊要求记录知情同意与批准情况。

• A study that puts a system before patients is asked to report what the users did, and not only what the authors expected.把系统交到患者面前的研究须报告用户实际所做，而非仅报告作者所预想。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's platform, and an enquiry may be made before a paper is written.稿件通过出版方的平台投递，在动笔之前可先行询问。

• Data sharing is encouraged, and the journal points to the publisher's policy that governs it.该刊鼓励数据共享，并指明出版方约束此事的政策。

• The journal is read by clinicians and by informaticians, by health service researchers and by social scientists, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有临床医生与信息学专家，也有卫生服务研究者与社会科学者，它为这几类人写作。

• Work that carries a prototype toward a service is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes for a patient.把样机带向服务的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动对患者改变了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a service redesign that failed to help is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为无助于事的服务改造同样值得记录。

• Work on a mobile health application is named, and the journal carries papers on how a phone is put to a health use.移动健康应用方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载手机如何被用于健康用途的论文。

• Work on a patient portal is treated, and the journal admits papers on how a person reaches their own record.患者门户方面的工作得到处理，该刊收载人如何抵达自己病历的论文。

• The journal keeps its reviews distinct from its original reports, and a reader can tell from the rubric which is which.该刊把综述与原始报告区分开来，读者可从栏目看出何者为何者。

• Work on remote monitoring is named, and the journal carries papers on how a reading taken at home reaches a clinic.远程监测方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载在家取得的读数如何抵达诊所的论文。

• Work on the equity of a digital service is treated, and the journal asks who is left out and why.数字服务的公平性方面的工作得到处理，该刊追问谁被遗漏及其缘由。

• Work on the cost of a technology in a health system is named, and the journal admits papers on what a rollout buys.某项技术在卫生系统中的成本方面的工作被点名，该刊收载推广换得何物的论文。

• Work that joins a clinical question to a design question is welcomed, and the journal carries papers on what each side learns.把临床问题与设计问题相连的工作受到欢迎，该刊刊载两侧各学到何物的论文。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。