mHealth

mHealth is an open access journal from AME Publishing Company on telemedicine and electronic health, launched in March 2015.《移动医疗》是 AME 出版公司旗下的一份开放获取期刊，主题为远程医疗与电子健康，创办于 2015 年 3 月。

The title aims to establish what telemedicine does to the quality, the cost and the reach of care, and it gives weight to clinical trials of such applications.该刊意在弄清远程医疗对医疗质量、成本与可及性的影响，并看重此类应用的临床试验。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3 and stands in the second quartile of health care sciences and services in the emerging sources list.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在新兴资源引文索引的卫生保健科学与服务类目中列第二区。

Scope

• The journal sets out to discover what telemedicine does to the quality of care, and it takes studies that measure the change.该刊意在弄清远程医疗对医疗质量的影响，收载衡量这一变化的研究。

• Cost effectiveness is named as a subject, and work that weighs what a remote service delivers against what it costs is admitted.成本效益被点名为选题，把远程服务所交付的与其所耗相权衡的工作受到收载。

• Access to healthcare is part of the remit, and the journal carries work on whether a service reaches the people who need it.医疗的可及性是收稿范围的一部分，该刊刊载服务能否到达所需之人的工作。

• Developments in telemedicine are followed, and the journal carries work on new ways of delivering care at a distance.该刊追踪远程医疗的发展，刊载远距离交付照护的新方式方面的工作。

• Developments in electronic health are covered on the same footing, and work on digital records and on remote consultation is admitted.电子健康的发展以同等地位得到覆盖，关于数字记录与远程问诊的工作也在接纳之列。

• Clinical trials of telemedicine applications are given particular weight, and the journal treats them as the centre of its subject.远程医疗应用的临床试验尤受重视，该刊把它们当作选题的中心。

• New findings on how mobile technologies improve public health are welcomed, and the journal asks what a device changes in practice.移动技术如何改善公共卫生的新发现受到欢迎，该刊追问某项设备在实践中改变了什么。

• Underserved populations are named, and the journal looks for work that bears on people whom the ordinary system does not reach well.服务不足的人群被点名，该刊寻找关系到普通体系难以良好覆盖之人的工作。

• A forum is offered for the dissemination of mobile technologies, so that a working tool may become known beyond its first site.该刊为移动技术的传播提供园地，使一件可用工具得以在其发端之处以外为人所知。

• The technologies are treated as a means of changing healthcare on many fronts, from prevention to the management of a long term illness.这些技术被视为在诸多方面改变医疗的手段，从预防一直到长期病症的管理。

• Studies of a remote service are expected to report their outcome measures clearly, so that a reader can judge what was gained.远程服务的研究须清楚报告其结局指标，使读者能够判断所获为何。

• The journal is open to clinical, technical and health services work, since a mobile tool only matters when people actually use it.该刊对临床、技术与卫生服务三方面的研究持开放态度，因为移动工具只有被人们真正使用才谈得上要紧。

• The journal is read by clinicians, by informaticians and by health service researchers, and it writes for all three.该刊的读者既有临床医生，也有信息学工作者与卫生服务研究者，它为这三类人写作。

• Remote monitoring of a patient at home is a recurring subject, and the journal carries work on what such data are worth.对居家患者的远程监测是反复出现的题目，该刊刊载这类数据价值几何的研究。

• Papers on the telephone and the smartphone as a means of care appear, and studies of adherence are taken.以电话与智能手机作为照护手段的论文也有出现，依从性研究受到收载。

• Work on the design of an application is admitted, and the journal asks whether a tool is usable by the people it targets.应用设计的工作也在接纳之列，该刊追问工具对其目标人群是否可用。

• Health services questions are treated, and the journal carries work on how a remote service is paid for and organised.卫生服务方面的问题得到处理，该刊刊载远程服务如何付费与如何组织的工作。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a tool that does not work is worth knowing about.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为一件不起作用的工具同样值得知道。

• The journal follows the growth of digital health in low and middle income settings, where a mobile tool may reach a person first.该刊追踪数字健康在低中收入环境中的成长，在那里移动工具可能是最先触达某人的手段。

• Authors are asked to state the stage of development of the tool they describe, so that a reader can place it.作者须说明所描述工具所处的发展阶段，使读者能够为它定位。

History

• The journal was launched in March 2015, and it has appeared as an electronic journal from the outset.该刊于 2015 年 3 月创办，自始便以电子期刊的形式出现。

• It is published by AME Publishing Company, a house that issues a group of open access medical journals from Hong Kong.该刊由 AME 出版公司在香港出版，该社发行一族开放获取医学期刊。

• The journal was indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central in March 2017, two years after it was launched.该刊于 2017 年 3 月被 PubMed 与 PubMed Central 收录，距其创办两年。

• Scopus took the title in June 2021, and the emerging sources citation index followed in July 2022.Scopus 于 2021 年 6 月收录该刊，新兴资源引文索引随后于 2022 年 7 月收录。

• The impact indicator has stood at 2.2 and 2.2, and it reached 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子先为 2.2，再为 2.2，在 2025 年版达到 3.3。

• Only an electronic number is in use, 2306-9740, and the journal has never been printed.该刊只使用电子刊号 2306-9740，从未印刷出版。

• Twelve issues are gathered into a year, and the journal keeps a monthly rhythm with articles appearing as they are ready.该刊每年汇集十二期，保持月刊节奏，文章就绪即刊。

• The journal is fully open access, and every article is free to read from the moment it is published.该刊完全开放获取，每篇文章自发表那一刻起即可免费阅读。

• A publication charge is levied on accepted papers, and the journal publishes the amount on its own pages.被录用的论文须缴纳出版费用，该刊在自身页面上公布金额。

• The journal supports its material on the platform of a larger health publisher, so that its content reaches clinical readers.该刊把内容托放在一家更大的卫生出版方的平台上，使内容得以抵达临床读者。

• The title marked its tenth year in 2025, and an annual report was issued to set out its growth.该刊于 2025 年迎来第十年，并刊出一份年度报告陈述其发展。

• Focused issues are assembled around a theme, and the journal has gathered work on mobile technology in the management of chronic disease.专题期围绕某一主题汇集，该刊曾汇集移动技术用于慢性病管理的工作。

• The journal is read in hospitals and in health ministries, and it is written for both.该刊在医院与卫生主管部门中被阅读，行文兼顾两者。

• Papers on the evaluation of a national programme appear, and the journal carries work on what such a programme achieved.国家级项目评估的论文有所出现，该刊刊载这类项目取得了什么的工作。

• The journal keeps a record of what it publishes each year, and an annual report sets out how its content was read and cited.该刊为每年所发表的内容留存记录，一份年度报告说明其内容被阅读与被引用的情形。

Editors

• The journal has two editors-in-chief, Steven Tucker in Singapore and Ming Chu in Nanjing.该刊设有两位主编，即新加坡的（Steven Tucker）与南京的（Ming Chu）。

• The editorial board is deliberately international, and the journal reports the distribution of its members by country each year.编委会刻意保持国际化，该刊每年报告成员的国别分布。

• An editorial office at the publisher handles the flow of manuscripts and answers queries from authors and reviewers.出版方所设的编辑部处理稿件流，并答复作者与审稿人的查询。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's system, and those that do not meet the instructions are returned before review.稿件通过出版方的系统投递，不符合说明的会在评审之前退回。

• The journal sets out the categories of manuscript it takes, along with the 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结构。

• Ethical considerations are set out in full, and the journal requires a statement of informed consent from human participants.伦理考量有完整说明，该刊要求提供人类受试者的知情同意声明。

• Conflicts of interest must be declared, and the journal states the policy that governs them.利益冲突必须声明，该刊写明约束它的政策。

• Clinical trials should be registered, and the journal asks for the registration number of a randomized trial before it is considered.临床试验宜先注册，该刊在审议随机对照试验之前会索取其注册号。

• Open access publication carries the charge noted above, and the journal sets out the copyright terms that go with it.开放获取出版收取前述费用，该刊一并说明随之而来的著作权条款。

• Reviewers are recognised from month to month, and the journal interviews members of its board and its authors.该刊逐月表彰审稿人，并访谈其编委与作者。