Minerva Urology and Nephrology

Aims & Scope

Minerva Urology and Nephrology - MUN, a bi-monthly international, peer-reviewed scientific journal on urology and nephrology, indexed in EMBASE, PubMed/MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Scopus has an impact factor of 3.720.

Minerva Urology and Nephrology - MUN discusses a wide range of urological and nephrological topics, from oncological and benign diseases in urology, to those issues of most interest to nephrologists.

Minerva Urology and Nephrology - MUN also focuses on the most recent technological advances in the field of minimally-invasive surgery and endourology, together with the innovations in the field of diagnosis and medical therapy for many urological conditions.

Minerva Urology and Nephrology - MUN subjects all submitted papers to a rigorous peer review process, and publishes high-quality preclinical and clinical research articles (original articles, reviews and editorials), in six issues per annum, with the aim of giving readers a broad overview of the current scenario and developments in the fields of urology and nephrology as well as open access options.

Minerva Urology and Nephrology - MUN welcomes articles on a wide variety of topics related to clinical and experimental urology and nephrology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.2
2024	4.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.974

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5045

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1032

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Intraoperative and postoperative surgical complications after ureteroscopy, retrograde intrarenal surgery, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a systematic review

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Antonio A., Francesco, Riccardo, Lorenzo, Paolo, Alfonso, Matteo, Evangelos, Oriol A., Fabrizio, Riccardo, Olivier, Andrea, Andrea, Cristian, Francesco, Marco, Agostino, Andrea

• Emerging minimally invasive transurethral treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia: a systematic review with meta-analysis of functional outcomes and description of complications

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Celeste, Davide, Pietro, Fabio, Ferdinando, Paolo, Cristian, Rocco, Luca, Marco, Javier R.

• Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: 7-year outcomes

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Umberto, Giuseppe, Umberto, Andrea, Cristian, Alessandro, Enrico, Daniele, Fabio, Alessandro, Samuel, Pasquale, Aldo, Alfredo, Andrea, Antonio Andrea, Marco, Francesco, Lance J., Michele, Francesco, Riccardo

• 3D imaging technologies in minimally invasive kidney and prostate cancer surgery: which is the urologists' perception?

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Daniele, Angela, Enrico, Sabrina, Federico, Gabriele, Alberto, Paolo, Stefano, Michele, Matteo, Cristian, Riccardo, Francesco

• 3D mixed reality holograms for preoperative surgical planning of nephron-sparing surgery: evaluation of surgeons' perception

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Enrico, Daniele, Angela, Dario, Roberta, Sabrina, Federico, Gabriele, Pietro, Diego, Matteo, Cristian, Francesco

• Impact of frailty on perioperative and oncologic outcomes in patients undergoing surgery or ablation for renal cancer: a systematic review

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Riccardo, Alessandro, Daniele, Riccardo, Umberto, Umberto, Selcuk, Alexandre, Onder, Tobias, Maximilian, Michele, Andrea, Maria C., Rocco, Nicola, Angela, Juan, Giulia, Eduard, Andrea, Sergio, Francesco

• Holmium laser enucleation of prostate versus minimally invasive simple prostatectomy for large volume (≥120 mL) prostate glands: a prospective multicenter randomized study

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Andrea, Yazan, Gennaro, Lorenzo, Alessia, Paolo P., Silvio, Filippo, Saba, Anastasios, Giorgio, Mario, Antonio, Antonio L.

• "Augmented reality" applications in urology: a systematic review

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Sidney, Aditya, Enrico, Stefano, Mark, Karl-Friedrich, Juan, Ines, Domenico, Riccardo, Francesco, Inderbir S., Giovanni E.

• The importance of anatomical reconstruction for continence recovery after robot assisted radical prostatectomy: a systematic review and pooled analysis from referral centers

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Enrico, Angela, Sabrina, Matteo, Daniele, Roberta, Federico, Stefano, Gabriele, Riccardo, Cristian, Francesco

• Robot-assisted simple prostatectomy with the novel HUGOâ„¢ RAS System: feasibility, setting, and perioperative outcomes

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Angelo, Marco, Carlo A., Luca, Luigi, Adele, Rui, Pieter, Pietro, Kim, Manoe, Ruben, Alexandre, Geert

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