Advances in Diabetes: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Complications, Costs and Disparities
A special issue of Diabetology (ISSN 2673-4540).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026 | Viewed by 74
Special Issue Editors
2. College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Interests: diabetes; chronic kidney disease; stroke; epilepsy; substance use disorder; cost–benefit; health disparities; health service research; health economics
Interests: type 2 diabetes; cardiovascular disease risk factors; health equity and health disparities; social-medical integration; chronic disease self-management; social determinants of health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diabetology is an international, open access journal. In this Special Issue of Diabetology, we invite researchers to submit their works on topic of "Advances in Diabetes: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Complications, Costs and Disparities”. The instructions on how to proceed with writing will be available on a dedicated web page. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Epidemiology of diabetes, presenting the latest data on the incidence, prevalence and risk factors across different populations.
- Diabetes’ associations with a range of acute and chronic complications that significantly impact patients' quality of life and healthcare resources.
- The economic burden of diabetes on individuals, healthcare systems and society at large, including areas such as healthcare utilization, costs and cost-effectiveness.
- Disparities in diabetes’ prevalence, care, and other outcomes across different populations, influenced by social determinants/socioeconomic status and geographic regions, or efforts to reduce these inequities.
We invite you to submit original research articles, systematic reviews, narrative reviews or short communications on this topic. We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Kinfe G. Bishu
Dr. Joni S. Williams
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diabetology is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- prevalence
- risk factors
- complications
- mortality
- healthcare utilization
- healthcare costs
- cost-effectiveness
- social determinants
- health disparities
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