寄生蟲學出版關于純寄生蟲學和應用寄生蟲學的原始論文，包括生物化學、分子生物學、免疫學、遺傳學、生理學、流行病學、生態(tài)學、疫苗和藥物研究，以及寄生蟲感染的控制、新技術的應用、宿主-寄生蟲關系的理解進展、理論研究和重大系統(tǒng)修訂。每篇論文沒有最短或最長的長度，但所有稿件，包括較短的稿件，都必須按照本期刊的標準格式編寫，篇幅過長的稿件將被退回以縮短篇幅。

Parasitology publishes original papers on pure and applied parasitology, including biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, genetics, physiology, epidemiology, ecology, vaccine and drug studies, and the control of parasitic infections, the application of new techniques, advances in the understanding of host-parasite relationships, theoretical studies and major systematic revisions. There is no minimum or maximum length for a paper but all manuscripts, including short ones, must be prepared in the standard format for this journal and any manuscript that is excessively long will be returned for shortening.