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New Impact Factor for Translational Andrology and Urology: 1.9

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 1.9.

Here, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our Editorial Team Members, Guest Editors, authors, and reviewers for their valuable contributions.

Translational Andrology and Urology 2023 CiteScore Released: 4.1

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 4.1, ranking 40 out of 120 journals in the Urology category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many TAU authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, TAU reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

TAU Annual Report 2023

We are glad to present the 2023 Annual Report of TAU here. Since TAU was launched, TAU articles have been cited 11,320 times by articles indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. TAU continues to publish cutting-edge research covering the whole spectrum of andrology and urology.

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Vol 13, No 6 (June, 2024)

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Original Article

Risk factors for hyponatremia associated with desmopressin use

Jae Heon Kim, Hee Jo Yang, Sang Yeong Kim, Yun Seob Song

PDF Pages: 923-929 Full Text (36) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Predicting surgical efficacy and diagnosing histological inflammation: the clinical significance of prostate exosome proteins in benign prostatic hyperplasia

Zhihai Teng, Chenggen Jin, Song Wang, Zhenwei Han, Yanping Zhang, Yaxuan Wang

PDF Pages: 930-939 Full Text (37) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Renal function after ureteral reconstruction surgery in patients with solitary kidney

Wei Zuo, Yubao Liu, Bao Guan, Zhihua Li, Fangzhou Zhao, Xiang Wang, Hongjian Zhu, Peng Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Gang Zhang, Liqun Zhou, Xuesong Li

PDF Pages: 940-948 Full Text (50) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A contrast-enhanced computed tomography-based radiomics nomogram for preoperative differentiation between benign and malignant cystic renal lesions

Tianyi Yu, Zirong Yan, Zixiang Li, Meng Yang, Zesen Yu, Yuanjie Chen, Wang Li

PDF Pages: 949-961 Full Text (55) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Evaluation of fear, willingness to seek care, and healthcare delivery preferences for patients with nephrolithiasis during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bristol B. Whiles, Daniel A. Reich, Jacob Green, Fahong Yu, Vincent G. Bird

PDF Pages: 962-969 Full Text (42) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy and safety of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in erectile dysfunction (ED): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Haotian Huang, Jiao Qin, Zhi Wen, Yang Liu, Caixia Chen, Chongjian Wang, Hongyuan Li, Xuesong Yang

PDF Pages: 970-982 Full Text (23) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy of cytoreductive surgery for metastatic upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) study of 508 patients

Haopu Hu, Shicong Lai, Runfeng Ni, Mingrui Wang, Chinhui Lai, Jiaxiang Ji, Tao Xu, Hao Hu

PDF Pages: 983-993 Full Text (22) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Internal urethral sphincter reconstruction with anterior bladder neck tube for robotic and laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: improving early return of continence

Zhibin Xu, Jie Zhao, Zhenghui Guan, Maomao Guo, Hao Bian, Zhenchi Li, Wenchao Zhao, Sudong Liang, Yu Liu, Siyang Zhang, Jiangping Wang

PDF Pages: 994-1003 Full Text (Video) (50) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparative study of extraperitoneal singe-port robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and transperitoneal multiport robot-assisted radical prostatectomy using propensity score matching

Ji Hyung Yoon, Taekmin Kwon, Seong Cheol Kim, Sungchan Park, Sang Hyeon Cheon

PDF Pages: 1004-1013 Full Text (28) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

BRD4 plays an antiaging role in the senescence of renal tubular epithelial cells

Yun Bo, Yu Zhang, Lu Wei, Xiaohua Pei, Bei Zhu, Luca Zanoli, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Fei Gao, Zhenzhu Yong, Tao Zhang, Weihong Zhao, Jianqing Wu

PDF Pages: 1014-1023 Full Text (55) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Performance evaluation and clinical application of the UA-5600 automatic dry chemistry urine analyzer in renal diseases

Yin Liu, Xiaohe Zheng, Dong Wang, Fei Fang, Yao Chen, Mengzhi Hong, Jiali Wu, Chi Zhang, Yangyang Qiao, Iyare Izevbaye, Shihong Zhang

PDF Pages: 1024-1036 Full Text (50) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

The current role of pentafecta in the reporting of radical cystectomy outcomes: a scoping review

Osama Mahmoud, Mulham Al-Nader, Lukas Püllen, Stephan Tschirdewahn, Boris A. Hadaschik

PDF Pages: 1037-1048 Full Text (26) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial Commentary

Reconsidering nephron-sparing strategies for the management of small renal tumors: a call for the inclusion of level 1 evidence in the debate

Zine-Eddine Khene, Isamu Tachibana, Raj Bhanvadia, Yair Lotan, Vitaly Margulis

PDF Pages: 1049-1052 Full Text (26) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

^99mTc-sestamibi SPECT/CT—the jury is still out!

