''Nature Reviews Urology'' is a monthly

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published by

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. It covers all aspects of

urology Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and '' -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive org ...

. The journal was established in 2004 as ''Nature Clinical Practice Urology'' and obtained its current title in April 2009. The

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is Annette Fenner. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 16.430, ranking it 4th out of 90 journals in the category "Urology & Nephrology".

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