The International Journal for Parasitology publishes the results of original research in all aspects of basic and applied parasitology, including all the fields covered by its Specialist Editors, and ranging from parasites and host-parasite relationships of intrinsic biological interest to those of social and economic importance in human and veterinary medicine and agriculture. Original research includes the development of novel and innovative concepts and ideas, as well as experimental and observational science that raises new hypotheses. Because of its breadth of discipline coverage, the aims and significance of all contributions should be made clear to readers who are not expert in the particular subject of papers. In applied parasitology, it will tend to favour contributions of broader significance to the subject rather than narrow, highly specialised applications. The principal form of publication is the full length paper which contains substantial results from a major program of research. The Journal also provides a medium for the publication of shorter, but complete, papers reporting highly significant original findings, as Succinctus articles. It also publishes Thematic Issues incorporating papers on a topical theme and commissions papers with emphasis on shorter, focussed Reviews of topical issues and strategically important subjects. The Journal encourages critical comment and debate on matters of current controversy in parasitology via "Current Opinions".

《國際寄生蟲學雜志》出版了基礎寄生蟲學和應用寄生蟲學各方面的原始研究成果，包括其專業編輯所涵蓋的所有領域，從具有內在生物學意義的寄生蟲和宿主-寄生蟲關系到人類和獸醫醫學和農業中具有社會和經濟重要性的寄生蟲和宿主-寄生蟲關系。原始研究包括開發新穎和創新的概念和想法，以及提出新假設的實驗和觀察科學。由于它的學科覆蓋面廣，所有的貢獻的目的和意義都應該向不擅長某一論文主題的讀者明確。在應用寄生蟲學中，它更傾向于對該學科有更廣泛意義的貢獻，而不是狹隘的、高度專業化的應用。主要的出版形式是全文，其中包含重大研究項目的實質性成果。該雜志還提供了出版較短，但完整的論文，報告高度重要的原始發現的媒體，如簡明扼要的文章。它還出版專題期刊，其中包括專題論文，并委托撰寫重點放在對專題問題和具有戰略重要性的主題進行較短、重點突出的審查的論文。該雜志鼓勵通過“當前觀點”對當前寄生蟲學的爭議問題進行批判性的評論和辯論。