In 2016, the World Journal of Diabetes (WJD) has published the 18^th issue which containing 7 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Update on pre-diabetes: Focus on diagnostic criteria and cardiovascular risk”, a Review by Francesco Purrello, MD, et al from Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Italy; (2) “Impact of diabetes mellitus on risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: Evidence on health outcomes and antidiabetic treatment in United States adults”, an Original Article by Longjian Liu, MD, PhD, MSc, FAHA, et al from Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, United States, etc. We invite you to peruse all 7 articles in this issue, as they present the latest research progress/findings and provide insightful comments in diabetes that will guide basic research and clinical practice in these fields.

This journal is an open-access journal which allows free immediate access to all full-text articles. For details, please visit: Volume 7, Issue 18, October 15, 2016.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Diabetes, Jerzy Beltowski, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University, 20-090 Lublin, Poland

The WJD is a leading academic journal devoted to reporting the latest, cutting-edge research progress and findings of basic research and clinical practice in the field of diabetes. It was launched on March 15, 2010 and is published monthly (12 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage diabetologists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJD describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic value and which report new diagnostic techniques or summarize their treatment experiences.

We invited the readers to download and read the E-Journal of this issue, at http://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9358/e-journal.htm.