About JAMIA

Aims and Scope

The bimonthly Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, JAMIA, presents peer-reviewed articles that describe key perspectives, novel applications, and leading-edge original investigations in the field. Readers include healthcare professionals, biomedical informaticians, computer and information scientists, administrators, and their students. Contributors develop healthcare informatics models, applications, and standards that JAMIA readers apply to clinical practice, teaching, research, and healthcare administration. JAMIA has an established reputation for presenting high-quality, timely information. Each issue contains state-of-the-art reviews, original articles, and editorials. A variety of formats accommodates work at all stages, from model formulation to initial case reports, through definitive evaluation studies and higher-level perspectives.

Ownership

BMJ Group publishes JAMIA on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). For more information please refer to the Affiliations section below.

Journal Statistics

Acceptance rate	6% (Jan-March 2010)
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	3.974
Indexed by	Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase), CINAHL, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), SciSearch, Social SciSearch, Research Alert, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
Launch date	1994
Lead times	Time from submission to first decision (reviewed papers): 9 weeks
ISSN of JAMIA	1067-5027
ISSN of JAMIA Online	1527-974X

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Affiliations

Members of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) receive print and online access to JAMIA as a benefit of membership.

The BMJ Publishing Group is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.

The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting accurate, transparent reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.

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All content published in JAMIA is deposited with PubMedCentral by the publisher but with varying embargo times. Authors/funders may pay an Unlocked fee of $2,000 to make the article free on the JAMIA website and PMC immediately on publication. Research funded by government and other recognised agencies is deposited with a 12 month embargo. All other content is deposited with a 36 month embargo.

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