Membership Benefits
A JMIR Publications membership provides significant discounts on article processing fees and removes the burden of processing payments on a per-article basis for researchers, faculty, students, or staff.
Sign up now for a membership to receive the following benefits for your upcoming submission (original research, viewpoint, research letter, or review article) to any JMIR Publications journal:
- Significant cost savings compared to paying individual article processing fees
- Faster time to publication, with no delays for invoice processing
- Continued publishing even after current grant or funding ends
- Protection from inflationary article processing fee (APF) price increases over entire membership term
- Options for submissions by individuals, departments, or organizations
- Institutional members can share the benefits among their faculty, students, and staff
See if your institution is already a member
Membership Types
All prices are in USD.
| Description | 3 years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|
Individual Membership with APF waivers [i-Silver] | $6,750.00 Select3-Year Individual Membership With 3 APF Waivers [i-Silver]The 3-year membership includes3 APF waivers, amounting to a total value of up to $10,500! Individual members are also protected from price increases during the entire membership period. i-Silver memberships are tied to an individual and enable APF waiver benefits applicable toward any manuscript submitted and accepted during the membership period, for which the individual member is an author. With the i-Silver membership, you are eligible for APF waiver benefits even if you change your affiliation, or if you are the coauthor and the corresponding author is from another institution. | $11,250.00 Select5-year Individual Membership With 5 APF waivers [i-Silver]The 5-year membership includes5 APF waivers, amounting to a total value of up to $17,500! Individual members are also protected from price increases during the entire membership period. i-Silver memberships are tied to an individual and enable APF waiver benefits applicable toward any manuscript submitted and accepted during the membership period, for which the individual member is an author. With the i-Silver membership, you’re eligible for APF waiver benefits even if you change your affiliation, or if you are the coauthor and the corresponding author is from another institution. |
Institutional Membership A [Silver] | $6,750.00 Select3-year Institutional Membership “A” With 3 APF Waivers [Silver]The 3-year membership includes3 APF waivers, amounting to a total value of up to $10,500! Institutional members are also protected from price increases during the entire membership period. This membership is recommended for smaller institutions, such as university departments and research units. Automatic member identification can be set up through IP range recognition and/or email pattern matching. | $11,250.00 Select5-year Institutional Membership “A” With 5 APF Waivers [Silver]The 5-year membership includes5 APF waivers, amounting to a total value of up to $17,500! Institutional members are also protected from price increases during the entire membership period. This membership is recommended for smaller institutions, such as university departments and research units. Automatic member identification can be set up through IP range recognition and/or email pattern matching. (Note: New price will be in effect after Oct 25, 2022.) |
Institutional Membership B [Gold] | $13,500.00 Select3-year Institutional Membership “B” With 6 APF Waivers [Gold]The best choice for larger departments, this 3-year membership includes6 APF waivers, amounting to a total value of up to $21,000! Institutional members are also protected from price increases during the entire membership period. This membership is recommended for larger departments, research institutions and centers, universities, and academic libraries. Automatic member identification can be set up through IP range recognition and/or email pattern matching. (Note: New price will be in effect after Oct 25, 2022.) | $22,500.00 Select5-year Institutional Membership “B” With 10 APF Waivers [Gold]The best choice for larger departments, this 5-year membership includes10 APF waivers, amounting to a total value of up to $35,000! Institutional members are also protected from price increases during the entire membership period. This membership is recommended for larger departments, research institutions, and universities, and it is available for library consortia and academic library networks. Automatic member identification can be set up through IP range recognition and/or email pattern matching. (Note: New price will be in effect after Oct 25, 2022.) |
How to Become a Member:
Individual Membership: Select your best-fit membership level to receive steep discounts on waivers for either 3 APFs usable anytime over 3 years, or 5 APFs usable over 5 years. (Users will be asked to login to, or create, a JMIR user account before selecting a membership.) Individual members can elect to have their APF waiver benefit applied to any accepted manuscript on which they are listed as an author.
Institutional Membership: Our popular membership type for departments, labs, and libraries! Institutional membership levels can be selected for 3 APF waivers usable anytime over 3 years, up to 10 APF waivers usable over 5 years, to fit the needs of most small to large organizations. (Institutional primary contacts will be asked to login to, or create, their JMIR user account before selecting a membership.) Institutional members can elect to have their APF waiver benefit applied to any accepted manuscript on which their faculty, students, or staff are listed as an author.
Upon selecting your membership level and completing a brief application, your membership account will be immediately set up and accessible when paid for by credit card. If payment is made via cheque or wire transfer, your account will be set up and accessible once payment is received.
To receive a bespoke quote for larger APF waiver packages, please send an email request to partnerships@jmir.org
Information about Institutional Memberships
Academic institutions (such as departments, labs, or libraries), research funders, societies/associations, companies, or other groups can apply for institutional membership with JMIR Publications. This is part of our effort to build a global network ofcenters of excellence in digital health and internet research.
Faculty, students, or staff affiliated with an institutional member may be automatically identified and authorized by IP range recognition, email pattern matching, or through manual linking of user accounts with an institutional member.
Faculty, students, or staff affiliated with an institutional member may be automatically identified and authorized by IP range recognition, email pattern matching, or through manual linking of user accounts with an institutional member.
See if your organization is already an institutional member
Please email any questions or special requests to partnerships@jmir.org
How to Use Your Membership
You can use your JMIR Publications membership in 3 easy steps!
Using Individual Memberships:
- Sign up for a membership before submitting your manuscript.
- When submitting your manuscript, let us know with which membership an author is affiliated with.
- Upon manuscript acceptance, your APC will be waived!
Using Institutional Memberships:
- The primary institutional contact should sign up for a membershipbefore their affiliated authors submit their manuscripts.
- When submitting their manuscripts, authors should let us know with which institutional membership they are affiliated, and provide their department name and address details that must exactly match the membership setup information. (JMIR Publications will request manuscript approval by the primary institutional contact.)
- Upon manuscript acceptance, your APC will be waived!
General Information
- Optional author fees, such as fast-track fee or knowledge dissemination add-on fees, cannot be covered by memberships
APFs are payable upon acceptance of an article.APFs can only be waived if the membership benefit is both active and selected at the time of submission. APFs cannot be retrospectively waived for papers already submitted, accepted, or published.
Non–credit card payments (for all memberships):
If you are unable to pay by credit card, please issue a wire transfer or a cheque made payable to “JMIR Publications Inc.” and mail to:
JMIR Publications Inc.
130 Queens Quay East, Unit 1100
Toronto, Ontario M5A 0P6
Canada
Please include “For membership fee” in wire transfer/cheque note. A 7% handling fee applies for all memberships that are not paid through credit card.
Cancellation policy (for all memberships):
Membership fees are prepaid special offers for benefits covering multiple year terms, and arenonrefundable for either prorated or full amounts.