European Urology Focus

European Urology Focus is a peer-reviewed urology journal published by Elsevier as the official journal of the European Association of Urology, launched in 2015 as the first companion title to European Urology, covering the whole spectrum of urology in six electronic issues a year, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.3《欧洲泌尿外科焦点》（European Urology Focus）是（Elsevier）出版的同行评审泌尿外科期刊，为欧洲泌尿外科学会（European Association of Urology）官方期刊，2015 年作为（European Urology）的首本姊妹刊创刊，每年以纯电子形式出版六期，覆盖泌尿外科全领域，2025 年期刊影响因子为 6.3。

Scope

• The aim of the journal is to encompass the whole spectrum of urology该刊目标是覆盖泌尿外科的全部领域。
• It publishes papers on a wide range of urological issues such as oncology, functional urology, reconstructive urology, laparoscopy, robotic surgery, endourology, female urology, andrology, paediatric urology and sexual medicine该刊发表涵盖泌尿肿瘤、功能泌尿外科、重建泌尿外科、腹腔镜、机器人手术、腔内泌尿外科、女性泌尿外科、男科学、小儿泌尿外科与性医学等广泛议题的论文。
• The editorial team welcomes basic and translational research articles in the field of urological diseases编辑团队欢迎泌尿系统疾病领域的基础与转化研究论文。
• Original research articles and systematic reviews form the backbone of the journal原创研究论文与系统综述构成该刊的主体。
• Besides these, it publishes Point of Focus debates that cover controversial topics from a pro and con standpoint, Clinical Trial Updates on ongoing trials, and Grey Zone articles on areas where guideline recommendations are difficult because of absent data除此以外，该刊还设有就争议话题展开正反辩论的观点辩论（Point of Focus）栏目、聚焦进行中试验的临床试验更新（Clinical Trial Updates）栏目，以及关注因数据缺失而难以形成指南推荐的灰色地带（Grey Zone）栏目。
• A Clinical Consultation Guide discusses hot topics from a clinician's point of view, and Mini-Reviews allow a certain topic to be summarised in no more than one thousand words临床咨询指南（Clinical Consultation Guide）从临床医师视角探讨热点话题，小型综述（Mini-Review）则可在一千字以内总结某一主题。
• Each issue includes a series of invited themed reviews together with original reports, correspondence and introductory editorials每期均含一组特邀专题综述，以及原创报告、通信与导论性社论。

History

• The journal was launched in 2015 as the first companion title to the highly regarded European Urology and as the official journal of the European Association of Urology, a society with more than 15,000 members from 120 countries该刊于 2015 年创刊，是知名期刊（European Urology）的首本姊妹刊，也是欧洲泌尿外科学会官方期刊，该学会拥有来自 120 个国家的 15,000 余名会员。
• The inaugural issue of August 2015 was built around the theme of smoking and urological health and opened with a focus editorial on tobacco control2015 年 8 月的创刊号以吸烟与泌尿健康为主题，并以一篇聚焦控烟的重点社论开篇。^[1]
• James Catto of the University of Sheffield served as the founding Editor-in-Chief, and a new editorial team was appointed in the summer of 2017谢菲尔德大学（University of Sheffield）的 James Catto 为首任主编，2017 年夏该刊任命了新的编辑团队。
• It has since been joined by European Urology Oncology and European Urology Open Science, forming a four-journal family that spans the whole spectrum of urology其后（European Urology Oncology）与（European Urology Open Science）相继创刊，与该刊及（European Urology）共同构成覆盖泌尿外科全领域的四种期刊家族。
• Catto later became Editor Emeritus and Christian Gratzke of the University of Freiburg took over as Editor-in-ChiefCatto 其后转任荣誉编辑，由弗赖堡大学（University of Freiburg）的 Christian Gratzke 接任主编。
• The journal is indexed in PubMed and the Science Citation Index Expanded, and its Journal Impact Factor was 5.996 in 2021, 5.952 in 2022, 5.6 in 2024 and 6.3 in 2025该刊被 PubMed 与科学引文索引扩展版（SCIE）收录，期刊影响因子 2021 年为 5.996、2022 年为 5.952、2024 年为 5.6、2025 年为 6.3。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Christian Gratzke, MD, of the Department of Urology at the Medical Center of the University of Freiburg in Germany现任主编 Christian Gratzke 供职于德国弗赖堡大学医学中心泌尿外科。
• The Editor Emeritus is James Catto, MD, PhD, of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, who had also served as Editor-in-Chief of European Urology荣誉编辑 James Catto 供职于英国谢菲尔德大学，曾任（European Urology）主编。
• The associate editors are Dean Elterman of Toronto Western Hospital in Canada, Brant Inman of Duke University in the United States, Malte Rieken of University Hospital Basel in Switzerland and Derya Tilki of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany副编辑为加拿大多伦多西部医院（Toronto Western Hospital）的 Dean Elterman、美国杜克大学（Duke University）的 Brant Inman、瑞士巴塞尔大学医院（University Hospital Basel）的 Malte Rieken，以及德国汉堡-埃彭多夫大学医学中心（University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf）的 Derya Tilki。
• Severin Rodler of Munich serves as Digital Media Editor, and a dedicated statistical team is led by Managing Statistical Editor Rodney Dunn of the University of Michigan慕尼黑的 Severin Rodler 任数字媒体编辑，统计编辑团队由密歇根大学（University of Michigan）的 Rodney Dunn 领衔。
• The editorial board lists eighty-three editors and board members in fifteen countries and regions, led by the United States with thirty, Germany with twelve, Italy with ten and the United Kingdom with seven编委会共有 83 位编辑与编委，来自 15 个国家和地区，其中美国 30 人、德国 12 人、意大利 10 人、英国 7 人。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the Editorial Manager system, authors may approach the editorial office for advice or guidance before submission, and the journal reports eight days from submission to first decision and 57 days to acceptance稿件经 Editorial Manager 系统投稿，作者可在投稿前联系编辑部寻求咨询与指导，官网数据显示投稿至首次决定约需 8 日、投稿至接受约需 57 日。