Publishing Policies

Section Policies

Editorial

Open Submissions
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Serious Games for Health and Medicine

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Serious Games for Education

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Serious Games for Political and Societal Change

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User Needs Assessment for Games

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Formative Evaluation and Development of Games

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Exergames, Active Games and Gamification of Physical Activity

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Quality of Games

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Usability of Games and Gamification

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Gamification

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Gamification is one of the techniques that applies game elements, such as game mechanics and dynamics, to a nongame context (eg, management, education, marketing, and health care).



Games for Rehabilitation

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Games for Cognitive Assessment

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Games for Medical Education and Training

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Game Development

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Games for Pain Management

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Theoretical Foundations and Frameworks on Games and Gamification

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Viewpoints and Personal Experiences on Gaming and Games

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Game Design and Efficacy of Game Elements

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Questionnaires and Instruments Related to Gaming

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Peer Reviewed

For example, development and/or validation of questionnaires for users, developers, or analysts of serious games.



Game Addiction and Other Unintended Consequences

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Discretionary Corrigenda

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For corrigenda that are discretionary and a result of author-oversight (e.g. corrections in the affiliation etc) we charge a $190 processing fee to make changes in the original paper and publish an erratum. To request a correction, please submit a correction statement (text similar to http://www.jmir.org/2015/3/e76/) as new submission from your author homepage.



Corrigenda and Addenda

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Letters to the Editor

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Reviews

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Research Letter

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Research Letters present new, early, or preliminary research findings. The text should use standard research headings of Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion and should be no longer than 750 words, with a maximum of 10 references and 2 tables or figures. The APF for Research Letters accepted after peer review is lower than the standard APF.



Tutorials in Serious Games

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Standard article type 



Commentary

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A commentary is published alongside other articles published in JMIR Publications journals. Commentaries are typically invited. Unsolicited commentaries may be considered at the discretion of the editor. They may or may not be peer-reviewed. Articles submitted as a commentary should offer thoughtful criticism of published work, drawing from evidence, expertise, and/or additional perspectives.