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Parasite
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Parasite

1252-607X

Published by: EDP Sciences

https://www.parasite-journal.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 44 115 126 16
Microbiology 175 23 27 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 179
Documents by Best Scientists*: 166
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 58
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.65
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Parasite?

Parasite mostly deals with topics like Zoology, Veterinary medicine, Molecular biology, Ecology and Immunology. While Zoology is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Vector (epidemiology), Psychodidae and Monogenea. Veterinary medicine research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Feces, Trichinella, Trichinosis, Seroprevalence and Helminthiasis.

Most of the works presented in it deals with Molecular biology but it intersects with the subject of Protozoal disease. The Immunology study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Virology. Parasite investigates Virology research which frequently intersects with Toxoplasma gondii.

  • Zoology (25.53%)
  • Veterinary medicine (16.89%)
  • Molecular biology (12.07%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An update on Acanthamoeba keratitis: diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment (311 citations)
  • Proceedings of the international symposium - innovation for the management of echinococcosis besançon, march 27-29, 2014. (193 citations)
  • Enterocytozoon bieneusi in human and animals, focus on laboratory identification and molecular epidemiology. (168 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Parasite:

The most cited publications mainly tackle studies in Veterinary medicine, Zoology, Immunology, Ecology and Molecular biology. The most cited articles tackle studies in Vector (epidemiology) and the interrelated subject of Virology to gain insights into Zoology. The journal articles hold forums on Molecular biology that merge themes from other disciplines such as Protozoal disease and Anatomy.

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

  • Ecology
  • Internal medicine
  • Zoology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Parasite is to combine knowledge in the areas of Veterinary medicine, CATS, Praziquantel, Zoology and Eprinomectin. Parasite is focused mainly on Veterinary medicine, particularly Tick infestation. Praziquantel research presented in Parasite encompasses a variety of subjects, including Flea and Internal medicine.

The tackled Zoology research is interrelated with Fauna which concerns subjects like Biodiversity. The studies in Eprinomectin featured incorporate elements of After treatment, Afoxolaner, Tick, Dermatology and Pharmacology. The overlapping concepts between Helminths and Microbiology are the key highlights of Feces study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Pharmacokinetics of a novel endectoparasiticide topical formulation for cats, combining esafoxolaner, eprinomectin and praziquantel (5 citations)
  • Efficacy of a novel topical combination of esafoxolaner, eprinomectin and praziquantel against fleas in cats, under field conditions. (4 citations)
  • Efficacy of a novel topical combination of esafoxolaner, eprinomectin and praziquantel against Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes scapularis in cats. (4 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 Parasite (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Odile Bain (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jérôme Depaquit (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Frederic Beugnet (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Edoardo Pozio (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jean-Lou Justine (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous 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 Parasite (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (133 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Pasteur Institute (77 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Montpellier (51 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • French Institute of Health and Medical Research (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Institut de recherche pour le développement (47 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 2.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.59% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 27.40% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.33% of all publications and 50.68% 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

  • Increasing importance of anthelmintic resistance in European livestock: creation and meta-analysis of an open database

    Hannah Rose Vineer;Eric R. Morgan;Hubertus Hertzberg;David J. Bartley

    (2020)
    254 Citations
  • International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses.

    Dominique A Vuitton;Donald P McManus;Michael T Rogan;Thomas Romig

    (2020)
    211 Citations
  • Update on Cryptosporidium spp.: highlights from the Seventh International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference

    Giovanni Widmer;David Carmena;Martin Kváč;Rachel M. Chalmers

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • Confounding factors affecting faecal egg count reduction as a measure of anthelmintic efficacy

    (2022)
    50 Citations
  • Cryptosporidiosis in HIV-positive patients and related risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ehsan Ahmadpour;Hanie Safarpour;Lihua Xiao;Mehdi Zarean

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Use of agro-industrial by-products containing tannins for the integrated control of gastrointestinal nematodes in ruminants

    (2022)
    35 Citations
  • Host conservation through their parasites: molecular surveillance of vector-borne microorganisms in bats using ectoparasitic bat flies.

    Tamara Szentiványi;Wanda Markotter;Muriel Dietrich;Laura Clement

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Aedes aegypti larval development and pupal production in the FAO/IAEA mass-rearing rack and factors influencing sex sorting efficiency

    (2020)
    30 Citations

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