Diabetes

Aims & Scope

Diabetes publishes original research about the physiology and pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus.

Submitted manuscripts can report any aspect of laboratory, animal, or human research.

Emphasis is on investigative reports focusing on areas such as the pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications, normal and pathologic pancreatic islet function and intermediary metabolism, pharmacological mechanisms of drug and hormone action, and biochemical and molecular aspects of normal and abnormal biological processes.

Studies in the areas of diabetes education or the application of accepted therapeutic and diagnostic approaches to patients with diabetes mellitus are not published.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	7.5
2024	6.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1062

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3600

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.355

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	379

---

---

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

---

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

---

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Role of Insulin Resistance in Human Disease

  Citation: 6586

  Authors: Gerald M

• Metabolic Endotoxemia Initiates Obesity and Insulin Resistance

  Citation: 5125

  Authors: Patrice D., Jacques, Miguel Angel, Marjorie, Claude, Delphine, Audrey M., Francesca, Kieran M., Chantal, Aurélie, Evelyne, Béatrice, Thierry, Bernard, Jean, Jean-François, Glenn R., Louis, Nathalie M., Marie Christine, Rémy

• Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus and Other Categories of Glucose Intolerance

  Citation: 4292

  Authors:

• The Pathobiology of Diabetic Complications

  Citation: 4087

  Authors: Michael

• Changes in Gut Microbiota Control Metabolic Endotoxemia-Induced Inflammation in High-Fat Diet–Induced Obesity and Diabetes in Mice

  Citation: 3927

  Authors: Patrice D., Rodrigo, Claude, Aurélie, Audrey M., Nathalie M., Rémy

• β-Cell Deficit and Increased β-Cell Apoptosis in Humans With Type 2 Diabetes

  Citation: 3337

  Authors: Alexandra E., Juliette, Susan, Robert, Robert A., Peter C.

• Banting lecture 1988. Role of insulin resistance in human disease

  Citation: 2302

  Authors: G. M.

• From the Triumvirate to the Ominous Octet: A New Paradigm for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

  Citation: 2223

  Authors: Ralph A.

• A Preprandial Rise in Plasma Ghrelin Levels Suggests a Role in Meal Initiation in Humans

  Citation: 2198

  Authors: David E., Jonathan Q., R. Scott, Karin, Brent E., David S.

• Method for the Isolation of Intact Islets of Langerhans from the Rat Pancreas

  Citation: 2018

  Authors: Paul E, Mery

---