Journal profile · UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Journal of Urological Surgery
ISSN 2148-9580 · Galenos Yayinevi · Turkey
Journal of Urological Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 80 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Urological Surgery is published by Galenos Yayinevi 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 Urological Disorders and Treatments, Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments and Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, together about 23.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Urological Surgery is an open access, scientific, double-blind peer-reviewed journal in the field of Urooncology, Endourology, Pediatric Urology, Andrology, Reconstructive Urology, General Urology, Urogynecology and Functional Urology, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery. No fee is charged from the authors during the submission, evaluation and publication process. It is the official publication of the Society of Urological Surgery and is published quarterly (March, June, September, December).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine9.2%
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsMedicine7.5%
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchMedicine6.5%
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology StudiesMedicine6.3%
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.2%
- Urologic and reproductive health conditionsMedicine6.1%
- Urinary and Genital Oncology StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Ureteral procedures and complicationsMedicine5.1%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 852 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 3 |
| 2025 | 80 | 80 | 25 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | 37 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | 91 |
| 2022 | 55 | 55 | 62 |
| 2021 | 62 | 62 | 87 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Model summary
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA)
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
- Galenos Yayinevi
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2148-9580
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Urological Surgery
What CAS zone is Journal of Urological Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Urological Surgery 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 Journal of Urological Surgery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 11.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Urological Surgery?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 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.
Which databases index Journal of Urological Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Urological Surgery is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Urological Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Urological Surgery 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .