JMIR Aging Receives Inaugural Impact Factor of 4.9

JMIR Publications is pleased to announce that JMIR Aging, indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), has been given an inaugural Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 4.9 from the 2023 Journal Citation Reports™ (JCR). This is a great achievement for everyone involved and continues to demonstrate the importance of JMIR Aging’s contribution to the scientific community and progressing open science and digital health. 


Born and published open access since 2018, JMIR Aging has been included among the world's best journals in the Geriatrics & Gerontology, Gerontology, and Medical Informatics categories. Journals receiving an inaugural Impact Factor in 2023 will not receive ranks, quartiles, or percentiles until 2024.


Highly cited articles from JMIR Aging include:

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:


JMIR Publications flagship and tenured journals continue to remain strong:


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