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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…

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:..

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:…

The March-April 2024 number of Int Braz J Urol is the thirty-thirdunder my supervision. In this number the Int Braz J Urol presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Bladder Cancer, Bladder dysfunction in Children, Renal cell Carcinoma, Intra-renal surgery, Cistoscopy, Prostate Biopsy, Gender affirming surgery, urogenital tuberculosis and erectile dysfuncion. The papers came from many different countries such as Brazil, USA, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Serbia 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…

In 2024 there was a small drop in the journal’s impact factor, which nevertheless remained above 3. In 2025 we expect the impact factor to reach a very significant level, consolidating our journal as one of the most important in urology. The January-February number of Int Braz J Urol presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Robotic Surgery, Prostate Cancer, Infertility, Endourology, Priapism, Bladder function, Climacturia and Overactive bladder. The papers came from many different countries such as Brazil, China, Indonesia and USA, and as usual the editor ́s comment highlights some of them…