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African Journal of Urology

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1995

ISSN1961-9987

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total74

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

161

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 143d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.228

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.551

Total Worksi

1,468

Total Citationsi

5,026

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Urology & Nephrology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Reproductive Medicine; Urology; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Annual Volume~ 71 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,468

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2011

Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~9 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1961-9987

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

484

2020

173

759

2021

138

2022

165

2023

126

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ3

Reproductive MedicineQ3

UrologyQ3

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Urology & Nephrology

Scopus Categories

Urology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urological Disorders and TreatmentsUrologic and reproductive health conditionsPediatric Urology and Nephrology StudiesKidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsUrinary and Genital Oncology StudiesUreteral procedures and complicationsUrinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchGenital Health and DiseaseProstate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments

Frequently asked questions about African Journal of Urology

Is African Journal of Urology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Journal of Urology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 74/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of African Journal of Urology?

African Journal of Urology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.87.

Is African Journal of Urology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Journal of Urology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of African Journal of Urology?

How much does it cost to publish in African Journal of Urology?

African Journal of Urology is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.