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This evidence justifies the rapid development of research in andrology that the scientific community has undertaken in recent decades. This study aims to evaluate the productivity index of the main andrological topics studied and reported in the literature. Methods: The total number of published articles was extracted from the Scopus database by entering the following keywords and mesh terms: \u201cMale Infertility\u201d, \u201cErectile Dysfunction\u201d, \u201cPremature Ejaculation\u201d, \u201cMale Hypogonadism\u201d, \u201cTesticular Tumors\u201d, \u201cProstate Cancer\u201d, \u201cProstatic hyperplasia\u201d, \u201cProstate hyperplasia\u201d, \u201cProstatitis\u201d, \u201cProstate inflammation\u201d, and \u201cMale Accessory Gland Infections\u201d. Furthermore, a list of the top 50 researchers sorted by productivity was created for each topic. For male infertility, a further search was performed by combining the search term \u201cmale infertility\u201d with the above-mentioned terms. Thus, a list of the top 30 authors in order of productivity was also extracted. The graphs were created using Excel. Results and Conclusions: As could be expected, we observed that prostate cancer and male infertility were the two most investigated topics, followed by benign prostatic hyperplasia and erectile dysfunction, whose prevalence is set to increase given the progressive aging of the population. Less investigated is the inflammation of the accessory sexual glands. 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