Journal profile · Endocrinology & Metabolism
Diabetes Care
ISSN 0149-5992 · American Diabetes Association Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1978
Diabetes Care: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 21.79; subscription journal; median 91 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 48.75%; 452 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Diabetes Care is published by American Diabetes Association Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diabetes Management and Research, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins and Diabetes Treatment and Management, together about 38.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Diabetes Care is a journal for the health care practitioner that is intended to increase knowledge, stimulate research, and promote better management of people with diabetes. To achieve these goals, the journal publishes original research on human studies in the following categories: Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition/Psychosocial Research, Epidemiology/Health Services Research,Emerging Treatments and Technologies, Pathophysiology/Complications, and Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk. The journal also publishes ADA statements, consensus reports, clinically relevant review articles, letters to the editor, and health/medical news or points of view. Topics covered are of interest to clinically oriented physicians, researchers, epidemiologists, psychologists, diabetes educators, and other health professionals.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Endocrinology & Metabolism
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diabetes Management and ResearchMedicine16.1%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine12.8%
- Diabetes Treatment and ManagementMedicine9.9%
- Diabetes and associated disordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.6%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine6.6%
- Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patientsMedicine5.9%
- Pancreatic function and diabetesMedicine5.7%
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and CancerBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 21.79LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 35.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 7.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 5.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 328LetPub ·
- h-index
- 510OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15,717OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 13.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.99%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 251LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 22,333 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 352 | 208 | 277 |
| 2025 | 452 | 387 | 4,613 |
| 2024 | 398 | 337 | 11,421 |
| 2023 | 425 | 377 | 18,267 |
| 2022 | 535 | 484 | 28,653 |
| 2021 | 454 | 368 | 30,601 |
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
91 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 74 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (56 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 118 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (897 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 48.75%LetPub ·
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 Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1978
- ISSN
- 0149-5992
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Diabetes Care
What CAS zone is Diabetes Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Diabetes Care is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Endocrinology & Metabolism; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Diabetes Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 21.79; CiteScore 35.3, h-index 510.
How long does peer review take at Diabetes Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 91 days (interquartile range 74–117 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 48.75%”. 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 Diabetes Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Diabetes Care is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Diabetes Care open access, and what is the APC?
Diabetes Care 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .