OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal for Parasitology is 8. 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
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
The rise of ecological parasitology: twelve landmark advances that changed its history	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	25
Molecular characterization of Blastocystis and Entamoeba of muskoxen and sheep in Greenland	24
A 4 year observation of gastrointestinal nematode egg counts, nemabiomes and the benzimidazole resistance genotypes of Teladorsagia circumcincta on a Scottish sheep farm	24
Geographical spread and structural basis of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine drug-resistant malaria parasites	23
Projecting the potential distribution of ticks in China under climate and land use change	22
Trichinella spiralis infection ameliorated diet-induced obesity model in mice	20
Strongyloides genotyping: a review of methods and application in public health and population genetics	20
Faecal egg counts and nemabiome metabarcoding highlight the genomic complexity of equine cyathostomin communities and provide insight into their dynamics in a Scottish native pony herd	20
Faecal prevalence, distribution and risk factors associated with canine soil-transmitted helminths contaminating urban parks across Australia	19
Spatio-temporal variation in environmental features predicts the distribution and abundance of Ixodes scapularis	19
Modelling the potential spread of Hyalomma marginatum ticks in Europe by migratory birds	19
Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in river water and riverbed sediment using next-generation sequencing	19
Influence of land use and host species on parasite richness, prevalence and co-infection patterns	18
A global assessment of Echinococcus multilocularis infections in domestic dogs: proposing a framework to overcome past methodological heterogeneity	18
A new diagnostic approach to fast-track and increase the accessibility of gastrointestinal nematode identification from faeces: FECPAKG2 egg nemabiome metabarcoding	18
Age-specific patterns of DBLα var diversity can explain why residents of high malaria transmission areas remain susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infection throughout life	17
The Leishmania donovani species complex: A new insight into taxonomy☆	17
Advances in molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in dogs and cats	17
First description of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae haptomonad stages in the honeybee hindgut	16
Extracellular vesicles secreted by model tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta: biogenesis, ultrastructure and protein composition	16
Bovine sarcocystosis: Sarcocystis species, diagnosis, prevalence, economic and public health considerations, and association of Sarcocystis species with eosinophilic myositis in cattle	15
Specialist by preference, generalist by need: availability of quality hosts drives parasite choice in a natural multihost–parasite system	15
First elucidation of a didymozoid life cycle: Saccularina magnacetabula n. gen. n. sp. infecting an arcid bivalve	15
Climatic requirements of the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus, with a consideration of its possible geographic range up to 2090	15
Immunization with extracellular vesicles excreted by Toxoplasma gondii confers protection in murine infection, activating cellular and humoral responses	15
Assembly rules of helminth parasite communities in grey mullets: combining components of diversity	14
Haemosporidian prevalence, parasitaemia and aggregation in relation to avian assemblage life history traits at different elevations	14
Differential expression of microRNAs and tRNA fragments mediate the adaptation of the liver fluke Fasciola gigantica to its intermediate snail and definitive mammalian hosts	14
Identification and characterization of a new 34 kDa MORN motif-containing sporozoite surface-exposed protein, Cp-P34, unique to Cryptosporidium	14
Cryptosporidium equi n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae): Biological and genetic characterisations	14
Global profiling of lncRNAs-miRNAs-mRNAs reveals differential expression of coding genes and non-coding RNAs in the lung of beagle dogs at different stages of Toxocara canis infection	14
Machine learning algorithms to predict the 1 year unfavourable prognosis for advanced schistosomiasis	14
Plasmodium falciparum LipB mutants display altered redox and carbon metabolism in asexual stages and cannot complete sporogony in Anopheles mosquitoes	13
More is less: mass-flowering fruit tree crops dilute parasite transmission between bees	13
Phylogenetic reconstruction of early diverging tapeworms (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) reveals ancient radiations in vertebrate hosts and biogeographic regions	13
Temperature–parasite interaction: do trematode infections protect against heat stress?	13
Blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: another site disrupted during experimental cerebral malaria caused by Plasmodium berghei ANKA	12
Dactylogyridae 2022: a meta-analysis of phylogenetic studies and generic diagnoses of parasitic flatworms using published genetic and morphological data	12
Antibody kinetics and exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in cats: a seroepidemiological study	12
Loss of forest cover and host functional diversity increases prevalence of avian malaria parasites in the Atlantic Forest	12
Generalist nematodes dominate the nemabiome of roe deer in sympatry with sheep at a regional level	12
Intrigue surrounding the life-cycles of species of Clistobothrium (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) parasitising large pelagic sharks	12
Quantitative proteomics and phosphoproteomic analyses of mouse livers after tick-borne Babesia microti infection	12
Is parasite taxonomy really in trouble? A quantitative analysis	12
Intercontinental distributions, phylogenetic position and life cycles of species of Apharyngostrigea (Digenea, Diplostomoidea) illuminated with morphological, experimental, molecular and genomic data	12
Non-resident definitive host presence is sufficient to sustain avian schistosome populations	11
Molecular phylogeny and speciation patterns in host-specific monogeneans (Cichlidogyrus, Dactylogyridae) parasitizing cichlid fishes (Cichliformes, Cichlidae) in Lake Tanganyika	11
Tracking gastrointestinal nematode risk on cattle farms through pasture contamination mapping	11
Genetic parameters for resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep: a meta-analysis	11
In silico analyses of neuropeptide-like protein (NLP) profiles in parasitic nematodes	11

The repertoire of serine rhomboid proteases of piroplasmids of importance to animal and human health	10
Impact of geography and time on genetic clusters of Opisthorchis viverrini identified by microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysis	10
Bacterial community dynamics following antibiotic exposure in a trematode parasite	10
Replication and partitioning of the apicoplast genome of Toxoplasma gondii is linked to the cell cycle and requires DNA polymerase and gyrase	10
Dermacentor reticulatus – a tick on its way from glacial refugia to a panmictic Eurasian population	10
Assessment of the exposure to Echinococcus multilocularis associated with carnivore faeces using real-time quantitative PCR and flotation technique assays	10
Tracking life cycles of parasites across a broad taxonomic scale in a marine ecosystem	10
During host cell traversal and cell-to-cell passage, Toxoplasma gondii sporozoites inhabit the parasitophorous vacuole and posteriorly release dense granule protein-associated membranous trails	10
Extended survival and reproductive potential of single-sex male and female Schistosoma japonicum within definitive hosts	10
In vitro cultivation methods for coccidian parasite research	9
A review of combination adjuvants for malaria vaccines: a promising approach for vaccine development	9
Transgenic pyrimethamine-resistant plasmodium falciparum reveals transmission-blocking potency of P218, a novel antifolate candidate drug	9
Host exposure history and priority effects impact the development and reproduction of a dominant parasite	9
Specialist versus generalist parasites: the interactions between host diversity, environment and geographic barriers in avian malaria	9
Giardia duodenalis cysteine proteases cleave proteinase-activated receptor-2 to regulate intestinal goblet cell mucin gene expression	9
Host traits, identity, and ecological conditions predict consistent flea abundance and prevalence on free-living California ground squirrels	9
Eukaryote-conserved histone post-translational modification landscape in Giardia duodenalis revealed by mass spectrometry	9
Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on synanthropic small and medium-sized mammals in areas of the northeastern United States infested with the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis	9
Gastropod first intermediate hosts for two species of Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911 (Trematoda): I can’t believe it’s not bivalves!	9
New technologies to study helminth development and host-parasite interactions	8
Genetic diversity, phylogenetic position, and co-phylogenetic relationships of Karyolysus, a common blood parasite of lizards in the western Mediterranean	8
Disrupting a Plasmodium berghei putative phospholipase impairs efficient egress of merosomes	8
Species-specific patterns in cercarial emergence of Diplostomum spp. from snails Radix lagotis	8
Secreted virulence factors from Heterorhabditis bacteriophora highlight its utility as a model parasite among Clade V nematodes	8
Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 system in Entamoeba histolytica: proof of concept	8
Population- and age-specific patterns of haemosporidian assemblages and infection levels in European bee-eaters (Merops apiaster)	8
Validation of a serum ELISA test for cyathostomin infection in equines	8
Vermetid gastropods as key intermediate hosts for a lineage of marine turtle blood flukes (Digenea: Spirorchiidae), with evidence of transmission at a turtle rookery	8
Characterizations of Enterocytozoon bieneusi at new genetic loci reveal a lack of strict host specificity among common genotypes and the existence of a canine-adapted Enterocytozoon species	8
The key to egress? Babesia bovis perforin-like protein 1 (PLP1) with hemolytic capacity is required for blood stage replication and is involved in the exit of the parasite from the host cell	8