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Parasites and Vectors

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1954

ISSN1756-3305eISSN1756-3305

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.047

H-Indexi

160

SNIPi

1.336

Total Worksi

8,736

Total Citationsi

287,634

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Parasitology; Tropical Medicine; Infectious Diseases.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1954

Annual Volume~ 528 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,736

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1756-3305 / 1756-3305

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

614

23k

2019

626

18k

2020

617

14k

2021

493

9.5k

2022

466

2023

549

4.2k

2024

570

1.8k

2025

424

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.

Infectious DiseasesQ1

ParasitologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ParasitologyTropical Medicine

Scopus Categories

Infectious DiseasesParasitology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Parasites and Host InteractionsMalaria Research and ControlVector-borne infectious diseasesMosquito-borne diseases and controlParasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentTrypanosoma species research and implicationsResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesParasite Biology and Host InteractionsHelminth infection and controlParasitic Infections and Diagnostics

Frequently asked questions about Parasites and Vectors

Is Parasites and Vectors a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Parasites and Vectors: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Parasites and Vectors?

Parasites and Vectors 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 3.31.

Is Parasites and Vectors indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Parasites and Vectors is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Parasites and Vectors?