Diabetes Care
Submission checklist and article types
- Publisher
- American Diabetes Association
- ISSN (online)
- 1935-5548
- ISSN (print)
- 0149-5992
- Specialty
- Endocrinology, Internal Medicine
- Journal website
- diabetesjournals.org/care/pages/instructions-for-authors
Article types
| Article type | Reporting guideline | Extra Journal-specific Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Brief Report | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Commentary(invitation only) | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Comment Letter | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Editorial(invitation only) | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Images and Reports | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Observation Letter | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Original Article | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Perspective | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Response Letter(invitation only) | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Review(invitation only) | Depends on study design | 9 |
| Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | PRISMA | 9 |
The guideline shown is the one that usually applies to that article type. For original research it depends on the design: see the reporting guidelines. Every review also covers about 80 general content checks; the requirement counts above are the additional checks specific to this journal.
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