Journal profile

Diabetologia

Diabetologia is published by Springer Science+Business Media under ISSN 0012-186X. It holds an h-index of 338 across 16,038 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 7.89, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Pancreatic function and diabetes, Diabetes and associated disorders, Diabetes Management and Research.

Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.

Publication record and impact metrics

PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media
ISSN-L0012-186X
All ISSNs0012-186X, 1432-0428
Indexed works16,038
Total citations992,886
h-index338
2-year mean citedness7.89
Open accessNot fully open access
Main topicsPancreatic function and diabetes · Diabetes and associated disorders · Diabetes Management and Research · Diabetes Treatment and Management · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.

A worked example from this journal

The source

Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and ?-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man

Authors
David R. Matthews, J P Hosker, A. Rudenski, B A Naylor, DF Treacher, R. C. Turner
Year
1985
Volume
28
Issue
7
Pages
412-419

IEEE

D. R. Matthews, J. P. Hosker, A. Rudenski, B. A. Naylor, D. Treacher, R. C. Turner "Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and ?-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man," Diabetologia, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 412-419, 1985, doi: 10.1007/bf00280883.

IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Diabetologia against your target publication's reference list before submitting.

APA

Matthews, D. R., Hosker, J. P., Rudenski, A., Naylor, B. A., Treacher, D., & Turner, R. C. (1985). Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and ?-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man. Diabetologia, 28(7), 412-419. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00280883

APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.

BibTeX

@article{matthews1985,
  author  = {David R. Matthews and J P Hosker and A. Rudenski and B A Naylor and DF Treacher and R. C. Turner},
  title   = {Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and ?-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man},
  journal = {Diabetologia},
  volume  = {28},
  number  = {7},
  pages   = {412--419},
  year    = {1985},
  issn    = {0012-186X},
  doi     = {10.1007/bf00280883}
}

The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.

What to verify before you submit

  • The volume and page range. Diabetologia records 16,038 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
  • The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
  • Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
  • Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
  • That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.

How this journal sits in the record

Diabetologia carries an h-index of 338, which is above 47% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 992,886 citations across 16,038 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 7.89.

15 of the journals covered here are published by Springer Science+Business Media. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.

These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.

Questions about Diabetologia

What is the ISSN of Diabetologia?

The linking ISSN is 0012-186X. The journal also carries 1432-0428, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.

Who publishes Diabetologia?

Springer Science+Business Media publishes it. 15 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.

Is Diabetologia open access?

OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.

How do I cite an article from Diabetologia in LaTeX?

Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key matthews1985 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.

Does Diabetologia use page numbers or article numbers?

The example article runs from page 412 to 419, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.

How influential is Diabetologia?

Its h-index is 338, above 47% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 992,886 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 7.89. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.

Does Diabetologia have a Journal Impact Factor?

Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 338 and a two-year mean citedness of 7.89 across 16,038 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.

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