Parasitology Research

Parasitology Research is a fully open access journal of parasitology published by Springer Nature, taking in protozoology, helminthology and entomology together with the medical and veterinary questions that attach to them.《寄生虫学研究》是 Springer Nature 出版的全开放获取寄生虫学期刊，收录原生动物学，蠕虫学与昆虫学，以及与之相连的医学与兽医问题。

Its history reaches back to 1928, when the title appeared in Berlin as Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde, and the present name has been carried since 1987 on an unbroken volume sequence.其历史可上溯至 1928 年，当年该刊在柏林以 Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 之名问世，现名自 1987 年起沿用，卷号一路连续。

Two editors-in-chief, Una Ryan in Perth and Julia Walochnik in Vienna, preside over a board cut into seven subject sections, and the 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 1.9.主编有两位，即珀斯的 Una Ryan 与维也纳的 Julia Walochnik，二人统辖按 7 个学科组编排的编委会，2025 年影响因子为 1.9。

Scope

• The aims page describes a journal of broad readership and international authorship that publishes significant and original contributions in biology, medicine and veterinary medicine alike.范围页把该刊定位为读者面宽，作者来自各国的同行评议刊物，刊载生物学，医学与兽医学三方面的重大原创成果。

• Protozoology, helminthology and entomology make up the taxonomic backbone, and parasitic protozoa, worms and arthropods are handled by separate groups of the board.原生动物学，蠕虫学与昆虫学构成类群上的主干，寄生原虫，蠕虫与节肢动物分属编委会的不同学科组。

• Morphology appears with its pathological and ultrastructural branches attached, so work on tissue damage and on fine structure belongs to the core remit rather than the margins.形态学连同病理形态与超微结构两个分支一并列入，组织损伤与细微结构方面的研究因此处于核心范围之内。

• Biochemistry and physiology are admitted together with molecular biology, which brings gene expression, enzyme chemistry and metabolic studies of parasites into view.生物化学与生理学连同分子生物学一并收录，寄生虫的基因表达，酶化学与代谢研究由此进入视野。

• Parasite-host relationships, immunology and host specificity occupy a section of their own, and papers on the evasion of host defences are regular fare.寄生虫与宿主关系，免疫学与宿主专一性自成一类，宿主防御逃逸方面的论文属常见内容。

• Life history, ecology and epidemiology cover transmission cycles, vector ecology and the distribution of infection across host populations.生活史，生态学与流行病学覆盖传播循环，媒介生态以及感染在宿主群体中的分布。

• Diagnosis, chemotherapy and control of parasitic diseases carry the clinical and applied weight, from microscopy and molecular detection to drug trials and vector management.诊断，化学治疗与寄生虫病控制承担临床与应用分量，范围自显微镜检查与分子检测延伸至药物试验与媒介治理。

• General parasitology is named as a topic in its own right, which leaves room for comparative and methodological work that crosses taxonomic boundaries.普通寄生虫学在范围页单独列为一类，为跨越类群边界的比较研究与方法学研究留出位置。

• Four manuscript types are accepted, Reviews, Original Research, Brief Report and Correspondence, and only reviews prepared by experts in the field are considered.稿件分 4 类，即综述，原创研究，简报与通讯，其中综述只接受该领域专家撰写的稿件。

• Descriptions of new species and narrow questions of systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature are steered elsewhere, Systematic Parasitology and Acta Parasitologica being named as better suited venues.新种描述以及系统学，分类学与命名法中过于专门的问题被引向别处，该刊点名 Systematic Parasitology 与 Acta Parasitologica 为更合适的去处。

• Data sharing is folded into the open access turn, the journal presenting shared data and resources as a route to collaboration and transparency in parasitology.数据共享随开放获取转向一并推进，该刊把数据与资源的共享视为促进协作与透明的途径。

• Two open collections show where the editors see demand, one on climate change and the changing range of ticks and tick-borne diseases, the other on parasitic disease and the nervous system.两个在征专辑显出编者的关注所在，一为气候变化与蜱及蜱传疾病分布格局之变，一为寄生虫病与神经系统。

• Zoonotic and wildlife parasitology arrive through the veterinary and ecological strands, and recent issues carry surveys of game, livestock and companion animals.人畜共患与野生动物寄生虫学经兽医与生态两条线进入范围，近几期刊有野生有蹄类，家畜与伴侣动物的调查。

History

• The first volume opened in April 1928 as Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde, issued from Berlin by Springer, and ran through to March 1929.首卷于 1928 年 4 月以 Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 之名开办，由 Springer 在柏林印行，出至 1929 年 3 月。

• Early volumes carried four to six issues apiece, and the sequence breaks after volume 13, which closed in October 1944, the next volume not opening until January 1949.早期各卷每年出 4 至 6 期，卷序在第 13 卷之后中断，该卷 1944 年 10 月收束，下一卷迟至 1949 年 1 月才开。

• The title changed with volume 73 in 1987, when the journal became Parasitology Research, and the older name survives in the abandoned ISSN 0044-3255 that bibliographic records still list.题名随 1987 年第 73 卷改为《寄生虫学研究》，旧名留存于书目记录仍在列示的停用 ISSN 0044-3255 之中。

• New identifiers came with the new name, print 0932-0113 and electronic 1432-1955, and the National Library of Medicine dates its record from 1987.新名带来新的标识号，印刷版 0932-0113 与电子版 1432-1955，美国国家医学图书馆的书目记录亦自 1987 年起算。

• MEDLINE coverage starts later, at volume 79 number 3 in 1993, which is why the medical index holds a shorter run than the publisher's archive.MEDLINE 的收录更晚，起于 1993 年第 79 卷第 3 期，医学索引所存卷期因此短于出版社的存档。

