Journal profile

International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology

Publisher: Brazilian Society of Urology
ISSN1677-5538 | 1677-6119 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed
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Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.41
Citation rate 3.05 548 total citations
h5-index 30 h5 depth signal
Cited share 68.7% 125 of 182
Total citations 548 Citation footprint
Metric signal 3.63 External metric anchor
Self-citation 17.2% 94 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

Brazil 810
United States 268
Turkey 172
China 147
Italy 92

Citing Fields of Research

Urology 1,004
Kidney Diseases 491
Prostate Cancer 303
Oncology 145
Abdominal Surgery 124

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 3,722 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 182 125 cited publications
Last 12 months 123 30.8 publications/month
Open access share 100.0% 123 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country Brazil 810 citing publications
Leading citing field Urology 1,004 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 1 June 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v30n1, Jan./Feb. 2004-
PubMed
v30n1, Jan./Feb. 2004-
PMC
Active Coverage
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Urology Kidney Diseases Prostate Cancer

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia

Broad Categories

Urology Kidney Diseases Prostate Cancer

MeSH Descriptors

Urologic Diseases

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
DOI 10.1590/s1677-5538.ibju.2026.9901

Correlation of Kidney Lenght and Body Parameters in CT Scans

Open DOI
Ana Raquel M. Morais, Carla M. Gallo, Luciano A. Favorito et al.
Purpose: To analyze the renal length in patients submitted to computed tomography (CT scans) and compare it according to age, gender, laterality and body parameters like height, weight and Body Mass Index (BMI).
04
Open DOI
Luca Lambertini, Fabrizio Di Maida, Giulia Carli et al.
Objective: To evaluate patterns and imaging-based predictors of positive surgical margins (PSMs) in patients with high-risk prostate cancer (PCa) undergoing nerve-sparing (NS) robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Materials and Me...
07
Open DOI
Leonardo Seligra Lopes, Julia Domingues Candelaria, Felipe Placco Araujo Glina et al.
Purpose: Ejaculatory alterations are among the most frequent sexual side effects of α1-adrenergic antagonists. Although often attributed to retrograde ejaculation, recent evidence indicates that tamsulosin primarily disrupts seminal emis...
08
Open DOI
Kevin Joseph Chua, Lorenzo Storino Ramacciotti, Masatomo Kaneko et al.
Purpose: To assess factors associated with patients’ self-assessed pain scores during prostate biopsy (PBx) performed exclusively under local anesthesia (LA). Materials and Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent MRI followed by a tr...
09
Open DOI
João M. Pina, João Guerra, Miguel B. Lança et al.
Purpose: The combination of systematic biopsy (SB) and MRI-targeted biopsy (TB) is the current approach for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis; however, the clinical benefit of including SB remains controversial. This study aimed to determi...
10
Open DOI
Alessandro Antonelli, Rostand Emmanuel Nguefouet Momo, Paola Donato et al.
Purpose: To report our institutional technique for robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) (1, 2) in a detailed, step-by-step manner. Materials and methods: This is a case of RAKT from a living donor successfully performed at our in...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Latest issue consulted: Vol. 28, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2002).

Available also online.