JAMIA is AMIA's premier peer-reviewed journal for biomedical and health informatics. Covering the full spectrum of activities in the field, JAMIA includes informatics articles in the areas of clinical care, clinical research, translational science, implementation science, imaging, education, consumer health, public health, and policy. JAMIA's articles describe innovative informatics research and systems that help to advance biomedical science and promote health. Case reports, perspectives, and reviews also help readers stay connected with the most important informatics developments in implementation, policy, and education.
Suzanne Bakken is the Editor-in-Chief and leads a team of informatics leaders serving as the JAMIA Editorial Board.
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JAMIA is indexed in Index Medicus, MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, CINAHL, Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), SciSearch, Social SciSearch, Research Alert, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine.
Help Shape the Research That Transforms Health Care
JAMIA is seeking a Deputy Editor to help guide one of the world's leading informatics journals and advance the publication of research that accelerates the translation of informatics innovation into improved health, healthcare, public health, and biomedical discovery.
The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) is seeking a Deputy Editor to join its editorial leadership team beginning January 1, 2027. This is an exciting opportunity for an established informatics scholar to help guide one of the field's leading journals, influence editorial strategy, support the development of emerging researchers and editors, and contribute to the advancement of scientific publishing in informatics.
Working closely with the Editor-in-Chief, the Deputy Editor will play a key leadership role in journal governance, editorial operations, special initiatives, editorial board development, and strategic planning. The position offers the opportunity to engage with an international network of researchers, contribute to the direction of the journal, and help ensure the continued excellence and impact of JAMIA.
Why Consider This Role?
As Deputy Editor, you will:
Help shape the strategic direction of a premier informatics journal.
Collaborate with JAMIA's Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editors, editorial board, and publisher.
Lead special issues and high-profile editorial initiatives.
Mentor and support the next generation of informatics editors through editorial training programs.
Expand your leadership impact across the global informatics research community.
Serve as a trusted advisor on editorial policy, quality, and innovation.
Ideal Candidate
Associate Editor experience with an informatics or related scholarly journal.
A distinguished record of scientific publication and scholarly achievement.
Strong connections within the national and international informatics research community.
A commitment to advancing excellence, integrity, and innovation in scholarly publishing.
The Deputy Editor serves a two-year term with the possibility of reappointment and receives a stipend in accordance with AMIA policies.
How to Apply
Interested individuals should email a cover letter and curriculum vitae to [email protected] by October 30, 2026.
Recent JAMIA Articles
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Transparency features alone are insufficient for trust calibration in artificial intelligence diagnostic support.
October 14, 2026
Clinician trust in artificial intelligence (AI) is a frequently cited barrier to adoption, yet there is limited empirical evidence on how transparency features influence trust. This study aimed to address this evidence gap.
A language model framework for sequence modeling of audit logs to characterize clinician-electronic health record interactions.
October 12, 2026
Electronic health record (EHR) audit logs capture clinician-EHR interaction patterns, but most audit log research relies on aggregated measures (eg, total time). We investigated how audit logs could be modeled using large language model (LLM) […]
A harmonized SNOMED Clinical Terms components quality assurance framework.
October 10, 2026
The objective of this study was to construct a harmonized SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) components quality assurance framework for identifying, categorizing, and assessing data quality issues in SNOMED CT components.
Five safes task execution service: a standards-based architecture and reference implementation for secure federated analytics across trusted research environments.
October 8, 2026
Design, implement, and evaluate a standards-based architecture for secure federated analytics across heterogeneous Trusted Research Environments (TREs) that aligns with the Five Safes Framework, without requiring TREs to modify their internal […]