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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 >>

2026 Published Issues
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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 (3367), Peer Review Time (36 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (49 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (40 days/Mean), Accepted (47.3%/Mean), Production Time (46 days/Mean), Time to Publication (166 days/Mean), and Rejected (44.1%/Mean).
Editorial
Marco Zeppieri, Matteo Capobianco, Federico Visalli, Marieme Khouyyi, Caterina Gagliano, Francesco Cappellani 
World J Diabetes 17(2):114900. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i2.114900
Review
Mithil Gowda Suresh, Safia Mohamed, Harinivaas S Geetha, Sushmita Prabhu, Nitin Trivedi, Zhu C Ng, Priyal D Mehta, Ajit S Brar, Aalam Sohal, Manjeet K Goyal, Juniali Hatwal, Akash Batta 
World J Diabetes 17(2):113149. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i2.113149
Minireviews
Retrospective Study
Prospective Study
Basic Study
Jia-Xing Tian, Yan-Jiao Zhang, Yu-Xin Zhang, Jia-Hua Wei, Xin-Yi Fang, Run-Yu Miao, Kai-Le Ma, Hui-Fang Guan, Xin-Miao Wang, Hao-Ran Wu 
World J Diabetes 17(2):111453. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i2.111453
Ying-Jian Li, He-Yu Ge, Gui-Gui Zhang, Hao-Yu Chen, Yu-Jia Xi, Kai Wang, Yin-Li Huang, Chi Zhang, Xia Fan, Xiao-Qing Yan 
World J Diabetes 17(2):112475. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i2.112475
Wan-Ping Yang, Jin-Hai Zeng, Biao-Liang Wu, Wen-Ting Zhou, Jia-Zi Luo, Yuan-Yuan Dai, Shi-Xian Yang, Zan-Song Huang, Yan-Qiang Huang 
World J Diabetes 17(2):112534. Published online Feb 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i2.112534
Meta-Analysis
Letter to the Editor