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Parasitology Research
H-index 27

Parasitology Research

0932-0113

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/436

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Animal Science and Veterinary 14 264 514 26
Microbiology 128 63 117 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 492
Documents by Best Scientists*: 734
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 25
SCIMAGO H-index: 114
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.565
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Parasitology Research?

Parasitology Research tackles a plethora of topics, such as Zoology, Microbiology, Parasite hosting, Veterinary medicine and Immunology. Topics in Zoology were tackled in line with various other fields like Ecology, Host (biology), Anatomy and Phylogenetic tree. The Microbiology research dealing mostly with Medical microbiology is the focus of the journal.

The journal covers Medical microbiology research under the subject of Virology. While Virology is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Antibody and Antigen. It explores research in Antigen and the adjacent study of Molecular biology.

It focuses on Parasite hosting but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ultrastructure and Protozoa. The study on Veterinary medicine presented in Parasitology Research intersects with the topics under Feces. Immunology research is the primary subject tackled in Parasitology Research with a focus on Immune system.

  • Zoology (18.47%)
  • Microbiology (15.77%)
  • Parasite hosting (14.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Larvicidal effects of various essential oils against Aedes, Anopheles, and Culex larvae (Diptera, Culicidae). (446 citations)
  • Repellency effect of forty-one essential oils against Aedes , Anopheles , and Culex mosquitoes (430 citations)
  • Unidentified cyst-forming sporozoon causing encephalomyelitis and myositis in dogs. (398 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Parasitology Research:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Veterinary medicine, Parasite hosting, Microbiology, Zoology and Virology. The works on Veterinary medicine tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Helminths, Feces, Parasitology and Botany. In addition to Zoology research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Ecology 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 journal facilitates discussions on Zoology, Medical microbiology, Parasite hosting, Veterinary medicine and Genus. 18S ribosomal RNA, Phylogenetic tree, Host (biology) and Larva are some topics wherein Zoology research discussed in it have an impact. While the journal focused on Phylogenetic tree, it was also able to explore topics like Ribosomal RNA and Phylogenetics.

Research in Medical microbiology tackled falls within the umbrella of Virology. Tick is a major topic of Veterinary medicine research presented in Parasitology Research. Genus and Digenea are closely related fields of research discussed in Parasitology Research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Wastewater-based epidemiology-surveillance and early detection of waterborne pathogens with a focus on SARS-CoV-2, Cryptosporidium and Giardia. (13 citations)
  • Next-generation sequencing reveals wide genetic diversity of Blastocystis subtypes in chickens including potentially zoonotic subtypes (6 citations)
  • Human filariasis-contributions of the Litomosoides sigmodontis and Acanthocheilonema viteae animal model. (5 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 Parasitology Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Heinz Mehlhorn (249 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhongdao Wu (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bernard Fried (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saleh Al-Quraishy (62 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 Parasitology Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Düsseldorf (244 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (221 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 8 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Autonomous University of Mexico (197 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (188 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Bayer (181 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, 3.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.27% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.52% of all publications and 66.92% 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

  • The Piroplasmida Babesia, Cytauxzoon, and Theileria in farm and companion animals: species compilation, molecular phylogeny, and evolutionary insights

    (2022)
    132 Citations
  • Zoonotic giardiasis: an update

    Weilong Cai;Una Ryan;Lihua Xiao;Yaoyu Feng

    (2021)
    99 Citations
  • Wastewater-based epidemiology-surveillance and early detection of waterborne pathogens with a focus on SARS-CoV-2, Cryptosporidium and Giardia.

    Alireza Zahedi;Paul Monis;Daniel Deere;Una Ryan

    (2021)
    95 Citations
  • World-wide prevalence of Anisakis larvae in fish and its relationship to human allergic anisakiasis: a systematic review

    Amene Raouf Rahmati;Behzad Kiani;Asma Afshari;Elham Moghaddas

    (2020)
    91 Citations
  • The evolving story of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato transmission in Europe

    (2022)
    82 Citations
  • Didelphis spp. opossums and their parasites in the Americas: A One Health perspective.

    Marcos Antônio Bezerra-Santos;Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos;Artur Kanadani Campos;Filipe Dantas-Torres

    (2021)
    67 Citations
  • Species and genotypes causing human cryptosporidiosis in New Zealand

    Juan C Garcia-R;Anthony B Pita;Niluka Velathanthiri;Nigel P French

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Next-generation sequencing reveals wide genetic diversity of Blastocystis subtypes in chickens including potentially zoonotic subtypes

    Jenny G Maloney;Maria J R da Cunha;Maria J R da Cunha;Maria J R da Cunha;Aleksey Molokin;Márcia C Cury

    (2021)
    48 Citations

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