Acta Parasitologica

Aims & Scope

Acta Parasitologica is an international journal covering the latest advances in the subject.

Acta Parasitologica publishes original papers on all aspects of parasitology and host-parasite relationships, including the latest discoveries in biochemical and molecular biology of parasites, their physiology, morphology, taxonomy and ecology, as well as original research papers on immunology, pathology, and epidemiology of parasitic diseases in the context of medical, veterinary and biological sciences.

The journal also publishes short research notes, invited review articles, book reviews.

The journal was founded in 1953 as "Acta Parasitologica Polonica" by the Polish Parasitological Society and since 1954 has been published by W.

Stefanski Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

Since 1992 in has appeared as Acta Parasitologica in four issues per year.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5
2024	1.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13077

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	758

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.432

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Immunology and Microbiology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A review of Polylekithum Arnold, 1934 and its familial affinities using morphological and molecular data, with description of Polylekithum catahoulensis sp. nov.

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Stephen, Vasyl, Robin

• Global status of fish-borne zoonotic trematodiasis in humans

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Nguyen, Henry, Bernard

• The phylogeny of the Lepocreadioidea (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes: Implications for their systematics and evolution

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Rodney, Andrea, Thomas, Gareth, Patricia, D.

• Genetic diversity of avian blood parasites in SE Europe: Cytochrome b lineages of the genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus (Haemosporida) from Bulgaria

  Citation: 83

  Authors: Dimitar, Pavel, Staffan

• Prevalence of Cryptosporidium Infection in the Global Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Shurong, Ya, Yingjian, Dongjian, Yu, Ying, Chunlin, Linhan, Yue, Qingwu, Yibiao

• Human dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens in Ukraine, an emergent zoonosis: epidemiological report of 1465 cases

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Rusłan, Tamara, Olga, Svitlana, Vadim, Vitaliy, Aleksander, Danuta, Joanna, David, Elzbieta

• In search of mitochondrial markers for resolving the phylogeny of cyclophyllidean tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) — a test study with Davaineidae

  Citation: 78

  Authors: D., Andrea, Pavel

• Anisakis spp. in European hake, Merluccius merluccius (L.) from the Atlantic off north-west Africa and the Mediterranean off southern Spain

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Adela, María, Rocío, Francisco

• Helminth community structure of the oven frog Leptodactylus latinasus (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Corrientes, Argentina

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Monika, Cynthya, Arturo

• Carios fonsecai sp. nov. (Acari, Argasidae), a bat tick from the central-western region of Brazil

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Marcelo, Jose

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