Table 5.
Determination of the Twitter Index of Parasitology journals. The journals are listed according to the total number of Twitter mentions received for papers published in 2019. Thirteen journals published more than 100 papers in 2019 and > 80% of these were subsequently mentioned in a tweet
| Journal | No. of publications (2019) | Total no. of mentions | No. of Twitter mentions | Maximum no. of Twitter mentions/paper | % papers receiving tweets | Scimago journal Rank | H-index | No. of self-citations | Total no. of citations | % (self/total) | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Reports | 20,424 | 242,011 | 14,156 | 7,429 | 69.3 | 1.3 | 179 | 12,558 | 283,384 | 4.4 | Nature Publishing Group |
| PLoS One | 16,227 | 154,906 | 10,172 | 9,677 | 62.7 | 1.0 | 300 | 7,034 | 193,380 | 3.6 | Public Library of Science |
| PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 793 | 9,501 | 697 | 488 | 87.9 | 2.2 | 121 | 1,049 | 10,775 | 9.7 | Public Library of Science |
| Parasites &Vectors | 614 | 5,057 | 566 | 140 | 92.2 | 1.4 | 73 | 777 | 6,063 | 12.8 | BioMed Central Ltd |
| PLoS Pathogens | 557 | 11,155 | 524 | 688 | 94.1 | 3.6 | 191 | 457 | 11,840 | 3.9 | Public Library of Science |
| Malaria Journal | 449 | 4,046 | 429 | 80 | 95.5 | 1.8 | 96 | 1,025 | 4,264 | 24.0 | BioMed Central Ltd |
| American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 556 | 3,162 | 422 | 112 | 75.9 | 1.2 | 144 | 219 | 3,714 | 5.9 | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Acta Tropica | 378 | 3,695 | 285 | 2,151 | 75.4 | 1.0 | 95 | 217 | 2,753 | 7.9 | Elsevier |
| Parasitology Research | 383 | 927 | 255 | 25 | 66.6 | 0.7 | 89 | 200 | 2,624 | 7.6 | Springer Verlag |
| Infection and Immunity | 327 | 1,785 | 254 | 119 | 77.7 | 1.6 | 212 | 160 | 2,855 | 5.6 | American Society for Microbiology |
| Journal of Medical Entomology | 266 | 2,264 | 245 | 331 | 92.1 | 0.9 | 94 | 117 | 1,207 | 9.7 | Oxford University Press |
| Cell Host & Microbe | 204 | 13,589 | 198 | 521 | 97.1 | 7.2 | 163 | 102 | 6,736 | 1.5 | Cell Press |
| Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases | 189 | 1,566 | 189 | 98 | 100 | 1.2 | 39 | 313 | 1,623 | 19.3 | Elsevier GmbH |
| Emerging Microbes & Infections | 177 | 1,113 | 129 | 69 | 72.9 | 2.2 | 38 | 50 | 2,064 | 2.4 | Nature Publishing Group |
| Veterinary Parasitology | 171 | 475 | 124 | 35 | 72.5 | 1.1 | 117 | 252 | 2,273 | 11.1 | Elsevier |
| Trends in Parasitology | 130 | 2853 | 121 | 86 | 93.1 | 2.6 | 136 | 68 | 1,771 | 3.8 | Elsevier |
| Tropical Medicine and International Health | 151 | 814 | 117 | 85 | 77.5 | 1.3 | 109 | 25 | 1,204 | 2.1 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| Journal of Parasitology | 131 | 590 | 109 | 72 | 83.2 | 0.5 | 89 | 14 | 340 | 4.1 | American Society of Parasitologists |
| Parasitology | 185 | 859 | 107 | 109 | 57.8 | 1.1 | 109 | 85 | 1,506 | 5.6 | Cambridge University Press |
| EFSA Journal | 413 | 1,170 | 104 | 249 | 25.2 | 0.8 | 88 | 388 | 1,301 | 29.8 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 135 | 910 | 98 | 78 | 72.6 | 0.8 | 101 | 15 | 499 | 3.0 | Oxford University Press |
| International Journal for Parastiology | 102 | 908 | 89 | 53 | 87.3 | 1.7 | 139 | 38 | 1,108 | 3.4 | Elsevier |
| Medical and Veterinary Entomology | 65 | 584 | 60 | 47 | 92.3 | 0.9 | 78 | 27 | 346 | 7.8 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| Gut Pathogens | 59 | 274 | 54 | 28 | 91.5 | 1.1 | 36 | 13 | 643 | 2.0 | BioMed Central Ltd |
| Epidemics | 58 | 910 | 49 | 252 | 84.5 | 1.5 | 33 | 19 | 378 | 5.0 | Elsevier |
| Virulence | 75 | 201 | 46 | 18 | 61.3 | 1.8 | 57 | 23 | 1,626 | 1.4 | Landes Bioscience |
| International Journal for Parastiology: Drugs and Drug Resistance | 48 | 351 | 36 | 48 | 75.0 | 1.3 | 31 | 36 | 485 | 7.4 | Elsevier BV |
| Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology | 45 | 122 | 33 | 21 | 73.3 | 0.8 | 110 | 20 | 340 | 5.9 | Elsevier |
| Parasite Immunology | 53 | 70 | 33 | 6 | 62.3 | 1.1 | 72 | 25 | 595 | 4.2 | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| Pathogens and Global Health | 46 | 133 | 26 | 23 | 56.5 | 1.0 | 67 | 9 | 343 | 2.6 | Maney Publishing |
| Advances in Parasitology | 36 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 22.2 | 2.6 | 84 | 8 | 653 | 1.2 | Academic Press Inc. |