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JMIR Serious Games

JMIR Publications Inc. · Canada · Est. 2003

ISSN2291-9279eISSN2291-9279

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.18

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.474

Total Worksi

830

Total Citationsi

20,167

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Medical Informatics; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Biomedical Engineering; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Rehabilitation.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 108 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications830

Publisher OrgJMIR Publications

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~22 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

JMIR Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2291-9279 / 2291-9279

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

PMC

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.5k

2019

3.1k

2020

120

4.5k

2021

116

2.7k

2022

1.3k

2023

114

909

2024

131

338

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Biomedical EngineeringQ1

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

RehabilitationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesMedical InformaticsPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationBiomedical EngineeringPsychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Educational Games and GamificationVirtual Reality Applications and ImpactsStroke Rehabilitation and RecoverySimulation-Based Education in HealthcareDigital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsTechnology Use by Older AdultsImpact of Technology on AdolescentsPediatric Pain Management TechniquesDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Frequently asked questions about JMIR Serious Games

Is JMIR Serious Games a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JMIR Serious Games: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of JMIR Serious Games?

JMIR Serious Games is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.55.

Is JMIR Serious Games indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JMIR Serious Games is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.