OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal for Parasitology is 25. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Taxonomy and molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium and Giardia – a 50 year perspective (1971–2021)	174
Control of human toxoplasmosis	109
A journey through 50 years of research relevant to the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in ruminant livestock and thoughts on future directions	52
The “tropical lineage” of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato identified as Rhipicephalus linnaei ( )	50
Association of the invasive Haemaphysalis longicornis tick with vertebrate hosts, other native tick vectors, and tick-borne pathogens in New York City, USA	49
Experimental evidence of harmful effects of Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim on honey bees	46
The yin and yang of human soil-transmitted helminth infections	43
A repeatable and quantitative DNA metabarcoding assay to characterize mixed strongyle infections in horses	42
The influence of liver fluke infection on production in sheep and cattle: a meta-analysis	38
Genetic and biological characterisation of three cryptic Eimeria operational taxonomic units that infect chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)	37
Extracellular vesicles produced by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis contain a preferential cargo of tRNA-derived small RNAs	33
Macrocyclic lactone resistance in Dirofilaria immitis: risks for prevention of heartworm disease	32
Revisiting the phylogeny of microsporidia	31
Shortened egg reappearance periods of equine cyathostomins following ivermectin or moxidectin treatment: morphological and molecular investigation of efficacy and species composition	30
Zoonotic hookworms of dogs and cats – lessons from the past to inform current knowledge and future directions of research	29
Potential functions of atypical memory B cells in Plasmodium-exposed individuals	28
Protein kinases in Toxoplasma gondii	28
Microhabitat distributions and species interactions of ectoparasites on the gills of cichlid fish in Lake Victoria, Tanzania	28
Fifty years of the schistosome tegument: discoveries, controversies, and outstanding questions	28
High prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale in co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum in asymptomatic malaria parasite carriers in southwestern Nigeria	28
Migratory birds have higher prevalence and richness of avian haemosporidian parasites than residents	27
The rise of ecological parasitology: twelve landmark advances that changed its history	26
Comparative analysis of gene expression between Babesia bovis blood stages and kinetes allowed by improved genome annotation	26
Advances in the treatment, diagnosis, control and scientific understanding of taeniid cestode parasite infections over the past 50 years	26
A paradigm for the recognition of cryptic trematode species in tropical Indo-west Pacific fishes: the problematic genus Preptetos (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae)	25

Molecular phylogeny of Diplostomum, Tylodelphys, Austrodiplostomum and Paralaria (Digenea: Diplostomidae) necessitates systematic changes and reveals a history of evolutionary host switching events