''Parasitology'' is a

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covering the area of

parasitology Parasitology is the study of parasites, their host (biology), hosts, and the relationship between them. As a List of biology disciplines, biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in questio ...

, including the

biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

molecular biology Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecule, molecular basis of biological activity in and between Cell (biology), cells, including biomolecule, biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactio ...

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinians, Augustinian ...

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and

epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent dise ...

eukaryotic The eukaryotes ( ) constitute the Domain (biology), domain of Eukaryota or Eukarya, organisms whose Cell (biology), cells have a membrane-bound cell nucleus, nucleus. All animals, plants, Fungus, fungi, seaweeds, and many unicellular organisms ...

parasite Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted str ...

s, and the relationship between the host and the parasite. It was established in 1908 and is published fourteen times a year by

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. The

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John Russell Stothard John Russell Stothard (born 21 March 1970) is a British scientist, professor of parasitology at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and well known for his teaching and research into schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases. He was the ...

( Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine). Cambridge University Press announced that as of 3 October 2022, publishing would be switching to

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History

The journal was established in 1908 by

George Nuttall George Henry Falkiner Nuttall Royal Society, FRS (5 July 1862 – 16 December 1937) was an American-British bacteriologist who contributed much to the knowledge of parasitism, parasites and of insect carriers of diseases. He made significant inno ...

, who served as the editor until his death in 1933. Subsequent editors have included David Keilin (1934–63), Parr Tate (1952–68), Harry Crofton (1968–72), David Crompton and Bruce Newton (1973–81), Frank Cox (1982–2000), Phil Whitfield (1982–86), Chris Arme (1987–2006), Stephen Phillips (2000–20), Robin Gasser (2005 – after 2009) and Les Chappell (2006 – after 2009). John Russell Stothard took over from Phillips as editor-in-chief in 2020.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2022

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of 2.4.

References

External links

*{{Official website, 1=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PAR Cambridge University Press academic journals Publications established in 1908 Parasitology journals English-language journals Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals Journals published between 13 and 25 times per year