This is an urgent and quite important call-for-papers to all members of the
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The "Journal of Medical Internet Research" (http://www.jmir.org) is the
first and only peer-reviewed journal dealing specifically with eHealth, i.e.
the Internet and Medicine, including all aspects of research, information
and communication in the healthcare field using Internet and
Intranet-related technologies.
It exists for three years and has a truly international editorial board and
scope.
We think that this journal could greatly enhance the art and science of
consumer health informatics, as it allows for rapid publication of papers in
an fast moving technology environment.
JMIR has now entered a critical phase:
In June 2001 JMIR will be reviewed by the "Medline committee" to decide
whether or not JMIR will be included in Index Medicus. If the decision is
positive, all articles starting from the beginning will be retrospectively
indexed.
It is therefore rather important that we pass this critical hurdle.
To do so, the best argument is to compile a truly convincing next issue with
lots of high-quality papers containing empirical data.
I therefore have the urgent request to YOU to consider writing and
submitting an high quality article yourself - if possible with empirical
data, such as a web-survey, survey among colleagues, evaluation of your
web-service etc - for the next issue (we are going to upload the paper as
soon as it has been accepted).
It could also be an informed commentaries, viewpoint/opinion pieces are also
welcome, but they should be well written and discuss some timely issues.
If you know someone who has done some publishable, good work, yet
unsubmitted to a journal, please also approach him/her directly and push him
to submit the paper to JMIR.
Please submit the papers in April 2001, as soon as possible, so that we can
publish them in the next 1-2 months!
Thanks very much in advance,
Gunther Eysenbach
Editor JMIR
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| Gunther Eysenbach MD
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| University of Heidelberg, Germany
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| Dept. of Clinical Social Medicine
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