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Welcome to the World Journal of Diabetes

World Journal of Diabetes (WJD, World J Diabetes) is a high-quality, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing clinical, basic, and translational research achievements that are innovative, novel, and practical in the fields of diabetes. 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. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJD is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>

2025 Published Issues
6 5 4 3 2 1
Editors-in-Chief
  • Lu Cai, MD, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: l0cai001@louisville.edu) Pediatric Research Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States
  • Michael Horowitz, PhD, MD, Professor, (E-mail: michael.horowitz@adelaide.edu.au) Department of Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide 5005, Australia
  • Md. Shahidul Islam, PhD, Professor, (E-mail: islamd@ukzn.ac.za) 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 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJD as 4.6; JIF without journal self cites: 4.3; 5-year JIF: 5.0; JIF Rank: 43/191 in endocrinology and metabolism; JIF Quartile: Q1; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q1.

ISSN
1948-9358 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (275), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (43 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (32 days/Mean), Accepted (18.2%/Mean), Production Time (41 days/Mean), Time to Publication (172 days/Mean), and Rejected (44.0%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Gabriel LC Santos, Clara FSM dos Santos, Gabriel R Rocha, Mariana S Calmon, Fabian FB Lemos, Luis GO Silva, Marcel S Luz, Samuel LR Pinheiro, Anelise CS Botelho, Fabrício F de Melo 
World J Diabetes 16(6):104706. Published online Jun 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i6.104706
Minireviews
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Basic Study
Wen-Yan Xu, Wen-Ting Zhou, Jia-Zi Luo, Yu-Ying Jiang, Kai Zhang, Shu-Yan Zhang, Ping-Sheng Liu, Hong-Yu Wei, Yan-Qiang Huang 
World J Diabetes 16(6):103370. Published online Jun 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i6.103370
Yi-Min Sun, Jun-Liang Kuang, Hui-Heng Zhang, Xi-Xi Xia, Jie-Yi Wang, Dan Zheng, Ke-Jun Zhou, Ya-Jun Tang, Ai-Hua Zhao, Wei Jia, Guo-Xiang Xie, Xiao-Jiao Zheng 
World J Diabetes 16(6):103616. Published online Jun 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i6.103616
Meta-Analysis
Letter to the Editor