Hannah Warren, Maxine G. B. Tran

PDF Pages: 1053-1055 Full Text (54) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Towards circulating tumor DNA-guided treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Sia Viborg Lindskrog, Lars Dyrskjøt

PDF Pages: 1056-1060 Full Text (23) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Use of atezolizumab in bacillus Calmette-Guérin-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Olutiwa A. Akinsola, Ruchika Talwar, Avi Baskin, Amy N. Luckenbaugh, Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh

PDF Pages: 1061-1063 Full Text (22) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A critical review on the role of perioperative pregabalin in ureteroscopy for urolithiasis

Karen L. Stern, Gopal Narang, Kevin M. Wymer

PDF Pages: 1064-1066 Full Text (20) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Transitioning from “Dr. Google” to “Dr. ChatGPT”: the advent of artificial intelligence chatbots

Enrico Checcucci, Severin Rodler, Pietro Piazza, Francesco Porpiglia, Giovanni Enrico Cacciamani

PDF Pages: 1067-1070 Full Text (26) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The Optilume BPH Catheter System for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia

Parminder Kaur, Sharanjot Saini

PDF Pages: 1071-1073 Full Text (22) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Surgical treatment of Peyronie’s disease by modified 16-dot placation in China

Wen Ji Li, Haijun Yao, Ke Zhang, Zhikang Cai, Jun Da, Mingxi Xu, Zhong Wang

Does normalizing PSA after successful treatment of chronic prostatitis with high PSA value exclude prostatic biopsy?

Sherif Azab, Ayman Osama, Mona Rafaat

Review Article

Strategies for maintaining penile size following penile implant

King Chien Joe Lee, Gerald B. Brock

Phalloplasty for the genetic male

Giulio Garaffa, Gabriele Antonini, Vincenzo Gentile, David J. Ralph

Exogenous testosterone: a preventable cause of male infertility

Lindsey E. Crosnoe, Ethan Grober, Dana Ohl, Edward D. Kim

Premature ejaculation: do we have effective therapy?

Ege Can Serefoglu, Theodore R. Saitz, Landon Trost, Wayne J.G. Hellstrom

Peyronie’s disease: current therapy

Clay M. Pendleton, Run Wang

Expert Opinions on Challenging Cases

Commentary on the myths of Peyronie’s disease

Alex K Wu, Tom F Lue

Commentary

Randall plaque versus renal stone?

Thomas Chi, Joe Miller, Marshall L. Stoller

Podium Lecture

PL 03. Male sexual function before and after urethral stricture surgery

Hong Li

Original Article

Overall satisfaction, sexual function, and the durability of neophallus dimensions following staged female to male genital gender confirming surgery: the Institute of Urology, London U.K. experience

Maurice M. Garcia, Nim A. Christopher, Francesco De Luca, Marco Spilotros, David J. Ralph

The efficacy of resiniferatoxin in prevention of catheter related bladder discomfort in patients after TURP - A pilot, randomized, open study

Ning Zhang, Peng Zhang, Xiaodong Zhang, Yong Yang

Review Article

Reactive oxygen species, inflammation and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis

Saeed R. Khan

Mechanisms of resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)

Thenappan Chandrasekar, Joy C. Yang, Allen C. Gao, Christopher P. Evans

Inflammation in prostate cancer progression and therapeutic targeting

Timothy Stark, Lydia Livas, Natasha Kyprianou

The current and future role of magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer detection and management

Jan Philipp Radtke, Dogu Teber, Markus Hohenfellner, Boris A. Hadaschik

Pelvic radiotherapy and sexual function in women

Pernille Tine Jensen, Ligita Paskeviciute Froeding

Active surveillance and focal therapy for low-intermediate risk prostate cancer

Laurence Klotz

Future perspectives of prostate cancer therapy

Murali Gururajan, Edwin M. Posadas, Leland W. K. Chung

Upper urinary tract disease: what we know today and unmet needs

Romain Mathieu, Karim Bensalah, Ilaria Lucca, Aurélie Mbeutcha, Morgan Rouprêt, Shahrokh F. Shariat

Review Articles

Decoding the androgen receptor splice variants

Changxue Lu, Jun Luo

Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in prostate growth and tumor progression

Campbell M. Grant, Natasha Kyprianou

Steroid hormone synthetic pathways in prostate cancer

Elahe A. Mostaghel

Androgen receptor gene mutation, rearrangement, polymorphism

Kurtis Eisermann, Dan Wang, Yifeng Jing, Laura E. Pascal, Zhou Wang

Androgen receptor-mediated non-genomic regulation of prostate cancer cell proliferation

Ross S. Liao, Shihong Ma, Lu Miao, Rui Li, Yi Yin, Ganesh V. Raj

Androgen receptor genomic regulation

Hong-Jian Jin, Jung Kim, Jindan Yu

Near-infrared fluorescence and nuclear imaging and targeting of prostate cancer

Jason Wu, Dongfeng Pan, Leland W.K. Chung

Current clinical challenges in prostate cancer

Jonathan L. Silberstein, Sumanta Kumar Pal, Brian Lewis, Oliver Sartor

Mini-Review

Epidemiology of urethral strictures

Amjad Alwaal, Sarah D. Blaschko, Jack W. McAninch, Benjamin N. Breyer

Guideline

Clinical utility of sperm DNA fragmentation testing: practice recommendations based on clinical scenarios

Ashok Agarwal, Ahmad Majzoub, Sandro C. Esteves, Edmund Ko, Ranjith Ramasamy, Armand Zini

Original Article

Overall satisfaction, sexual function, and the durability of neophallus dimensions following staged female to male genital gender confirming surgery: the Institute of Urology, London U.K. experience

Maurice M. Garcia, Nim A. Christopher, Francesco De Luca, Marco Spilotros, David J. Ralph

Incidence of urinary extravasation and rate of ureteral stenting after high-grade renal trauma in adults: a meta-analysis

Sorena Keihani, Ross E. Anderson, Michelle Fiander, Mary M. McFarland, Gregory J. Stoddard, James M. Hotaling, Jeremy B. Myers

Safety and efficacy of daily Revactin^® in men with erectile dysfunction: a 3-month pilot study

Sabine Nguyen, Jacob Rajfer, Magda Shaheen

Review Article

Future perspectives of prostate cancer therapy

Murali Gururajan, Edwin M. Posadas, Leland W. K. Chung

Small RNA and its application in andrology and urology

Ji Wang, Long-Cheng Li

TGF-β mediated DNA methylation in prostate cancer

Chung Lee, Qiang Zhang, Xaolin Zi, Atreya Dash, Marcelo B Soares, Farahnaz Rahmatpanah, Zhenyu Jia, Michael McClelland, Dan Mercola

Cystine nephrolithiasis

Hasan Fattah, Yasmin Hambaroush, David S. Goldfarb

Kidney stone risk following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery

Benjamin K. Canales, Ricardo D. Gonzalez

Reactive oxygen species, inflammation and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis

Saeed R. Khan

Outlining the limits of partial nephrectomy

Sameer Chopra, Raj Satkunasivam, Chandan Kundavaram, Gangning Liang, Inderbir S. Gill

Mechanisms of resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)

Thenappan Chandrasekar, Joy C. Yang, Allen C. Gao, Christopher P. Evans

Prostate cancer metastasis: roles of recruitment and reprogramming, cell signal network and three-dimensional growth characteristics

Shabnam Ziaee, Gina Chia-Yi Chu, Jen-Ming Huang, Shirly Sieh, Leland W. K. Chung

Inflammation in prostate cancer progression and therapeutic targeting

Timothy Stark, Lydia Livas, Natasha Kyprianou

Sympathetic nervous system and chronic bladder pain: a new tune for an old song

Ana Charrua, Rui Pinto, Lori Ann Birder, Francisco Cruz

Angiogenic factors, bladder neuroplasticity and interstitial cystitis—new pathobiological insights

Ricardo Saban

Increased bladder permeability in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

Robert E. Hurst, Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Amy B. Wisniewski, Samuel VanGordon, Hsueh Kung Lin, Bradley P. Kropp, Rheal A. Towner

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiomics for prostate cancer radiotherapy

Fei Yang, John C. Ford, Nesrin Dogan, Kyle R. Padgett, Adrian L. Breto, Matthew C. Abramowitz, Alan Dal Pra, Alan Pollack, Radka Stoyanova

Editorial

PIVOT and the challenges of localized prostate cancer care

Aviva E. Weinberg, James D. Brooks

Research Highlights

Enzalutamide: the emperor of all anti-androgens

Emmanuel S. Antonarakis

Review Articles

Androgen receptor gene mutation, rearrangement, polymorphism

Kurtis Eisermann, Dan Wang, Yifeng Jing, Laura E. Pascal, Zhou Wang

Androgen receptor epigenetics

Changmeng Cai, Xin Yuan, Steven P. Balk

Androgen receptor genomic regulation

Hong-Jian Jin, Jung Kim, Jindan Yu

Decoding the androgen receptor splice variants

Changxue Lu, Jun Luo

Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in prostate growth and tumor progression

Campbell M. Grant, Natasha Kyprianou

Steroid hormone synthetic pathways in prostate cancer

Elahe A. Mostaghel

Near-infrared fluorescence and nuclear imaging and targeting of prostate cancer

Jason Wu, Dongfeng Pan, Leland W.K. Chung

Mini-Review

Multi-peptide immunotherapeutic vaccine for renal cell carcinoma: getting the troops all worked up

Kavitha Yaddanapudi, John W. Eaton

Review Article: Hypospadias

Do endocrine disruptors cause hypospadias?

