Parasitology: Finding a Topic

Browse Journal Table of Contents

Trends in Parasitology
This journal publishes mostly short review articles related to parasitology.
Journal of Parasitology
Mostly primary research articles, with some news and business from the American Society of Parasitologists, who publish the journal. See this link for issues prior to 2007.
Veterinary Parasitology
Primary research articles and review articles about parasites of interest to animal health investigators and veterinary practitioners.
Experimental Parasitology
Mostly primary research articles emphasizing modern approaches to parasitology, including molecular biology and immunology.
Parasites and Vectors
Primary research articles, review articles, book reviews and conference reports dealing with the biology of parasites, parasitic diseases, intermediate hosts, vectors and vector-borne pathogens.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
A relatively new journal publishing primary research articles, review articles and commentary. Articles sometimes have ratings and comments. All articles are available full text.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
From the CDC, all past issues are available freely online. This journal publishes a wide variety of article types, including primary research articles, "Research", review articles, commentary, book reviews, etc.
Malaria Journal
Malaria Journal publishes primary research articles as well as review articles, commentaries and other types of scientific information. Links to malaria news and conference proceedings are also included. Of interest is the section highlighting the most popular papers from the journal.

Web Sites

Parasitic Diseases - CDC
Information for the public and medical professional about parasites, diseases, treatments and public health.
Parasitic Infections
From the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Research activities, news and reports.
Recent News about "parasites" from Google
Lots of news stories about recent research advances, some public health reports. Updated constantly. Sources are reasonably reliable, but watch out for some occasional pseudoscience.
Parasite of the Day Blog
A blog started for the International Year of Biodiversity in 2010, the entries continue into 2015. References to the primary literature as well as additional links are provided.
Tropical Diseases News from Medical News Today
News related to tropical disease from a wide variety of sources including press releases and journal articles. Look for in-text citations to a journal issue to easily track a story back to its primary source.

Tips for choosing reliable websites

Consider the source. You are looking for reliable scientific information, so the authors of the site should be clearly indicated. You should be able to determine their connection to the scientific research community, and determine what their point of view is.

Consider the audience. Who is reading the site? Scientists? General public? Kids?

Consider how often the site is updated. For some topics, information that hasn't been updated in 5 years may be fine. For other topics, you will need to find more up-to-date information.