Tuesday, September 29, 2026

JMIR publications named one of Canada’s top growing companies by The Globe and Mail for 2026

JMIR Publications

(Toronto, ON, September 25, 2026) JMIR Publications is proud to announce that it has qualified for the 2026 Report on Business magazine ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. Listed in the Professional category alongside 376 of the nation's most innovative businesses, JMIR Publications earned its place on the list with a 105% three-year revenue growth rate from 2022 to 2025.

This marks a continued trajectory of sustained growth for the company, which previously earned spots on the prestigious editorial ranking, including placing on the 2023 list.

“This recognition proves that independence and open science work,” says Sean Jeong, CEO of JMIR Publications. “Our growth is a direct result of the value we deliver to the scientific community. By keeping research open, transparent, and accessible, we provide a necessary alternative to large commercial publishers.”

This achievement belongs entirely to the global network of people powering the journals. The success is driven by the extraordinary talent of JMIR Publications' staff, the dedicated expertise of its editorial board members, and the thousands of world-class authors who entrust the publisher with their groundbreaking research. JMIR Publications extends a special thank you to its peer reviewers for their invaluable time and dedication. Through their commitment and high standards, JMIR Publications continues to drive the evolution of scientific publishing using innovative, quality-driven open science practices.

Looking ahead, JMIR Publications is uniquely positioned to capture the rising tide of global investment in digital health research and technology. As healthcare systems worldwide accelerate their adoption of digital solutions, funding for research in artificial intelligence, mobile health, and health informatics continues to increase. This steady expansion of the field drives an unprecedented volume of scientific inquiry. JMIR Publications is ready to support researchers, by ensuring that the latest breakthroughs in digital health are validated, published, and accessible to the global medical community.

About The Globe and Mail's Top Growing Companies Program

Canada's Top Growing Companies is an editorial ranking launched in 2019 by The Globe and Mail's Report on Business magazine. The program recognizes Canadian businesses by evaluating their three-year percentage growth in annual operating revenue. Capturing the boldest entrepreneurial achievements across the country, the complete list of winning businesses is published annually in print and online.

About JMIR Publications

JMIR Publications is a leading open access publisher of digital health research and a champion of open science. With a focus on author advocacy and research amplification, JMIR Publications partners with researchers to advance their careers and maximize the impact of their work. As a technology organization with publishing at its core, we provide innovative tools and resources that go beyond traditional publishing, supporting researchers at every step of the dissemination process. Our portfolio features a range of peer-reviewed journals, including the renowned Journal of Medical Internet Research.

To learn more about JMIR Publications, please visit jmirpublications.com or connect with us via X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram.

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JMIR news: Patient simulator robots, participation fraud in online research, and more

JMIR Publications

(Toronto, Sept 25, 2026) — JMIR Publications released six feature News and Perspectives articles this week, covering everything in digital health from patient simulator robots to a novel mobile app for patients to store their digital health records.

Inside Online Patient Support Communities

Patients of conditions with little medical recognition or support often turn to online groups and forums, reports Vanessa Nirode in "Online Patient Support Communities as Sources of Support, Risk, and Research for Rare or Contested Conditions". One such condition, People Allergic To Me—whose sufferers “are thought to emit odors or gases that produce allergic reactions … in people near them”—has a dedicated subreddit where individuals gather for advice, support, and a place to vent frustration. Speaking with researchers of PATM, social media, and mental health, Nirode discusses how these groups can provide their users with validation and community, but potentially also “perpetuate anger and hopelessness or expose participants to misinformation and even potential symptom reinforcement, contagion, or social transmission.” Human moderation or algorithmic misinformation tagging could help mitigate the risks, according to researcher Irene Sánchez Rodriguez.

