OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Insect Conservation and Diversity is 21. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Interpreting insect declines: seven challenges and a way forward	254
Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle	81
Are insects declining and at what rate? An analysis of standardised, systematic catches of aphid and moth abundances across Great Britain	75
Wild bee declines linked to plant‐pollinator network changes and plant species introductions	54
Field margin floral enhancements increase pollinator diversity at the field edge but show no consistent spillover into the crop field: a meta‐analysis	52
Increase of insular exotic arthropod diversity is a fundamental dimension of the current biodiversity crisis	43
A global review of determinants of native bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes	39
Spotlight on insects: trends, threats and conservation challenges	32
Light pollution is the fastest growing potential threat to firefly conservation in the Atlantic Forest hotspot	32
Accounting for year effects and sampling error in temporal analyses of invertebrate population and biodiversity change: a comment on Seibold et al. 2019	28
Environmental drivers of taxonomic and functional diversity of ant communities in a tropical mountain	28
Assessing long‐term effects of artificial light at night on insects: what is missing and how to get there	28
Diversity and conservation of saproxylic beetles in 42 European tree species: an experimental approach using early successional stages of branches	28
Limited understanding of bushfire impacts on Australian invertebrates	27
Glowing, glowing, gone? Monitoring long‐term trends in glow‐worm numbers in south‐east England	25
Intensive monitoring for bees in North America: indispensable or improvident?	25
Temperature drives variation in flying insect biomass across a German malaise trap network	24
Moths are strongly attracted to ultraviolet and blue radiation	24
Reducing the blue spectrum of artificial light at night minimises insect attraction in a tropical lowland forest	23
What level of native beetle diversity can be supported by forestry plantations? A global synthesis	22
Long‐term monitoring reveals decreasing water beetle diversity, loss of specialists and community shifts over the past 28 years	21