OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Urology is 4. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Anorectal side-effects of radical cystectomy	39
Predictors for complication in renal cancer surgery: a national register study	29
Urinary stone assessment in a single-phase may replace the unenhanced and multiphase computed tomography protocol in painless visible haematuria	21
Transurethral versus open enucleation of the prostate in Sweden – a retrospective comparative cohort study	20
Taking the temperature: a case of urethral polyembolokoilamania	20
Kidney tumor biopsy – an unmet need for personalized treatment	16
Sterile water injections for management of renal colic pain: a systematic review	15
Biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy – a large, comprehensive, population-based study with long follow-up	15
Early and late surgical complications following living donor nephrectomy	15
Improved adherence to prostate cancer guidelines concomitant with public reporting. Nationwide population-based study	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
Surgical waiting times and all-cause mortality in patients with non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma	9
3D laparoscopic prostatectomy: results of multicentre study	8
Prediction of clinically significant recurrence after partial nephrectomy. Data from the Cancer Registry of Norway with more than five years of follow-up	8
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	8
Community-onset urosepsis: incidence and risk factors for 30-day mortality – a retrospective cohort study	8
Prospective validation study of a combined urine and plasma test for predicting high-grade prostate cancer in biopsy naïve men	8
Abandoning testing for asymptomatic microscopic haematuria in Sweden – a long-term follow-up	7
Welcome to the new Scandinavian Journal of Urology!	7
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	7
Impact of ischemia time during partial nephrectomy on short- and long-term renal function	6
Feasibility and efficacy of early docetaxel plus androgen deprivation therapy for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer in a rural health care setting	6
Surgeon volume and patient-reported urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy. Population-based register study in Sweden	6
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	6

Evaluation of the relation between size of stone and its attenuation measured by Hounsfield units and the total laser energy required to fragment it	6
Recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma after transurethral resection with hexaminolevulinate photodynamic diagnosis or regular cystoscopy	6
Surgical experience is predictive for bladder tumour resection quality	6
Incidence of erectile dysfunction treatment after radical prostatectomy by Statin use in Finnish Nationwide Cohort Study	5
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	5
The role of single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the 8q24 chromosome region in patients with concomitant bladder and prostate cancer	5
Temperature profiles during ureteroscopy with thulium fiber laser and holmium:YAG laser: Findings from a pre-clinical study	5
The Swedish prostate cancer guidelines: response to Axcrona and Löffeler	5
Sterile water injections – a treatment for renal colic when other painkillers are contraindicated?	5
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	5
S-phase – an independent prognostic marker in upper tract urothelial carcinoma	4
Risk of prostate cancer death in men diagnosed with prostate cancer at cystoprostatectomy. A nationwide population-based study	4
Swedish national guidelines on urothelial carcinoma: 2024 update on advanced and metastatic disease	4
Evaluation of data quality in the Swedish National Penile Cancer Register	4
The effect of povidone-iodine rectal cleansing on post-biopsy infectious complications	4
Low-volume grade group 2 prostate cancer candidates for active surveillance: a radical prostatectomy retrospective analysis	4
How to survey adherence to guidelines by use of clinical cancer registers	4
The risk of inguinal hernia repair after radical prostatectomy – a population-based cohort study	4
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	4