OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Insect Conservation is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Beyond butterflies: integrating frugivorous moths into conservation and biodiversity monitoring	35
The influence of biodiversity-friendly ranching practices on dung beetle diversity in a Mexican mountainous tropical landscape	21
It is here to stay. The exotic species Cloeon smaeleni Lestage, 1924 (Ephemeroptera) will be a long-term element of south American diversity	20
The genetic structure of the ash obligate moth prays fraxinella suggests that it is not affected by current habitat fragmentation	19
The role of citizens in conservation science: a case study with threatened Brazilian butterflies	18
Exotic tree plantations drive reduction in morphological variation of damselfly species in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest	17
Impacts of rainfall seasonality on Dung beetle diversity and their ecological functions in introduced Brazilian pastures	16
Slurry pipeline effects on Amazonian streams and Odonata communities	15
Does vineyard abandonment negatively affect the taxonomic and functional diversity of ground-dwelling beetles?	15
Unravelling regional and landscape effects on Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in shaded-cocoa agroforests and native forests in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	15
Special issue on insect conservation in biodiversity hotspots	14
Changes to butterfly phenology versus elevation range after four decades of warming in the mountains of central Spain	14
Differential response to fire in ground vs. vegetation arthropod communities	13
Why do spiders balloon? a review of recent evidence	12
Resilient fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages across a Caatinga dry forest chronosequence submitted to chronic anthropogenic disturbance	12
Landscape composition influences colony growth in the tropical asian stingless bees (Tetragonula fuscobalteata)	12
Effects of moss encroachment on reproduction of the large heathland bush-crickets Ephippiger diurnus and Gampsocleis glabra	12
Warming experiments test the temperature sensitivity of an endangered butterfly across life history stages	12
Trait-mediated phenological shifts in moths under climate change: evidence for alternative response strategies	11
Correction: The history, science and preliminary results from the reintroduction of the chequered skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon into Rockingham forest, England	11
Can protected areas and habitats preserve the vulnerable predatory bush cricket Saga pedo?	11
The potential for elevated soil salinity to enhance the ecological trap effect of roadside pollinator habitat	11
Bee-friendly interventions: the barriers and opportunities affecting urban residents’ conservation of wild bees in Gardens	11
Pattern and drivers of danaine butterfly migration in Southern India: implications for conservation	10
Moderate degradation of peat bogs causes biodiversity loss in carabid beetle and butterfly assemblages	10

The conversion of Atlantic forest to pastures changed physical but not chemical defenses in Cecropia pachystachya trécul (Urticaceae)	10
Habitat preferences and phenology of carrot wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae, Gasteruption) in Central Europe	10
Free-living colonies of native honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) in 19th and early 20th century Sweden	10
Strands of connection: unraveling livestock grazing effects on orb-weaver spiders	10
Evaluating the status and habitat preferences of the threatened skipper, Euphyes vestris harbisoni, in southern California, USA	10
How can an intensively used agricultural landscape preserve diversity of Orthoptera assemblages?	10
Grass and ground dwelling beetle community responses to holistic and wildlife grazing management using a cross-fence comparison in Western Kalahari rangeland, Namibia	10
Scale insects contribute to spider conservation in urban trees and shrubs	10
A strong decline of the endangered Apollo butterfly over 20 years in the archipelago of southern Finland	9
The threatened Pookila (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) hosts a diverse macrobiome of arthropods at varying risks of co-extinction	9
Artificial habitat – a chance for survival of a rare montane dragonfly (Odonata): case study on an alpine emerald (Somatochlora alpestris)	9
Managing an endemic taxon at the verge of extinction: factors driving population persistence and larval microhabitat selection of Zygaena angelicae elegans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)	9
Across the firefly-verse: comparison of niche suitability of an exotic firefly in its native and colonized range	8
Rediscovery of the purportedly extinct plain thorny-headed flea (Acanthopsylla saphes) (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae): a parasite in critical need of conservation	8
Beta diversity and microhabitat use of ant assemblages in a white-sand vegetation gradient in central Amazonia	8
Greens up: vertical greenings to promote urban pollinators – a preliminary study from a Central European City	8
Effects of mowing on Isophya costata, Natura 2000 species (Orthoptera), by direct mortality and management history	8
Estimating area of occupancy for specialist oil-collecting bees: Integrating species distribution models and spatial overlays to assess extinction risk	8
The impact of city animal and plant raising on people’s level of disgust towards ants and yellow jackets	8
Saproxylic Hymenoptera in dead wood retained on clear cuts, relation to wood parameters and their degree of specialisation	8
Plant abandonment behavior and fitness of monarch larvae (Danaus plexippus) is not influenced by an intraspecific competitor	8
