Focus and Scope
The Journal of Participatory Medicine (JoPM) is the official journal of the Society for Participatory Medicine. The journal's mission is to transform the culture of medicine by providing an evidence base for participatory health and medicine. It aims to advance both science and practice across a variety of participatory medicine areas of focus, including: patient and caregiver empowerment; patient-clinician partnership; use of technology to improve patients’ health and health care; participatory design and citizen science. Papers are published in six areas: research articles, editorials, narratives, case reports, reviews, and updates on related research in other media. It will explore how participation affects outcomes, resources, and relationships in health care; which interventions increase participation; and the types of evidence that provide the most reliable answers.
JoPM features a rapid and thorough peer-review process, professional copyediting, professional production of PDF, XHTML, and XML proofs (deposited in PubMed/PubMed Central). The Journal adheres to the same quality standards as JMIR and all articles published here are also cross-listed in the Table of Contents of JMIR, the world's leading medical journal in health sciences / health services research and health informatics.
JoPM is indexed in Sherpa Romeo, DOAJ, PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, and EBSCO.