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Best Parasitology journals

82 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Parasitology. The top 82 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 21 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Cell Host and Microbe 34.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Emerging Microbes and Infections 14.1 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 Trends in Parasitology 10.2 96th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Advances in Parasitology 8.9 95th Q1 – – No
5 PLOS Pathogens 8.2 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Virulence 7.2 93th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 7.1 92th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Pathogens and Global Health 7 90th Q1 SCIE – No
9 FEMS Microbes 6.6 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
10 Gut Pathogens 6.4 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Parasites and Vectors 6.2 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
12 International Journal for Parasitology 6.1 85th Q1 SCIE – No
13 EFSA Journal 5.9 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance 5.8 83th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Infection and Immunity 5.7 82th Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Food and Waterborne Parasitology 5.7 81th Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Journal of Tropical Medicine 5.6 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Malaria Journal 5.5 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
19 Parasitology 5.4 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Microbial Cell 5.4 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Epidemics 5.2 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Acta Tropica 4.7 73th Q2 SCIE – No
23 Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases 4.7 72th Q2 ESCI – Yes
24 Parasite Epidemiology and Control 4.5 71th Q2 ESCI – Yes
25 Parasite 4.4 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
26 Journal of Food Safety 4.3 68th Q2 SCIE – No
27 Tropical Medicine and International Health 4.3 67th Q2 SCIE – No
28 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases 4.3 66th Q2 – – Yes
29 Journal of Medical Entomology 4.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
30 Parasitology International 4 64th Q2 SCIE – No
31 International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4 62th Q2 SCIE – Yes
32 Parasitology Research 4 61th Q2 SCIE – No
33 Medical and Veterinary Entomology 3.9 60th Q2 SCIE – No
34 Veterinary Parasitology 3.8 59th Q2 SCIE – No
35 Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases 3.6 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
36 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 3.5 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
37 Experimental Parasitology 3.3 55th Q2 SCIE – No
38 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 3.3 54th Q2 SCIE – No
39 Parasite Immunology 3.2 53th Q2 SCIE – No
40 Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 3.1 51th Q2 SCIE – No
41 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
42 Folia Parasitologica 2.9 49th Q3 SCIE – No
43 Journal of Parasitology Research 2.9 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
44 Frontiers in Parasitology 2.9 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
45 Acta Parasitologica 2.7 45th Q3 SCIE – No
46 Journal of Parasitic Diseases 2.7 44th Q3 – – No
47 Journal of Helminthology 2.6 43th Q3 SCIE – No
48 Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 2.6 42th Q3 ESCI – No
49 Tropical Parasitology 2.5 40th Q3 – – No
50 Parasites, Hosts and Diseases 2.5 39th Q3 SCIE – No
51 Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2.4 38th Q3 SCIE – Yes
52 Ecology and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases 2.4 37th Q3 – – No
53 Systematic Parasitology 2.3 35th Q3 SCIE – No
54 Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2.3 34th Q3 SCIE – Yes
55 Helminthologia (Poland) 2.3 33th Q3 SCIE – Yes
56 Journal of Vector Borne Diseases 2.1 32th Q3 SCIE – Yes
57 Parasitologia 2 31th Q3 ESCI – Yes
58 Turkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi 2 29th Q3 – – Yes
59 Annals of Parasitology 1.9 28th Q3 – – No
60 Iranian Journal of Parasitology 1.9 27th Q3 SCIE – Yes
61 Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases 1.9 26th Q3 SCIE – Yes
62 Journal of Parasitology 1.8 25th Q3 SCIE – No
63 Tropical Biomedicine 1.7 23th Q4 SCIE – No
64 Passer Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 1.5 22th Q4 – – Yes
65 Infectious Diseases and Immunity 1.4 21th Q4 ESCI – Yes
66 Zhongguo ji sheng chong xue yu ji sheng chong bing za zhi = Chinese journal of parasitology & parasitic diseases 1.2 20th Q4 – – No
67 Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control 1.1 18th Q4 – – No
68 Indonesian Journal of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology 0.9 17th Q4 – – Yes
69 International Journal of Medical Parasitology and Epidemiology Sciences 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
70 Journal of Zoonotic Diseases 0.8 15th Q4 – – Yes
71 Comparative Parasitology 0.8 14th Q4 SCIE – No
72 Infection, Epidemiology and Microbiology 0.7 12th Q4 – – Yes
73 Oxford Medical Case Reports 0.6 11th Q4 ESCI – Yes
74 Phytopathogenic Mollicutes 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
75 Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine 0.5 9th Q4 – – Yes
76 Nigerian Journal of Parasitology 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
77 Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 0.3 6th Q4 – – Yes
78 Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
79 Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
80 Journal of Medical Pest Control 0.2 3th Q4 – – No
81 Vakcinologie 0.2 1th Q4 – – No
82 Clinical Infectology and Parasitology 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Parasitology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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