
Editor of BJUI Compass
Appointment process
BJU International is seeking to appoint an Editor for BJUI Compass.
BJUI Compass is an online-only, fully open access journal and is part of the overall academic BJU International family including the flagship BJU International (BJUI) journal, BJUI Compass, and the e-learning platform, BJUI Knowledge. The journal is owned by BJU International charity and published by Wiley.
If you are interested in this role, please email Sophia Anderton, BJUI…

BJUI Key Paper Webinar – The IDENTIFY Study
Should we investigate all patients with haematuria?
11,000 patients, 110 hospitals, 26 countries. Dr Veeru Kasivisvanathan, UCL Division of Surgery & Dr Sinan Khadhouri, University of Aberdeen, present their BJUI paper on the #IDENTIFY_study, revealing the global cancer prevalence and predictors in the largest study of patients referred to hospital with suspected urinary tract cancer ever performed.
https://bjui.pub/IDENTIFY_study
Expert in bladder cancer, Prof Stephen Williams,…

Key Paper Webinar: the LAPPRO trial
Are some surgeons better than others?
Anders Bjartell, John Yaxley & the BJUI team discuss surgeon heterogeneity in the Swedish LAPPRO study published in the BJUI March 2021.
Read the paper here: bjui.pub/BJUI-LAPPRO

Thank You To All Our 2020 Peer Reviewers
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We would particularly like to thank the following individuals who are the top reviewers for the journal in 2020, all with ≥10 reviews
Nathan Lawrentschuk
Sima Porten
Tobias Klatte
Roderick van den Bergh
Sigrid Carlsson
Stephan Madersbacher
Riccardo Autorino
Niranjan Sathianathen
Matthew Roberts
Yair Lotan
Alexander Cole
Asif Muneer
We are extremely grateful to all our reviewers for their time and hard work during an incredibly difficult year
Aastha
Abdollah,…

Residents’ podcast: MIMIC Study
Part of the BURST/BJUI Podcast Series
BJUI - BJU International · Residents' podcast: MIMIC Study
Mr Chuanyu Gao is a Core Surgical Trainee in KSS Deanery. He graduated from UCL Medical School and obtained his iBSc in Surgical Sciences before completing his Academic Foundation Years in East of England Foundation School. Chuanyu first became involved with BURST on the MIMIC Study as an international site coordinator and has been part of the BURST committee ever since.
Factors associated…

Long live the BJUI
How time flies! It seems like only yesterday that I was appointed the 10th Editor‐in‐Chief of a 90‐year old major surgical journal. We assembled a dynamic team with a clear, modern vision and strategy. As we say goodbye, it is time to reflect fondly on our achievements.
The most read surgical journal on the web?
Of the many ways to measure this, one is the number of downloads of BJUI articles from our publisher Wiley Online Library. This has increased steadily every year, reaching…

BJUI journal prizes
Every year the BJUI awards three prizes to trainee urologists who have played a significant role in contributing to the work published in the journal. The prizes go towards travel costs enabling the trainees to visit international conferences. In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic leading to the cancellation of many of these conferences, the usual prize-giving ceremonies have not taken place so here we are introducing you to the prize winners and their work. We hope they will be able to spend…

Four seasons – Summer 2020’s top reviewer
Summer 2020's top reviewer is Houston Thompson
This month, BJUI continues the Four Seasons Peer Reviewer Award recognising the hard work and dedication of our peer reviewers. Each quarter the Editor and Editorial Team select an individual peer reviewer whose reviews over the last 3 months have stood out for their quality and timeliness.
The Summer 2020 crown goes to Houston Thompson
R. Houston Thompson, MD, completed his Urology Residency at Mayo Clinic Rochester in 2007 followed by…