Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases is an international, peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier that covers the biology and control of ticks and the diseases they transmit, launched in 2010, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.4（Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases）是由 Elsevier 出版的国际化同行评审期刊，涵盖蜱的生物学与防治及其传播的疾病，2010 年创刊，2025 年影响因子为 3.4。

Scope

• It covers a broad, multidisciplinary spectrum drawing on zoology, microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, mathematical modelling and veterinary and human medicine该刊覆盖广泛的多学科领域，涉及动物学、微生物学、分子生物学、遗传学、数学建模以及兽医与人医学。
• Tick topics include biosystematics and taxonomy, morphology, evolution, ecology, physiology and biochemistry, behaviour, genomics and proteomics, and control蜱相关主题包括生物系统学与分类、形态学、演化、生态、生理与生化、行为、基因组学与蛋白质组学以及防治。
• It also addresses the ecology and eco-epidemiology of tick-borne diseases, including vector ticks, reservoir hosts and the processes that determine them该刊还涉及蜱媒病的生态与生态流行病学，包括媒介蜱、储存宿主及决定其分布的过程。
• It publishes original research papers, short communications, mini-reviews, letters to the editor, clinical case studies, meeting announcements and editorials该刊发表原创研究论文、短通讯、微型综述、致编辑信、临床病例研究、会议通告与社论。
• Multidisciplinary approaches that bridge laboratory and field research are especially welcome尤其欢迎连接实验室与野外研究的多学科方法。

History

• It was launched in 2010, with its first volume issued by Elsevier该刊 2010 年创刊，首卷由 Elsevier 出版。
• It was founded by the editors Olaf Kahl and Jochen Suess, who remain associated with the journal as founding editors该刊由 Olaf Kahl 与 Jochen Suess 两位编辑创办，二人现以创始编辑身份与期刊保持联系。
• It became a fully gold open access journal on 1 January 2023, with an article publishing charge for papers submitted after 14 October 2022该刊自 2023 年 1 月 1 日起转为完全金色开放获取，2022 年 10 月 14 日之后投稿需支付文章出版费。
• It appears bimonthly and had a 2025 impact factor of 3.4该刊为双月刊，2025 年影响因子为 3.4。

Editors

• The journal has three editors-in-chief, namely Guilherme Klafke of the Desidério Finamor Veterinary Research Institute in Brazil, Ben Mans of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research institute in South Africa and Ard Menzo Nijhof of the Free University of Berlin该刊设三位主编，即（Desidério Finamor Veterinary Research Institute）的 Guilherme Klafke、（Onderstepoort Veterinary Research）的 Ben Mans 与（Free University of Berlin）的 Ard Menzo Nijhof。
• The founding editors are Olaf Kahl and Jochen Suess创始编辑为 Olaf Kahl 与 Jochen Suess。
• The editorial board has about forty-nine members from eighteen countries, led by the United States, Germany and Brazil编委会约四十九人，来自十八个国家，以美国、德国与巴西人数最多。
• Contributors work across acarology, veterinary parasitology, medical entomology and molecular biology, and submissions are peer reviewed撰稿人涉及蜱螨学、兽医寄生虫学、医学昆虫学与分子生物学，稿件经同行评审。