Editorial June 2025

It’s a pleasure to present this June 2025 edition of the Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal. We’ve been working through the Journal’s metrics over the last year, and it is clear that we are in a period of considerable growth. Downloads of our articles increased by 600% in 2024, and our published works received double the citations from the previous year. As such, we’re in good stead to commence listing on a wider variety of databases and will be working through this process over the next year. In the meantime, we are working with our team and CSIRO Publishing to refine all the Journal’s policies. One of the requirements is that we continue to develop our editorial team so that it encompasses a variety of professional expertise and has a geographically diverse group of professionals. As such, we are expanding and present the call for editors below.

Within this edition of the ANZCJ we are delighted to present some excellent articles. The first paper by Lakhan et al.¹ highlights the need for a comprehensive primary health services model of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women living with, or at risk of, urinary incontinence. Nagy et al.² demonstrate the potential for transperineal ultrasound to act as an alternative to endoanal ultrasound for evaluating obstetric anal sphincter injury. Neumann et al.³ present important insights from physiotherapists involved in the management of women with prolapse. Finally, P. Dewan⁴ outlines the investigations considered clinically indicated in children with constipation and megarectum and provides experienced commentary on the associated outcomes.

Call for Associate Editors

If you hold a PhD (or commensurate clinical experience) and a research track record, please consider joining our team as an Associate Editor. There is a growing range of perks to being on the ANZCJ Editorial Committee, and it is a fantastic way to maintain up-to-date knowledge in the research and activities in this area. Reach out to us at publishing.cj@csiro.au for more information.