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Investigative and Clinical Urology

Korean Urological Association · South Korea · Est. 1990

ISSN2466-0493eISSN2466-054X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.781

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.029

Total Worksi

1,071

Total Citationsi

10,170

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Urology & Nephrology; Urology.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,071

Publisher OrgThe Korean Urological Association

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC 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?

Korean Urological Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2466-0493 / 2466-054X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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

1.1k

2019

104

1.5k

2020

2021

803

2022

606

2023

338

2024

186

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 TreatmentBladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsUrinary Tract Infections ManagementPelvic floor disorders treatmentsKidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsProstate Cancer Treatment and ResearchUreteral procedures and complicationsUrinary and Genital Oncology StudiesUrological Disorders and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Investigative and Clinical Urology

Is Investigative and Clinical Urology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Investigative and Clinical 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 Investigative and Clinical Urology?

Investigative and Clinical 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 2.25.

Is Investigative and Clinical Urology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Investigative and Clinical Urology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Investigative and Clinical Urology?