Journal profile · Medicine-Urology
Investigative and Clinical Urology
ISSN 2466-0493 · eISSN 2466-054X · Korean Urological Association · SOUTH KOREA
Investigative and Clinical Urology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.92; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 84 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 80 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Investigative and Clinical Urology is published by Korean Urological Association and is in Zone 3 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, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Pelvic floor disorders treatments, together about 29.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Investigative and Clinical Urology (Investig Clin Urol, ICUrology) is an international, peer-reviewed, platinum open access journal published bimonthly. ICUrology aims to provide outstanding scientific and clinical research articles, that will advance knowledge and understanding of urological diseases and current therapeutic treatments. ICUrology publishes Original Articles, Review Articles, Special Articles, Editorials, and Letters, with a focus on the following areas of expertise: • Artificial Intelligence in Urology • Precision Medicine in Urology • Urological Oncology • Robotics/Laparoscopy • Endourology/Urolithiasis • Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction • Female Urology • Sexual Dysfunction/Infertility • Infection/Inflammation • Reconstruction/Transplantation • Geriatric Urology • Pediatric Urology • Basic/Translational Research One of the notable features of ICUrology is the application of multimedia platforms facilitating easy-to-access online video clips of newly developed surgical techniques from the journal's website, by a QR (quick response) code located in the article, or via YouTube. ICUrology provides current and highly relevant knowledge to a broad audience at the cutting edge of urological research and clinical practice.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Urology
Editor-in-chief Sung KyuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 2%); most named South Korea 55, United States 10, Mainland China 2, Japan 2, Australia 2 (82 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchMedicine12.2%
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine10.3%
- Pelvic floor disorders treatmentsMedicine7.4%
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsMedicine7.2%
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine6.6%
- Urinary Tract Infections ManagementMedicine6.1%
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsMedicine5.7%
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchMedicine5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 3 |
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPublisher website
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
- 2.92LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 988OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 63LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,812 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 44 | 17 |
| 2025 | 80 | 80 | 212 |
| 2024 | 71 | 71 | 352 |
| 2023 | 81 | 81 | 626 |
| 2022 | 81 | 81 | 821 |
| 2021 | 80 | 80 | 1,056 |
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
84 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 51 days – 125 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 50 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 147 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (129 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
- Double anonymous 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 | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- editorialQuestions regarding manuscript submission may be sent to Investigative and Clinical Urology Editorial Office Address: Room 103-1102, Park Tower Off icetel, 67 S…Length not stated
- editorialsThe article types include original articles, review articles, special articles, editorials, and letters.Length not stated
- lettersThe article types include original articles, review articles, special articles, editorials, and letters.Length not stated
- original articlesThe article types include original articles, review articles, special articles, editorials, and letters.Length not stated
- review articlesThe article types include original articles, review articles, special articles, editorials, and letters.Length not stated
- special articlesThe article types include original articles, review articles, special articles, editorials, and letters.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship 11. Author Contribution:
To qualify for authorship, all contributors must meet at least one of the seven core contributions (conceptualization, methodology, software, validation, formal analysis, investigation, and data curation), as well as at least one of the writing contributions (original draft preparation, review, and editing). Authors may also satisfy the other remaining contributions; however, these alone will not …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 8. Conflicts of interest:
9. Funding: Any financial or technical support should also be stated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability CLINICAL DATA SHARING POLICY
This journal follows the data sharing policy described in “Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials: A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors” (https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.7.1051). As of July 1, 2018, manuscripts submitted to ICMJE journals that report the results of clinical trials must contain a data sharing statement. Clinical trials that begin enrolli…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright COPYRIGHT STATEMENTS
Articles that have been already published or submitted for publication elsewhere cannot be submitted to ICUrology, and articles that have been published in ICUrology cannot be published elsewhere without permission. ICUrology retains all copyrights of all manuscripts that have been submitted and permitted for publication in this journal. Authors should complete and submit the Copyright Transfer Ag…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS POLICY
Every paper published in ICUrology is freely available via our website (https://www.icurology.org). Articles published in ICUrology 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 proper…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW AND PUBLICATION PROCESS
All manuscripts are subject to peer review, and accepted articles will be published in ICUrology. 1. Registration for submission: Manuscripts should conform strictly to journal style. Manuscripts that do not fit the style and format of the journal will be returned to the author without review. Any manuscript registered is given a registration number, which will be e-mailed or faxed to the correspo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism SIMILARITY CHECK (CROSSCHECK)
For editorial originality, Similarity Check helps editors compare the text of submitted papers for similarity. To find out more about Similarity Check, visit https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/. All manuscripts submitted to ICUrology will be screened, using the iThenticate tool, for textual similarity to other previously published works PEER REVIEW AND PUBLICATION PROCESS All manus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints PREPRINT POLICY
A preprint can be defined as a version of a scholarly paper that precedes formal peer review and publication in a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. ICUrology allows authors to submit the preprint to the journal. It is not treated as duplicate submission or duplicate publication. ICUrology recommend authors to disclose it with DOI in the letter to the editor during the submission process. Otherwise,…
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 Urological Association
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2466-0493
- Electronic ISSN
- 2466-054X
- Society / sponsor
- Korean Urological Association
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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 Investigative and Clinical Urology
What CAS zone is Investigative and Clinical Urology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Investigative and Clinical Urology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 Investigative and Clinical Urology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.92; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 56.
How long does peer review take at Investigative and Clinical Urology?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 84 days (interquartile range 51–125 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 Investigative and Clinical Urology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; 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 Investigative and Clinical Urology based?
Of the 82 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (55), United States (10) and Mainland China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Investigative and Clinical Urology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Investigative and Clinical Urology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Investigative and Clinical Urology open access, and what is the APC?
Investigative and Clinical Urology 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, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .