Journal profile · Medicine-Internal Medicine
Clinical Diabetes
ISSN 0891-8929 · American Diabetes Association
Clinical Diabetes: subscription journal; median 90 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); 99 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Diabetes is published by American Diabetes Association. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diabetes Management and Research, Diabetes Management and Education and Diabetes Treatment and Management, together about 68.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Internal Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diabetes Management and ResearchMedicine28.9%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine21.9%
- Diabetes Treatment and ManagementMedicine17.8%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine8.3%
- Diabetes and associated disordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.7%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions1.8%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions1.5%
- Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patientsMedicine1.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Medicine | Q1 | 43/179 | 76th |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | Q2 | 73/250 | 71st |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 406OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,365 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1,791 |
| 2025 | 99 | 99 | 2,583 |
| 2024 | 93 | 93 | 2,666 |
| 2023 | 80 | 80 | 2,563 |
| 2022 | 88 | 88 | 2,224 |
| 2021 | 77 | 77 | 2,139 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
90 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 67 days – 128 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 46 days (46 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 146 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (129 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Diabetes Association
- ISSN
- 0891-8929
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Diabetes
How long does peer review take at Clinical Diabetes?
Based on the dates recorded on 46 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 90 days (interquartile range 67–128 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Clinical Diabetes?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Diabetes is indexed in Scopus.
Is Clinical Diabetes open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Diabetes is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .