, /PRNewswire/ — JMIR Publications, the leading open access publisher in digital health and open science, announced today that Sean Jeong has been appointed as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective January 23, 2025. Dr Gunther Eysenbach, founder of JMIR Publications, will be stepping down as CEO after over two decades of transformative leadership to focus on new opportunities for innovation in academic publishing, including artificial intelligence (AI)-driven solutions and the advancement of Plan P. He will continue to serve as the editor in chief of the Journal of Medical Internet Research and CEO of Digital Health and Science Ventures, the holding company of JMIR Publications.
Dr Eysenbach is a pioneer in the field of open access publishing and digital health. He founded JMIR Publications in 1999 with the launch of the Journal of Medical Internet Research, one of the first open access journals. Under his leadership, JMIR Publications …