OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Insects is 38. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Insect Pests	355
Overview of Bee Pollination and Its Economic Value for Crop Production	130
Diversity and Global Distribution of Viruses of the Western Honey Bee, Apis mellifera	130
The Effect of Temperature on the Development of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)	94
A Review of the Biology and Control of Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), with Special Reference to Biological Control Using Entomopathogenic Fungi	78
Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in the Americas and Hawaii: A Review of the Use of Parasitoids and Predators	75
Synthetic and Natural Insecticides: Gas, Liquid, Gel and Solid Formulations for Stored-Product and Food-Industry Pest Control	72
Insecticidal Activity of 28 Essential Oils and a Commercial Product Containing Cinnamomum cassia Bark Essential Oil against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky	66
Supporting Bees in Cities: How Bees Are Influenced by Local and Landscape Features	61
Plant Allelochemicals as Sources of Insecticides	59
Latest Developments in Insect Sex Pheromone Research and Its Application in Agricultural Pest Management	58
Plant-Based Bioinsecticides for Mosquito Control: Impact on Insecticide Resistance and Disease Transmission	56
Fat Body—Multifunctional Insect Tissue	56
The Contribution of Silk Fibroin in Biomedical Engineering	54
Nutritional Composition of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (Hermetia illucens L.) and Its Potential Uses as Alternative Protein Sources in Animal Diets: A Review	53
Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases of Livestock in the Middle East and North Africa: A Review	51
Likely Geographic Distributional Shifts among Medically Important Tick Species and Tick-Associated Diseases under Climate Change in North America: A Review	51
Resistance in the Genus Spodoptera: Key Insect Detoxification Genes	51
Monitoring of Target-Site Mutations Conferring Insecticide Resistance in Spodoptera frugiperda	50
The Role of Flies as Pollinators of Horticultural Crops: An Australian Case Study with Worldwide Relevance	50
Global Habitat Suitability of Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae): Key Parasitoids Considered for Its Biological Control	49
Fermented Edible Insects for Promoting Food Security in Africa	47
Evaluation of Organic Wastes as Substrates for Rearing Zophobas morio, Tenebrio molitor, and Acheta domesticus Larvae as Alternative Feed Supplements	47
A Literature Review of Host Feeding Patterns of Invasive Aedes Mosquitoes in Europe	46
Resin Use by Stingless Bees: A Review	46

A Qualitative Analysis of Beekeepers’ Perceptions and Farm Management Adaptations to the Impact of Climate Change on Honey Bees	45
Tephritid Fruit Fly Semiochemicals: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives	45
RNAi in Insects: A Revolution in Fundamental Research and Pest Control Applications	43
Edible Insects and Sustainable Development Goals	42
The Efficacy of Alternative, Environmentally Friendly Plant Protection Measures for Control of Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera Frugiperda, in Maize	42
Evaluation of the Insecticidal Activities of α-Pinene and 3-Carene on Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	41
Indigenous Knowledge about Consumption of Edible Insects in South Africa	40
Post-Mortem Interval Estimation Based on Insect Evidence: Current Challenges	39
Geographical Distribution and Selection of European Honey Bees Resistant to Varroa destructor	39
Habitat and Seasonality Affect Mosquito Community Composition in the West Region of Cameroon	39
Resistance to Bt Maize by Western Corn Rootworm: Effects of Pest Biology, the Pest–Crop Interaction and the Agricultural Landscape on Resistance	39
The Essential and Enigmatic Role of ABC Transporters in Bt Resistance of Noctuids and Other Insect Pests of Agriculture	38
The Population Growth of Spodoptera frugiperda on Six Cash Crop Species and Implications for Its Occurrence and Damage Potential in China	38
Asteraceae Paradox: Chemical and Mechanical Protection of Taraxacum Pollen	38