History of and an analysis of published articles.

is the official journal of the Korean Urological Association (KUA). was the first version of the official journal of the KUA and was published in January 1960. The journal was renamed the in February 2009 and the changed its title to in January 2016. The official YouTube channel of has been in operation since January 2016. was registered in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) on October 30, 2018. A total of 8,103 papers were published in from January 1960 to December 2018. The most common subjects in published articles were oncology (4,602), pediatric urology (1,540), endourology & urolithiasis (1,477), and sexual dysfunction & infertility (1,285). A total of 23 articles on randomized controlled trials were published from March 2010 to December 2018. The acceptance rate of original articles in has decreased continuously since 2014. Meanwhile, the submission rate by international authors has shown an increasing trend from 2014 to 2018. As the first urologic journal in South Korea, has faithfully played its academic role in the past and present for 60 years. Since joining the SCIE list in 2018, further progress of is highly expected.