Sisir Botta, Gerald R. Cunha, Laurence S. Baskin

Below are the latest Translational Andrology and Urology articles published online ahead of print publication.

Editorial Commentary

Feasibility of androgen-deprivation and radiation therapy with docetaxel for localized high-risk prostate cancer

Hiroaki Iwamoto, Kouji Izumi, Atsushi Mizokami

Published online: 27 June 2024

Case Report

The application of laparoscopic ultrasound-guided intervention in renal hybrid surgery: case report

Xu Shi, Heng Li, Tianrun Ye, Zheng Liu, Xinwu Cui, Yang Yu, Shaogang Wang

Published online: 26 June 2024

Editorial Commentary

Avelumab first-line maintenance for advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma: analysis from JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial

Srigita Madiraju, Firas G. Petros

Published online: 25 June 2024

Review Article

Risk factors for secondary bladder cancer following prostate cancer radiotherapy

Marie-Christina Jahreiß, Wilma D. Heemsbergen, Katja K. H. Aben, Luca Incrocci

Published online: 17 June 2024

Editorial Commentary

Time to diversify: germline exome sequencing for men with testicular germ cell tumour

Hetal Dholaria, Ben Tran

Published online: 14 June 2024

Original Article

Risk factors for distant metastasis and prognosis of the penile cancer with distant metastasis

Zheng Zhu, Xuan Zhou, Mengchi Yu, Rong Cong, Yichun Wang, Xiang Zhou, Chengjian Ji, Jiaochen Luan, Liangyu Yao, Wei Wang, Ninghong Song

Published online: 09 June 2024

Brief Report

Rigicon ContiClassic and ContiReflex artificial urinary sphincter devices

Orhan Koca, Rasim Güzel, Duygu Kırkık, M. İhsan Karaman, Eric Chung

Published online: 20 May 2024

Editorial Commentary

A personal tribute to Dr. F. Brantley Scott and the artificial urinary sphincter

Ross A. Cartmill

Published online: 16 May 2024

Review Article

Narrative review: evolution in device technology and advances in surgical techniques on AMS 800 device in the last 50 years

Eric Chung

Published online: 26 April 2024

Review Article

A narrative review on synchronous concurrent versus delayed sequential surgery in the artificial urinary sphincter and penile prosthesis implantation

Eric Chung

Published online: 25 April 2024

Original Article

A new adjustable artificial urinary sphincter for male stress urinary incontinence (Victo^TM): preliminary clinical results

Ghazal Ameli, Tanja Hüsch, Wilhelm A. Hübner, Peter Weibl

Published online: 09 January 2024

Review Article

The male slings: an effective and safe alternative surgical treatment to the artificial urinary sphincter for male stress urinary incontinence?—a narrative review

Eric Chung, Brian Ng Hung Shin, Juan Wang

Published online: 05 January 2024

Review Article

Artificial urinary sphincter and female stress urinary incontinence over the past 50 years: a narrative review

Mariana Madanelo, Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler, Tamsin Greenwell, Gary Gray, Rose Khavari, Gommert A. Van Koeveringe, Frank Van Der Aa, Benoit Peyronnet

Published online: 08 November 2023

Review Article

Microenergy shockwave therapies for female stress urinary incontinence

Guiting Lin, Tom F. Lue

Published online: 21 August 2023

Review Article

The fragile urethra: what to do next?—a narrative review

Aroh Pandit, Chrystal Chang, Jay Simhan

Published online: 28 July 2023

Review Article

Cellular regenerative therapy in stress urinary incontinence: new frontiers?—a narrative review

Karl-Erik Andersson, Koudy Williams

Published online: 24 July 2023

Review Article

Artificial urinary sphincter and stricture disease: surgical principles in management

Francisco E. Martins, José Bernal, Liliya Tryfonyuk, Henriette Veiby Holm

Published online: 11 July 2023

Review Article

The electronic artificial urinary sphincter: ongoing innovation of a classic device—a narrative review

George E. Koch, Melissa R. Kaufman

Published online: 30 June 2023

Review Article

Artificial urinary sphincter for neurogenic urinary incontinence: a narrative review

Bridget L. Findlay, Daniel S. Elliott

Published online: 09 June 2023

Review Article

Adjustable continence therapy (ProACT/ACTTM) with periurethral balloons for treatment of stress urinary incontinence: a narrative review

Stefan den Hoedt, Bertil F. M. Blok

Published online: 31 May 2023

Journal Highlight more

Translational Andrology and Urology (Print ISSN 2223-4683; Online ISSN 2223-4691; Transl Androl Urol; TAU) is an open access, peer-reviewed, bi-monthly journal that covers various aspects in diseases of male and female urinary tract including kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra and the male reproductive organs like penis, testes, scrotum, prostate etc.