OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Insect Science is 34. 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
The role of cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification in insect adaptation to xenobiotics	136
Opportunities and threats for pollinator conservation in global towns and cities	115
Impact of the insect gut microbiota on ecology, evolution, and industry	86
There is plenty of room at the bottom: microclimates drive insect vulnerability to climate change	77
Microbial symbionts expanding or constraining abiotic niche space in insects	76
Human dimensions of insect pollinator conservation	66
High elevation insect communities face shifting ecological and evolutionary landscapes	63
Evolutionary impacts of winter climate change on insects	62
Significance and interpretation of molecular diagnostics for insecticide resistance management of agricultural pests	61
Insect olfactory communication in a complex and changing world	57
(More than) Hitchhikers through the network: the shared microbiome of bees and flowers	54
Control of the insect metamorphic transition by ecdysteroid production and secretion	52
The gut microbiota — brain axis of insects	52
Exploiting insect-specific viruses as a novel strategy to control vector-borne disease	51
Processing insects for use in the food and feed industry	50
Ontogenetic variation in thermal sensitivity shapes insect ecological responses to climate change	50
Microbiomes as modulators of Drosophila melanogaster homeostasis and disease	47
Relevance of microbial symbiosis to insect behavior	46
Globalization and the anthropogenic spread of invasive social insects	45
Edible insect farming as an emerging and profitable enterprise in East Africa	44
The effects of urbanisation on ecological interactions	44
Stingless bees and microbial interactions	43
A global review of target impact and direct nontarget effects of classical weed biological control	43
Validating measurements of acclimation for climate change adaptation	42
Heterologous expression of insect P450 enzymes that metabolize xenobiotics	40

Energetics as a lens to understanding aquatic insect's responses to changing temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity regimes	37
Technological advances in field studies of pollinator ecology and the future of e-ecology	37
Newer characters, same story: neonicotinoid insecticides disrupt food webs through direct and indirect effects	37
Host plant resistance in wheat to barley yellow dwarf viruses and their aphid vectors: a review	37
How commensal microbes shape the physiology of Drosophila melanogaster	37
The evolution of insect body coloration under changing climates	36
Regulation of insect P450s in response to phytochemicals	36
Short term transcriptional responses of P450s to phytochemicals in insects and mites	35
Genetic and molecular understanding of host rice resistance and Nilaparvata lugens adaptation	34
Climate change and elevational range shifts in insects	34
Pollinator decline: what do we know about the drivers of solitary bee declines?	34