Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Diabetes Educ. Language English Publication history 1975-present | Discipline Health Sciences Edited by James Fain | |
Publisher SAGE Publications (United Kingdom) | ||
The Diabetes Educator is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Endocrinology. The journal's editor is James Fain, PhD, RN, BC-ADM, FAAN (University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth). It has been in publication since 1980 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
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Scope
The Diabetes Educator publishes original articles on topics such as patient care and education, clinical practice and clinical research. The multidisciplinary journal takes the view of diabetes education as represented by nurses, dieticians, physicians and other professionals. The Diabetes Educator aims to serve as a reference for the science and practice of diabetes management.
Abstracting and indexing
The Diabetes Educator is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2014 impact factor is 1.792, ranking it 98 out of 128 journals in the category ‘Endocrinology & Metabolism’. and ranking it 52 out of 145 journals in the category ‘Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health’.