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Prostate Biopsy Once Again Is a Hot Topic in This Issue of the International Brazilian Journal of Urology
The May-June number of International Brazilian Journal of Urology presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Prostate cancer, Prostate biopsy, Male hypogonadism, Uro-Radiology, Posterior Urethral Valves, Transplant, Robotic Surgery, Kidney cancer, Infertility, Prostate Cancer and Reconstructive Urology.
The papers came from many different countries such as Brazil, Italy, China, Egypt, USA, Portugal and Turkey, and as usual the editor ́s comment highlights some of them...
Luciano A. Favorito, MD, PhD | Editor in Chief
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VOL. 52 N. 02, 2026
The March-April number of International Brazilian Journal of Urology presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Robotic Surgery, Artificial Intelligence, BPH, Endourology, Kidney cancer, Basic Research, Infertility, Bladder Cancer, Micropenis, Prostate Cancer and Reconstructive Urology…
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The January–February 2026 issue of the International Brazilian Journal of Urology marks the beginning of a very important year. In the most recent evaluation, we achieved the highest impact factor in our history (4.5), consolidating our position among the ten most influential urology journals in the world.
For 2026, our challenge is to further increase the journal’s visibility and scientific relevance. To achieve this, we will need to work even harder and continue to strengthen the rigor of our editorial and peer review processes. Our goal is to raise the impact factor even higher and bring the International Brazilian Journal of Urology to the very top tier of urological publications worldwide…
VOL. 51 N. 06, 2025
The November–December 2025 issue of the International Brazilian Journal of Urology presents original contributions with numerous engaging papers across various fields, including urinary incontinence, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, robotic surgery, telesurgery in urology, infection, penile cancer, infertility, transitional urology, epispadias, and basic research. The papers come from several countries…
Read MoreVOL. 51 N. 05, 2025
The 2025 September-October number of Int Braz J Urol, is very special. The International Brazilian Journal of Urology new impact factor just been released and we read a spectacular result: 4.5 (Figure-1). This significant increase in the
impact factor in the last year is due to the rigorous and technical selection of published articles. Important papers in robotic surgery (1, 2), reconstructive surgery (3), sexual medicine (4), basic research (5), uro-oncology (6, 7), endourology (8) and neurourology (9) contributed greatly to increasing the impact factor due to the large number of citations they received…
VOL. 51 N. 04, 2025
The July-August 2025 number of Int Braz J Urol presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Bladder dysfunction, Renal cell Carcinoma, Prostate Cancer, Robotic surgery, Telesurgery in Urology, Urolithiasis, Infertility and male sexuality. The papers came from many different countries such as Brazil, USA, Italy, Spain, Romania, India and China, and as usual the editor ́s comment highlights some of them. The editor in chief would like to highlight some papers in this number, specially the papers about the new visual erection hardness score:..
Read MoreVOL. 51 N. 03, 2025
The May-June number of Int Braz J Urol presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in diferente fields: Telesurgery, Prostate Cancer, Endourology, Basic Research, Penile Cancer, Bladder cancer, Urethral Cancer, Urachal carcinoma, Neurophysiology of Micturition, Testosterone replacement therapy and MRI in Pediatric Urology. The Papers came from many different countries such as Brazil, Italy, China, Belgium, Turkey, Argentina, Canada and USA, and as usual the editor´s comment highlights some of them. The editor in chief would like to highlight the following works:…
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The impact of COVID-19 in medical practice. A review focused on Urology
Vol. 46 (x): 2020 May 5.[Ahead of print] doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.99.08 REVIEW ARTICLE Eduardo Mazzucchi 1, Fabio C. M. Torricelli 1, Fabio C. Vicentini 1, Giovanni S. Marchini 1, Alexandre Danilovic 1, Carlos A....
Comparison of functional outcomes of off-clamp laparoscopic partial nephrectomy access techniques: A preliminary report
Vol. 46 (x): 2020 August 8.[Ahead of print] doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2019.0734 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Mehmet Necmettin Mercimek 1, Ender Ozden 2 1 Department of Urology, Samsun Liv Hospital, Ilkadim, Samsun, Turkey; 2 Department...
Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vol. 46 (4): 499-500, July – August, 2020 doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.04.02 EDITORIAL Francisco J. B. Sampaio 1, 2 1 Emeritus Editor, Int Braz J Urol, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; 2 Past President, National Academy of...
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