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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
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 (538), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (37 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (37 days/Mean), Accepted (31.4%/Mean), Production Time (40 days/Mean), Time to Publication (154 days/Mean), and Rejected (49.4%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Cheng Luo, Wei-Wei Zhang, Liang-Yan Hua, Mei-Qi Zeng, Hui Xu, Cheng-Zheng Duan, Shi-Yu Xu, Shuo Zhan, Xiao-Fei Pan, Da Sun, Li-Ya Ye, Dong-Juan He 
World J Diabetes 16(11):112236. Published online Nov 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i11.112236
Minireviews
Kamaldeen Olalekan Sanusi, Jerome Ndudi Asiwe, Fatimo Ajoke Sulaimon, Farida Bashar, Suleiman Kolawole Yusuf, Hawau Olaide Abdulkadir 
World J Diabetes 16(11):110428. Published online Nov 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i11.110428
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Randomized Clinical Trial
Alfredo Caturano, Vittorio Simeon, Raffaele Galiero, Vincenzo Russo, Luca De Nicola, Paolo Chiodini, Luca Rinaldi, Erica Vetrano, Teresa Salvatore, Caterina Conte, Carlo Acierno, Celestino Sardu, Raffaele Marfella, Roberto Minutolo, Ferdinando C Sasso 
World J Diabetes 16(11):111698. Published online Nov 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i11.111698
Basic Study
Jing Cao, Zi-Chao Liu, Wen-Qiang An, Sen Zhang, Xin Zhang, Li-Jie Li, Hai-Lian Ji, Xiao Long, Yue-Mei Yang 
World J Diabetes 16(11):109859. Published online Nov 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i11.109859
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Mauricio Alvarez, Elias Quintero, Oswaldo Rincon, Carlos Llanos, Rawdy Reales, Isaac Guzman 
World J Diabetes 16(11):111106. Published online Nov 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i11.111106
Letter to the Editor
Correction
Lin Geng, Ting-Ting Sun, Wen-Bo Xia, Ying Qin, Di Huo, Guang-Jin Qu 
World J Diabetes 16(11):114013. Published online Nov 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i11.114013