Journal profile · Urology & Nephrology
Urology
ISSN 0090-4295 · eISSN 1527-9995 · Elsevier Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1973
Urology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.25; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,200; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 975 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Urology is published by Elsevier Inc. 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 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Urological Disorders and Treatments and Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research, together about 28.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Urology & Nephrology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine9.6%
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine9.5%
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchMedicine9.3%
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsMedicine7.3%
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology StudiesMedicine5.8%
- Pelvic floor disorders treatmentsMedicine5.5%
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchMedicine5.5%
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsMedicine5.4%
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.25LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 165LetPub ·
- h-index
- 238OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15,938OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 340LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 39,407 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 434 | 75 | 56 |
| 2025 | 975 | 128 | 766 |
| 2024 | 751 | 103 | 1,559 |
| 2023 | 733 | 139 | 2,995 |
| 2022 | 754 | 148 | 3,491 |
| 2021 | 845 | 125 | 5,543 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (33% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 3,200 / EUR 2,990 / GBP 2,560 / JPY 396,900 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1973
- ISSN
- 0090-4295
- Electronic ISSN
- 1527-9995
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Urology
What CAS zone is Urology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, 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 Urology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.25; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 238.
How long does peer review take at Urology?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Urology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Urology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Urology open access, and what is the APC?
Urology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .