JMIR is trying to adhere to a consistent format of titles, roughly following the format: "Issue or Intervention in Demographic/Disease/Condition: Method/Study Design"
This article is designed to provide some examples for the Method/Study Design part of the title. This is a tie-in article related to What are JMIR's guidelines for article titles? and What are the article types for JMIR journals?. Consider reading those first before continuing on.
This list of research methods is intended to help authors (1) understand if JMIR is the right place to publish the results of their study, and (2) name their papers in a way that enhances discoverability. It is by no means exhaustive, and we are continuously updating it as we encounter broader types of research. Please let us know if we've missed something!
You may also just review existing titles in JMIR journals.
Original papers:
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Qualitative Study (but better: one of the specific options as per examples below)
- Focus Group Study With {population}
- Interview Study Among ... (XY Patients | Nurses | Physicians | Healthcare Providers ...)
- Key Informant Interviews Among {population}
- Content Analysis
- Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study
- Longitudinal Observational Study
- Cohort Study
- Usability Study
- Development and Usability Study
- User-Centered Design Approach
- Instrument Validation Study
- Algorithm Development and Validation
- Survey Study
- Systematic Search in App Stores and Content Analysis
- Bibliometric Analysis
Reviews (literature reviews only):
- Systematic Review
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Scoping Review
Other paper types:
- Tutorial
- Case Report
As a reminder, indefinite articles are usually not needed (ie, it is “Randomized Controlled Trial”, not “A Randomized Controlled Trial”).
Descriptors like “pilot study” or “feasibility study” alone are discouraged as they don't reveal how something was done; they characterize the purpose/objective of the study. (As an aside, if you have pilot/feasibility studies, we strongly suggest submitting this preliminary work to JMIR Formative Research rather than our other journals).
Obviously, not all research designs or article types fit this format. However, in most cases, the study design or approach that is mentioned in the Methods section of the abstract should also be in the title.