Journal profile

Frontiers in endocrinology

Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation]
ISSN1664-2392 FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.58
Citation rate 6.59 35,677 total citations
h5-index 134 h5 depth signal
Cited share 86.1% 5,095 of 5,916
Total citations 35,677 Citation footprint
Metric signal 6.24 External metric anchor
Self-citation 3.8% 1,355 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

China 10,603
United States 2,310
Italy 1,401
United Kingdom 667
Germany 615

Citing Fields of Research

Diabetes 5,927
Endocrinology & Metabolism 5,445
Human Reproduction 2,423
Osteopathies 1,534
Nutrition & Dietetics 1,066

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 21,821 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 5,916 5,095 cited publications
Last 12 months 3,591 299.3 publications/month
Open access share 100.0% 3,591 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country China 10,603 citing publications
Leading citing field Diabetes 5,927 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 20 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v11, 2020-
PubMed
v1, 2010-
PMC
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Diabetes Endocrinology & Metabolism Human Reproduction Osteopathies Reproductive Health

Broad Categories

Endocrinology Endocrinology & Metabolism Diabetes Human Reproduction Osteopathies Genetics & Genomics Urology

MeSH Descriptors

Endocrine System Diseases Endocrinology

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

02
Jiahui Chen, Xingwu Zhang, Rongmin Li et al.
Background: ABCC8-maturity-onset diabetes of the young (ABCC8-MODY) is a rare monogenic diabetes with elusive genotype–phenotype correlations and frequent misdiagnosis as type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Adjudicating ABCC8 variants of uncertai...
03
Joan Villarroya, Natalia Artigas, Tania Quesada-López et al.
HIV infection is associated with metabolic and skeletal comorbidities that persist despite effective antiretroviral therapy. However, the direct contribution of viral proteins to these alterations remains incompletely understood. Here, w...
05
Ge Wu, Chong Ai, Weiqi Wu
Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of preventable blindness in working-age adults, yet scalable early detection is limited by the unreliability of AI-assisted screening. Multimodal large language models can interp...
06
Lukasz Dzialach, Agnieszka Bogusz-Wójcik, Elzbieta Moszczyńska et al.
Growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are rare in the pediatric population. They often present as large, invasive tumors and are frequently associated with an underlying genetic predisposition, making th...