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International Journal of Urology
The Official Journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Edited by:
Seiji Naito
Impact Factor: 0.982
International Journal of Urology, official publication of Japanese Urological Association, aims to publish high quality research ranging from experimental studies conducted in the laboratory to applied studies aimed at clinicians. The journal publishes original articles of clinical and experimental investigation, Reviews, Guidelines, and Procedures. Submissions are welcome from researchers worldwide. Author benefits include Online Early articles available online prior to print publication, and no charge for publication of color figures. Manuscripts can be submitted via Manuscript Central.
TopNews and Announcements
Submit your manuscrtipt to International Journal of Urology today and enjoy the following
- No publication charges: No page or color charges
- Fast peer-review: A first decision on manuscripts in as little as three weeks
- Rapid publication Manuscrpts: Articles that have been fully copy-edited are published ahead of issue publication. Cllick here to view EarlyView articles.
- Author Services: Authors can track the production status of their article online, choose to receive email alerts on article status, and get free access to the article when it is published online. Read more
- Online Submission: Authors can submit their article online via Manuscript Central, reducing turnaround time and allows authors to track their document, review feedback and respond, at any time of the day. Click here to submit your manuscript today!
"How to write" series:
This series started this year, aiming to provide Easy-to-read guide for authors tips to survive peer-review.
1.How to write titles and abstracts
2.How to write in the active voice
3.How to structure research papers
Introducing Virtual Issues:
International Journal of Urology now provides authoritative coverage of select topics.
LUTS (Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms) March 2009
OAB (Overactive Bladder) March 2009
Click here to access them!
IJU now provides you with the series of instructional Audio-Visual Articles!
Watch, listen and learn those exciting skills up-to-date with the high quality resource:
How to use laparoscopic surgical instruments safely
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Troublesome cases
International Journal of Urology seminar
At Annual Meeting of The Japanese Urological Association, the seminar aimed at potential authors took place on 26 April 2008 at Pacifico Yokohama. The theme was to present benefit of submission to International Journal of Urology, instruction of effective submission, and brief explanation how manuscripts are undertaken in peer-review process and production. The seminar presentation can be downloaded here. (Japanese Only)
Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
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TopHighlights
View Articles Free Online! Click on the following articles, covering case reports and clinical investigations to view them in full text for FREE online:
Safety of transperineal 14-core systematic prostate biopsy in diabetic men
Masahito Suzuki, Satoru Kawakami, Touko Asano, Hitoshi Masuda, Kazutaka Saito, Fumitaka Koga, Yasuhisa Fujii and Kazunori Kihara
Vol. 16 Issue 12 December 2009
Laparoscopic nephrectomy in patients with renal vein and/or inferior vena cava anomalies: Video presentation
Tomonori Habuchi, Shintaro Narita, Norihiko Tsuchiya, Teruaki Kumazawa, Yohei Horikawa and Shigeru Sato
Vol. 16 Issue 11 November 2009
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Yukio Homma
Vol. 16 Issue 10 October 2009
Clinical guideline for male lower urinary tract symptoms
Yukio Homma, Isao Araki, Yasuhiko Igawa, Seiichiro Ozono, Momokazu Gotoh, Tomonori Yamanishi, Osamu Yokoyama, Masaki Yoshida
Vol. 16 Issue 10 October 2009
Gasless single-port access endoscopic surgery in urology: Minimum incision endoscopic surgery, MIES
Kazunori Kihara, Satoru Kawakami, Yasuhisa Fujii, Hitoshi Masuda, Fumitaka Koga
Vol. 16 Issue 10 October 2009
Update on prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening
Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Rafael Boscolo-Berto, Kazuto Ito
Vol. 16 Issue 9 September 2009
Current status of ureteroscopic treatment for urolithiasis
Andreas A Skolarikos, Athanasios G Papatsoris, Iraklis C Mitsogiannis, Lefteris Chatzidarellis, Christos Liakouras, Charalambos Deliveliotis
Vol. 16 Issue 9 September 2009
Female urology: What method will you select?
