since 1995 and started to work at the Int Braz J Urol in 1999 as a reviewer, invited by Professor Francisco J. B. Sampaio. During this time I have learned a lot from the latest editors and could witness the growth of our journal. Today, the journal is well established and can be considered one of the most respected journals in the urological community. For the first time, there was a contest for the choice of the editor of the Journal, where the candidates were evaluated by a select examining board composed of five teachers, including the last two editors of the Journal (Drs. Francisco Sampaio and Sidney Glina). With great honor I was chosen as the next editor for the next 4 years with a possibility of renewal. Currently, the Int Braz J Urol is well structured and has an impact of 1,046 on the JCR. Our main goal will be to achieve an increased impact. For this, we have implemented some changes: 1) Only articles submitted in the English language will be accepted; 2) We will end the section of clinical cases, 3) We will be extremely rigorous with the time of review of articles, 4) We will value ad-hoc reviewers and greatly increase the level of demand for articles to be accepted, 5) We will create two new sections: a) update in urology, where experts will comment on the main articles published in their sub-specialty in other journals and b) Expert opinion, where experts will make mini reviewes about your area; in this number Dr. Sandro Esteves made a very interesting review about infertiligy (1). With these changes we hope that by the end of our term in 2024 Int Braz J Urol will have an impact commensurate with its importance. This first number of Int Braz J Urol under my supervision presents original contributions with a lot of interesting papers in different fields: Prostate Cancer, Renal Stones, Renal Cell Carcinoma,