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BJUI Compass

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1989

ISSN2688-4526eISSN2688-4526

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.605

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.953

Total Worksi

712

Total Citationsi

2,786

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Urology & Nephrology; Nephrology; Surgery; Urology; Oncology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications712

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2688-4526 / 2688-4526

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

493

2020

794

2021

524

2022

112

722

2023

151

454

2024

176

249

2025

149

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.

NephrologyQ2

SurgeryQ2

UrologyQ2

OncologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Urology & Nephrology

Scopus Categories

NephrologySurgeryUrologyOncology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentBladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsProstate Cancer Treatment and ResearchUrinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchKidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsUrinary Tract Infections ManagementUreteral procedures and complicationsPelvic floor disorders treatmentsRenal cell carcinoma treatmentHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about BJUI Compass

Is BJUI Compass a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BJUI Compass: 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 BJUI Compass?

BJUI Compass 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 1.26.

Is BJUI Compass indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BJUI Compass is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BJUI Compass?