Yasuyuki Suzuki, Hikaru Tomoe, Hideo Ozawa, Akihide Hirayama, Yasukuni Yoshimura, Masayoshi Nomura, Hiroshi Kusanishi, Yukiko Shimizu, Masayasu Koyama, Hungwu Chien
Vol. 16 Issue 8 August 2009
Editorials Change of Editor-in-Chief
Seiji Naito
Vol. 16 Issue 7 July 2009
Report of the International Journal of Urology Editorial Board Meeting 2009 in Okayama
Haruki Kume, Neil Blair Christensen
Vol. 16 Issue 7 July 2009
Guidelines: Clinical guidelines for interstitial cystitis and hypersensitive bladder syndrome
Yukio Homma, Tomohiro Ueda, Hikaru Tomoe, Alex TL Lin, Hann-Chorng Kuo, Ming-Huei Lee, Jeong Gu Lee, Duk Yoon Kim, Kyu-Sung Lee
Vol. 16 Issue 7 July 2009
Stage I seminoma: What should a practicing uro-oncologist do in 2009?
Julia Skliarenko, Danny Vesprini, Padraig Warde
Vol. 16 Issue 6 June 2009
Computer-based endoscopic image-processing technology for endourology and laparoscopic surgery
Tatsuo Igarashi, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Yukio Naya
Vol. 16 Issue 6 June 2009
Prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer: Evidence, controversies and future perspectives
Kazuto Ito
Vol. 16 Issue 5 May 2009
Urethral mobility at catheter removal predicts early recovery of urinary continence after radical prostatectomy
Sachiyo Nishida, Noriaki Utsunomiya, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Toshiyuki Kamoto, Osamu Ogawa, Hidefumi Kinoshita
Vol. 16 Issue 4 April 2009
The role of cytoreductive nephrectomy in the era of molecular targeted therapy
Anthony J Polcari, Alex Gorbonos, John E Milner, Robert C Flanigan
Vol. 16 Issue 3 March 2009
Guidelines for urological laparoscopic surgery
Masatoshi Tanaka, Yoshinari Ono, Tadashi Matsuda, Toshiro Terachi, Kazuo Suzuki, Shiro Baba, Isao Hara, Yoshihiko Hirao
Vol. 16 Issue 2 February 2009
Guidelines: Japanese guideline for diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis
Yukio Homma, Tomohiro Ueda, Takaaki Ito, Mineo Takei, Hikaru Tomoe
Vol. 16 Issue 1 January 2009
History of malignancy is a predictor of prostate cancer detection: Incorporation into a pre-biopsy nomogram
Satoru Kawakami, Fumitaka Koga, Yasuhisa Fujii, Kazutaka Saito, Shinya Yamamoto, Manabu Tatokoro, Junji Yonese, Yukio Kageyama, Iwao Fukui, Kazunori Kihara
Vol. 15 Issue 12 December 2008
Pharmacological prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in contemporary radical retropubic prostatectomy: Does concomitant pelvic lymphadenectomy matter?
Benjamin C Jessie, Fray F Marshall
Vol. 15 Issue 11 November 2008
Guidelines for management of urinary incontinence
Osamu Nishizawa, Osamu Ishizuka, Kikuo Okamura, Momokazu Gotoh, Tomonori Hasegawa, Yoshihiko Hirao
Vol. 15 Issue 10 October 2008
Dementia and lower urinary dysfunction: With a reference to anticholinergic use in elderly population
Ryuji Sakakibara, Tomoyuki Uchiyama, Tomonori Yamanishi, Masahiko Kishi
Vol. 15 Issue 9 September 2008
Neuromodulation for the treatment of urinary incontinence
Tomonori Yamanishi, Takao Kamai, Ken-Ichiro Yoshida
Vol. 15 Issue 8 August 2008
Guidelines
JSSM Guidelines for erectile dysfunction
Yasusuke Kimoto, Koichi Nagao, Haruaki Sasaki, Ken Marumo, Yoshiatsu Takahashi, Seiji Nishi, Fuminobu Ishikura, Mayumi Futamatsu
Vol. 15 Issue 7 July 2008
The role of testosterone in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer
Takashi Imamoto, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Masashi Yano, Koji Kawamura, Naoto Kamiya, Kazuhiro Araki, Akira Komiya, Naoki Nihei, Yukio Naya and Tomohiko Ichikawa
Vol. 15 Issue 6 June 2008
Clinical Practice Manual for Late-onset Hypogonadism Syndrome
Mikio Namiki, Hideyuki Akaza, Toru Shimazui, Naoki Ito, Teruaki Iwamoto, Katsuyuki Baba, Hiroaki Kumano, Eitetsu Koh, Akira Tsujimura, Kiyomi Matsumiya, Shigeo Horie, Osamu Maruyama, Ken Marumo, Toshihiko Yanase and Yoshiaki Kumamoto
