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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
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 (3344), Peer Review Time (36 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (49 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (40 days/Mean), Accepted (46.7%/Mean), Production Time (46 days/Mean), Time to Publication (166 days/Mean), and Rejected (44.0%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Guido Gembillo, Luca Soraci, Rossella Messina, Lorenzo Lo Cicero, Giuseppe Spadaro, Felicia Cuzzola, Michela Calderone, Maria Federica Ricca, Simona Di Piazza, Flavia Sudano, Luigi Peritore, Domenico Santoro 
World J Diabetes 17(1):110502. Published online Jan 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i1.110502
Minireviews
Case Control Study
Eun Hui Bae, Sang Yup Lim, Bong Seong Kim, Kyungdo Han, Sang Heon Suh, Hong Sang Choi, Eun Mi Yang, Chang Seong Kim, Seong Kwon Ma, Soo Wan Kim 
World J Diabetes 17(1):114624. Published online Jan 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i1.114624
Retrospective Study
Observational Study
Prospective Study
María Molina-Vega, Maria J Estébanez-Prieto, Andrea Fernández-Valero, Fuensanta Lima-Rubio, Ana M Fernández-Ramos, Teresa M Linares-Pineda, Sonsoles Morcillo, María J Picón-César 
World J Diabetes 17(1):112882. Published online Jan 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i1.112882
Basic Study
Wen-Jia Ding, Chao-Qun Liu, Xin-Yi Tang, Zhi-Bin Shang, Xu Liang, Tao Tao, Ru-Xi Liu, Qiong-Yun Jiang, Yan-Fang Qiu, Yi Sun 
World J Diabetes 17(1):112885. Published online Jan 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i1.112885
Meta-Analysis
Bhavin Patel, Kshitij Mahajan, Arankesh Mahadevan, Rishika Trivedi, Avleen Dhingra, Samrath Singh Brar, Sakshi Dixit, Rupak Desai 
World J Diabetes 17(1):110528. Published online Jan 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i1.110528
Case Report
Letter to the Editor
Li Liao, An Luo, Long-Han Zhang, Yi-Ting Pan, Ya-Qing Liu 
World J Diabetes 17(1):114210. Published online Jan 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i1.114210