Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Readers from around the globe will remember 2025 as one of the most tumultuous years in recent history.Profound and unanticipated changes in US public health and international health policy have had far-reaching effects, not only in the US but throughout the rest of the world as well.1,2 These actions include discontinuation of vital medical programs at home and abroad, revision of federal recommendations for diet and vaccination, dwindling access to reproductive services, rising insurance premiums, elimination of environmental protections, and loss of essential funding for research at federal agencies and universities.3,4 These actions will have serious adverse consequences for health and health care in both the immediate and long term.As the premier, largevolume, open-access, general medical journal, JAMA Network Open continued to publish highquality research that is available free of charge to the world throughout the turmoil, including articles addressing the potential effects of these disruptions and related issues.1,5,6 The journal's performance remains strong by any number of metrics.We continue to receive more than 20 000 submissions annually, with over 70% of these originating from countries outside the US.This included over 200 submissions each from Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.We published 2006 original research articles in 2025 with an acceptance rate of 9.9% (Table).In addition, 426 Invited Commentaries or Editorials accompanied these original research articles.The quality and importance of the articles we publish continues to be outstanding as evidenced by the Journal Impact Factor of 9.7.The Table also lists the top articles published in 2025 in terms of views, citations, and Altmetric scores (measures of news and social media attention).[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] The mission of JAMA Network Open, "to improve health, health care, and health equity worldwide through open access dissemination of high quality, innovative, general medical research and commentary by and for a broad range of clinicians, researchers, policy makers, and public health and health care leaders," is more relevant than ever.The breadth of content in the journal is exemplified by the topics represented by the top viewed and cited articles, which included public health, neurology, infectious disease, women's health, mental health, and artificial intelligence (AI).The interest in and importance of the articles we published is reflected by nearly 40 million article views and downloads along with 42 000 mentions in the news media.We added 10 000 social media followers compared with last year, for a total of 64 000 distributed across multiple platforms.One of the expanding topic areas of publication in JAMA Network Open over the past year has been neurology, coordinated by Associate Editor Alejandro Rabinstein, MD.Relevant articles have appeared addressing, among other topics, the rapidly advancing treatment of stroke, 15 use of biomarkers for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer disease and related disorders, 16 new treatments for multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative disorders, 17 and the clinical course and treatment of traumatic brain injury.18,19 The journal has strengthened a focus on women's health guided by Associate Editor Okeoma Mmeje, MD, MPH, and bolstered by the advent of the new JAMA+ Women's Health site, which curates articles from across the 13 JAMA Network journals augmented by new multimedia materials, such as author interviews and podcasts.Among the many articles published in women's health, key topics have included the detection and treatment of breast cancer, 20,21 access to contraception and abortion, 22,23 and complications of pregnancy.24 Another area of growing emphasis has been endocrinology, led by Associate Editor Francisco Pasqual, MD, MPH, including articles assessing the rapidly expanding use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists and other newer agents for managing diabetes and weight loss.25 In addition, we continue to receive a large +
Source: JAMA Network Open
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W7140194444