OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Experimental and Applied Acarology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany	31
Tick species from Africa by migratory birds: a 3-year study in Italy	26
Metabolic rate and resource depletion in the tick Ixodes ricinus in response to temperature	19
Acaricide resistance status and identification of resistance mutations in populations of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae from Ethiopia	19
Dermanyssus gallinae and chicken egg production: impact, management, and a predicted compatibility matrix for integrated approaches	16
Using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry to identify ticks collected on domestic and wild animals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo	15
Ticks and tick-borne Rickettsia in El Salvador	14
Evaluation of the effect of strip intercropping green bean/garlic on the control of Tetranychus urticae in the field	14
Molecular phylogeny of the phytoparasitic mite family Phytoptidae (Acariformes: Eriophyoidea) identified the female genitalic anatomy as a major macroevolutionary factor and revealed multiple origins	14
Molecular detection of Rickettsia spp. in ticks and fleas collected from rescued hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in Portugal	14
Validating a common tick survey method: cloth-dragging and line transects	13
Seasonal dynamics of Amblyomma sculptum in two areas of the Cerrado biome midwestern Brazil, where human cases of rickettsiosis have been reported	13
Lethal and sublethal effects of emamectin benzoate on life-table and physiological parameters of citrus red mite, Panonychus citri	12
A novel defensin-like peptide contributing to antimicrobial and antioxidant capacity of the tick Dermacentor silvarum (Acari: Ixodidae)	12
The climate niche of the invasive tick species Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma rufipes (Ixodidae) with recommendations for modeling exercises	12
Rickettsia africae infection rates and transovarial transmission in Amblyomma hebraeum ticks in Mnisi, Bushbuckridge, South Africa	12
Molecular epidemiology of Theileria annulata infection of cattle in Layyah District, Pakistan	12
Genetic analysis and screening of pyrethroid resistance mutations in Varroa destructor populations from Turkey	12
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia spp. in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks found within the city of Białystok, Poland—first data	11
In vitro acaricidal activity of green synthesized nickel oxide nanoparticles against the camel tick, Hyalomma dromedarii (Ixodidae), and its toxicity on Swiss albino mice	11
Pyrethroid target-site resistance mutations in populations of the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) from Flanders, Belgium	10
Feeding design in free-living mesostigmatid chelicerae (Acari: Anactinotrichida)	10
Parasitism, seasonality, and diversity of trombiculid mites (Trombidiformes: Parasitengona, Trombiculidae) infesting bats (Chiroptera) in Poland	10
Evaluation of spray applications of Metarhizium anisopliae, Metarhizium brunneum and Beauveria bassiana against larval winter ticks, Dermacentor albipictus	10
Acaricidal activity of the essential oil from Senecio cannabifolius and its constituents eucalyptol and camphor on engorged females and larvae of Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)	10

Plant-feeding may explain why the generalist predator Euseius stipulatus does better on less defended citrus plants but Tetranychus-specialists Neoseiulus californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis do n	10
Resistance of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus to fluazuron in Argentina	10
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing migrating and local breeding birds in Finland	10
Molecular detection and genetic identification of Wolbachia endosymbiont in Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks of Taiwan	10
Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in the Royal Parks of London, UK	10
The generalist predatory mite Anystis baccarum (Acari: Anystidae) as a new biocontrol agent for western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)	10
Effect of low temperature and relative humidity on reproduction and survival of the tick Rhipicephalus microplus	9
Temperature-dependent development and survival of an invasive genotype of wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella	9
Effects of B-azolemiteacrylic on life-history traits and demographic parameters of two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)	9
Bacterial microbiota analysis demonstrates that ticks can acquire bacteria from habitat and host blood meal	8
Acaricidal activity of Artemisia herba-alba and Melia azedarach oil nanoemulsion against Hyalomma dromedarii and their toxicity on Swiss albino mice	8
Lack of specialist nidicoles as a characteristic of mite assemblages inhabiting nests of the ground-nesting wood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Aves: Passeriformes)	8
Evaluation of acaricidal resistance status of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks from the hilly state (Uttarakhand) of India and evaluation of efficacy of a natural formulation for the management of resist	8
The G126S substitution in mitochondrially encoded cytochrome b does not confer bifenazate resistance in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae	8
Reproductive output and larval survival of American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from a population at the northern distributional limit	8
Multi‐country investigation of the diversity and associated microorganisms isolated from tick species from domestic animals, wildlife and vegetation in selected african countries	8
New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) in the Caatinga biome of Brazil, with a phylogenetic analysis of argasids using the nuclear Histone 3 (H3) gene	8
Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analyses of ixodid ticks infesting cattle in northeast Thailand: the discovery of Rhipicephalus microplus clade C and the rarely detected R. haemaphysaloides	8
Rearing of Hyalomma marginatum (Acarina: Ixodidae) under laboratory conditions in Morocco	7
Arthropods associated with the lychee erinose mite, Aceria litchii (Acari: Eriophyidae) on lychee trees in Minas Gerais, Brazil	7
Wolbachia and Spiroplasma could influence bacterial communities of the spider mite Tetranychus truncatus	7
Modeling of historical and current distributions of lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae), is consistent with ancestral range recovery	7
Fenpyroximate resistance in Iranian populations of the European red mite Panonychus ulmi (Acari: Tetranychidae)	7
Tick-borne pathogens in Dermacentor reticulatus collected from dogs in eastern Poland	7
Sharing a bed with mites: preferences of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae in a temperature gradient	7
Repellency and toxicity of a CO2-derived cedarwood oil on hard tick species (Ixodidae)	7
Dispersal patterns of oribatid mites across habitats and seasons	7
Development of abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae in Australian cotton and the establishment of discriminating doses for T. lambi	7
First rhyncaphytoptine mite (Eriophyoidea, Diptilomiopidae) parasitizing American hazelnut (Corylus americana): molecular identification, confocal microscopy, and phylogenetic position	7
Tick species from cattle in the Adama Region of Ethiopia and pathogens detected	7
Bacteria related to tick-borne pathogen assemblages in Ornithodoros cf. hasei (Acari: Argasidae) and blood of the wild mammal hosts in the Orinoquia region, Colombia	6
Distribution of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) over hosts, parasitopes, collection localities, and seasons in northern Iran	6
Occurrence of Rickettsia spp. and Coxiella burnetii in ixodid ticks in Kassena-Nankana, Ghana	6
Biological control of the Japanese pear rust mite, Eriophyes chibaensis (Acari: Eriophyidae) and the Kanzawa spider mite, Tetranychus kanzawai (Acari: Tetranychidae) with Euseius sojaensis (Acari: Phy	6
Ticks on reptiles and amphibians in Central Amazonia, with notes on rickettsial infections	6
Using convolutional neural networks for tick image recognition – a preliminary exploration	6
Molecular characterization, expression, and function of Vitellogenin genes in Phytoseiulus persimilis	6
Diversity of ticks and detection of Rickettsia amblyommatis infecting ticks on wild birds in anthropogenic landscapes in Bahia state, northeast Brazil	6
Determination of resistance status to amitraz in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus from Luzon, Philippines, through bioassay and molecular analysis	6
Effect of essential oils against acaricide‐susceptible and acaricide-resistant Rhipicephalus ticks	6
Repellent and acaricidal activities of basil (Ocimum basilicum) essential oils and rock dust against Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis ticks	6
Maps of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) for Austria and South Tyrol, Italy	6
Review: predatory soil mites as biocontrol agents of above- and below-ground plant pests	6
Population growth and respiration in the dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae under different temperature and humidity regimes	6
Shift in the seasonality of ixodid ticks after a warm winter in an urban habitat with notes on morphotypes of Ixodes ricinus and data in support of cryptic species within Ixodes frontalis	6
Combination of synthetic acaricides with (E)-cinnamaldehyde to control Rhipicephalus microplus	5
Ticks on the turf: investigating the presence of ixodid ticks on and around football fields in Germany	5
Host plant and humidity effects on phytoseiid mite, Gynaeseius liturivorus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) egg hatchability	5
Evaluation of in-house factors affecting the population distribution of Dermanyssus gallinae in cage and backyard rearing systems by using a modified monitoring method	5
Molecular identification and genetic analysis of Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato of dogs in Nigeria, West Africa	5

