OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Helminthology is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
How to use natural history collections to resurrect information on historical parasite abundances	27
Molecular and morphological screening of Podocotyle spp. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) sheds light on their diversity in Northwest Pacific and eastern European Arctic	24
Morphological and molecular characterization of Prosthogonimus falconis n. sp. (Trematoda; Prosthogonimidae), found in a peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) (Aves: Falconidae) in the Uni	23
New trematode species Lecithostaphylus halongi n. sp. (Zoogonidae, Microphalloidea) and Gymnotergestia strongyluri n. sp. (Fellodistomidae, Gymnophalloidea) from beloniform fishes in Vie	17
Small islands as potential model ecosystems for parasitology: climatic influence on parasites of feral cats	16
Sequence analyses of mitochondrial gene may support the existence of cryptic species withinAscaridia galli	16
Two trichinellosis outbreaks in Serbia – challenging diagnosis due to a potential co-infection with Toxocara spp.	15
Description and pathology of a new genus and species of fish blood fluke (Digenea: Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912) infecting white mullet, Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae)	15
Temporal effects and changes in the parasitic community ofProchilodus lineatus(Valenciennes, 1837) (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) in a floodplain	15
Morphological and genetic analysis of a rediscovered Clinostomum sp. parasitising Titanolebias monstrosus and Trigonectes aplocheiloides (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)	13
Genetic characterization of the zoonotic parasite Ancylostoma caninum in the central and eastern United States	11
Phylogenetic relationships and further unknown diversity of diplostomids (Diplostomida: Diplostomidae) parasitic in kingfishers	11
Epidemiology and diversity of gastrointestinal tract helminths of wild ruminants in sub-Saharan Africa: a review	11
Short communication: Exploring gastrointestinal tract nemabiomes in captive ungulates at the SANBI National Zoological Gardens: A next-generation sequencing baseline approach	10
New insights into two poorly known monogeneans (Platyhelminthes), gill parasites of the European barracuda Sphyraena sphyraena (Teleostei, Sphyraenidae) with notes on Chauhanea Ramalinga	10
First molecular characterization of Proctoeces maculatus (Looss, 1901) (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) infecting blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the northeastern USA	9
Metformin innovative repurposing as anti-parasitic drug in the treatment of murine trichinosis	9
Trichuris infection in captive non-human primates in zoological gardens in Spain	9
Anantrum gallopintoi sp. nov. (Bothriocephalidae Blanchard, 1849), a cestode parasite of the shorthead lizardfish Synodus scituliceps (Synodontidae) from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica	8
First genetic characterisation and phylogenetic position of Aplectana hylambatis (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae), infecting Pithecopus azureus (Anura: Hylidae) in the Brazilian Pantanal	8
Steinernema shorin. sp., a new entomopathogenic nematode (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) from India	8
Comparative analysis of diagnostic methods and risk factors for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infection in brazilian cats	8
Planarians to schistosomes: an overview of flatworm cell-types and regulators	7
Ultrasound diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis: updates and implications for clinical management	7
Natural infection of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with entomopathogenic nematodes in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa	7

Seasonal prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in northern Mexico	7
Nematodes and trematodes associated with terrestrial gastropods in Nottingham, England	7
A new ring nematode, Xenocriconemella costaricense sp. nov., (Nematoda: Criconematidae) from Costa Rica	7
A new species of lungworm from the Atlantic Forest: Rhabdias megacephala n. sp. parasite of the endemic anuran Proceratophrys boiei	7
Evaluation of the antiparasitic and antifibrotic effects of gallic acid on experimental hepatic schistosomiasis mansoni	7
The first modern morphological description of Cercaria pennata and molecular evidence of its synonymy with Pronoprymna ventricosa in the Black Sea	7
Parasitic manipulation or by-product of infection: an experimental approach using trematode-infected snails	7
Mapping of schistosome hybrids of the haematobium group in West and Central Africa	6
The effect of waterfowl signals andPseudocorynosoma enriettiinfection on the behaviour of the amphipodHyalella patagonica	6
Acquisition and transmission of Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) by Xiphinema index and Xiphinema italiae (Longidoridae)	6
A century of parasitology in fisheries and aquaculture	6
Behavioural alterations in surface and cave populations of isopod crustacean Asellus aquaticus by Acanthocephalus anguillae	6
Previous hookworm infection attenuates the immune response to a subsequent Schistosoma mansoni infection in an experimental model	6
New species of the genus Alippistrongylus (Nematoda: Trichostrongylina) parasitic in Delomys dorsalis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6
Morphological and molecular characterization of Mylonchulus laocaiensis sp. n. (Nematoda: Mylonchulidae) from Vietnam	6
Toxocara canis infections in mice: from subtle to severe consequences in 100 weeks	6
Twenty thousand fishes under the seas: Insights into the collection and storage of trematodes from the examination of 20,000 fishes in the tropical Indo west-Pacific	6
Tetrathyridia in an endemic lizard from Chile: molecular evidence for South America	6
First integrative assessment of Ochetosoma heterocoelium (Travassos, 1921) (Digenea: Ochetosomatidae) parasite of Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966 (Reptilia: Viperidae) from Brazil	6
The prophylactic and therapeutic impact of Trichinella spiralis larvae excretory secretory antigens- loaded Ca-BTC metal organic frameworks on induced murine colitis	6
On the identity of the genusEpacrolaimusAndrássy, 2000 (Nematoda, Dorylaimida), with new insights into its phylogeny	5
Description of three new species of Gyrodactylus von Nordmann, 1832 (Monopisthocotylea: Gyrodactylidae) on Triplophysa species (Nemacheilidae) from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	5
Host response of Nicotiana benthamiana to the parasitism of five populations of root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus coffeae, from China	5
Agamermissp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizingArmadillidium vulgare(Crustacea: Isopoda) in Argentina	5
Morphological and molecular characterisation of two new species of Rhipidocotyle (Digenea: Bucephalidae Poche, 1907) from Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale in Mozambique	5
The white grunt, Haemulon plumierii (Lacepède, 1801) as paratenic and definitive host of two acanthocephalan species, with the description of a new species of Dollfusentis (Palaeacanthoc	5
An automated faecal egg count system for detection of Ascaridia galli ova in chickens	5
Helminth diversity in brine shrimps (Artemia) from Ukraine	5
A new needle nematode,Longidorus maginicusn. sp. (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from southern Spain	5
Metazoan endoparasites of snakes from Argentina: Review and checklist with distributional notes and remarks	5
A new species of Urocleidoides Mizelle & Price 1964 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) parasite of Hemiodus orthonops Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 (Hemiodontidae) from the upper Paraná Riv	5
Flying across Europe: the case of the spread of Chaunocephalus ferox on a black stork (Ciconia nigra)	5
Integrative taxonomy suggests that South American freshwater nematodes Echinocephalus and their host stingrays co-originated in late Oligocene to early Miocene	5
Redescription of Thubunaea schukurovi Annaev, 1973 from Ablepharus chernovi, with notes on the members of Thubunaea (Spirurida: Physalopteridae) from the Palaearctic and Indomalay	5
Efficacy of levamisole, ivermectin and moxidectin against Capillaria spp. in European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)	5
Is parasitic infection a buffer against metal pollution?	4
ParasiteBlitz: Adaptation of the BioBlitz concept to parasitology	4
Synthetic camphor derivative (E)-2-((1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ylidene)amino)phenol: A novel anthelmintic drug candidate for visceral toxocariasis	4
A checklist of helminths associated with reptiles (Tetrapoda: Reptilia) from Peru	4
Endoparasite community of anurans from an altitudinal rainforest enclave in a Brazilian semiarid area	4
The elevation of a unique population of Corynosoma strumosum (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from the Caspian seal, Pusa caspica, in the Caspian Sea to Corynosoma neostrumosum n. sp. – CORRIGENDUM	4
From the laboratory to the clinic: advancing helminthic therapy for type 2 diabetes	4
Taxonomic summary of Schyzocotyle (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) with a redescription of Schyzocotyle nayarensis (Malhotra, 1983) from India	4
Morphological and molecular characterization of larval trematodes infecting the assassin snail genusAnentomein Thailand	4
First isolation and scanning electron microscopy of haptoral sclerites ofMacrogyrodactylus(Monogenea)	4
Description and molecular characterization of Trachactinolaimus persicus sp. n. from Iran (Nematoda, Dorylaimida, Actinolaimidae), with new insights into the taxonomy and evolutionary relations	4
Canine parasitoses in north Patagonia (Argentina): comparison between different social and environmental factors	4
The number ofOesophagostomumspp. larvae recovered in coprocultures varies with media used	4
Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of Maritrema Nicoll, 1907 (Digenea: Microphallidae Ward, 1901), parasitizing birds in the Gulf of Mexico	4
Redescription and taxonomic position of Rodentolepis (sensu lato) asymmetrica (Janicki, 1904), with the erection of Kontrimavichusia n. g. (Eucestoda: Hymenolepididae) from	4

Gleasonian structure in the helminth metacommunity of the opossumDidelphis albiventrisin two extremes of the Atlantic Forest	4
Helminth-host-environment interactions: Looking down from the tip of the iceberg	4
First insights into the ectoparasitic helminth fauna of freshwater fish on an Adriatic island	4
Evaluation of in vitro methods of anthelmintic efficacy testing against Ascaridia galli	4
Avian trematodes of central European corvids are heterogeneous regarding preferences for host species and age	4
Can Schistosoma japonicum infection cause liver cancer?	4
Description of Acromoldavicus xerophilus n. sp. (Nematoda, Rhabditida, Elaphonematidae) from the southern Iberian Peninsula, including a key to species of the genus	4
Geography and ecology of invasive Pseudosuccinea columella (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) and implications in the transmission of Fasciola species (Digenea: Fasciolidae) – a review	4
Supplemental description of Stephanoprora ornata Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Echinochasmidae) infecting the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus (Crocodylidae) from Namibia with emendation of	4
Quantifying senescence, death rates, and lifespans of trematode parthenitae	4
Microanatomy and ultrastructure of the mother sporocyst of Bunocotyle progenetica (Markowski, 1936) Chabaud et Buttner, 1959 (Digenea: Hemiuroidea)	3
Identification and pathogenicity ofPratylenchus scribnerion tomato in Sichuan Province of People's Republic of China	3
Novel sequences of schistosomes and their snail intermediate host species in the Democratic Republic of Congo: first phylogenetic analyses	3
Palaeoparasitology confirms Early Lapita evidence of pig and dog at Kamgot, Bismarck Archipelago	3
Lifecycle of an introduced Dollfustrema (Bucephalidae) trematode in the Tone River system, Japan	3
Trichurid nematodes from South American Camelid: an approach to native assemblages through the parasitology of archaeological sites	3
New perspectives on morphological and genetic variability of Corynosoma bullosum [Linstow, 1892] parasitizing southern elephant seals from the Antarctic Peninsula	3
Gastrointestinal parasite assemblages from the wild rodent capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) inhabiting a natural protected area from Argentina	3
Trematodes 2024 – An international meeting for trematodology	3
The elucidation of the life cycle of Saccocoelioides nanii Szidat, 1954 (Digenea: Haploporidae) using molecular techniques	3
A review of the nematode assemblage of the Australian bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus (Peramelidae), from material held in the South Australian Museum with the description of Sprattellus casson	3
Morphological and genetic variability of the cryptic Gyrodactylus sphinx and Gyrodactylus gerasevi n. sp. (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea: two new m	3
Integrative taxonomy of Anaporrhutum mundae sp. nov. (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae), a parasite of the Munda round ray Urotrygon munda (Urotrygonidae) in Costa Rica	3
Neuromuscular organization and haptoral armament of Polyclithrum ponticum (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae)	3
Wind-borne dispersion of Echinococcus multilocularis eggs – a flight model	3
How agricultural land use affects the abundance and prevalence of monoxenous and heteroxenous helminths in the generalist lizardTropidurus hispidus	3
Far from home: Morphological, ultrastructural, and molecular characterization of Thometrema patagonicum (Szidat, 1956) (Hemiuroidea: Derogenidae) from an unexpected host and locality, with taxo	3
Linalyl acetate against larvae of Haemonchus spp. and Trichostrongylus spp. that affects ruminants: considerations about the hormetic effect	3
Diversity of European lissorchiid trematodes from fish and snail hosts with comments on the validity of the genusParasymphylodoraSzidat, 1943	3
Helminths associated with terrestrial slugs in Swedish agricultural fields	3
Detailed characterisation of the Co-Smad protein in liver fluke Fasciola gigantica	3
New perspectives of Microsentis wardae Martin & Multani, 1966 (Acanthocephala: Neoechinorhynchidae) from Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper in California, with scanning electron microscopy	3
A rare discovery: a new Loimos species (Monocotylidae: Loimoinae) from the gills of Rhizoprionodon taylori (Carcharhinidae) off the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia	3
Characterisation of the mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Toxocara apodemi (Nematoda: Ascarididae)	3
An integrative taxonomy study reveals a rare new species of the genus Creptotrema (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae) in an endangered frog in South America	3
Morphological and molecular characterisation of Neothada olearum sp. nov. (Nematoda: Tylenchidae) from Spain	3
Transcriptomics of Cruznema velatum (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with a redescription of the species	3