Vol. 15 Issue 5 May 2008
Hematuria: Definition and screening test methods
Eiji Higashihara, Tsutomu Nishiyama, Shigeo Horie, Ken Marumo, Tetsuya Mitarai, Tetsuo Koyama, Takeshi Matsuyama, Kiichi Ito and Tomoji Yuno
Vol. 15 Issue 4 April 2008
á1-Adrenoceptor subtypes and lower urinary tract symptoms
Debra A Schwinn and Claus G Roehrborn
Vol. 15 Issue 3 March 2008
Significance of nitric oxide and its modulation mechanisms by endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and arginase in the micturition disorders and erectile dysfunction
Hitoshi Masuda
Vol. 15 Issue 2 February 2008
Guidelines
Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prostate Cancer (Summary - JUA 2006 Edition)
Sadao Kamidono, Shinichi Ohshima, Yoshihiko Hirao, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Yoichi Arai, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Shin Egawa, Hideyuki Akaza, Isao Hara, Shiro Hinotsu, Yoshiyuki Kakehi and Tomonori Hasegawa
Vol. 15 Issue 1 January 2008
Recent trends in patient characteristics and therapeutic choices for interstitial cystitis: Analysis of 282 Japanese patients
Takaaki Ito Tomohiro Ueda Yukio Honma and Mineo Takei
Vol. 14 Issue 12 December 2007
Recent trends in the treatment of testosterone deficiency syndrome
Bum Sik Hong and Tai Young Ahn
Vol. 14 Issue 11 November 2007
Japanese guidelines for prevention of perioperative infections in urological field
Tetsuro Matsumoto Hiroshi Kiyota Masanori Matsukawa Mitsuru Yasuda Soichi Arakawa and Koichi Monden; Japanese Society of UTI Cooperative Study Group (Chairman; Tetsuro Matsumoto)
Vol. 14 Issue 10 October 2007
Clinical outcome of surgical management for patients with renal cell carcinoma involving the inferior vena cava
Tomoaki Terakawa, Hideaki Miyake, Atsushi Takenaka, Isao Hara and Masato Fujisawa
Vol. 14 Issue 9 September 2007
Changing concepts of bladder regeneration
Akihiro Kanematsu, Shingo Yamamoto, Osamu Ogawa
Vol. 14 Issue 8 August 2007
Prevalence of renal cell carcinoma: A nation-wide survey in Japan, 2002
Ken Marumo Hiroomi Kanayama Noriomi Miyao Hayakazu Nakazawa Seiichiro Ozono Shigeo Horie Satoshi Nagamori Tatsuo Igarashi Michihiko Hasegawa Go Kimura Masahiro Nakao Takahisa Nakamoto Seiji Naito and The Japanese Study Group Against Renal Cancer
Vol. 14 Issue - June 2007
Diabetes mellitus and kidney cancer risk: The results of Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk (JACC Study)
Masakazu Washio Mitsuru Mori Mmh Khan Fumio Sakauchi Yoshiyuki Watanabe Kotaro Ozasa Kyohei Hayashi Tsuneharu Miki Masahiro Nakao Kazuya Mikami Yoshinori Ito Tatsuhiko Kubo Kenji Wakai and Akiko Tamakoshi For The JACC Study Group
Vol. 14 Issue 5 May 2007
Surgical outcomes of partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: A joint study by the Japanese Society of Renal Cancer
Yutaka Senga Seiichiro Ozono Hayakazu Nakazawa Satoshi Nagamori Ken Marumo Shigeo Horie Tetsuro Onishi Noriomi Miyao Masahiro Nakao Tatsuo Igarashi Tomoyasu Tsushima Michihiko Hasegawa Masaru Murai and the Japanese Society of Renal Cancer (JSRC)
Vol. 14 Issue April 2007
Spurious prostate-specific antigen (PSA) recurrence after radical prostatectomy: Interference by human antimouse heterophile antibodies
Sangtae Park Frank H Wians Jr and Jeffrey A Cadeddu
Vol. 14 Issue 3 March 2007
Significance of prostate-specific antigen-doubling time on survival of patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer and bone metastasis: Analysis on 56 cases of cancer-specific death
Susumu Tomioka Masaki Shimbo Yoshiyasu Amiya Hiroomi Nakatsu Shino Murakami and Jun Shimaza
Vol. 14 Issue 2 February 2007