Oribatid mite communities in mountain scree: stable isotopes (15N, 13C) reveal three trophic levels of exclusively sexual species	5
Identification and expression of potential olfactory-related genes related to Niemann–Pick C2 protein and ionotropic receptors in Haemaphysalis longicornis	5
Anaplasma species infecting questing ticks in the Iberá wetlands ecoregion, Argentina	5
Prevalence of Borrelia, Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Babesia in ticks collected from vegetation in eastern Poland	5
First detection and genetic identification of Rickettsia infection in Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks collected from Southern Taiwan	5
Cheliceral chelal design in free-living astigmatid mites	5
Rickettsia spp., Ehrlichia sp. and Candidatus Midichloria sp. associated to ticks from a protected urban area in Buenos Aires City (Argentina)	5
Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany: 1st data update	5
Phylogenetic placement of Turkish populations of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes inopinatus	5
Hitchhiking or hang gliding? Dispersal strategies of two cereal-feeding eriophyoid mite species	5
Deltamethrin resistant alleles predominate in Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato in South India	5
Molecular variation of the cytochrome b DNA and protein sequences in Phytoseiulus macropilis and P. persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) reflect population differentiation	5
Acaricidal potential of active components derived from Alpinia galanga rhizome oils and their derivatives against Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae)	5
Performance of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) on three hop cultivars (Humulus lupulus)	4
A comparison of the cuticular properties of argasid and ixodid ticks: Ornithodoros moubata (Argasidae) vs. Amblyomma hebraeum and Ixodes pacificus (Ixodidae)	4
Evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium brunneum and the predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus against Rhizoglyphus robini under laboratory conditions	4
Exogenous methyl jasmonate induced cassava defense response and enhanced resistance to Tetranychus urticae	4
Isolation and evaluation of South African isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) on Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)	4
Let me know your name: a study of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the Carpathian–Balkan distribution gradient	4
Molecular identification and morphological variations of Dermacentor albipictus collected from two deer species in northern Mexico	4
Males mate with females even after sperm depletion in the two-spotted spider mite	4
Rickettsial infection in ticks from a natural area of Atlantic Forest biome in southern Brazil	4
Pathogens detected in the tick Haemaphysalis concinna in Western Poland: known and unknown threats	4
Impact of a tarsonemid prey mite and its fungal diet on the reproductive performance of a predatory mite	4
Genetic analysis of the tomato russet mite provides evidence of oligophagy and a widespread pestiferous haplotype	4
Two new life types and assessment of web-associated behavioral characteristics of some Oligonychus species on various host plants	4
Effects of temperature on cathepsin B, cathepsin D and acid phosphatase during embryo development of the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis	4
Phylogeography of Hyalomma (Euhyalomma) lusitanicum (Acarina, Parasitiformes, Ixodidae) in Andalusia based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene	4
Screening and genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi from field-collected on-host chiggers (Acari: Prostigmata) recovered from a positive scrub typhus locality in Kelantan, Malaysia	4
The potential for using aerated steam to eradicate strawberry mite and two-spotted spider mite on strawberry transplants	4
Identification of Glycycometus malaysiensis (for the first time in Brazil), Blomia tropicalis and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus through multiplex PCR	4
Chemical composition and acaricidal activity of Eucalyptus globulus essential oil against the vector of tropical bovine piroplasmosis, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus	4
Morphological abnormalities in Hyalomma dromedarii and Hyalomma rufipes (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Aswan, Egypt	4
Lethal and sublethal effects of insecticides on the survival and reproduction of Brevipalpus yothersi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)	4
Effects of temperature on the adults and progeny of the predaceous mite Lasioseius japonicus (Acari: Blattisociidae) fed on the cereal mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridae)	4
An evaluation of errors in the mitochondrial COI sequences of Hydrachnidia (Acari, Parasitengona) in public databases	4
How land-use intensity affects sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites in temperate forests and grasslands in Germany	4
The association of extracts of Achyrocline satureioides and the fungus Beauveria bassiana against the tick Rhipicephalus microplus	4