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Welcome to the World Journal of Diabetes

World Journal of Diabetes (WJDWorld J Diabetes) is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. WJD accepts both solicited and unsolicited manuscripts. Articles published in WJD are high-quality, clinical and basic, influential research articles by established academic authors as well as new researchers. The paramount objective of WJD is to showcase and promote distinguished research in the field of diabetes, to help advance development of this field. The types of articles published in WJD include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. Submit here >>

2024 Published Issues
5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Lu Cai, MD, PhD, Professor, Pediatric Research Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States
  • Michael Horowitz, DSc, FRACP, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: michael.horowitz@adelaide.edu.au) Department of Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide 5005, Australia
  • Md. Shahidul Islam, BSc, MSc, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJD is now abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE, also known as SciSearch®), Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, PubMed, PubMed Central, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics

The 2023 Edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2022 impact factor (IF) for WJD as 4.2; IF without journal self cites: 4.1; 5-year IF: 4.5; Journal Citation Indicator: 0.69; Ranking: 51 among 145 journals in endocrinology and metabolism; and Quartile category: Q2.

ISSN
1948-9358 (online)
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Ying Liu, Cun-Yu Lu, Yi Zheng, Yu-Min Zhang, Ling-Ling Qian, Ku-Lin Li, Gary Tse, Ru-Xing Wang, Tong Liu 
World J Diabetes 15(5):867-875. Published online May 15, 2024. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v15.i5.867
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Clinical Trials Study
Xue-Qin Wang, Dan-Lan Pu, Wei-Ling Leng, Xiao-Tian Lei, Jiang Juan, Zou La, Ding Yao, Jia-Zhuang Xi, Li Jian, Teng Miao, Qi-Nan Wu 
World J Diabetes 15(5):923-934. Published online May 15, 2024. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v15.i5.923
Observational Study
Eiji Kawasaki, Hidekazu Tamai, Takahiro Fukuyama, Yoko Sagara, Ryutaro Hidaka, Aira Uchida, Masayuki Tojikubo, Narihito Tatsumoto, Yuko Akehi, Yuji Hiromatsu 
World J Diabetes 15(5):935-944. Published online May 15, 2024. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v15.i5.935
Clinical and Translational Research
Basic Study
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Scientometrics
Letter to the Editor
Kotha Sugunakar Reddy, Vishakha Jain, Sakthivadivel Varatharajan, Janardhana Reddy Pallavali 
World J Diabetes 15(5):1048-1050. Published online May 15, 2024. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v15.i5.1048