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Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 2012

ISSN2673-6616eISSN2673-6616

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.837

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.684

Total Worksi

360

Total Citationsi

1,886

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare is a specialty section of the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology. This specialty section publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research on all aspects of clinical diabetes and healthcare, including but not limited to: Diabetes mellitus type 1, Diabetes mellitus type 2, Gestational diabetes, Diabetes complications, Diabetes management, Diabetes technology, Diabetes epidemiology, Diabetes prevention, Diabetes education, Diabetes and cardiovascular disease, Diabetes and obesity, Diabetes and mental health, Diabetes and aging, Diabetes in pregnancy, Diabetes in children and adolescents, Diabetes in specific populations, Health services research in diabetes, Patient-reported outcomes in diabetes, and Novel therapeutic approaches in diabetes.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 69 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications360

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-6616 / 2673-6616

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2020

228

2021

859

2022

608

2023

325

2024

236

2025

112

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 MetabolismQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diabetes Management and ResearchDiabetes Management and EducationDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsDiabetes Treatment and ManagementDiabetes and associated disordersMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsPancreatic function and diabetesHyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patientsGestational Diabetes Research and ManagementDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare

Is Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare?

Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.82.

Is Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.