Sophia Anderton

Sophia has been working in academic publishing for over 20 years. She started her career as an editor for several chemistry journals and has done almost every role associated with journals publishing along the way. She is now Chief Executive of BJU International, overseeing the journals BJUI and BJUI Compass as well as the eLearning platform BJUI Knowledge. Previously she was Director of Publishing at the British Institute of Radiology and prior to that was responsible for peer review and ethics for all journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Sophia is also a Director of the international scholarly publishing body, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishing.

16th August 2025

Time Session
13:30
17:00
BJUI-IJU-Urological Science Reviewer Workshop
  • Introductory Talks from Faculty
  • Welcome & Introductions
    Rajeev KumarIndia Speaker
    Sophia AndertonUnited Kingdom Speaker
  • What Is Critical Appraisal?
    Rajeev KumarIndia Speaker
  • What to Look for in Each Section of a Paper
  • Introduction
    Freddie HamdyUnited Kingdom Speaker
  • Methods
    Fumiya HongoJapan Speaker
  • Results
  • Discussion/Conclusions
    Maxine TranUnited Kingdom Speaker
  • Introduction of Task
    Sophia AndertonUnited Kingdom Speaker
  • Hands-On Discussion
  • Coffee Break
  • Group Presentation
  • Publishing Ethics and Misconduct
    Sophia AndertonUnited Kingdom Speaker
  • Questions / Discussion
    Sophia AndertonUnited Kingdom Speaker
TICC - 1F 101A

17th August 2025

Time Session
10:30
12:00
BJUI-IJU-Urological Science Author Workshop
  • Writing and Structuring Your Paper: IMRAD
    Yusuke GotoJapan Speaker
  • Scientific Misconduct and Pitfalls
    Rajeev KumarIndia Speaker
  • Impact of AI on Publishing
    Sophia AndertonUnited Kingdom Speaker
  • Hands-On Discussion
  • Example of the “Ideal” Abstract
    Rajeev KumarIndia Speaker
TICC - 1F 101A