How to Make Health Care Innovations Stick

Academic physician and professor Boon-How Chew breaks down what it takes to innovate in the third op-ed in his series: "Beyond Innovation Theater: Building the Conditions for Innovation in Health Care". He identifies three conditions necessary for successful innovation: psychological safety, distributed leadership, and cognitive sovereignty; all of these, Chew argues, has the effect of facilitating change at all levels of an organization. To actually put innovation into practice, Chew offers practical guidance to precisely define the problem to be addressed; involve people affected with cocreation and stakeholder input, including both patients and staff; use small-scale testing; and plan early on for how the change will be managed, writing: “Sustainable innovations require a clear route for long-term ownership and engagement.”

Mobile App Allows Patients to Store Own Digital Health Records

Fragmented health services and inconsistent digitization means that patients in underserved areas rely on paper medical records in their own possession. In "Putting Digital Health Records in Patients’ Hands: Savva and Health Information Exchange in Uganda", Sharon Muzaki reports on a consumer health app that allows users to digitize their medical records and store them on their devices, theoretically allowing them greater flexibility and interoperability across health services. It also employs a conversational AI layer—selected from twelve available models by the user—which allows them to interact with their records. Uganda, whose Health Information and Digital Health Strategic Plan and Health Information Exchange and Interoperability Guidelines lay out a framework for health service interoperability, is “one of the markets Savva intends to serve,” writes Muzaki. “Savva’s proposition is part of a broader shift toward putting health information directly in patients’ hands…But democratizing access to information is not the same as democratizing health care.”

Patient Robots Train Rural Clinicians for Rare Emergencies

Anika Nayak reports on an emerging class of medical robotics in "How Lifelike Patient Simulators Are Training US Rural Care Teams for Emergencies". Rural clinicians may not have the opportunity to practice handling unusual emergencies during training, but patient robots like Guamard Scientific’s VICTORIA and Pediatric HAL—”wireless, tetherless manikins that blink, breathe, speak, and bleed in real time,”—allow them to rehearse “rare, high-stakes crises without a patient’s life at stake,” writes Nayak. For care teams that don’t have direct access to their own patient robots, initiatives like The Amon G. Carter Medical Simulation Training Center’s mobile unit and telesimulation trainings can bring the simulators to them.

Participation Fraud in Online Research

Online survey research is useful for lowering participation barriers, but this method’s wide reach and web-based setting make it vulnerable to bots. Cliff Dominy takes a look at researchers’ efforts to protect their data integrity in "Participant Fraud: How Imposters and Bots Undermine Health Databases". As research increasingly moves to online data collection, bad actors looking to profit from participation incentives use malicious bots to answer surveys, requiring researchers to adjust their methods defensively. “The unwelcome reality,” writes Dominy, “is that the role of health researchers has expanded from improving patient care to playing cybercop.” Digital tech has created this problem, but it may also be the solution: website security measures, survey questions designed to trap or expose bots, and web monitoring strategies can identify and address participation fraud.

An Interview With Samir Grover

Simon Spichak interviews Scarborough Health Network gastroenterologist and educator Samir Grover, MD in "From Simulations to AI: Samir Grover on How Tech Can Enhance Medical Education". Grover’s interest in medical education and technology began when, as a trainee performing an endoscopic procedure on a patient with no prior hands-on practice, he had the idea to use flight simulators as a model for training doctors on risky procedures. In his current role as SHN’s executive vice president of academics, Grover navigates the changing scenery of AI’s integration into medical educational technology, speaking on his own research, potential risks of deskilling and never-skilling, and the importance of publishing negative research findings.

About JMIR Publications News and Perspectives

JMIR Publications is a leading open access publisher of digital health research. The News and Perspectives section is the newest addition to its portfolio, established to bring the rigor and integrity of academic publishing to scientific journalism. The section features well-researched, expert-driven content from the Scientific News Editor, Kayleigh-Ann Clegg, PhD, and a network of specialist JMIR Publications Correspondents to keep the digital health community informed, inspired, and ahead of the curve.

About JMIR Publications

To find out more about JMIR Publications, visit jmirpublications.com or connect with them on Bluesky, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.

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