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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
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Journal of Parasitic Diseases

0971-7196

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/12639

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 170 22 29 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 39
Documents by Best Scientists*: 44
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 37
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.349
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Parasitic Diseases?

Journal of Parasitic Diseases focuses largely on the fields of Veterinary medicine, Zoology, Helminths, Immunology and Pathology. The concepts on Veterinary medicine presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Feces, Prevalence, Epidemiology, Infestation and Animal science. The work on Zoology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Ecology and Host (biology).

As a part of it, discussions in Immunology involve topics like Antibody, Antigen and Toxoplasmosis. Histopathology is a key component of Pathology research discussed in Journal of Parasitic Diseases.

  • Veterinary medicine (37.15%)
  • Zoology (11.64%)
  • Helminths (10.99%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Drug targets in Leishmania (113 citations)
  • An overall estimation of losses caused by diseases in the Brazilian fish farms (61 citations)
  • Control of poultry coccidiosis: changing trends. (53 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Parasitic Diseases:

The most cited publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Veterinary medicine, Helminths, Immunology, Pathology and Zoology. The most cited publications hold forums on Veterinary medicine that merge themes from other disciplines such as Prevalence, Feces and Animal science. Ecology, Host (biology) and Anatomy are some topics wherein Zoology research discussed in the journal papers has an impact.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Ecology
  • Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Parasitic Diseases mainly deals with areas of study such as Veterinary medicine, Zoology, Feces, Internal medicine and Traditional medicine. The subject of Livestock, which is connected to the field of Genotype, serves as the foundation of the Veterinary medicine research featured in Journal of Parasitic Diseases. Topics in Zoology were tackled in line with various other fields like Species richness, Host (biology) and Fauna.

It explores issues in Internal medicine which can be linked to other research areas like Gastroenterology and Blastocystis. The research on Traditional medicine featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Antiparasitic, Toxicity and Anthelmintic. Research on Diarrhea addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Cryptosporidium.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Solid-lipid nanoparticles (SLN)s containing Zataria multiflora essential oil with no-cytotoxicity and potent repellent activity against Anopheles stephensi. (5 citations)
  • GC–MS screening and antiparasitic action of Putranjiva roxburghii leaves against sensitive and resistant strains of Leishmania donovani (3 citations)
  • Arginase/nitric oxide modifications using live non-pathogenic Leishmania tarentolae as an effective delivery system inside the mammalian macrophages. (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Parasitic Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Vikrant Sudan (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Probir K. Bandyopadhyay (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Samuthirapandian Ravichandran (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lachhman Das Singla (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ganapathy Rameshkumar (19 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Parasitic Diseases (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (58 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Indian Veterinary Research Institute (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (53 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tehran University of Medical Sciences (39 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (37 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 9.41% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.58% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.25% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.38% of all publications and 57.79% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Prevalence and risk factors associated with infection by Eimeria spp. in goats and sheep in Northeastern Brazil.

    Lucia Oliveira de Macedo;Marcos Antônio Bezerra-Santos;Carla Lopes de Mendonça;Leucio Câmara Alves

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Henneguyosis in gills of Metynnis hypsauchen: an Amazon freshwater fish

    Rayline Thaimenne Alves Figueredo;Jhonata Eduard Farias de Oliveira;Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Progene Vilhena;José Berredo

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • New records of hosts for Excorallana longicornis and Nerocila acuminata (Crustacea: Isopoda) in brackish fish from the coast of the State of Amapá (Brazil), with an update on the geographic distribution of Nerocila acuminata.

    Pedro Hugo Esteves-Silva;Pedro Hugo Esteves-Silva;Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira;Marcos Sidney Brito Oliveira;Huann Carllo Gentil-Vasconcelos;Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Gastrointestinal parasites in the opossum Didelphis aurita: Are they a potential threat to human health?

    Marcos Antônio Bezerra-Santos;Carolina Silveira Fontes;Bárbara Cristina Félix Nogueira;Ricardo Seiti Yamatogi

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Parasitological and histopathological diagnosis of a non-native fish (Oreochromis sp.) with a noticeable presence in a natural Brazilian river environment

    Nicollas Breda Lehmann;Marco Shizuo Owatari;William Eduardo Furtado;Lucas Cardoso

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Dadaytrema oxycephala (Digenea: Cladorchiidae) in definitive host Pimelodus blochii (Pisces: Pimelodidae), with morphological and geographic distribution data in fishes from the South America

    Luciano P. Negreiros;Felipe B. Pereira;Marcos Tavares-Dias

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Prevalence and molecular characterization of cystic hydatidosis in livestock slaughtered in southern Mozambique

    R. D. Miambo;R. D. Miambo;S. M. S. Afonso;E. V. Noormahomed;E. V. Noormahomed;M. P. Malatji

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Giardia duodenalis infection in dogs from the metropolitan area of Lisbon, Portugal: prevalence, genotyping and associated risk factors.

    André Pereira;Joana Teixeira;Sofia Sousa;Ricardo Parreira

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay to identify isotype 1 β-tubulin locus SNPs in synthetic double-stranded Haemonchus contortus DNA

    Livio M. Costa-Junior;Umer N. Chaudhry;Philip J. Skuce;Seamus Stack

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains isolated from 31 wild Passeriformes collected in North-Central Oklahoma

    (2022)
    4 Citations

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