All types of Research and Publication (including in Diabetes) have shown a healthy rising trend from India in the last decade

International rankings of Diabetes and Metabolic diseases related journals in comparison to other medical journals from India

BACKGROUND AND AIMS

Scientific publications from India and Asiatic countries are on rising in the last decade. We have attempted to analyze the growth (over the last 3 years) of various important journals being published from India in various medical fields, especially in the specialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.

METHODS

We used the database of SCOPUS, SCIMAGO, and Academic Accelerator to derive the required statistical information from various Indian journals, till 9^th June 2022.

RESULTS

There are only a very few medical journals from India in Quartile 1(first 25% of all journals), namely Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews (DMSCRR), Hepatology International, and the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR). DMSCRR stands at #1 in Diabetes and Metabolic disease-related journals among all the medical journals from India. All metrics of DMSCRR have majorly increased over the last three years; its CiteScore has almost quadrupled, the h-index is doubled, and the number of citations received has quadrupled. The DMSCRR is now ranked globally at #23/227 (90^th percentile) amongst all Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolic journals. In the recently announced metrics by SCOPUS in June 2022, the DMSCRR has ranked as the #1 journal in Asiatic countries.

CONCLUSION

Some Indian journals have increased their rankings in 2021 and among them, the Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews has now become the highest-ranked medical journal in India, not only in the field of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism but also in all the medical specialties.