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Parasite is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by EDP Sciences.
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ISSN 1252-607XVerify ISSN ↗1776-1042Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 71 / 520 | 86th | Q1 |
| Insect Science | 33 / 193 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Veterinary (miscellaneous) | 10 / 44 | 78th | Q1 |
| Parasitology | 25 / 82 | 70th | Q2 |
| Infectious Diseases | 142 / 361 | 60th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1994–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.4.
Parasite is Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 71 of 520), Q1 in Insect Science (rank 33 of 193) and Q1 in Veterinary (miscellaneous) (rank 10 of 44), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Parasite is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 4.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.718, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 62.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,695 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.
Parasite is published by EDP Sciences. Its print ISSN is 1252-607X and its online ISSN is 1776-1042.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Parasite has an h-index of 73 and a 2-year mean of 3.72 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #30 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Parasite published 77 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 89. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (26.3%), France (17.4%) and South Africa (4.6%).
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 1 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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