Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Aims & Scope

JAMIA is AMIA's premier peer-reviewed journal for biomedical and health informatics.

Covering the full spectrum of activities in the field, JAMIA includes informatics articles in the areas of clinical care, clinical research, translational science, implementation science, imaging, education, consumer health, public health, and policy.

JAMIA's articles describe innovative informatics research and systems that help to advance biomedical science and to promote health.

Case reports, perspectives and reviews also help readers stay connected with the most important informatics developments in implementation, policy and education.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.6
2024	4.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1383

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4884

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.039

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	184

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Mayo clinical Text Analysis and Knowledge Extraction System (cTAKES): architecture, component evaluation and applications

  Citation: 1293

  Authors: Guergana K, James J, Philip V, Jiaping, Sunghwan, Karin C, Christopher G

• Natural language processing: an introduction

  Citation: 1135

  Authors: Prakash M, Lucila, Wendy W

• Some Unintended Consequences of Information Technology in Health Care: The Nature of Patient Care Information System-related Errors

  Citation: 1098

  Authors: J. S.

• Blockchain distributed ledger technologies for biomedical and health care applications

  Citation: 1018

  Authors: Tsung-Ting, Hyeon-Eui, Lucila

• Personal Health Records: Definitions, Benefits, and Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Adoption

  Citation: 989

  Authors: P. C., J. S., D. W., J. M., D. Z.

• Ten Commandments for Effective Clinical Decision Support: Making the Practice of Evidence-based Medicine a Reality

  Citation: 964

  Authors: David W., Gilad J., Samuel, Tejal, Anne, Lynn, Cynthia, Ramin, Milenko, Blackford

• An overview of MetaMap: historical perspective and recent advances

  Citation: 963

  Authors: Alan R, François-Michel

• Conversational agents in healthcare: a systematic review

  Citation: 933

  Authors: Liliana, Adam G, Huong Ly, Ahmet Baki, Jessica, Rabia, Didi, Blanca, Farah, Annie Y S, Enrico

• An Integrated Software Suite for Surface-based Analyses of Cerebral Cortex

  Citation: 908

  Authors: D. C., H. A., J., J., D., C. H.

• Overriding of Drug Safety Alerts in Computerized Physician Order Entry

  Citation: 836

  Authors: H., J., A., M.

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