Journal Guide

Diabetes publishes original research about the physiology and pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus. Submitted manuscripts can report any aspect of laboratory, animal, or human research. Emphasis is on investigative reports focusing on areas such as the pathogenesis of diabetes and its complications, normal and pathologic pancreatic islet function and intermediary metabolism, pharmacological mechanisms of drug and hormone action, and biochemical and molecular aspects of normal and abnormal biological processes. Studies in the areas of diabetes education or the application of accepted therapeutic and diagnostic approaches to patients with diabetes mellitus are not published.

The aims and objectives of Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews are to increase knowledge, provide guidelines and policies, stimulate research about the physiology and pathophysiology, and to promote better management of the metabolic diseases, using peer-reviewed original articles and expert comments. It encourages the publication of original basic/original research articles, reviews, short communication, case reports and letters. Reviews or mini-reviews are especially welcomed for those areas within endocrinology undergoing rapid changes. Short communications should contain concise definitive information.

A high quality scientific journal with an international readershipOfficial publication of the Alfediam, Diabetes & Metabolism, publishes high-quality papers by leading teams, forming a close link between hospital and research units. Diabetes & Metabolism is published in English language and is indexed in all major databases with its impact factor up to 2.426 in 2010 (IF 2009).Diabetes & Metabolism contains original articles, short reports and comprehensive reviews. The latter are updates written by internationally recognized specialists carefully edited in order to help clinicians and researchers keep informed about the latest developments in the field of diabetes.Une revue scientifique de haute qualitéDiabetes & Metabolism réunit des articles originaux, des cas cliniques, des lettres à l'éditeur et des travaux indispensables pour la compréhension du diabète et de ses conséquences multiples, ainsi que des Recommandations de l'Alfediam. Elle est destinée aux cliniciens et aux chercheurs qui souhaitent suivre de près les récentes évolutions de la diabétologie.Une revue à diffusion internationaleDiabetes & Metabolism publie en langue anglaise les travaux des meilleures équipes francophones et étrangères de la spécialité et rencontre un facteur d'impact qui ne cesse de progresser. La revue est indexée dans les plus grandes bases de données internationales : Current Contents (Life Sciences), EMBASE (Excerpta Medica), Research Alert, SCI Search.

Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research is the first international peer-reviewed journal to unite diabetes and vascular disease in a single title.It mirrors the increasing recognition that diabetes and cardiovascular disease are a single entity in which diabetes and related disorders such as insulin resistance Diabetes & Vascular Disease Researchare directly linked with assaults on the vessel wall and the development of vascular risk clustering.Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research:· Links diabetes, its metabolic consequences and vascular outcomes·Original research in fields of insulin resitance and metabolic disorders· Promotes understand of pathology, aetiology and management of Thrombosis, Hyperglycaemia, Hypertension, Dyslipidaemia and Micro-and macrovascular consequences.

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 five categories: 1) Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition/Psychosocial Research, 2) Epidemiology/Health Services Research, 3) Emerging Treatments and Technologies, 4) Pathophysiology/Complications, and 5) Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk. The journal also publishes 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. .