A field guide to parasitology
Research on parasites and parasitic diseases of humans and animals, from parasite biology and host responses to transmission, diagnosis, treatment and control.
The journal publishes original research, reviews and other scholarly work on parasites and parasitic diseases of humans and animals, basic and applied, across laboratory, clinical, veterinary and field settings.
Including Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Leishmania, trypanosomes, Babesia, Cryptosporidium, Giardia and Eimeria.
Nematodes, trematodes and cestodes, including soil-transmitted helminths, schistosomes and filarial worms.
Ticks, mites and insects as parasites and as vectors, including mosquito and tick biology and vector control.
Human, livestock, companion animal and wildlife hosts, including zoonotic transmission and One Health research.
Biology and life cycles, host–parasite interactions and immunology, molecular parasitology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, drug resistance and antiparasitic compounds.
These areas are examples, not a closed list. Read the full Aims and Scope.
A selection of the most recently published articles.
Onwuka Chigozie Divine
Biallah Markus Bukar, Uchechukwu C. Ohaeri, Henry Madubuike, Gloria Karaye, Mark Kparmark, Benkaat Maxwell Davwet, Dogo Abraham Goni
Prince Kyere Dwaah, Nana Yaa Awua-Boateng, Anothny Osei-Tutu, Solomon Bakyaayele, Mohammed Abdul-Nafiw Leppode
Gemeda Tesema, Solomon Tesfaye, Damtew Bekele
Manuscripts are handled by editors with expertise in human, veterinary and molecular parasitology.
Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Articles are free to read on publication under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license. Authors retain copyright.
Payable only after acceptance; withdrawal after submission is subject to the journal's withdrawal policy. Fee-relief inquiries are considered case by case; contact the editorial office before or at submission.
Human and animal research requires ethics approval, and informed consent or a waiver documented by the ethics committee, where applicable. See the Editorial Policies.
Articles receive Crossref DOIs and are deposited in Portico for long-term preservation. Read our preservation policy.
Every empirical research manuscript must include a data-availability statement. New sequences are deposited in GenBank, ENA or DDBJ.
Submit and track your manuscript through the publisher's submission system.
A single-page form, with the Journal of Parasite Research preselected.
For help with submission, write to info@openaccesspub.org.
Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.
Before submitting, read the Instructions for Authors and the Editorial Policies. The article processing charge is payable only after acceptance; withdrawal after submission is subject to the journal's withdrawal policy.