OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sociobiology is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Morphological and Histological Structure of Adexinal Glands of some Solitary Bee Species (Hymenoptera – Apoidea)	21
Intercolony Avoidance Optimizes Foraging in Eciton burchellii Army Ants	11
Ants as Bioindicators of Habitat Conservation in a Conservation Area of the Atlantic Forest Biome	10
First Report of Nesting Habits, Nest Architecture and Foraging Behaviour of the Stingless bee, Tetragonula (Tetragonula) ruficornis (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) from India	10
Genetic Variations of the Asian Honey Bee Apis cerana Fabricius, 1793 in Kalimantan - Indonesia and Their Relationships Across Asia	9
Characterizing the Use of Botanical Resources from Pollen Loads from Apis mellifera, and Stingless Bees’ Pot-pollen Palynology: An Approach Using Network Analysis and Generalized Linear Models	8
The Recent Spread of the Carpenter Bee Xylocopa pubescens (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Europe, and First Record for the Aegean Archipelago	6
A Novel Integrative Methodology for Research on Pot-honey Variations During Post-harvest	6
Plesiobiotic Associations Between Ants: A Common Yet Underreported Phenomenon in the Mediterranean Region?	6
How the Choice of Habitat and Sampling Technique Affects Biodiversity Knowledge: The Case of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Atlantic Forest	5
Ovary Activation in Virgin Queens of Plebeia lucii Moure (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)	5
Artificial Diet Supplementation and Its Role in Enhancing Winter Survival and Productivity of Honey Bee Colonies	5
The State of the Art of the Tunisian Apidae Fauna (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)	5
One of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Detected in Cyprus	5
Pollination Efficiency of the Indian Bee, Apis cerana indica Fab. in Bitter Gourd in Tamil Nadu, India	5
First inventory of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with detection of potential invasive species in National Park of Ehotilés islands, Côte d’Ivoire	4
Occurrence of Gregarines (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) in the Neotropical Soldierless Ruptitermes spp. (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)	4
Acute Oral Toxicity of Fipronil on the Stingless Bee Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier, 1836)	4
Nesting Preference, Nesting Biology and Associated Natural Enemies of Chalichadoma flavipes Spinola, 1838 (hymenoptera: Megachilidae)	4
Intestinal Bacteria Aid Termites in Response to Entomopathogen Infection According to the Metagenome and Meta-transcriptome	4
New Species of Grigiotermes (Apicotermitinae, Termitidae) from the Northern Atlantic Forest, Delimited by Morphological and Molecular Data	4
A Unique Foraging Behavior of Honeybees on the Fallen Flowers of an Indian Beech Tree (Millettia pinnata L.)	4
Interspecific Repellent Effect of Hydroalcoholic Solution of Nest Refuse from Two Leaf-cutter Ant Species	4
Chasitermes tupan, a New Species of Apicotermitinae (Blattodea, Termitidae) from the Amazon Rainforest, with Addition to the Diagnosis of the Genus	4
Exploring the Diverse Range of Bee Pollinators Associated with the Medicinal Plant Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae) in West Bengal, India	4

Survival of Indian Honey Bee Apis Cerana indica Fabricius exposed to Microbial Control Agents: Insights into Its Pathogenicity and Toxicity under Varied Exposure Methods	4
Proteinaceous Resource Distribution by Single Foundresses of the Paper Wasp Polistes jokahamae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)	3
By the Way, Does the Presence of Ants in Flowers Interfere with Floral Visitation, or Not? A community Ecology Study	3
Effect of Agricultural Matrices on the Biodiversity Metrics of Bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila): A Review	3
Signature of Environmental and Parasite Stresses on the Wings of Apis mellifera	3
Stinging Ant Species at Gopher Tortoise Burrows Change over Time with Habitat Change	3
Drone Fertility : The Secret of Honey Bee Sustainability	3
Home Sweet Home: Yeasts Living in Substrates Related with Melipona scutellaris in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	3
Toxicity of Imidacloprid Against Melipona scutellaris (Latreille, 1811): Preliminary Risk Analysis	3
Effects of Ecological Fitting and Dispersal in a Generalist Stingless Bee: A Field Experiment	3
Non-destructive Detection of an Invasive Drywood Termite, Cryptotermes brevis (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae), in Timber	3
Pollination Redefined: Non-Apis Bees in Greenhouse Tomatoes and Emerging Global Research Trends	3
Edge effects on ant diversity and functional composition in a forest fragment in the Central Amazon	3
Hygienic Behaviors in The Iranian Honey Bee (Apis mellifera meda): Effects of Location and Season on Its Expression	3
Reviewing Social Facilitation in Insects Over the Past 30 Years	3
Bionomical observations of Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina smaragdula Fibricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	3
Recognition and Defensive Behavior of Nannotrigona testaceicornis Workers (Lepeletier, 1836) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Intra and Inter-colonial Bioassays	3
In vitro Studies on the Biology and Predatory Potential of Commonly Occurring Ant Species in a Selected Agro-ecosystem of the Himalayan Range, India	3
Comparative Analysis of Quality Parameters of Honey Collected from Domesticated and Wild Honeybee Species in District Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan	3
The Breeding Pattern and Population Genetic Structure of Coptotermes gestroi (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) Population in Natural Woodland Habitats	3
Diversity of Plants Foraged by Apis cerana Fabricius Around Qinling Mountains (Central China) Based on Honey Pollen Samples	3
Levels of Parasitism by Xenos oxyodontes (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) among Adult Hornets and Its Voltinism in the Host Vespa analis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)	3
First Record of the Exotic Ant Hypoponera ergatandria in Italy: Indoor Alate Swarms and Stinging Queens	3
Centridini Bees as Manageable Pollinators of West Indian Cherry (Malpighia emarginata, Malpighiaceae) Orchards in Southeast Brazil	2
Significant Biogeographic Range Expansion of the Social parasite Acromyrmex fowleri Rabeling et al., 2019	2
Assessing the Impact of Supplemental Feeding during Dearth Period on Brood Development in Apis mellifera	2
Insecticide Residue Containing a Mixture of Active Ingredients Induces Lethal and Sublethal Effects in Honey Bees	2
Ant species that remove diaspores alone are more efficient removers	2
State of Knowledge of the Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in Colombia with a Key to Genera	2
Comparative Assessment of Oral Insecticide Toxicity in the Indian Honey Bee and a Stingless Bee	2
Genetic Diversity in Pioneer Ants: The Cardiocondyla shuckardi Group	2
Solitary Bees Facing Climate Change	2
First Record of Gynandromorphism in Augochlora phoemonoe and an Updated List of Gynandromorphs in Halictinae	2
The Termite Biological Control Continued Optimism Must Face its Ongoing Absence of Potential	2
Antennal Sensilla of Workers of Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides Lepeletier (Apidae, Meliponini) Removing and non-Removing Dead Brood: Morphology, Morphometry and Quantity	2
Thermal Tolerance of Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) Changes Across an Elevation Gradient in the Mexican Transition Zone	2
Facilitative Interactions among Extrafloral Nectary-bearing Plants, Ants, and Neighboring Vegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado	2
Cohabitation inquiline-host in termite nests: does it involve distinct mechanisms?	2
Temporal and Spatial Foraging Activity of Indian Honey Bee (Apis cerana indica F.) at Different Migratory Sites	2
Southern Record of the Xenobiotic Ant Formicoxenus quebecensis from Eastern Wisconsin	2
Unveiling the Cultivation-Dependent Gut Bacterial Microbiota in the Feral Stingless Bee, Tetragonula iridipennis Smith (hymenoptera: Apidae)	2
Species Richness and Abundance of Social Wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) Associated with Shaded Cocoa Agroforests (Theobroma cacao L.) in Southern Bahia State, Brazil	2
Effects of Eight Years of Collecting on the Persistence of Liometopum apiculatum Ant Nests in Rangelands of Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	2
The effect of colony translocation on meliponaries of Melipona scutellaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from northeastern Brazil by morphogeometric analysis	2
On the Description of the Larval Stages of Myrmica inezae Forel, 1902 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), an Endemic Himalayan Species, with Notes on its Natural History	2
Importance of Fluctuating Asymmetry as an Indicator of Environmental Stress: Wing Morphological Responses of Euglossa melanotricha to an Altitudinal Gradient	2
Impact of Pesticides on Honey Bees: A review	2
Investigation of the Relationship Between Nosema spp. and Black Queen Cell Virus in Honey Bees in Türkiye	2