European Urology
European Urology (commonly abbreviated as Eur. Urol.) is the official journal of the European Association of Urology. Founded in 1975 and published by Elsevier as a monthly, it reports a 2025 impact factor of 29.1 and sits in the top quartile of urology and nephrology.European Urology（常用缩写 Eur. Urol.）是欧洲泌尿外科学会的机关刊，1975 年创刊，由 Elsevier 出版，为月刊，2025 年影响因子为 29.1，居泌尿学与肾脏学领域首位区。[1]
Scope
- Scope: the flagship of the society's journal family, self-styled the platinum journal, publishing peer-reviewed original articles and topical reviews on a wide range of urological problems and providing readers with a complete guide to international developments in urology.学科定位： 学会旗舰刊，自称铂金期刊，发表泌尿外科广泛问题的同行评审原创论文与专题综述，为读者提供国际泌尿外科发展的完整图景。
- Topics: urological oncology, male sexual dysfunction, male infertility, paediatric urology, lithiasis and endourology, and recent advances in techniques, instrumentation and surgery.收录主题： 泌尿肿瘤、男性性功能障碍、男性不育、小儿泌尿外科、结石与腔内泌尿外科，以及泌尿外科新技术、器械与手术进展。[2]
- Article types: original articles, reviews, video-based surgery-in-motion features, editorial comments, interviews, debates, case series and brief reports.文章体裁： 原创论文、综述、附视频的手术演示、编辑评论、访谈、辩论、病例系列与简短报告等。
- Publishing model: primarily subscription-based with an open access option, alongside the fully open access family title European Urology Open Science.出版模式： 订阅为主并设开放获取选项，家族内另办完全开放获取的 European Urology Open Science。
- Indexing and metrics: covered by the SCIE, Scopus and PubMed, with a 2025 impact factor of 29.1.收录与指标： 被 SCIE、Scopus 与 PubMed 收录，2025 年影响因子 29.1。
History
- Founded: launched in 1975 and published continuously ever since.创刊： 1975 年创刊并连续出版至今。
- Editorial transitions: the editorship passed from Claude Schulman to Francesco Montorsi and James Catto before Alberto Briganti took office in June 2023.主编更替： 历任主编 Claude Schulman、Francesco Montorsi 与 James Catto，2023 年 6 月起由 Alberto Briganti 任主编。[3]
- Publisher: published by Elsevier, with the masthead also carrying the Italian Society of Urology and the European Board of Urology.出版方： 由 Elsevier 出版，刊头同时印有意大利泌尿外科学会与欧洲泌尿外科委员会标识。
- Family expansion: the society's family has grown to include European Urology Focus and European Urology Open Science.家族扩展： 学会家族已扩展出 European Urology Focus 与 European Urology Open Science 等刊物。
Editors
- Editor-in-chief: Alberto Briganti, full professor of urology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, working on prostate cancer and genitourinary malignancies.现任主编： Alberto Briganti，米兰圣拉斐尔生命健康大学泌尿外科全职教授，研究方向为前列腺癌与泌尿生殖系统恶性肿瘤。[4]
- Associate and specialty editors: five associate editors based in the United States, Denmark and Italy, complemented by surgery-in-motion, medical oncology, radiation oncology, digital media and epidemiology editors.副编辑与专科编辑： 副主编 5 名分驻美国、丹麦与意大利，另设手术演示编辑、肿瘤内科编辑、放疗科编辑、数字媒体编辑与流行病学编辑。
- Editorial board: an international editorial board of roughly eighty members beyond the editor-in-chief, spanning Europe, the Americas and Asia.编委构成： 主编之外设约 80 名的国际编委会，覆盖欧美亚多国。
- Submission and review: manuscripts are lodged through Editorial Manager under open peer review in which reviewers see author names and institutions, with decision letters, anonymised reviews and author rebuttals published alongside articles, and an acceptance rate of about 10%.投稿与评审： 稿件经 Editorial Manager 系统递交，实行开放同行评审，审稿人可见作者姓名与机构，编辑决定信、审稿意见与作者回复随文章发表，接收率约 10%。