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Diabetologia

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1800

ISSN1432-0428

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 18.2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

3.858

H-Indexi

336

CiteScorei

18.2

SNIPi

2.667

Total Worksi

15,723

Total Citationsi

976,413

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Diabetologia publishes original clinical, translational and experimental research on all aspects of diabetes and related subjects, provided they have scientific merit and represent an important advance in knowledge

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1800

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,723

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewanonymised peer-review

OA LicenseOpen Choice

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1432-0428

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

anonymised peer-review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

285

19k

2019

282

15k

2020

300

12k

2021

218

8.7k

2022

208

6.2k

2023

299

4.7k

2024

300

1.3k

2025

191

130

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ1

Internal MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismInternal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pancreatic function and diabetesDiabetes and associated disordersDiabetes Management and ResearchDiabetes Treatment and ManagementMetabolism, Diabetes, and CancerDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsAdipose Tissue and MetabolismDiet and metabolism studiesAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesHyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients

Frequently asked questions about Diabetologia

Is Diabetologia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Diabetologia: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Diabetologia?

Diabetologia is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 18.2.

Is Diabetologia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Diabetologia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.