Exposure to natural environments is well documented to improve attention, reduce stress, and enhance psychological well-being. While virtual reality (VR) offers a portable, scalable way to simulate natural settings for urban or isolated populations, it remains unclear whether a virtual forest engages the brain and cognitive networks in the same way as the real world.

Open-access publishing is built on a promise: research funded by the public should be freely available to the public. A sweeping new proposal from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) threatens to break that promise by fundamentally rewriting how federal grants are awarded, managed, and published.

As someone with aging parents living on the other side of the country, I am constantly on the lookout for ways to help them maintain their independence, health, and happiness from afar. Fortunately, I work for a digital health publisher, so I have been reading some incredible research exploring potential solutions for their lives, specifically at the intersection of physical fitness, wearable technology, and urban design.

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a dedicated time to focus on our cognitive well-being. To conclude our special blog series for this awareness month, JMIR Publications is looking at how proactive digital strategies can drastically reshape the trajectory of cognitive decline. In this final installment, we highlight groundbreaking research published in JMIR Aging that explores how modern innovations in artificial intelligence can analyze subtle speech and voice patterns. Discover how these pocket-sized acoustic biomarkers are paving the way for early cognitive tracking, allowing individuals to proactively monitor, support, and manage their brain health right from home.

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a dedicated time to focus on our cognitive well-being. As part of our special coverage for this awareness month, we are focusing on the power of early prevention by highlighting recent research published in JMIR Research Protocols. While progressive neurological diseases are deeply complex, proactive strategies initiated early in life can profoundly impact your brain health. In this installment, we look at DementiaRisk, an award-winning digital education platform developed by researchers at McMaster University, designed to bridge critical knowledge gaps and turn evidence-based risk reduction into manageable daily habits.

Clarivate has released Journal Citation Reports 2026, including 2025 Journal Impact Factor results for 24 JMIR Publications journals. Of these, 12 ranked in the first quartile of their primary subject categories, 3 received a Journal Impact Factor for the first time, and 5 improved their quartile ranking over the prior year.

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a dedicated time to focus on our cognitive well-being. As part of our special coverage for this awareness month, JMIR Publications is hosting a blog series highlighting how proactive strategies and supportive environments can drastically improve the trajectory of cognitive decline. In this installment, we shift our focus to everyday digital tools and explore how mobile applications, conversational AI, and pocket-sized chatbots are finding a home in daily dementia management to support both patients and caregivers.

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a dedicated time to focus on our cognitive well-being and honor the essential role of care partners. As part of our special coverage for this awareness month, we are shifting our focus from patient-centered tracking to the caregivers themselves—the family members, companions, and personal support workers who are the backbone of daily care. Highlighting recent research from JMIR Aging, this post explores how mobile-friendly, asynchronous e-learning platforms are transforming dementia training, helping care partners gain the knowledge and empathy needed to support those they care for with greater confidence.

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a dedicated time to focus on our cognitive well-being. As part of our special coverage for this awareness month, we are exploring how smart home environments are redefining safety for older adults aging in place. Highlighting recent research published in JMIR Aging, this post examines how shifting from intrusive surveillance to passive, AI-powered monitoring can create an invisible safety net—preserving both patient independence and family peace of mind.

JMIR Publications, a leading publisher of academic journals dedicated to digital health and open science, today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a three-year partnership with MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review). The collaboration will focus on integrating MetaROR’s publish-review-curate platform with JMIR’s innovative publishing ecosystem—specifically its JMIRx overlay journal series, including JMIRx Med and JMIRx Bio.