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Research and Reports in Urology

Dove Medical Press Limited · New Zealand · Est. 1979

ISSN2253-2447eISSN2253-2447

SJR Q1✓ 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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.855

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.059

Total Worksi

657

Total Citationsi

7,060

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

An international, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal. Publishing original research, reports, editorials, reviews and commentaries on all aspects of adult and pediatric urology in the clinic and laboratory.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 47 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications657

Publisher OrgDove Medical Press

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

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?

Dove Medical Press Limited

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2253-2447 / 2253-2447

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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

409

2019

718

2020

106

1.1k

2021

562

2022

359

2023

121

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.

UrologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Urology & Nephrology

Scopus Categories

Urology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchProstate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentUrological Disorders and TreatmentsPelvic floor disorders treatmentsKidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsBladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsUrinary Tract Infections ManagementProstate Cancer Treatment and ResearchPediatric Urology and Nephrology StudiesUreteral procedures and complications

Frequently asked questions about Research and Reports in Urology

Is Research and Reports in Urology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Research and Reports in 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 Research and Reports in Urology?

Research and Reports in 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 1.27.

Is Research and Reports in Urology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Research and Reports in Urology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.