Parasite (journal)

Parasite is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering all aspects of human and animal parasitology. The journal publishes reviews, articles, and short notes. It is published by EDP Sciences and is an official journal of the Société Française de Parasitologie ("French Society of Parasitology"). It is published by EDP Sciences and the editor-in-chief is Jean-Lou Justine (National Museum of Natural History, Paris). The journal was established in 1923 as Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée and obtained its current title in 1994, with volume numbering restarting at 1.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • BIOSIS Previews

• CAB International

• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

• Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences

• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed

• Science Citation Index

• The Zoological Record According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.000, ranking it 13th out of 42 journals in the category "Parasitology".