• Publication ran at two or three volumes a year through the 2000s, volumes 90 and 91 both dated 2003, and settled into one volume a year from volume 112 in 2013.21 世纪头十年多数年份每年出两三卷，第 90 卷与第 91 卷都记在 2003 年，自 2013 年第 112 卷起改为每年一卷。

• Volume 125 carries 2026 and is filling up issue by issue through December, twelve issues to the volume under the present rhythm.第 125 卷对应 2026 年，正逐期出至 12 月，按现行节奏每卷 12 期。

• The imprint has stayed within Springer throughout, first as Springer-Verlag in Berlin and now under Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.出版方始终在 Springer 一系，先为柏林的 Springer-Verlag，现归 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany，隶属 Springer Nature。

• Open access arrived in stages, Open Choice freeing single papers to read under a hybrid model, and the journal then announcing a flip to full open access for issues from January 2025.开放获取分步推进，Open Choice 让单篇论文在混合模式下免费阅读，该刊其后宣布自 2025 年 1 月起全面转为开放获取。

• That conversion closed the print edition, the publisher now marking the print ISSN 0932-0113 as ceased and issuing the journal online only.此次转换终结了印刷版，出版社现已把印刷 ISSN 0932-0113 标为停用，刊物只在线上发行。

• Citation figures have moved little in four years, the impact factor standing at 2.383 for 2022, 1.8 for 2023, 2.0 for 2024 and 1.9 for 2025 against a five-year value of 2.1.引文指标四年间起落不大，影响因子 2022 年为 2.383，2023 年为 1.8，2024 年为 2.0，2025 年为 1.9，五年值为 2.1。

• The 2025 release places the title 27th of 47 in Parasitology at the 43.6 percentile, counting 157 articles, 14496 citations and a cited half-life of 10.1 years.2025 年榜单把该刊列于寄生虫学类 47 刊中的第 27 位，百分位 43.6，年发文 157 篇，总被引 14496 次，引用半衰期 10.1 年。

Editors

• Una Ryan of Murdoch University in Perth shares the editor-in-chief office, her base being the School of Veterinary and Life Sciences at that university.珀斯默多克大学（Murdoch University）的 Una Ryan 与另一位主编共同主事，其所在单位为该校兽医与生命科学学院。

• Julia Walochnik holds the second chair from the molecular parasitology unit of the Medical University of Vienna, and the pair sign the final decisions together.另一席由维也纳医科大学（Medical University of Vienna）分子寄生虫学部门的 Julia Walochnik 担任，二人共同签发终审决定。

• Seven section groups divide the field, Arthropods and Medical Entomology holding six editors and Fish Parasitology seven.编委会按 7 个学科组分工，节肢动物与医学昆虫学组有 6 位编辑，鱼类寄生虫学组有 7 位。

• Helminthology for medical and veterinary work is the largest group at eleven names, its seats running from the QIMR Berghofer institute in Brisbane to Freie Universität Berlin.医学与兽医蠕虫学组人数最多，共 11 位，席位从布里斯班的 QIMR Berghofer 医学研究所一直排到柏林自由大学（Freie Universität Berlin）。

• Protozoology for medical and veterinary work follows with ten editors, among them Kai Matuschewski of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Alexander Maier of the Australian National University.医学与兽医原生动物学组次之，有 10 位编辑，其中有柏林洪堡大学（Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin）的 Kai Matuschewski 与澳大利亚国立大学（Australian National University）的 Alexander Maier。

• Immunology and host-parasite interactions seat six, while Genetics, Evolution and Phylogeny holds only three, a small group for a strand the journal treats as supporting rather than central.免疫学与宿主寄生虫关系组设 6 席，遗传学，演化与系统发育组仅 3 席，规模偏小，可见该刊把这一支当作支撑方向处理。

• Treatment and Prophylaxis is carried by two editors who serve elsewhere as well, Peter U. Fischer of Washington University in St. Louis and Philippe Grellier of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.治疗与预防组由两位兼任他组的编辑承担，即圣路易斯华盛顿大学（Washington University in St. Louis）的 Peter U. Fischer 与巴黎法国国家自然历史博物馆（Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle）的 Philippe Grellier。

• The board draws on about twenty countries, with several seats each for Australia, Italy, Germany, China and the United States and single seats reaching Türkiye, Jordan, Estonia and Czechia.编委来自约 20 个国家，澳大利亚，意大利，德国，中国与美国各有数席，土耳其，约旦，爱沙尼亚与捷克则各占一席。

• Reviewing is single-anonymous with at least two referees, and the aims page sets out the path from suitability check to handling editor to the decision of an editor-in-chief.评审采用单盲方式，至少 2 位审稿人，范围页写明从适用性初筛到责任编辑约请审稿人，再到主编终审的流程。

• Manuscripts that fail the suitability check are returned before review, and a negative final decision comes with the option of transferring the paper to another journal.未通过适用性初筛的稿件在送审之前退回，终审否定的作者可选择把稿件转投其它刊物。

• Reviews are reserved for experts in the field, and appeals or concerns follow the publisher's separate guidelines instead of resting with the editorial office alone.综述仅接受该领域专家撰写，申诉与质疑依出版社单列的准则处理，不只由编辑部裁断。

• Submission runs through Springer Nature's own system at submission.nature.com, and the journal reports a median of nine days from submission to first decision.投稿经 Springer Nature 自有的 submission.nature.com 系统办理，该刊给出的投稿至首次决定中位时间为 9 天。

• Generative artificial intelligence falls under a publisher policy that withholds authorship from such tools, bars AI-generated images and asks referees not to upload manuscripts to them.生成式人工智能由出版社政策管束，该政策不将作者身份给予这类工具，禁止人工智能生成的图像，并要求审稿人不上传稿件至这类服务。