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Emerging therapies for prostate cancer

Guest Editors
Arjun Pon Avudaiappan, MD, Miami Cancer Institute, USA
David J. Benjamin, MD, Hoag Family Cancer Institute, USA
Fabrizio Presicce, MD, PhD, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Italy

Submission Status: Open until 16 February 2026

Emerging role of biomarkers in urological conditions

Guest Editors
Murat Akand, MD, PhD, FEBU, UZ Leuven, Belgium
Amr Elsawy, MD, PhD, MSc, Mansoura University, Egypt
Juan Gómez Rivas, MD, PhD, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Spain
Giuseppe Lucarelli, MD, PhD, University of Bari, Italy
Leonardo Oliveira Reis, MD, PhD, MSc, MBA, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil


Submission Status: Open until 7 January 2026

Pediatric urology: challenges and innovations

Guest Editors
Sachit Anand, MBBS, MCh (Pediatric Surgery), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Mandy Rickard, MN, PNP, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Canada

Submission Status: Open until 15 December 2025

Biomaterials and tissue engineering in urology

Guest Editors
Gokhan Gundogdu, MD, University of California, USA
Naside Mangir, MD, PhD, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Türkiye

Submission Status: Open until 5 September 2025

Novel approaches in vaginal laser therapies

Guest Editors
Adrian Gaspar, MD, National University of Cuyo, Argentina Nobuo Okui, MD, PhD, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan

Submission Status: Open until 31 July 2025

Fertility preservation in testicular cancer

Guest Editors
Mehmet Serkan Özkent, MD, Konya City Hospital, Türkiye
Sarah Vij, MD, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, USA

Submission Status: Open until 23 June 2025

Innovations in phalloplasty and vaginoplasty

Guest Editors
Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH, MSSW, Harvard Medical School, USA
Miroslav L. Djordjevic, MD, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Frances Grimstad, MD, MS, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
Asa Radix, MD, PhD, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, USA
Borko Z. Stojanovic, MD, PhD, Belgrade Center for Urogenital Reconstructive Surgery, Serbia
Michael Zaliznyak, MD, University of California, USA


Submission Status: Open until 13 June 2025

Current insights into chronic pelvic pain

Guest Editors
Jane Chalmers, PhD, BPhysio (Hons), University of South Australia, Australia
Amelia Mardon, PhD, BMedSci (Hons), Western Sydney University, Australia

Submission Status: Open until 3 June 2025

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Artificial intelligence in prostate cancer diagnostics

Guest Editors
Haoru Wang, MD, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
Peng Xue, PhD, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, China
Ravishankar Jayadevappa, PhD, MS, University of Pennsylvania, USA
David-Dan Nguyen, MDCM, MPH, University of Toronto, Canada

Robotic reconstructive surgery in urology

Guest Editors
Sachit Anand, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Niklas Pakkasjärvi, MD, PhD, FEAPU, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland

Advances in prostate disease

Guest Editor
Ardalanejaz Ahmad, MD, FRCSC, University of Manitoba, Canada

Modern diagnostics and treatment modalities for urolithiasis

Guest Editor
Senol Tonyali, MD, FEBU, Department of Urology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Türkiye

Recent advances, opinions and management of hypospadias

Guest Editor:
Sachit Anand: MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

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  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 1.7
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.0
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.924
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.609

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 11
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 154

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