Parasites & Vectors

Parasites & Vectors is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Parasites and Host Interactions, Malaria Research and Control and Vector-borne infectious diseases, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Parasitology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Parasites & Vectors is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal dealing with the biology of parasites, parasitic diseases, intermediate hosts, vectors and vector-borne pathogens. Manuscripts published in this journal will be available to everybody worldwide, with no barriers to access, immediately following acceptance. However, authors retain the copyright of their material and may use it, or distribute it, as they wish. High-quality manuscripts on all aspects of the basic and applied biology of parasites, parasitic diseases, intermediate hosts, vectors and vector-borne pathogens will be considered. In addition to the traditional and well-established areas of science in these fields, we also aim to provide a vehicle for publication of the rapidly developing resources and technology in parasite, intermediate host and vector genetics, genomics, proteomics. We are able to publish large datasets and extensive results, frequently associated with genomic and post-genomic technologies, which are not readily accommodated in traditional journals. Manuscripts addressing broader issues, for example epidemiology, economics, social sciences and global climate change in relation to parasites, vectors and parasitic disease control, are also welcomed. Please note that we no longer consider manuscripts in forensic entomology, small-scale studies of limited and local interest, or small-scale laboratory studies on plant-based vector control. Studies on Microsporidia may be considered if related to parasites and vectors. If you are unsure whether your paper is in scope for Parasites & Vectors, you can submit a pre-submission enquiry to the Editor-in-Chief, providing an abstract of your work. The electronic format of the journal offers interesting opportunities for authors. For example, in addition to the publication of large datasets, derived from field and laboratory studies, there is no limit to the number of colour illustrations that can be included. Animations, slide shows and movie clips are acceptable, as also are links to relevant material on other websites. No additional charge will be made for these.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Parasitology

Editor-in-chief Filipe Dantas-Torres MVPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 6%); most named United Kingdom 24, United States 12, Italy 11, Brazil 7, Mainland China 6 (102 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

MEDLINEEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Impact

Impact factor

3.66LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

6.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

1.05LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.42LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

64LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

165OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

6,382OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

4.03OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

10.8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

99.93%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

555LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher)

2,025Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

8,000,000Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

3–6 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

5 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-29

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 8 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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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.

Publisher

BioMed Central

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Irregular

Founded

2008

ISSN

1756-3305

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