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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
12 11 10 9 8 7 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 (601), Peer Review Time (23 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (37 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (39 days/Mean), Accepted (34.8%/Mean), Production Time (40 days/Mean), Time to Publication (154 days/Mean), and Rejected (48.3%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Minireviews
Cristina Russo, Magdalena Walicka, Gal Cohen, Carlo Maria Bellanca, Giulio Geraci, Pasquale Caponnetto, Dario Elvio Noviello, Roberta Chianetta, Jacob George, Roberta Sammut, Eward Franek, Riccardo Polosa 
World J Diabetes 16(12):105241. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i12.105241
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Federico Bolado, Lucía Zabalza, Joaquín de-Carlos, Ibai Tamayo-Rodríguez, Carlos Prieto-Martínez, Nerea Hervás-Palacios 
World J Diabetes 16(12):112799. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i12.112799
Basic Study
Ya-Xin Zhu, Wei Zhang, Hui-Lin Qu, Yue Zhang, Ruo-Qian Zhou, Ping Li, Fang Wang, Yan Zhang, Hui-Hui Liu, Sha Li, Qian Dong, Ke-Fei Dou, Yuan-Lin Guo, Jian-Jun Li, Rui-Xia Xu 
World J Diabetes 16(12):112423. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i12.112423
Evidence-Based Medicine
Meta-Analysis
Abul Bashar Mohammad Kamrul-Hasan, Deep Dutta, Lakshmi Nagendra, Sindhu Doddabokikere Basavarajappa, Harish Bukkasagar Girijashankar, Ameya Joshi, Joseph M Pappachan 
World J Diabetes 16(12):112830. Published online Dec 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i12.112830
Case Report
Letter to the Editor