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Parasitology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISSN 0031-1820Verify ISSN ↗1469-8161Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 42 / 520 | 92nd | Q1 |
| Parasitology | 19 / 82 | 77th | Q1 |
| Infectious Diseases | 106 / 361 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1908–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.4.
Parasitology is Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 42 of 520), Q1 in Parasitology (rank 19 of 82) and Q2 in Infectious Diseases (rank 106 of 361), by CiteScore 2025.
Parasitology 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 5.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 92nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.693, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 137.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 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.
Parasitology is published by Cambridge University Press. Its print ISSN is 0031-1820 and its online ISSN is 1469-8161.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Parasitology has an h-index of 181 and a 2-year mean of 1.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #131 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Parasitology published 177 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 247. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Italy (9.9%), China (8%) and South Africa (7.9%).
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.
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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