Journal profile · Parasitology
Acta Parasitologica
ISSN 1230-2821 · eISSN 1896-1851 · Springer International Publishing · POLAND · Quarterly · Founded 2006
Acta Parasitologica: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.48; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 65 days to acceptance (113 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 252 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Parasitologica is published by Springer International Publishing and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Parasites and Host Interactions and Helminth infection and control, together about 40.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Parasitology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Parasitologica is an international journal covering the latest advances in the subject. Acta Parasitologica publishes original papers on all aspects of parasitology and host-parasite relationships, including the latest discoveries in biochemical and molecular biology of parasites, their physiology, morphology, taxonomy and ecology, as well as original research papers on immunology, pathology, and epidemiology of parasitic diseases in the context of medical, veterinary and biological sciences. The journal also publishes short research notes, invited review articles, book reviews. The journal was founded in 1953 as "Acta Parasitologica Polonica" by the Polish Parasitological Society. It was published by W. Stefanski Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw from 1954 and became a part of Springer Nature's portfolio in 2023. Since 1992 it has appeared as Acta Parasitologica in four issues per year.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Parasitology
Editor-in-chief Daniel MłocickiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 13, Poland 7, United Kingdom 6, Italy 3, Australia 3 (51 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Parasite Biology and Host InteractionsEnvironmental Science20.8%
- Parasites and Host InteractionsImmunology and Microbiology10.4%
- Helminth infection and controlVeterinary9.2%
- Parasitic Infections and DiagnosticsImmunology and Microbiology7.8%
- Vector-borne infectious diseasesImmunology and Microbiology5%
- Parasitic infections in humans and animalsMedicine4.3%
- Toxoplasma gondii Research StudiesImmunology and Microbiology4.2%
- Bird parasitology and diseasesImmunology and Microbiology3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Parasitology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Parasitology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Parasitology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINECASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.48LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 973OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 249LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 275,300Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,940 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 216 | 73 | 36 |
| 2025 | 252 | 63 | 382 |
| 2024 | 175 | 48 | 523 |
| 2023 | 107 | 23 | 545 |
| 2022 | 154 | 41 | 1,159 |
| 2021 | 182 | 36 | 1,608 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
65 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 48 days – 104 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (113 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 102 days
- Sample
- 113 articles with submission and acceptance dates (479 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / EUR 2,490 / GBP 2,190 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- full paperOriginal ArticlesOriginal Articles should present novel and original data as result of an independent, cohesive study.The manuscripts have to be structured to c…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal ArticlesOriginal Articles should present novel and original data as result of an independent, cohesive study.The manuscripts have to be structured to c…Length not stated
- review articleOriginal ArticlesOriginal Articles should present novel and original data as result of an independent, cohesive study.The manuscripts have to be structured to c…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- short communicationOriginal ArticlesOriginal Articles should present novel and original data as result of an independent, cohesive study.The manuscripts have to be structured to c…main text ≤ 3,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship Policy
Authorship should incorporate and should be restricted to those who have contributed substantially to the work in one or more of the following categories: • Conceived of or designed study • Performed research • Analyzed data • Contributed new methods or models • Wrote the paper Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Acta Parasitologica, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1230-2821
- Electronic ISSN
- 1896-1851
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Parasitologica
What CAS zone is Acta Parasitologica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Parasitologica is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences / Zoology / Parasitology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta Parasitologica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.48; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Acta Parasitologica?
Based on the dates recorded on 113 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 65 days (interquartile range 48–104 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Acta Parasitologica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Acta Parasitologica based?
Of the 51 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (13), Poland (7) and United Kingdom (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acta Parasitologica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Parasitologica is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Acta Parasitologica open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Parasitologica is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,090.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .