Journal profile · UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
International Neurourology Journal
ISSN 2093-4777 · eISSN 2093-6931 · Korean Association of Medical Journal Edirors · SOUTH KOREA
International Neurourology Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.66; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 70 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); 52 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Neurourology Journal is published by Korean Association of Medical Journal Edirors 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 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, Pelvic floor disorders treatments and Urinary Tract Infections Management, together about 63.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Neurourology Journal (INJ) is a quarterly international journal that publishes high-quality research papers that provide the most significant and promising achievements in the fields of clinical neurourology and fundamental science. Specifically, fundamental science includes the most influential research papers from all fields of science and technology, revolutionizing what physicians and researchers practicing the art of neurourology worldwide know. Thus, we welcome valuable basic research articles to introduce cutting-edge translational research of fundamental sciences to clinical neurourology. About the Journal International Neurourology Journal (INJ; pISSN 2093-4777/eISSN 2093-6931) is the official journal of The Korean Society of Functional and Reconstructive Urology (KSFRU), ESSIC (International Society for the Study of BPS), Korean Society of Urological Research, The Korean Children’s Continenc and Enuresis Society, Korean Society of Geriatric Urology and is international peer-reviewed journal. The ISO abbreviated journal name Int Neurourol J. INJ is a quarterly (last day of March, June, September, and December) international peer-review journal that publishes high-quality research papers that provide the most significant and promising achievements in the fields of clinical neurourology and fundamental science. It was launched in March 1997. The title of the first volume was Journal of the Korean Continence Society (pISSN 1738-6268). The journal title was changed to International Neurourology Journal from Volume 14 Number 1, 2010. For submission instructions, subscription, and all other information, please visit https://submit.einj.org/.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Editor-in-chief Khae HawnPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named South Korea 34, United States 10, Japan 5, Taiwan, China 4, Mainland China 2 (66 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchMedicine31.1%
- Pelvic floor disorders treatmentsMedicine22.6%
- Urinary Tract Infections ManagementMedicine10.1%
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.5%
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Sexual function and dysfunction studiesMedicine4.8%
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsMedicine3.8%
- Tissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineMedicine1.8%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 4 |
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, Crossref, KoreaMed, KoMCI, WPRIM, WorldWideScience.org, DOI/Crossref
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
- 1.66LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 399OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 942 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 39 | 4 |
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | 75 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | 244 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | 346 |
| 2022 | 60 | 60 | 508 |
| 2021 | 70 | 70 | 826 |
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 PubMed · to
70 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 47 days – 95 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 65 days (87 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 139 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (102 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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted16, with length limits
- book reviewOriginal Article Review Article Editorial Case Report Book Review Letter to the Editor Letter Note Randomized Controlled Trial ErratumLength not stated
- case reportOriginal Article Review Article Editorial Case Report Book Review Letter to the Editor Letter Note Randomized Controlled Trial ErratumLength not stated
- correspondenceOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…Length not stated
- editorialOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…Length not stated
- erratumOriginal Article Review Article Editorial Case Report Book Review Letter to the Editor Letter Note Randomized Controlled Trial ErratumLength not stated
- letterOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…Length not stated
- letter noteOriginal Article Review Article Editorial Case Report Book Review Letter to the Editor Letter Note Randomized Controlled Trial ErratumLength not stated
- letter to the editorType Abstract Maintext Max.tables Max.figures Max.references Max.words Max.keywords Format Max.words Review Article 300 6 Unstructured 3,500 5 5 100 Systematic …Length not stated
- letters to the editorOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…Length not stated
- meta-analysisOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- perspectiveOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…Length not stated
- randomized controlled trialOriginal Article Review Article Editorial Case Report Book Review Letter to the Editor Letter Note Randomized Controlled Trial ErratumLength not stated
- reviewOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…Length not stated
- review articleOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…Length not stated
- systematic reviewOriginal Articles should be composed of no more than 3,000 words,excluding the references, tables, and figures. No more than 35 referencescan be cited. It shoul…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship 3. Authorship and Contributorship
Authors are required to clearly state their contributions to a manuscript in the cover letter. To be listed as an author, one should have contributed substantially to all four categories established by the ICMJE: (1) conception and design, or acquisition, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; (3) final approva…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 2. Conflicts of Interest
conflict of interest may exist when an author (or the author’s institution or employer) has financial or personal relationships or affiliations that could bias the author’s decisions of the manuscript. Authors are expected to provide detailed information about all relevant financial interests and relationships or financial conflicts, particularly those present at the time the research was conducte…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability 10. Policies on Data Sharing and Reproducibility
Authors have the option to share with readers the datasets used in theirresearch. Authors wishing to do so may deposit their data in a publiclyaccessible repository and include a link to the DOI within the text ofthe manuscript, as well as in an optional category in the StructuredDisclosures section. For example, “Data sharing: The data analyzed forthis study have been deposited in Harvard Dataver…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING
1. Copyright Policy All published papers become the permanent property of KSFRU. Copyrights of all published materials are owned by KSFRU. Permission must be obtained from KSFRU for any commercial use of materials. Every author must sign the copyright transfer agreement forms. 2. Open Access All articles published in INJ will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. A…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 2. Open Access
Open Access under CC BY-NC 4.0 Model summary
All articles published in INJ will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. All articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 3.…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW AND PUBLICATION PROCESS
INJ has an online submission and peer review system at https://einj.org/. INJ reviews all manuscripts received. A manuscript is first reviewed for its format and adherence to the aims and scope of the journal. If the manuscript meets these 2 criteria, it is dispatched to 3 investigators in the field with relevant knowledge. INJ adopts double blind review, which means that the reviewers and authors…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 5. Redundant Publication and Plagiarism
A redundant publication is defined as “reporting (publishing or attempting to publish) substantially the same work more than once, without attribution of the original source(s).” The characteristics of reports that are substantially similar include the following: (1) “at least one of the authors must be common to all reports (if there are no common authors, it is more likely plagiarism than redund…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving: no preprints, postprints and publisher's PDF allowed Model summary
According to the deposit policy (self-archiving policy) of Sherpa/Romeo (http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/), authors cannot archive preprints (i.e., prerefereeing), but they can archive postprints (i.e., the final draft postrefereeing). Authors can archive the publisher’s version/ PDF.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines 2. Reporting Guidelines for Specific Study Designs
For specific study designs, such as randomized control studies, studiesof diagnostic accuracy, meta-analyses, observational studies, and nonrandomizedstudies, authors are encouraged to consult the reportingguidelines relevant to their specific research design. A good source ofreporting guidelines is the EQUATOR Network (https://www.equatornetwork.org) and NLM (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/rese…
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
- Korean Association of Medical Journal Edirors
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2093-4777
- Electronic ISSN
- 2093-6931
- Society / sponsor
- Korean Society of Functional and Reconstructive Urology & ESSIC
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Neurourology Journal
What CAS zone is International Neurourology Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Neurourology Journal 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Neurourology Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.66; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at International Neurourology Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 70 days (interquartile range 47–95 days); authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. 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 International Neurourology Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Cover letter: Required. 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 International Neurourology Journal based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (34), United States (10) and Japan (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Neurourology Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Neurourology Journal is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Neurourology Journal open access, and what is the APC?
International Neurourology Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .