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We are rated higher than 1!

In the end of June, publishing companies and editors receive the Impact Factor grade of journals, that is now published by Clarivate Analytics (formerly the Institute for Scientific Information – ISI). This year we were very pleased to know that our International Brazilian Journal of Urology received an impact factor higher than 1, now 1,046.

Among international urological magazines, this fact may not be remarkable, but for Int Braz J Urol is a great achievement, since not too many Brazilian health journals have an impact factor higher than 1.

Probably, Int Braz J Urol is one of very few medical journals in the World maintained by a medical society, without the aid of a big publishing house; also,  it is an open access magazine that does not charge any fee for submission and publishing. Int Braz J Urol has been continuously published for 45 years and nowadays receives almost 800 articles per year from all continents; and it is not easy to publish at Int Braz J Urol : our rejection rate is around 75% at peer review.

Urologists that do not attend academic centers may regard a scientific magazine as not an important issue, but our Journal is an important source of learning and updating, that may be consulted with a few  clicks of the computer , with no fees or...

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Selection process for the new Editor-in-Chief of the International Brazilian Journal of Urology

BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF UROLOGY – BSU

CALL NOTICE

Selection process for the new Editor-in-Chief of the International Brazilian Journal of Urology

All associates are invited to participate in the selection process for the new Editor-in-Chief of the International Brazilian Journal of Urology, according to the process defined in articles 12.2.1, 12.2.2, 12.2.2.1, 12.2.2.2 and 12.2.2.3, of the internal regiment of the Society. Candidates should apply from this date to June, 1st, 2019, by sending an email to the International Brazilian Journal of Urology (brazjurol@brazjurol.com.br), with the following attached documents: (i) curriculum vitae; (ii) a list of features that qualifies the candidate for the job; (iii) list of projects that would like to implement in IBJU during the four years of term of office; the email for inscription (subject) must contain the phrase: “candidate for Editor-in-Chief Int. Braz. J. Urol.”. BSU board of directors will propose an Examination Board that will analyze the documents, and the qualified candidates will be summoned by email for an interview with the Examination Board in a determined place, date and time during the Brazilian Congress of Urology 2019. Once concluded the selection process of the qualified candidates, the Examination Board will announce the winning candidate, based on the submitted documents and interview....

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Int Braz J Urol Annual Report – 2019 and new Editor

EDITORIAL IN THIS ISSUE

Sidney Glina 1

1 Departamento de Urologia, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brasil

This is the first issue of 2019, a special year for International Brazilian Journal of Urology.
It will complete 45 years of uninterrupted publication of our magazine. This is a landmark, since Int Braz J Urol is a journal always supported by the Brazilian Society of Urology, without the aid of any other publishing company. Also, this is an open access journal that has never charged the authors for any publishing fee.

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