Pediatric urology in the KJU

Korea has four distinct seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter. April is sunny springtime, with new buds on the trees and fantastic cherry blossoms in the streets all over the country. Childhood and adolescence are like the spring season in a human’s lifetime. They are an energetic and dynamic period during which growth and regeneration are occurring every day. The Korean Society of Pediatric Urology (KSPU) was established on April 25, 1992. It originated from the Korean Pediatric Urology study group, which was founded in 1987. KSPU has participated in the Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Urologists (APAPU) since 1999, and the annual meetings of the APAPU were twice held in Korea, in Seoul in 2002 and in Busan in 2012. KSPU has made an effort to have a broad academic exchange with the world. KSPU had published its own journal, the Korean Journal of Pediatric Urology (KJSPU), since April 2009. KJSPU was published twice a year for 5 years, and it was united with the Korean Journal of Urology (KJU) in January 2014. The main reasons for the merger of the two journals were the overlap in scope and members among the societies and the expectation to provide more in-depth knowledge in the section of Pediatric Urology and to improve the overall quality of the KJU [1]. After the merger, about 50% of the manuscripts for pediatric urology submitted to the KJU came from outside Korea, including Turkey, Iran, India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Tunisia in Africa. The acceptance rate of the articles for Pediatric urology in the KJU