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Systematic Parasitology

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1979

ISSN1573-5192

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.418

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.897

Total Worksi

2,775

Total Citationsi

37,819

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Systematic Parasitology is an international, peer-reviewed journal, focusing on the systematics, taxonomy, and nomenclature of a broad range of parasites. Includes Monogenea, Trematoda, Cestoda, Nematoda, Acanthocephala, Arthropoda, Protozoa, and parasitic genera in other groups. Offers fully illustrated research papers, brief communications, and reviews. All contributors describing new taxa are required to state clearly where the holotype is deposited.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

FrequencyNine No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,775

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-5192

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

431

2019

500

2020

264

2021

310

2022

229

2023

185

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

ParasitologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Parasitology

Scopus Categories

Parasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Parasite Biology and Host InteractionsHelminth infection and controlParasites and Host InteractionsMarine Ecology and Invasive SpeciesBird parasitology and diseasesMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchNematode management and characterization studiesIchthyology and Marine BiologyCoccidia and coccidiosis researchFish Biology and Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Systematic Parasitology

Is Systematic Parasitology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Systematic Parasitology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Systematic Parasitology?

Systematic Parasitology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.38.

Is Systematic Parasitology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Systematic Parasitology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.