BMC Urology

ISSN 1471-2490 · BioMed Central · United Kingdom · active 1976–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
2.2
SJR
0.664
h-index
70

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric. Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline.

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Responding time

Submission to first decision
18 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to publication
~21 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

Access status: gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

Article processing charge (APC): €2,690 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

bladderurothelialcancertreatmentssurgerykidneystonesurolithiasispulmonaryrespiratorymedicineurinary

Frequently asked

Is BMC Urology a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag BMC Urology. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is BMC Urology indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, BMC Urology appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of BMC Urology?

Papers in BMC Urology are cited about 2.2 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 70. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is BMC Urology (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

Scimago places BMC Urology in Q2 for its subject category. Quartiles split the journals in a field into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; BMC Urology is cited about 2.2 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 70. A journal is ranked per subject category, so one spanning several fields can sit in different quartiles depending on the category.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of BMC Urology?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for BMC Urology. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is BMC Urology open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in BMC Urology?

Article processing charge (APC): €2,690 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.

How long does BMC Urology take to publish a paper?

Submission to first decision for BMC Urology takes about 18 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for BMC Urology.

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