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Parasite Epidemiology and Control
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Parasite Epidemiology and Control

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 107 26 25 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 58
Documents by Best Scientists*: 52
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 28
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.685
Impact Factor: 2.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Parasite Epidemiology and Control?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Veterinary medicine, Environmental health, Epidemiology, Malaria and Seroprevalence. In addition to Veterinary medicine research, the journal aims to explore topics under Prevalence, Helminths, Livestock and Feces. The journal is mostly focused on Feces, specifically Blastocystis.

The studies on Environmental health discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Ascaris lumbricoides, Health education, Public health, Schistosomiasis and Mass drug administration. Trichuris trichiura is a major topic of Ascaris lumbricoides research. Schistosomiasis works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Schistosoma mansoni.

Epidemiology research featured in Parasite Epidemiology and Control incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Transmission (medicine), Disease and Cutaneous leishmaniasis. While work presented in Parasite Epidemiology and Control provided substantial information on Malaria, it also covered topics in Virology and Intensive care medicine. The study of Toxoplasmosis and how it intertwines with concepts under Serology were explored in the presented Seroprevalence research.

  • Veterinary medicine (34.58%)
  • Environmental health (18.22%)
  • Epidemiology (16.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Evaluation of phytosynthesised silver nanoparticles from leaf extracts of Leucas aspera and Hyptis suaveolens and their larvicidal activity against malaria, dengue and filariasis vectors (32 citations)
  • Analysis of the population-level impact of co-administering ivermectin with albendazole or mebendazole for the control and elimination of Trichuris trichiura . (27 citations)
  • High entomological inoculation rate of malaria vectors in area of high coverage of interventions in southwest Ethiopia: Implication for residual malaria transmission (24 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Parasite Epidemiology and Control:

The most cited publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Veterinary medicine, Epidemiology, Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Mortality rate. The journal articles facilitate the exploration of Veterinary medicine in relation to the field of Computer software. While work presented in the published articles provide substantial information on Epidemiology, it also covers topics in Serology, Seroprevalence and Immunology.

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

  • Ecology
  • Internal medicine
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Parasite Epidemiology and Control is to combine knowledge in the areas of Veterinary medicine, Epidemiology, Environmental health, Livestock and Seroprevalence. Some problems in Veterinary medicine that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Age and gender and Age and sex. The Epidemiology works featured in it incorporate elements from Active season, Buffy coat, Cutaneous leishmaniasis and Skin lesion.

While the journal focused on Environmental health, it was also able to explore topics like Schistosomiasis, Tropical disease and Health education, Public health. In Parasite Epidemiology and Control, Pregnancy, Intermittent preventive therapy and Malaria are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Public health research. The research on Seroprevalence tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Latex fixation test, CATS, Specific antibody, Trypanosoma evansi and Serum samples.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Surveillance of foodborne parasitic diseases in Europe in a One Health approach. (8 citations)
  • Molecular epidemiology of Giardia spp. in northern Vietnam: Potential transmission between animals and humans. (4 citations)
  • Relative abundance and molecular identification of Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae), in Kura Local Government Area, North-western Nigeria. (1 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 Epidemiology and Control (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mahdi Fakhar (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Louise A. Kelly-Hope (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • J. Russell Stothard (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hossein Mahmoudvand (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saeed Hosseini Teshnizi (3 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 Parasite Epidemiology and Control (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Copenhagen (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Gondar (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • College of Health Sciences, Bahrain (5 papers) absent 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, 11.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 33.33% 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

  • Blastocystis subtype distribution in domestic and captive wild bird species from Brazil using next generation amplicon sequencing

    Jenny G. Maloney;Aleksey Molokin;Maria Júlia Rodrigues da Cunha;Maria Júlia Rodrigues da Cunha;Maria Júlia Rodrigues da Cunha;Márcia Cristina Cury

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Surveillance of foodborne parasitic diseases in Europe in a One Health approach.

    Joke van der Giessen;Gunita Deksne;Maria Angeles Gómez-Morales;Karin Troell

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Occurrence of Blastocystis-subtypes in patients from Italy revealed association of ST3 with a healthy gut microbiota.

    Simona Gabrielli;Simona Gabrielli;Federica Furzi;Lucia Fontanelli Sulekova;Gloria Taliani

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Parasites in the changing world – Ten timely examples from the Nordic-Baltic region

    Gunita Deksne;Rebecca K. Davidson;Kurt Buchmann;Age Kärssin

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Prevalence of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and Theileria annulata infection of cattle in Gezira State, Sudan

    M.A. Hayati;S.M. Hassan;S.K. Ahmed;D.A. Salih

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Possible introduction of Leishmania tropica to urban areas determined by epidemiological and clinical profiles of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Casablanca (Morocco).

    Bouchra Baghad;Rojosoa Razanapinaritra;Hasnaa Maksouri;Hicham El Bouri

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in dairy calves in southern Ethiopia.

    Maireg Hailu;Kassahun Asmare;Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin;Desie Sheferaw

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Insights to helminth infections in food and companion animals in Bangladesh: Occurrence and risk profiling

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Integration of health education intervention to improve the compliance to mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths infection in Bangladesh: An implementation research

    Tilak Chandra Nath;Tilak Chandra Nath;Mahfuz Rahman Adnan;Nazmin Sultana;Asmaul Husna

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • In vitro efficacy of Elephantorrhiza elephantina root extracts against adult Paramphistomum cervi in goats.

    Irene Rumbidzai Mazhangara;Patrick Julius Masika;John Fisher Mupangwa;Eliton Chivandi

    (2020)
    10 Citations

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