Journal profile · Urology & Nephrology
BJU INTERNATIONAL
ISSN 1464-4096 · eISSN 1464-410X · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Semimonthly · Founded 1999
BJU INTERNATIONAL: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.05; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,770; review about 73 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 454 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BJU INTERNATIONAL is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research and Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, together about 33% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BJUI aims to provide the very highest standard of research and clinical information for the urological community, promoting awareness of new advances and supporting best practice.BJUI publishes original articles, reviews, comments and research communications on all aspects of urology. Clinical relevance is critical and the journal covers the entire breadth of urology including urological oncology (all areas of urological oncology as well as recent advances in diagnostic techniques), robotic and laparoscopic surgery, upper urinary tract, endourology, functional urology, and andrology.BJUI is constantly innovating to provide the urology community with a journal that is fresh in appearance and easy to read and is presented with additional features and supporting discussions on our website: www.bjui.org.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Urology & Nephrology
Editor-in-chief Freddie HamdyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 1, Taiwan, China 1, India 1, Singapore 1, New Zealand 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine13.5%
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchMedicine10.2%
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsMedicine9.3%
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchMedicine8.8%
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine6.2%
- Pelvic floor disorders treatmentsMedicine6.1%
- Renal cell carcinoma treatmentMedicine4.4%
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsMedicine4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.05LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 133LetPub ·
- h-index
- 200OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,898OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 237LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 393Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,079,443Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 16,368 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 351 | 208 | 149 |
| 2025 | 454 | 266 | 1,030 |
| 2024 | 381 | 231 | 1,742 |
| 2023 | 330 | 237 | 2,389 |
| 2022 | 297 | 133 | 2,894 |
| 2021 | 325 | 144 | 4,218 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
73 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 1 month
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 73 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,770 / EUR 3,990 / GBP 3,200 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- No colour charges
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- letternorm for an original article. Research Letters should have a maximum of 1200 words, 8 references, and can include one figure OR one small tablmain text ≤ 1,200 words
- narrative reviewld be directed to the editorial office. Narrative Review articles should be approximately 2000-4000 words long, with up to 50 references and a structured abstra…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- original articleOriginal Articles on clinical and scientific aspects of urology and its associated specialities should be no more than 4000 words (word count excludes figures, …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
BJUI encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
COPE member Model summary
BJUI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics and subscribes to its recommendations (Committee on Publication Ethics [COPE]: guidelines on good publication practice, https://publicationethics.org). Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics are also available from https://authorservices.wiley.com/ethics-guidelines/index.html. The Editors reserve the right to reject a paper on ethical…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement
If the Open Access option is not selected the corresponding author will be presented with the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed on the Wiley Author Services license page here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing Open Access
If the Open Access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Submission and Peer-review
Submissions are considered on the conditions that they are previously unpublished, and are not offered simultaneously elsewhere; that all authors have read and approved the content; that all authors have declared all competing interests; and that the work complies with the Ethical Policies of the Journal, and has been conducted under internationally accepted ethical standards after relevant ethica…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening Model summary
This journal employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to this journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Preprint Servers
Preprints allowed Model summary
This journal will consider for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors may also post the submitted version of their manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Clinical trial registration required Model summary
BJUI requires registration of clinical trials in a public trials registry at or before the time of first patient enrolment as a condition of consideration for publication, in accordance with the ICMJE clinical trial registration policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1464-4096
- Electronic ISSN
- 1464-410X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 138, Issue 4 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BJU INTERNATIONAL
What CAS zone is BJU INTERNATIONAL in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BJU INTERNATIONAL is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Urology & Nephrology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BJU INTERNATIONAL?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.05; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 200.
How long does peer review take at BJU INTERNATIONAL?
The publisher reports about 73 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of BJU INTERNATIONAL?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of BJU INTERNATIONAL based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (1), Taiwan, China (1) and India (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index BJU INTERNATIONAL?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BJU INTERNATIONAL is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BJU INTERNATIONAL open access, and what is the APC?
BJU INTERNATIONAL is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,770.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .