Trends in Parasitology

Since its launch as Parasitology Today back in 1985, Trends in Parasitology has become a highly regarded review journal of international importance, reflecting the global significance of medical and veterinary parasites. The journal aims to provide a point of access for communication among researchers in all disciplines of parasitology, covering endoparasites and ectoparasites, as well as their transmission vectors and susceptible hosts.

Each monthly issue of Trends in Parasitology offers authoritative, cutting edge and yet accessible Review (balanced and comprehensive overview) and Opinion (personal and novel perspective) articles. In addition, we publish a variety of short articles that are designed to inform and provoke thoughts in a lively and widely-accessible manner, including Science & Society (discussion of interface between parasitology and the general public), Spotlight (highlights of recently published research articles), Forum (single-point hypotheses), Parasite/Vector of the Month (modular display of the featured species), Letter (responses to recent articles in Trends in Parasitology) and TrendsTalk (interviews). Please note that we only publish literature reviews based on published data. Systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and unpublished primary research are out of our scope.

Articles for Trends in Parasitology are peer-reviewed and generally commissioned by the editor. However, presubmission inquiries are encouraged.