Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Journal of Parasite Science (JoPS) focuses on both basic and applied Parasitology on Human and Animals.

The scope of Journal of Parasite Science (JoPS) are:
a. Parasites Biodiversity
b. Wildlife, Vertebrate, Invertebrate Parasites
c. Host-parasite relationships of intrinsic biological interest to those of social and economic importance predominately in veterinary, human medicine and agriculture aspect.

All accepted articles will be published on an open access basis and will be freely available to all readers with worldwide visibility and coverage.

Section Policies

Original Research

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Case Report

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Journal of Parasite Science conducts a double anonymous review process.

The Manuscript will be reviewed by 2 Peer Reviewers.

- If the manuscript is suitable for publish, the author will get a notification from the editor to revise the manuscript.

- Author must submit revised manuscripts before the deadline from the editors to decide on the copyediting and layout stages.

- Author will receive notification of the manuscript that has been proofread by the editor. The author must respond to the proofread before it is decided to be published online.

The editor can reject the manuscript at this stage:
1. initial submission if it does not fit the focus and scope of the journal;
2. peer-review process decisions;
3. the revision of the manuscript does not conform to peer-reviewed advice;
4. The author does not follow the editor's instructions according to deadlines.
The editor will send notification of rejection of the manuscript to the author through OJS.

The decision of the editorial board is absolute and free of conflicts of interest.
The article review process usually takes average 6-8 weeks. This review period depends on the editors and reviewers duration in reviewing the manuscript.

Publication Frequency

Journal of Parasite Science published every 2 times a year, in March and September.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the CLOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

Plagiarism Screening

The manuscript submitted in this journal will be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin v1.2 software. Only manuscripts with a <20% plagiarism threshold are considered in the peer-review process.

Copyright Notice

Every manuscript submitted to must observe the policy and terms set by the Journal of Parasite Science
Publication rights to manuscript content published by the Journal of Parasite Science is owned by the journal with the consent and approval of the author(s) concerned
Authors and other parties are bound to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License for the published articles, legal formal aspect of journal publication accessibility refers to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA)
By submitting the manuscript, the author agrees to the requirement that the copyright of the submitted article will be transferred to Journal of Parasite Science as the publisher of the journal. The intended copyright includes the right to publish articles in various forms (including reprints). journal of parasite science retains the publishing rights to published articles.
Complete texts of electronically published manuscripts can be accessed free of charge if used for educational and research purposes according to copyright regulations.

Journal of Parasite Science (JoPS) is a scientific peer-reviewed article which freely available to be accessed, downloaded and used for research purposes. Manuscripts submitted to JoPS are published under the terms of the Creative Commons License. The terms of the license are:

Attribution ” You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

NonCommercial ” You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

ShareAlike ” If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

By submitting the manuscript, the author agrees to the requirement that the copyright of the submitted article will be transferred to Journal of Parasite Science as the publisher of the journal (The Copyright Transfer Agreement Form can be downloaded ON THIS FORM). The intended copyright includes the right to publish articles in various forms (including reprints). journal of parasite science retains the publishing rights to published articles.