Tritrophic interactions in a changing climate: a seed-feeding moth and its larval ectoparasitoids along an elevational gradient	8
A general lack of complete inventories for aquatic beetles in Morocco	7
Can microhabitat preferences of ground-dwelling insects be a good indicator for terrestrial ecosystem recovery after an oil spill?	7
Low extinction risk in the flower fly fauna of northeastern North America	7
Effect of road disturbance on ant diversity in the Monte desert of Argentina	7
Syrphid fly response to urban heat islands varies with functional traits	7
Positive shifts in species richness and abundance of moths over five decades coincide with community-wide phenotypic trait homogenisation	7
Spruce dieback as chance for biodiversity: standing deadwood promotes beetle diversity in post-disturbance stands in western Germany	7
Habitat types in the Atlantic Forest differently influence community structure and species interaction of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and their natural enemies	7
Mission Monarch: engaging the Canadian public for the conservation of a species at risk	7
Pine afforestation alters the ground-dwelling arthropod fauna of the Mediterranean heathland	7
Distribution of the Odonata assemblages along an environmental gradient in the streams of the legal Amazonia region in western Maranhão (Brazil)	7
Impacts of climate change on Lepidoptera biodiversity in Iran: insights from long-term climate data and GBIF records	7
Effects of experimental rewilding on butterflies, bumblebees and grasshoppers	7
Insights into wild bee species richness and abundance from pan traps and transect walks: the role of color and flower cover	7
Global warming—friend or enemy of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Montenegro	7
Effects of environmental factors and ecological integrity on semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) diversity in Cerrado streams	6
The diversity of moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini) from threatened mountain cloud forests in the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot	6
Micro-habitat features determine oviposition site selection in High Brown and Dark Green Fritillaries	6
What do monarchs feed on in winter? Nectar sources at hibernation sites	6
From past to a precarious future: climate change threatens protected Mexican tarantulas	6
Functional traits of wild bees in response to urbanization	6
Book review of ecology and conservation of the dutch ground beetle fauna – lessons from 66 years of pitfall trapping	6
Mature egg production in cryopreserved ovaries of a pierid butterfly, Eurema mandarina	6
Effect of environmental factors on the abundance of riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and co-inhabiting aquatic insects within a reach scale, in Japan	6
Livestock systems preserving natural grasslands are biodiversity reservoirs that promote spiders’ conservation	6
Unravelling the diet of flightless grasshoppers for conservation purposes using DNA metabarcoding	6
Efficiency of emergency conservation methods: a case study of the alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon) and its specific parasitoid	6
How data curation and new geographical records can change the conservation status of threatened brazilian butterflies	6

More insect species are supported by green roofs near public gardens	6
Key areas for conserving and sustainably using oil-collecting bees (Apidae: Centridini, Tapinotaspidini, Tetrapediini) in the Americas	6
Long droughts decrease tiger- and ground-beetle’ beta diversity and community body size in savannas of the Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique)	5
Host plant patch size selection of an endangered butterfly, the mottled duskywing (Erynnis martialis), at a reintroduction site	5
Effects of habitat biotic features on hymenopteran diversity in East Africa	5
Can species distribution models using remotely sensed variables inform reintroductions? Trialling methods with Carterocephalus palaemon the Chequered Skipper Butterfly	5
Impact of climate warming and landscape change on monarch butterfly	5
Diversity of Trichoptera (Insecta) in protected and unprotected areas of the Argentinian Parana and Araucaria Forest provinces	5
Securing a future for Serbia’s newly discovered Lycaena helle: conservation recommendations from population study and ecological niche models	5
Habitat diversity and peat moss cover drive the occurrence probability of the threatened ground beetle Carabus menetriesi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Bavarian mire	5
Population ecology of the red-winged grasshopper, Celes skalozubovi akitanus (Orthoptera, Acrididae), in Japan	5
Correction: A spider on the edge: century–scale shifts at the northwestern distribution limit of Lycosa singoriensis	5
Heather (Calluna vulgaris) supports spider diversity of oligotrophic peat bogs	5
Organic management, reduced tillage, and increased vegetation cover promote ant abundance and diversity in Mediterranean Vineyards	5
Invertebrate abundance and diversity in agricultural and National park areas on Floreana Island, Galápagos	5
Perceptions of undergraduate students on ladybugs and social wasps in ecosystems	5
Conserving Lepidoptera in a changing world: a special issue on the ecology and conservation of butterflies and moths	5
Correction: DNA barcoding of exuviae for species identification of Central European damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)	5
Spearhead blues: How threats to the damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum changed over time	5
Effectiveness of passive trapping and sweep netting for insect pollinator sampling in turf communities	5
Cryptic survival and an unexpected recovery of the long-tailed mayfly Palingenia longicauda (Olivier, 1791) (Ephemeroptera: Palingeniidae) in Southeastern Europe	5