Scroll through any public health website, search for diabetes, and you’ll quickly discover a multitude of confronting facts: number 6 of non-communicable diseases causing death; 422 million people affected worldwide; prevalence of both type-1 and type-2 diabetes among children and adolescents increases, to highlight a few.
Diabetes has an inescapable effect on our society, including our health systems, economies and most importantly, on people with diabetes and their families. Doctors, nurses, educators, health promoters and policymakers are all involved in diabetes care, so we’ve assembled our picks of some of the top international diabetes journals to help health professionals stay up-to-date with the latest research and news.
Journal metrics
Impact factor: is based on Web of Science data and only includes documents such as articles and reviews. It measures the average number of times an article is cited by other journal articles and documents. An impact factor of 3 or more is considered good, 1 is average. This list uses the 2-year impact factor from SCImago.
CiteScore: is based on Scopus data for all indexed documents, including articles, letters and editorials. Like impact factor, it measures the average citations received per document published in a journal over a 4-year time period.
Impact factor and CiteScore have the most meaning when used to compare journals within the same therapeutic area of subject. Many academics value a journal’s impact factor over its Citescore; therefore they will use the impact factor to rank other journals in the same field.
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): measures the citations received from a journal but it also considers the importance of the journal where the citations have come from. This measurement can be helpful to rank journals within the same field and category.
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): measures citations weighted by subject field. A SNIP over 1.0 means a journal has more citations than average.
The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Impact Factor: 27.576
CiteScore: 37.4
SJR: 9.337
SNIP: 6.626
The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal is published monthly and includes a range of original content related to diabetes and associated co-morbidities. The journal has a strong focus on publishing studies particularly relevant for low- and middle-income countries.
Nature Review Endocrinology
Impact Factor: 16.283
CiteScore: 33
SJR: 5.634
SNIP: 5.938
Nature Review Endocrinology is published by Nature Publishing Group. Published monthly, the journal includes research, news and reviews related to all fields of endocrinology and recent issues include discussions about insulin sensitivity and resistance, diabetic retinopathy and type-1 diabetes.
Diabetes Care
Impact Factor: 14.414
CiteScore: 22.3
SJR: 6.48
SNIP: 4.581
Published by the American Diabetes Association, the journal is aimed at all health professionals working with people with diabetes. It’s published monthly and in addition to featuring human research it also includes opinion pieces, letters to the editor and consensus reports.
Endocrine Reviews
Impact Factor: 12.413
CiteScore: 17.3
SJR: 4.991
SNIP: 4.765
This bi-monthly journal has a broad endocrinology focus; recent issues include diabetes-related research such as the mechanism of metformin, and the pathophysiology and clinical implications for diabetes, obesity and cancer.
Diabetologia
Impact Factor: 7.778
CiteScore: 13.1
SJR: 3.181
SNIP: 2.048
The Diabetologia is a monthly journal from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. It offers free, online access to all its journals 12 months following publication. Diabetologia includes content related to diabetes research and aims to advance the field of diabetes knowledge and care.
Cardiovascular Diabetology
Impact Factor: 7.185
CiteScore: 9.7
SJR: 2.172
SNIP: 1.750
Like the name suggests, Cardiovascular Diabetology publishes a range of open access articles specifically focused on the link between diabetes and heart conditions. Recent articles include the impact of diabetes in patients waiting for invasive cardiac procedures during COVID-19, the impact of fasting glucose and heart failure, and the risk of heart disease for people with diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
Diabetes
Impact Factor: 6.830
CiteScore: 13
SJR: 3.425
SNIP: 1.882
Diabetes is another journal by the American Diabetes Association and focuses on publishing content related to diabetes physiology and pathophysiology. Each monthly issue includes some open access articles.
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Impact Factor: 6.092
CiteScore: 9.5
SJR: 2.497
SNIP: 1.499
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (DOM) provides open or free access to its content, which focuses on research that will impact patient care. In 2020, it launched DOM NOW, which provides bite-sized information about the latest findings published in the journal, which health professionals can use to inform and improve patient care.
Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics
Impact Factor: 5.033
CiteScore: 8.1
SJR: 1.819
SNIP: 1.470
Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics is a peer-reviewed journal centred on the practical management of diabetes using medications, devices and drug-delivery systems. Health professionals working directly with people with diabetes will find this journal particularly relevant. Recent articles include how ethnicity impacts the use of technology for people with type-1 diabetes and the impact of telehealth during COVID-19. Some of its articles are open access.
Pediatric Diabetes
Impact Factor: 3.366
CiteScore: 5.2
SJR: 1.697
SNIP: 1.355
Published bi-monthly, Pediatric Diabetes provides researchers and health professionals working with young people with the latest research into type-1 and type-2 diabetes. Some of the articles are open access
Educating people to manage diabetes and minimise other co-morbidities means crafting the right message for your audience. At Rx Communications, we help organisations deliver patient-centric information to inspire behaviour change. Get in touch to see how we can help you connect with your patients.
References
The top 10 causes of death, World Health Organization
Diabetes, World Health Organization
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