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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

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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

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

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

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

9/11 · 82%

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

498

2020

173

781

2021

141

2022

177

2023

136

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. 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.