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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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…