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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 >>

2025 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 2024 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2023 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJD as 4.2; JIF without journal self cites: 4.1; 5-year JIF: 4.2; JIF Rank: 40/186 in endocrinology and metabolism; JIF Quartile: Q1; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.

ISSN
1948-9358 (online)
Editorial
Review
Saptarshi Bhattacharya, Cornelius J Fernandez, Abul Bashar Mohammad Kamrul-Hasan, Joseph M Pappachan 
World J Diabetes 16(5):104787. Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i5.104787
Minireviews
Case Control Study
Retrospective Cohort Study
Retrospective Study
Ao-Miao Chen, Qiu-Yu He, Yi-Chuan Wu, Jia-Qi Chen, Xiao-Qin Ma, Ling-Yuan Hu, Ge-Ning-Yue Wang, Zhuo-Tong Wang, Zhi-Yong Wu, Zong-Ji Zheng, Yi-Jie Jia 
World J Diabetes 16(5):102052. Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i5.102052
Observational Study
Basic Study
Yun Liu, Zhi Yu, Xuan Wang, Ming-Qian Yuan, Meng-Jiang Lu, Mei-Rong Gong, Qian Li, You-Bing Xia, Guan-Hu Yang, Bin Xu, Gerhard Litscher, Tian-Cheng Xu 
World J Diabetes 16(5):101354. Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i5.101354
Qian-Yun Mao, Hui Ran, Qiu-Yue Hu, Sun-Yue He, Yao Lu, Han Li, Yi-Meng Chai, Zhao-Yin Chu, Xu Qian, Wan Ding, Yi-Xin Niu, Hong-Mei Zhang, Xiao-Yong Li, Qing Su 
World J Diabetes 16(5):101473. Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i5.101473
Zhong-Yong Zhang, Yu-Ming Wang, Ning Wang, Yuan-Song Wang, Hui Zhang, Duo Wang, Li-Xin Wang, Huan-Tian Cui, Wei-Bo Wen, Shu-Quan Lv, Yong-Jun Cao 
World J Diabetes 16(5):103511. Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i5.103511
Systematic Reviews
Meta-Analysis
Scientometrics
Xian-Wen Ye, Hai-Xia Zhang, Qian Li, Chun-Shuai Li, Chong-Jun Zhao, Liang-Jing Xia, Hong-Min Ren, Xu-Xing Wang, Chao Yang, Yu-Jie Wang, Shui-Lan Jiang, Xin-Fang Xu, Xiang-Ri Li 
World J Diabetes 16(5):91200. Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i5.91200
Letter to the Editor
Meng-Qiu Shao, Jia-Bao Liao, Man-Yin Zhai, Qian-Qian Wan, Li-Juan Jiang, Huan-Tian Cui 
World J Diabetes 16(5):103447. Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i5.103447