Journal profile · Urology & Nephrology
International Journal of Urology
ISSN 0919-8172 · eISSN 1442-2042 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · AUSTRALIA · Monthly · Founded 1994
International Journal of Urology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.88; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,570; median 86 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 385 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Urology is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, together about 31.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Urology publishes articles of scientific excellence in urology. Submissions of papers from all countries are considered for publication. All manuscripts are subject to peer review and are judged on the basis of their contribution of original data and ideas or interpretation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Urology & Nephrology
Editor-in-chief Yoshio AsoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named Japan 95, United States 4, Hong Kong, China 2, Taiwan, China 2, India 2 (136 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsMedicine11%
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine10.5%
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchMedicine9.7%
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine6.7%
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchMedicine6.6%
- Renal cell carcinoma treatmentMedicine6.4%
- Urinary and Genital Oncology StudiesMedicine5.7%
- Pelvic floor disorders treatmentsMedicine5.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 2.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 99OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,223OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 202LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,024Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 342Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 594,235Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,474 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 325 | 167 | 131 |
| 2025 | 385 | 196 | 582 |
| 2024 | 294 | 160 | 1,146 |
| 2023 | 251 | 139 | 1,037 |
| 2022 | 373 | 69 | 2,064 |
| 2021 | 308 | 65 | 1,777 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
86 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 24 days – 150 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 99 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (750 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 66 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 3,570 / EUR 2,970 / GBP 2,380 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- editorialnces. References: Up to 5 in total. (8) EDITORIAL [BY INVITATION OF EDITORS] Word limit: 1,600 words. Abstract: No abstract. References: Up to 5 in total. Descrmain text ≤ 1,600 words
- editorial [by invitation of editors](8) EDITORIAL [BY INVITATION OF EDITORS]Length not stated
- editorial comments [by invitation of editors](7) EDITORIAL COMMENTS [BY INVITATION OF EDITORS]Length not stated
- letter to the editor(5) LETTER TO THE EDITORLength not stated
- meeting report/abstract [by invitation of editors](10) MEETING REPORT/ABSTRACT [BY INVITATION OF EDITORS]Length not stated
- original articleind more information. ARTICLE TYPES (1) ORIGINAL ARTICLE Word limit: 3,000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and figmain text ≤ 3,000 words
- perspective [by invitation of editors](6) PERSPECTIVE [BY INVITATION OF EDITORS]Length not stated
- review articlen relevant, Supplementary Material. (2) REVIEW ARTICLE [BY INVITATION OF EDITORS] Word limit: from 2,500 to 5,000 words including abstract but excluding referen…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- review article [by invitation of editors](2) REVIEW ARTICLE [BY INVITATION OF EDITORS]Length not stated
- systematic reviewgo peer review prior to acceptance. (3) SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ARTICLE Word limit: from 2,500 to 5,000 words including abstract but excluding references, tables and …main text ≤ 5,000 words
- systematic review article(3) SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ARTICLELength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- AI use Disclosing the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
AI use must be disclosed in Methods. Model summary
If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section. Find more details in Wiley’s AI guidelines for researchers and Wiley’s AI policy in full in the Best Practices Guidelines on…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship AUTHORSHIP
Authorship follows ICMJE criteria. Model summary
IJU follows the recommendations formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors regarding criteria for authorship. Accordingly, each person listed as an author or co-author for a submitted manuscript must meet all four criteria. An author or co-author shall have:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose a conflict of interest by disclosing at the time of submission any financial arrangements they have with a company whose product figures prominently in the submitted manuscript or with a company making a competing product.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability DATA SHARING AND DATA AVAILABILITY
Data sharing encouraged; data accessibility statement required. Model summary
IJU 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 ·- License & copyright COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING
You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
ORCID iD required for submitting author. Model summary
As part of our commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, the journal requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints PREPRINT POLICY
Preprint policy: preprints may be submitted and posted. Model summary
This journal will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
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
- AUSTRALIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 0919-8172
- Electronic ISSN
- 1442-2042
- Society / sponsor
- Japanese Urological Association and Urological Association of Asia
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Urology
What CAS zone is International Journal of Urology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Urology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Urology & Nephrology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Urology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.88; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 99.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Urology?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 86 days (interquartile range 24–150 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Urology based?
Of the 136 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (95), United States (4) and Hong Kong, China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Urology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Urology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Urology open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Urology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,570.
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: .