JMIR's Reviewer Incentive Programs

JMIR Publications is dedicated to acknowledging the crucial role our peer reviewers play in maintaining the quality and integrity of the scholarly work we publish. As a token of our appreciation, we've established a number of programs to recognize the contributions of its reviewers.

1. Karma Reviewer Rewards Program

The Karma Reviewer Rewards Program is our exclusive merit-based program designed to recognize and reward high-quality peer review contributions. Through this program, reviewers earn redeemable credits that can support their future publishing efforts.

2. ORCID Reviewer Recognition with JMIR

JMIR Publications' peer reviewers now have the option to add records of their completed reviews to ORCID’s Peer Review Activity section. 

ORCID reviewer recognition is a feature that allows reviewers of scholarly manuscripts to receive credit for their peer review activities on their ORCID profiles. ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a unique identifier for researchers that helps connect their work, affiliations, and contributions across the scholarly ecosystem.

3. Web of Science Reviewer Recognition with JMIR 

We have partnered with the Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service (formerly Publons) to provide JMIR Publications peer reviewers with official recognition for their contributions. 

Web of Science Reviewer Recognition Service (formerly Publons) is a free service for researchers to effortlessly track, verify, and showcase their peer review contributions. The service records the number of papers you have reviewed for a journal while maintaining reviewer anonymity in accordance with each journal’s review policy.

4. JMIR Publications Peer Review Recognition Program

JMIR Publications is dedicated to acknowledging the crucial role our peer reviewers play in maintaining the quality and integrity of the scholarly work we publish. As a token of our appreciation, we've established a tiered recognition program for our most dedicated reviewers.

Digital Badges and Certificates of Accomplishment

Each year, we will issue Digital Badges and Certificates of Accomplishment to qualified peer reviewers to recognize and celebrate lifetime achievement milestones, our way of saying thank you for an ongoing commitment to the scientific community.

The tiers for these lifetime achievement awards are as follows:

• More than 15 lifetime reviews: Digital Badge and Certificate of Accomplishment
• More than 25 lifetime reviews: Digital Badge and Certificate of Accomplishment
• More than 50 lifetime reviews: Digital Badge and Certificate of Accomplishment
• More than 100 lifetime reviews: Digital Badge and Certificate of Accomplishment
• More than 200 lifetime reviews: Digital Badge and Certificate of Accomplishment
• More than 300 lifetime reviews: Digital Badge and Certificate of Accomplishment
• More than 400 lifetime reviews: Digital Badge and Certificate of Accomplishment

These Digital Badges and Certificates are issued during the first quarter of each year to acknowledge these lifetime milestones. We do not provide them for individual reviews or on demand. The certificates and digital badges can be proudly displayed on your professional profiles (e.g., LinkedIn, personal websites, etc.) to showcase your valuable contributions to scholarly publishing.

Note

JMIR Publications staff do not write recommendation letters for editors for immigration purposes into the US or other countries on the basis of editorial activities.