OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal for Parasitology is 24. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The anticancer drug imatinib induces autophagy in Schistosoma mansoni	232
Editorial board	61
Parasite exchange and hybridisation at a wild-feral-domestic interface	61
Effective low-cost preservation of human stools in field-based studies for helminth and microbiota analysis	57
Searching for common patterns in parasite ecology: species and host contributions to beta-diversity in helminths of South African ungulates and fleas of South American rodents	53
Bacterial community dynamics following antibiotic exposure in a trematode parasite	45
How do trematode clones differ by fitness-related traits and interact within a host?	39
Detection of Toxoplasma gondii-specific antibodies in pigs using an oral fluid-based commercial ELISA: Advantages and limitations	38
Revisiting the phylogeny of microsporidia	38
In vitro cultivation methods for coccidian parasite research	37
Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) derived from Leishmania and bacteria increase gene expression of antimicrobial peptides and gut surface proteins in sand flies	37
Bat microfilariae in the cityscape: a transmission tale between bats, mites, and bat flies	37
Tangled communities: links between predation and parasitism through trophically transmitted digeneans in aquatic communities	35
Inertia of parasite infection versus host biomass fluctuation	33
Editorial board	33
Vol 52 Keyword Index	33
Is parasite taxonomy really in trouble? A quantitative analysis	32
GRA47 is important for the morphology and permeability of the parasitophorous vacuole in Toxoplasma gondii	31
The oceanic pleuston community as a potentially crucial life-cycle pathway for pelagic fish-infecting parasitic worms	31
DNA N-glycosylases Ogg1 and EndoIII as components of base excision repair in Plasmodium falciparum organelles	30
A new species of mammalian trypanosome, Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) bubalisi sp. nov., found in the freshwater leech Hirudinaria manillensis	29
Plasmodium DDI1 is a potential therapeutic target and important chromatin-associated protein	28
Differential proteomic analysis of laser-microdissected penetration glands of avian schistosome cercariae with a focus on proteins involved in host invasion	25
Compositional and phylogenetic nestedness of host assemblages exploited by generalist ectoparasites across their geographic ranges: drivers and associations with ectoparasite traits	24
Development of a ptp2-LAMP assay for the specific and sensitive detection of Nosema apis and its comparison with ptp3-LAMP for the detection of Nosema ceranae, in a region endemic for both microsporid	24