OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Urology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Urinary stone assessment in a single-phase may replace the unenhanced and multiphase computed tomography protocol in painless visible haematuria	47
Predictors for complication in renal cancer surgery: a national register study	26
Taking the temperature: a case of urethral polyembolokoilamania	25
Transurethral versus open enucleation of the prostate in Sweden – a retrospective comparative cohort study	23
Kidney tumor biopsy – an unmet need for personalized treatment	21
Early and late surgical complications following living donor nephrectomy	17
Improved adherence to prostate cancer guidelines concomitant with public reporting. Nationwide population-based study	16
Biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy – a large, comprehensive, population-based study with long follow-up	14
Do not throw out the baby with the bath water	12
Primary mucosal melanomas of the urogenital tract: a clinical, pathological, and genetic nationwide survey of Danish patients 1990–2019	12
Prediction of clinically significant recurrence after partial nephrectomy. Data from the Cancer Registry of Norway with more than five years of follow-up	10
Surgical waiting times and all-cause mortality in patients with non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma	10
Community-onset urosepsis: incidence and risk factors for 30-day mortality – a retrospective cohort study	10
3D laparoscopic prostatectomy: results of multicentre study	9
UROSCAN and UROSCANSEQ: a large-scale multicenter effort towards translation of molecular bladder cancer subtypes into clinical practice – from biobank to RNA-sequencing in real time	9
Prospective validation study of a combined urine and plasma test for predicting high-grade prostate cancer in biopsy naïve men	9
Abandoning testing for asymptomatic microscopic haematuria in Sweden – a long-term follow-up	8
A new important tool to report and analyse adverse incidents that all urologists should use Editorial comment to: Nisen H, Erkkilä K, Ettala O, Ronkainen H, et al. Intraoperative complications in kidn	8
Welcome to the new Scandinavian Journal of Urology!	8
Evaluation of the relation between size of stone and its attenuation measured by Hounsfield units and the total laser energy required to fragment it	7
Fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli among the rectal flora is the predominant risk factor for severe infection after transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy: a prospective observational s	7
Recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma after transurethral resection with hexaminolevulinate photodynamic diagnosis or regular cystoscopy	7
Surgical experience is predictive for bladder tumour resection quality	7
Surgeon volume and patient-reported urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. Population-based register study in Sweden	7
Impact of ischemia time during partial nephrectomy on short- and long-term renal function	7

S-phase – an independent prognostic marker in upper tract urothelial carcinoma	6
Temperature profiles during ureteroscopy with thulium fiber laser and holmium:YAG laser: Findings from a pre-clinical study	6
Sterile water injections – a treatment for renal colic when other painkillers are contraindicated?	6
A population-based registry cohort study on the correlation between bladder-intact event-free survival and overall survival in cystectomy-ineligible/refusal muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients in	6
The clinical consequences of routine ⁶⁸Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer, ISUP grade 5 and no metastases based on standard imaging – preliminary results	6
Quadratus lumborum block is feasible alternative to epidural block for postoperative analgesia after open radical cystectomy: surgical and oncological outcomes of a randomised clinical trial	6
The Swedish prostate cancer guidelines: response to Axcrona and Löffeler	6
How to survey adherence to guidelines by use of clinical cancer registers	5
Risk of prostate cancer death in men diagnosed with prostate cancer at cystoprostatectomy. A nationwide population-based study	5
Swedish national guidelines on urothelial carcinoma: 2024 update on advanced and metastatic disease	5
The effect of povidone-iodine rectal cleansing on post-biopsy infectious complications	5
Low-volume grade group 2 prostate cancer candidates for active surveillance: a radical prostatectomy retrospective analysis	5