About Die Urologie

Die Urologie

Die Urologie is a German-language monthly specialist journal for urology, published by Springer Medizin in Berlin. It is the official publication organ of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie (DGU) and the Berufsverband der Deutschen Urologen (BDU), and it is described as the most-read German-language journal in its field, a position it has held through its long history as the central forum of German urology. Until May 2022 it appeared under the title Der Urologe, before being renamed as part of the publisher's broad gender-inclusivity initiative that replaced titles based on male professional designations with titles based on the medical disciplines. In 2025 the journal turned 65, marking more than six decades of continuous publication, and its readers can earn up to 36 CME points per year through its certified continuing-education content, making it one of the most generous CME providers among German specialist journals.

Overview

Die Urologie is a monthly journal dedicated to all aspects of urology, serving the continuing education of office-based and hospital-based urologists. Its focus areas are prevention, diagnostic procedures, complication management, and modern therapy strategies. Its concept centres on comprehensive review articles on a current lead topic, which form the core of each issue and convey evidence-based knowledge on diagnostics and therapy with high relevance for daily work, giving readers concrete recommendations for action. This lead-theme structure makes each issue a focused monograph on a current question of urological practice, from uro-oncology to benign urological diseases.

Freely submitted original papers allow the presentation of important clinical studies and serve scientific exchange, while case reports present interesting cases and unusual courses of disease or treatment, contributing to the optimization of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. The CME certified-continuing-education rubric offers secured results of scientific research and makes physicians' experience usable for daily practice; after reading the articles, readers can test their acquired knowledge and earn CME points online, with up to 36 CME points available per year, and the rubric is aligned to the specialty's training regulations, making the journal one of the most generous CME providers among the German specialist journals.

The journal is aimed at office-based and hospital-based urologists, covering the full range of urological practice from prevention and diagnostics to modern therapeutic strategies. As the most-read German-language journal in its field, it reaches the broad community of German urologists in both practice and hospital settings, and its dual organ function for the scientific society and the professional association gives it a unique position at the intersection of science and professional policy.

History

The journal's history spans more than 65 years. From 1962 to 2002 it was published in two separate editions: Der Urologe A, dedicated to the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie and focused primarily on scientific contributions, and Der Urologe B, the organ of the Berufsverband der Deutschen Urologen, which addressed professional-policy topics and the urological questions of everyday practice. In 2005 the two editions were merged into a single journal, Der Urologe, combining scientific and professional-policy aspects, continuing-education contributions, lead themes, and original papers.

In May 2022, with volume 61, issue 5, the journal was renamed Die Urologie as part of Springer Medizin's sweeping equality initiative, in which titles based on male professional designations were replaced with titles based on the medical disciplines. The rename followed the same wave that turned Der Anaesthesist into Die Anaesthesiologie, Der Chirurg into Die Chirurgie, Der Internist into Die Innere Medizin, Der Gynäkologe into Die Gynäkologie, Der Hautarzt into Die Dermatologie, Der Onkologe into Die Onkologie, Der Diabetologe into Die Diabetologie, Der Ophthalmologe into Die Ophthalmologie, Der Orthopäde into Die Orthopädie, Der Pathologe into Die Pathologie, Der Unfallchirurg into Die Unfallchirurgie, and Der Radiologe into Die Radiologie.

In recent years the journal has focused on the needs of the young generation of urologists, integrating special issues for specialist-examination preparation, e-learning modules, and interactive case examples on various urological guidelines. In 2025 the journal celebrated its 65th anniversary, with its new lead editors committing to steer the journal through the waters of print and digital media for further generations of urologists, expressing the hope that the journal would accompany future generations as it had accompanied its current readers.

Coverage and Content

The journal covers all areas of urology: uro-oncology, benign prostatic diseases, urinary stone disease, urinary incontinence, andrology, paediatric urology, kidney transplantation, and urological infections. Each issue is built around a lead theme, with comprehensive reviews providing evidence-based information on diagnostics and therapy relevant to daily practice, and the journal's long history gives it a deep archive of the specialty's clinical development.

Original papers present important clinical studies and contribute to scientific exchange, while case reports illustrate interesting cases and unusual disease courses. The CME rubric delivers certified continuing education with online knowledge testing and up to 36 CME points per year. The journal also addresses professional-policy topics through its organ function for the DGU and the BDU, reflecting the professional concerns of German urology, from training and quality assurance to the economic and organizational questions of urological practice.

Organization and Ownership

Die Urologie is published by Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, the medical publishing division of Springer Nature, headquartered in Berlin. It is the official publication organ of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie e.V. and the Berufsverband der Deutschen Urologen e.V., giving it an official standing within German urology that spans both the scientific society and the professional association of office-based urologists.

The journal appears monthly, a frequency that reflects the pace of development in urology and allows each lead theme the space of a full issue while keeping readers close to clinical developments. Subscription and customer service are handled through the publisher's service centre, which manages subscriptions, address changes, and website access, and the editorial office can be contacted directly through the journal's page on the publisher's website, which also invites reader feedback. Detailed information about the current editors-in-chief is not publicly confirmed from the sources consulted; the journal's editorial contacts are listed on the publisher's platform for authors and readers, and the anniversary editorial of 2025 was signed by the journal's new lead editors.

Digital Presence

Die Urologie is fully integrated into Springer Medizin's digital ecosystem. The journal's page on the publisher's website presents its aims and scope, the current and recent monthly issues, and the standard rubrics of lead-theme reviews, original papers, case reports, and CME courses. Articles are published with DOIs and are available through Springer Nature Link, where they can be cited and downloaded, and the platform's archive preserves the journal's run under both its current and former titles, documenting more than six decades of German urological publishing.

The journal's digital identity lives within the Springer Medizin and Springer Nature Link platforms rather than on a standalone brand site, which is standard for the publisher's specialist journals. Its online presence includes the e-learning modules and interactive case examples that the journal has integrated in recent years to serve the young generation of urologists, and its subscription pages offer student subscription options for urologists in training. Whether the journal maintains dedicated social media channels is not publicly confirmed from the sources consulted, and its visible online presence remains centred on the publisher's platforms and the Springer Nature Link archive.