Journal profile · Parasitology
Parasite
ISSN 1252-607X · eISSN 1776-1042 · EDP Sciences · FRANCE · Quarterly · Founded 1994
Parasite: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.8; fully open access; APC about USD 1,695; median 126 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 77 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Parasite is published by EDP Sciences and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Helminth infection and control and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, together about 32.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Parasitology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Parasite is an international open-access, peer-reviewed, online journal publishing high quality papers on all aspects of human and animal parasitology. Reviews, articles and short notes may be submitted. Fields include, but are not limited to: general, medical and veterinary parasitology; morphology, including ultrastructure; parasite systematics, including entomology, acarology, helminthology and protistology, and molecular analyses; molecular biology and biochemistry; immunology of parasitic diseases; host-parasite relationships; ecology and life history of parasites; epidemiology; therapeutics; new diagnostic tools. All papers in Parasite are published in English. Manuscripts should have a broad interest and must not have been published or submitted elsewhere. No limit is imposed on the length of manuscripts, but they should be concisely written. Papers of limited interest such as case reports, epidemiological studies in punctual areas, isolated new geographical records, and systematic descriptions of single species will generally not be accepted, but might be considered if the authors succeed in demonstrating their interest. Ethics for animal experiments, medical studies and scholarly publishing should be irreproachable. Parasite adheres to COPE (Committee of Publishing Ethics).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Parasitology
Editor-in-chief Jean-Lou JUSTINEPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named France 25, United States 3, Italy 3, United Kingdom 2, Australia 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Parasite Biology and Host InteractionsEnvironmental Science16.4%
- Helminth infection and controlVeterinary8.4%
- Parasitic Infections and DiagnosticsImmunology and Microbiology8%
- Parasites and Host InteractionsImmunology and Microbiology7.3%
- Vector-borne infectious diseasesImmunology and Microbiology5.7%
- Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentMedicine4.9%
- Trypanosoma species research and implicationsMedicine4.4%
- Research on Leishmaniasis StudiesMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Parasitology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Parasitology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Parasitology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,175OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,063 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 23 |
| 2025 | 77 | 77 | 261 |
| 2024 | 78 | 78 | 507 |
| 2023 | 65 | 65 | 540 |
| 2022 | 64 | 64 | 797 |
| 2021 | 89 | 89 | 1,415 |
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 PubMed · to
126 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 190 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 154 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (135 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 ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,200 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7
- articlesArticles, reporting original research, and longer than 4 printed pages. There is no limit on article length, but concision is necessary.Length not stated
- editorialFour types of publications are considered: Articles, reporting original research, and longer than 4 printed pages. There is no limit on article length, but conc…Length not stated
- original researchFour types of publications are considered: Articles, reporting original research, and longer than 4 printed pages. There is no limit on article length, but conc…Length not stated
- other materialOther material, that includes editorial matters, announcements and obituaries, i.e. all material that is not original research and is not intended to be cited i…Length not stated
- reviewFour types of publications are considered: Articles, reporting original research, and longer than 4 printed pages. There is no limit on article length, but conc…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews, on any subject of interest in parasitology, especially modern topics. Reviews must not concentrate on the author’s personal work and must be of broad i…Length not stated
- short notesShort notes, similar to articles, but shorter than 4 printed pages, and with a shorter abstract.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Plagiarism
- AI use 14. Use of AI
AI-generated manuscripts not accepted; AI use must be disclosed; AI tools cannot be authors. Model summary
Manuscripts generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not be accepted. Authors who use AI for permissible tasks—such as bibliographic searches or limited assistance with spelling and grammar—must clearly disclose this usage. Any graphics created with the help of AI must be explicitly labelled as such. In accordance with COPE guidelines, AI tools cannot be listed as authors of a paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 1.2 Conflict of interest
Conflict of interest disclosure required. Model summary
Authors should disclose any conflict of interest (financial, personal or other).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics declarations for animal experiments and medical studies required in Materials and Methods. Model summary
All laws and regulations should be strictly followed. Authors are requested to indicate ethical declarations issued by their institution and concerning their research, including permit numbers, in the Materials and Methods section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 3. Open access
Authenticated ORCIDs required for publication from October 2024. Model summary
All articles published by Parasite are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Articles are available from the journal website (http://www.parasite-journal.org), from PubMed Central (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/2071/) and from Europe PubMed Central (http://europepmc.org/journals/2156/), in vario…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening; papers with plagiarism issues rejected immediately. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are screened for possible plagiarism; any paper found to contain such issues will be rejected immediately.
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
- EDP Sciences
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1252-607X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1776-1042
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Parasite
What CAS zone is Parasite in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Parasite is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Parasitology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Parasite?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.8; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 73.
How long does peer review take at Parasite?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 126 days (interquartile range 83–190 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 Parasite?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: 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 Parasite based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (25), United States (3) and Italy (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Parasite?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Parasite is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Parasite open access, and what is the APC?
Parasite is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,695.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .