The Review of Diabetic Studies

The Review of Diabetic Studies (RDS) is the society's peer-reviewed journal published quarterly. The purpose of The RDS is to support and encourage research in biomedical diabetes-related science including areas such as endocrinology, immunology, epidemiology, genetics, cell-based research, developmental research, bioengineering and disease management. The journal publishes original manuscripts on laboratory research, clinical and empirical studies, case and conference reports as well as review and theoretical articles and offers an open forum for immediate discussion of recent advancements by letters and comments. More information for authors can be found here.

Responsibility for the selection of articles in The RDS remains with the Editorial Board. However, the editors do not assume responsibility for the views and statements expressed by the authors.

The RDS is also available online via DOD (Diabetes Open Directory), a database containing information and publications from diabetes-related biomedical research which is currently in its beta stage.

* Citation Factor (CF), also known as Impact Factor, is the avarage citation frequency of articles published in The Review of Diabetic Studies. The 2007 CF is calculated by dividing the number of times articles published in 2005 and 2006 that were cited in 2007 by the number of articles published in the previous two years (2005 and 2006).

** The Citation Weight (CW) is a measure of the quality of the citations. It includes the impact factors of the journals where the citations took place and weighs them against the average impact factor over all journals (e.g. 1.852 in 2006). A CW of 2 for example means that on average the citations took place in journals with an impact factor 2 times higher than the average impact factor over all journals. The calculation rule is: CW = ((times of citations in journal 1 x CF₁) + ... + (times of citations in journal n x CF_n)) divided by (total times of citations x average CF).

^‡ The Weighted Citation Factor (WCF) was created by the SBDR and firstly published in September 2007. It includes the relation of citations to the number of published articles in the previous two years and the impacts of journals in which the citations took place. This means that a citation in a journal with a CF higher than the average CF over all journals (1.852 in 2006) increases the WCF et vice versa. If, for example, the CW is 2, then the citations took place in journals with a CF of 2 times higher than the average CF over all journals (= 3.704 in 2006). In this case, the WCF is exactly two times higher than the simple CF. The calculation rule is: WCF = (total times of citations x (((times of citations in journal 1 x CF₁) + ... + (times of citations in journal n x CF_n)) divided by (total times of citations x average CF))) divided by (number of articles published in previous three years).