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Food and Waterborne Parasitology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 2405-6766Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parasitology | 16 / 82 | 81st | Q1 |
| Epidemiology | 41 / 173 | 76th | Q1 |
| Food Science | 125 / 420 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.7.
Food and Waterborne Parasitology is Q1 in Parasitology (rank 16 of 82), Q1 in Epidemiology (rank 41 of 173) and Q2 in Food Science (rank 125 of 420), by CiteScore 2025.
Food and Waterborne Parasitology is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 81st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.822, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 31.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,500 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Food and Waterborne Parasitology is published by Elsevier Inc. Its ISSN is 2405-6766.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Food and Waterborne Parasitology has an h-index of 36 and a 2-year mean of 2.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 80 Scopus journals in Parasitology.
Food and Waterborne Parasitology published 54 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (18.5%), Italy (10.6%) and France (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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