(Toronto, February 28, 2025) JMIR Publications has appointed Dr Arriel Benis as the new editor-in-chief of JMIR Medical Informatics, effective February 5, 2025. Dr Benis replaces Dr Christian Lovis, the outgoing editor-in-chief.
We extend our sincere gratitude to Dr Lovis for his dedicated service as editor-in-chief of JMIR Medical Informatics since 2018. His guidance and vision have been invaluable. Under his leadership, JMIR Medical Informatics received its inaugural Journal Impact Factor™ in 2019 and was recently accepted for MEDLINE indexing. Dr Lovis’s extensive work in medical informatics, particularly his focus on leveraging digitalization to improve health and well-being, has significantly advanced the field. His research, spanning clinical information systems, data-driven science, and human factors, reflects a commitment to rigorous, evidence-based approaches. His contributions, from developing clinical information systems to advocating for shared patient records, have had a profound impact on health care. We thank him for his support in strengthening the journal and for his commitment to building a strong foundation for digital health, emphasizing the importance of responsible innovation that prioritizes patient outcomes.
Dr Benis is an associate professor in Medical Informatics and Health Data Science at Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), Israel, where he heads the Department of Digital Medical Technologies and the “Management of Information and Technologies for Health Systems” track of the MSc in Technology Management program. Dr Benis earned a PhD in medical informatics and artificial intelligence (AI) and an MSc in medical informatics and communication technologies. His background spans computer and information science, engineering, biomedical sciences, and innovation management. Dr Benis has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers in medical informatics and public health. Dr Benis champions international academic collaboration in the fields of medical informatics, digital health, and applied AI. He holds leadership positions in medical informatics organizations, including the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), and is a Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics.
Dr Benis’s current research focuses on using data-driven AI and decision-support systems in health informatics. His work focuses on the application of advanced analytics to public health and personalized health care, using machine learning and data mining to improve health care with high-quality data. He is also engaged in the development of integrative solutions to bridge clinical research and translational informatics by applying AI in health care to address global health disparities and promote digital health solutions that consider environmental health.
“I am excited to serve as the editor-in-chief of JMIR Medical Informatics, continuing Dr Lovis's legacy. I am dedicated to promoting rigorous research and driving innovation to shape the future of medical informatics and its impact on health care around the world,” said Dr Benis.
We are thrilled to be working with Dr Benis as the incoming editor-in-chief of JMIR Medical Informatics!
JMIR Medical Informatics is an open access journal that focuses on the challenges and impacts of clinical informatics, digitalization of care processes, clinical and health data pipelines from acquisition to reuse, including semantics, natural language processing, natural interactions, meaningful analytics and decision support, electronic health records, infrastructures, implementation, and evaluation. In 2024, JMIR Medical Informatics received a Journal Impact Factor of 3.1 (Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports, 2024) and a Scopus CiteScore of 7.9, placing it in the 78th percentile (#30 of 138) and the 77th percentile (#14 of 59) as a Q1 journal in the fields of health informatics and health information management. The journal is indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, DOAJ, Scopus, and SCIE.
About JMIR Publications:
JMIR Publications is a leading open access publisher of digital health research and a champion of open science. With a focus on author advocacy and research amplification, JMIR Publications partners with researchers to advance their careers and maximize the impact of their work. As a technology organization with publishing at its core, we provide innovative tools and resources that go beyond traditional publishing, supporting researchers at every step of the dissemination process. Our portfolio features a range of peer-reviewed journals, including the renowned Journal of Medical Internet Research.