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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 (3417), Duration of Peer Review (28 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (49 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (40 days/Mean), Accepted (47.2%/Mean), Production Time (46 days/Mean), Time to Publication (165 days/Mean), and Rejected (44.3%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Marco Zeppieri, Alessandro Drigo, Matteo Capobianco, Federico Visalli, Francesco Cappellani, Mutali Musa, Rosa Giglio, Daniele Tognetto, Marieme Khouyyi, Caterina Gagliano, Fabiana D’Esposito, Leandro Inferrera 
World J Diabetes 17(3):114603. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i3.114603
Minireviews
Clinical Trials Study
Xue-Dong An, Guo-Liang Zhang, Yue-Hong Zhang, De Jin, Hang-Yu Ji, Li-Juan Wei, Ya-Lin He, Yan-Lin Zheng, Du-Jun Li, Xing-Wei Wu, Yuan-Bin Li, Jian Zhou, Shao-Jian Tan, Ming-Chang Zhang, Ke Fan, Shan Lu, Jing-Sheng Yu, Yu-Liang Wang, Shao-Jun Chen, Qiu-Hong Liu, Ming Jin, Lie Wu, Feng-Mei Lian, Xiao-Lin Tong 
World J Diabetes 17(3):114002. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i3.114002
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Pedro Gil-Millán, Ascensión Lupiañez, Sonia Caparrós, Alicia Ribas, Shaira Martínez-Vaquera, Ángel Ortiz-Zuñiga, Cristina Hernández, Rafael Simó, Olga Simó-Servat 
World J Diabetes 17(3):115771. Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i3.115771
Basic Study
Meta-Analysis
Case Report
Letter to the Editor