Get your Diabetic Medicine paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 10 August, 2026
Submitting to Diabetic Medicine goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Diabetic Medicine guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Diabetic Medicine. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Diabetic Medicine journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Diabetic Medicine guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Diabetic Medicine guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Diabetic Med requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Structured abstract required with maximum 250 words for Research Articles, Systematic Reviews, Review Articles, and Study Protocols. Format: Aims, Methods, Results, Conclusions. Letters and Commentaries do not require abstracts. should contain no citations to previously published work |
| Main text | Research Articles: should not exceed 3000 words of text (excluding abstract, references, tables, figures) and should be limited to 30 references. Qualitative research papers may consist of up to 4000 words and 30 references. Narrative Reviews and Systematic Reviews: should not exceed 5,000 words of text and should be limited to 50 references. Study Protocols: should not exceed 3,000 words of text and should be limited to 30 references. Clinical Conundrums: introductory text not exceeding 100 words with answers and learning points up to 400 words. Letters: should not exceed 800 words, 1 figure/table and 10 references. Commentaries: should not exceed 1,000 words and 10 references |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Up to seven keywords. should be taken from those recommended by the US National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) browser list at https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/ |
| References | AMA (American Medical Association) style. All references should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance and should be as complete as possible. In-text citations should cite references in consecutive order using Arabic superscript numerals. Research Articles: limited to 30 references. Narrative Reviews and Systematic Reviews: limited to 50 references over 50 should be included as supporting information). Letters: 10 references. Commentaries: 10 references |
| Peer review | Single-blind peer review. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editorial team determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements |
| Submission | authors.wiley.com/journal/DME |
Read the Diabetic Medicine guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Diabetic Medicine in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Diabetic Med papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Diabetic Medicine journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Diabetic Medicine guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.