JMIR Research Protocols - Focus and Scope
Skip to Footer
Accessibility settings
About the Journal
About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Editorial Board
Publication Frequency
About the Publisher
Article Processing Fees
Indexing and Impact Factor
Skip side navigation and go to main content
Author Information
Instructions for Authors
Submissions
Online Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
Peer Review Process
Publication Ethics and Malpractice
Author Self-Archiving
Skip side navigation and go to main content
Publishing Policies
Section Policies
Open Access Policy
Editorial Policies
Criteria for Selection of Manuscripts
Ethical Issues and Considerations
Editorial Board Policy
Record Keeping and Research Policy
Trademarks and Service Marks Policy
Copyright Notice
Privacy Statement
Skip side navigation and go to main content
Institutional Partners
Journal Membership Types
Institutional Partners
Skip side navigation and go to main content
Get Involved
New Journal / Editor-in-Chief Proposals
Theme Issues and Guest Editors
News and Perspective Ideas
Skip side navigation and go to main content
Top Articles
Top Articles
Skip side navigation and go to main content
Focus and Scope
JMIR Research Protocols
JRP
, ISSN 1929-0748
publishes peer-reviewed, openly accessible research ideas and grant proposals, study and trial protocols, reports of ongoing research, current methods and approaches (Preliminary results from pilot studies, early results, and formative research should now be published in
JMIR Formative Research
). While the original focus was on the design of medical and health-related research and technology innovations,
JMIR Research Protocols
publishes research protocols, proposals, and methods
in all areas of medical and health research
JRP
publishes protocols and grant proposals in all areas of medicine (and their peer-review reports, if available) including wet lab methods
JRP
is fully open access, with full-text articles deposited in PubMed Central
JRP
publishes research protocols, grant proposals, and early reports of ongoing and planned work that encourages collaboration and early feedback, and reduces duplication of effort
JRP
will be a valuable resource for researchers who want to learn about current research methodologies and how to write a winning grant proposal
JRP
creates an early scientific record for researchers who have developed novel methodologies, software, innovations or elaborate protocols
JRP
facilitates subsequent publication of results demonstrating that the methodology has already been reviewed, and reduces the effort of writing up the results, as the protocol can be easily referenced
JRP
demonstrates to reviewers of subsequent results papers that authors followed and adhered to carefully developed and described a priori methods
In an effort to make research more reproducible and to avoid problems such as switched outcomes, many journals now require publication of research protocols (even for non-RCTs)
Studies whose protocols or grant proposals have been accepted in
JRP
are "in principle accepted" for subsequent publication of results in other JMIR journals as long as authors adhere to their original protocol, regardless of study results (even if they are negative), reducing publication bias in medicine
Published protocols will receive a Registered Report Identifier which will facilitate publication of the subsequent results paper; see
What is a Registered Report?
Authors publishing their protocols in
JRP
will receive a 20% discount on the article processing fee if they publish their results in another journal of the JMIR journal family (for example, JMIR for ehealth studies, i-JMR for others)
For more information on why to publish protocols or proposals see our Knowledge Base article
Why should I publish my protocol or grant proposal?
JMIR Research Protocols
received a
Journal Impact Factor of 1.5
according to the latest release of the Journal Citation Reports from Clarivate, 2025.
With a
CiteScore of 2.4,
JMIR Research Protocols
ranks in the 66th percentile (#211 of 636) as a Q2 journal in the field of General Medicine, according to Scopus data.
JMIR Research Protocols
is indexed in
PubMed
PubMed Central (PMC),
MEDLINE,
Sherpa Romeo,
DOAJ,
Scopus,
Web of Science(WoS)/ESCI,
and EBSCO.
Need help choosing a journal?
Use our Journal Finder tool to find the perfect match for your manuscript.