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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Taxonomy and molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium and Giardia – a 50 year perspective (1971–2021)	128
Control of human toxoplasmosis	90
Honey bee survival mechanisms against the parasite Varroa destructor: a systematic review of phenotypic and genomic research efforts	87
Why ignoring parasites in fish ecology is a mistake	76
The protein and microRNA cargo of extracellular vesicles from parasitic helminths – current status and research priorities	72
Hiding in plain sight: discovery and phylogeography of a cryptic species of Trichinella (Nematoda: Trichinellidae) in wolverine (Gulo gulo)	50
Long-term production effects of clinical cryptosporidiosis in neonatal calves	48
Cryptosporidium hominis infections in non-human animal species: revisiting the concept of host specificity	42
The “tropical lineage” of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato identified as Rhipicephalus linnaei ( )	42
Association of the invasive Haemaphysalis longicornis tick with vertebrate hosts, other native tick vectors, and tick-borne pathogens in New York City, USA	41
A journey through 50 years of research relevant to the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in ruminant livestock and thoughts on future directions	41
Extracellular vesicles: new targets for vaccines against helminth parasites	39
Experimental evidence of harmful effects of Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim on honey bees	39
A repeatable and quantitative DNA metabarcoding assay to characterize mixed strongyle infections in horses	37
Effect of cleaner fish on sea lice in Norwegian salmon aquaculture: a national scale data analysis	36
Bumped Kinase Inhibitors as therapy for apicomplexan parasitic diseases: lessons learned	35
Integrative taxonomy and species delimitation of Rhipicephalus turanicus (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)	35
Diversity of monogeneans and tapeworms in cypriniform fishes across two continents	33
The yin and yang of human soil-transmitted helminth infections	30
Hyperendemic Dirofilaria immitis infection in a sheltered dog population: an expanding threat in the Mediterranean region	29
The influence of liver fluke infection on production in sheep and cattle: a meta-analysis	29
Uptake of Schistosoma mansoni extracellular vesicles by human endothelial and monocytic cell lines and impact on vascular endothelial cell gene expression	27
Revisiting the phylogeny of microsporidia	27
Potential functions of atypical memory B cells in Plasmodium-exposed individuals	27
Fifty years of the schistosome tegument: discoveries, controversies, and outstanding questions	26

Extracellular vesicles produced by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis contain a preferential cargo of tRNA-derived small RNAs	25
Genetic and biological characterisation of three cryptic Eimeria operational taxonomic units that infect chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)	25