JMIR Publications

Can fostering emotion regulation in adolescents be a better approach than bans for managing social media use? ➡️ mental.jmir.org/2024/1/e6462… #AdolescentMentalHealth #EmotionRegulation #DigitalWellbeing

In a new guest post on scholarly publishing for @Scholarly Kitchen, JMIR VP of Operations Richard writes about the hidden erosion of human judgment when we automate assessment itself. Congratulations to Richard on this stellar piece, read the full piece: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/… #ScholarlyPublishing #JMIR #ScienceCommunication

San Antonio, here we come! Catch the JMIR Publications team at #APHA2026 Booth 728 (Nov 1-4) to meet our editors, snag exclusive merch, and get your APC discount codes. Check out the APHA resource page and claim your promo code early : landingpage.jmirpublications…? #PublicHealth #OpenAccess #APHA2026 #JMIR

Big news for #OpenScience! 📢 JMIRx journals are proud to join the Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) Alliance as a founding member. Alongside @ASAPbio_ & COAR, we are driving a more open, transparent, and flexible scholarly publishing ecosystem for researchers worldwide. Read the full announcement: xmed.jmir.org/announcements/… #Preprints #PeerReview #ScholarlyPublishing #JMIR

Want teens to actually use your health app? Make it a game. A new review reveals that Gen Z requires gamification, social connection, and highly tailored design in dietary apps to actually stay engaged. Read the data:pediatrics.jmir.org/2026/1/e… #mHealth #DigitalHealth #AppDesign

Prescription video games are here. 🎮 How does a screen actually treat pediatric ADHD? A new study shows that engineered "adaptive multitasking" gameplay actively rewires attention pathways to build focus. Read the science behind the high scores:games.jmir.org/2026/1/e76114… #DigitalTherapeutics #ADHD #HealthTech #JMIR

Doctors vs. Influencers: Who actually gets depression right on TikTok? A new study analyzed 200+ viral mental health videos to see who is spreading accurate clinical info, and what the algorithm really rewards. The results will definitely surprise you. See the data: infodemiology.jmir.org/2026/… #DigitalHealth #MedEd #MentalHealth #HealthLiteracy

Our first article from JMIR Metascience and Research Integrity is now LIVE! Health care AI research is booming, but publication volume ≠ decision-useful evidence. How do we identify and prevent "algorithmic research waste"? Author Dabeluchi Chiedozie Ngwu introduces the VALUE-AI lens: a framework to spot value-loss signals, from flawed primary research claims to postdeployment monitoring failures. It ensures that an AI model's aims, evidence, and maturity stage actually align. Read the foundational paper here: metascience.jmir.org/2026/1/… #Metascience #HealthAI #ResearchIntegrity #DigitalHealth #VALUEAI

Fake doctors, real danger. ⚠️ From synthetic avatars to voice-cloned MDs selling fake supplements, AI-powered medical deception is flooding social media. Our latest paper classifies the growing threat of "physician deepfakes" and how to spot them. Read the full breakdown: jmir.org/2026/1/e111657 #AI #DigitalHealth #Deepfakes #HealthTech

Help shape the future of evidence synthesis in health tech! JMIR is recruiting Associate Editors & Advisors for our new journal: JMIR Reviews in Digital Health, a dedicated journal for rigorous reviews, digital therapeutics, and responsible AI-assisted synthesis. 👉 Apply to become an Associate Editor or Advisor: landingpage.jmirpublications… #DigitalHealth #EvidenceSynthesis #SystematicReviews #HealthInformatics #AIinHealth #OpenScience #JMIR

Let’s be honest: an app download doesn’t equal a health outcome. Submit your next paper to our new JMIR mHealth and uHealth theme issue: "Advancing Meaningful Engagement With mHealth Interventions." We're looking for research that moves beyond basic usage analytics to explore what actually drives user interaction. 🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2027 Working in this field? Learn more here: mhealth.jmir.org/announcemen… #mHealth #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #CallForPapers #MedTech #JMIR

🎙️ NEW PANELIST ALERT! Rachel Van Stratton-Kirk of @dexcom joins our JMIR News & Perspectives webinar panel! With 15+ years in MedTech and digital health, she brings a patient-centered take on turning wearable data into meaningful insights. She joins others to explore what wearables can really tell us, how much we can trust the data, and what comes next for wearable health tech. 📅 October 22 at 10 AM ET Save your spot: landingpage.jmirpublications… #JMIR #DigitalHealth #Wearables #MedTech #HealthTech

This week, the JMIR team showed up in pink and came together for our Breast Cancer Awareness Month social. 💗 JMIR is donating to the Canadian Cancer Society’s breast cancer fund for every staff member who joined us. Plus, JMIR Cancer is currently calling for papers on breast cancer, including digital health, AI, survivorship + patient-centered care: cancer.jmir.org/announcement… #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #BreastCancer #JMIR

What if healthcare could do more than predict the future? Bertalan Mesko, guest editor of the Journal of Medical Internet Research theme issue “The Emergence of Medical Futures Studies,” shares why it’s time to think differently about what comes next. Read the interview: blog.jmir.org/beyond-predict… #JMIR #DigitalHealth #FutureOfMedicine #HealthcareInnovation #MedicalAI