The journal aims to publish original online articles in the fields of clinical and experimental investigation only within the sphere of urolithiasis and its related areas of research. The journal covers all aspects of urolithiasis research including the diagnosis, epidemiology, pathogenesis, genetics, clinical biochemistry, nutrition, open and non-invasive surgical intervention, nephrological investigation, chemistry and prophylaxis of the disorder. The Editor welcomes contributions on topics of interest to urologists, nephrologists, radiologists, clinical biochemists, epidemiologists, nutritionists, basic scientists and nurses working in that field.

Contributions may be submitted as full-length articles or as rapid communications in the form of correspondence. Articles should be original and should contain important new findings from carefully conducted studies designed to produce statistically significant data. Please note that we no longer publish articles classified as Case Reports. Editorials and reviews s may be published by invitation from the Editorial Board. All submissions are peer-reviewed. Through an electronic system for the submission and review of manuscripts, the Editor and Associate Editors aim to make publication accessible as quickly as possible to a large number of readers throughout the world.

Editor-in-Chief

William G. Robertson
London, United Kingdom

Associate Editors
Saeed R. Khan
Gainesville, FL, USA
Katsuhito Miyazawa
Kahoka, Japan
Glenn M. Preminger
Durham, NC, USA
Allen L. Rodgers
Cape Town, South Africa
Kemal Sarica
Istanbul, Turkey
Walter L. Strohmaier
Coburg, Germany
Hans-Göran Tiselius
Stockholm, Sweden
Editorial Board
P. Alken, Mannheim
J.R. Asplin, Chicago
D.G. Assimos, Winston-Salem
K.-H. Bichler, Tübingen
N.P. Buchholz, London
A.C. Buck, Glasgow
C.G. Chaussy, Munich
S. Choong, London
D.A. Corry, London
G. Gambaro, Rome
M.D.I. Gohel, Hong Kong
D.S. Goldfarb, New York
M. Hatch, Gainesville
B. Hess, Zürich
R.P. Holmes, Winston-Salem
S. Iida, Kurume
P. Jaeger, London
H.H. Kim, Seoul
T. Knoll, Sindelfingen
K. Kohri, Nagoya
D. Kok, Rotterdam
H. Koul, Denver
J.N. Krieger, Seattle
S. Lahme, Pforzheim
N. M. Maalouf, Dallas
N.S. Mandel, Milwaukee
F.Y.M. Marickar, Trivandrum
D.S. Milliner, Rochester
P.J. Osther, Fredericia
M.S. Pearle, Dallas
N. Rao, Manchester
J.M. Reis-Santos, Lisbon
J.J.M.C.H. de la Rosette, Amsterdam
G. Rumsby, London
K. Sakhaee, Dallas
C. Seitz, Vienna
R. Siener, Bonn
B. Somani, Southampton
S. Sriprasad, Dartford
M. Straub, Munich
J. Talati, Karachi
A. Trinchieri, Milan
G. Wendt-Nordahl, Sindelfingen
J.C. Williams, Indianapolis
F. Xu, Beijing
G. Zeng, Guangzhou, China

Founding Editors
F. Truss, W. Vahlensieck