OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Insect Science is 14. 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 role of cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification in insect adaptation to xenobiotics	141
Opportunities and threats for pollinator conservation in global towns and cities	119
Impact of the insect gut microbiota on ecology, evolution, and industry	88
There is plenty of room at the bottom: microclimates drive insect vulnerability to climate change	79
Microbial symbionts expanding or constraining abiotic niche space in insects	76
Human dimensions of insect pollinator conservation	67
Evolutionary impacts of winter climate change on insects	64
High elevation insect communities face shifting ecological and evolutionary landscapes	64
Significance and interpretation of molecular diagnostics for insecticide resistance management of agricultural pests	62
Insect olfactory communication in a complex and changing world	58
(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	54
The gut microbiota — brain axis of insects	53
Exploiting insect-specific viruses as a novel strategy to control vector-borne disease	53
Processing insects for use in the food and feed industry	51
Ontogenetic variation in thermal sensitivity shapes insect ecological responses to climate change	50
Relevance of microbial symbiosis to insect behavior	49
Microbiomes as modulators of Drosophila melanogaster homeostasis and disease	48
Stingless bees and microbial interactions	47
The effects of urbanisation on ecological interactions	47
Globalization and the anthropogenic spread of invasive social insects	46
Edible insect farming as an emerging and profitable enterprise in East Africa	44
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	41

Regulation of insect P450s in response to phytochemicals	40
How commensal microbes shape the physiology of Drosophila melanogaster	39
Newer characters, same story: neonicotinoid insecticides disrupt food webs through direct and indirect effects	38
Host plant resistance in wheat to barley yellow dwarf viruses and their aphid vectors: a review	38
Genetic and molecular understanding of host rice resistance and Nilaparvata lugens adaptation	37
Short term transcriptional responses of P450s to phytochemicals in insects and mites	37
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
Climate change and elevational range shifts in insects	36
Pollinator decline: what do we know about the drivers of solitary bee declines?	36
The evolution of insect body coloration under changing climates	36
Direct and indirect effects of altered temperature regimes and phenological mismatches on insect populations	34
Symbioses among ants and microbes	33
Integrating microbes into pollination	32
The importance of competition between insect pollinators in the Anthropocene	32
The effect of climate change on invasive crop pests across biomes	32
How stage identity is established in insects: the role of the Metamorphic Gene Network	32
Plant volatiles as regulators of plant defense and herbivore immunity: molecular mechanisms and unanswered questions	31
Effects of insecticide resistance and exposure on Plasmodium development in Anopheles mosquitoes	30
Measuring and modelling crop yield losses due to invasive insect pests under climate change	30
Post-release monitoring in classical biological control of weeds: assessing impact and testing pre-release hypotheses	29
Osmoregulatory capacity at low temperature is critical for insect cold tolerance	29
Improving the compatibility of pesticides and predatory mites: recent findings on physiological and ecological selectivity	29
Breeding structure and invasiveness in social insects	29
The managed-to-invasive species continuum in social and solitary bees and impacts on native bee conservation	29
Floral traits affecting the transmission of beneficial and pathogenic pollinator-associated microbes	28
The complexity of global change and its effects on insects	28
The importance of insects on land and in water: a tropical view	27
Quantifying the social and economic benefits of the biological control of invasive alien plants in natural ecosystems	27
Niche construction theory can link bark beetle-fungus symbiosis type and colonization behavior to large scale causal chain-effects	26
Temperature impacts all behavioral interactions during insect and arachnid reproduction	26
Mechanisms of nitrogen excretion in insects	25
Artificial light at night disrupts species interactions and changes insect communities	25
How protection of honey bees can help and hinder bee conservation	25
Molecular ecology as a tool for understanding pollination and other plant–insect interactions	25
Cytochromes P450: terpene detoxification and pheromone production in bark beetles	24
Buzzkill: targeting the mosquito auditory system	23
Conventional breeding of insect-resistant crop plants: still the best way to feed the world population	23
Arthropods and climate change – arctic challenges and opportunities	23
How does climate change affect social insects?	23
The diversity of endogenous viral elements in insects	23
Yeast–nectar interactions: metacommunities and effects on pollinators	23
Characterizing ecological interaction networks to support risk assessment in classical biological control of weeds	22
How to better predict long-term benefits and risks in weed biocontrol: an evolutionary perspective	22
Interorgan communication in the control of metamorphosis	22
Mimicking nature’s flyers: a review of insect-inspired flying robots	22
VectorBase.org updates: bioinformatic resources for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens and related organisms	22
Varroa mite evolution: a neglected aspect of worldwide bee collapses?	21
Insect-machine hybrid robot	20
The roles of metals in insect–microbe interactions and immunity	20

Role of peptide hormones in insect gut physiology	20
Advances in oral RNAi for disease vector mosquito research and control	20
Chemical host-seeking cues of entomopathogenic nematodes	20
Regulation and biological function of metal ions in Drosophila	20
Insects for peace	19
A neuronal arms race: the role of learning in parasitoid–host interactions	19
Cytochrome P450-mediated mycotoxin metabolism by plant-feeding insects	19
Geographic dispersion of invasive crop pests: the role of basal, plastic climate stress tolerance and other complementary traits in the tropics	19
Biocontrol of invasive weeds under climate change: progress, challenges and management implications	19
The science behind the ban: the outstanding impact of ecotoxicological research on the regulation of neonicotinoids	19
Epigenetic regulation of post-embryonic development	19
Potential distribution of invasive crop pests under climate change: incorporating mitigation responses of insects into prediction models	19
Pollinator conservation requires a stronger and broader application of the precautionary principle	18
Volatile microbial semiochemicals and insect perception at flowers	17
Malaria mosquito chemical ecology	17
Nectar antimicrobial compounds and their potential effects on pollinators	17
Connectomics and the neural basis of behaviour	17
Nuclease-based gene drives, an innovative tool for insect vector control: advantages and challenges of the technology	17
Insect-inspired jumping robots: challenges and solutions to jump stability	17
Predicting non-target impacts	17
Arthropod exosomes as bubbles with message(s) to transmit vector-borne diseases	17
Microbial influence on reproduction, conversion, and growth of mass produced insects	16
Spatial distribution of campaniform sensilla mechanosensors on wings: form, function, and phylogeny	16
Temperature-sensitive development shapes insect phenological responses to climate change	16
Orienting insecticide research in the tropics to meet the sustainable development goals	15
Signatures of selection and evolutionary relevance of cytochrome P450s in plant-insect interactions	15
Predicting ecological impacts of invasive termites	15
Host plant resistance to thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) – current state of art and future research avenues	15
Updates on ion and water transport by the Malpighian tubule	15
Do amateurs and citizen science fill the gaps left by scientists?	15
Thermal biology of invasive Aedes mosquitoes in the context of climate change	15
Building effective policies to conserve pollinators: translating knowledge into policy	15
Bracoviruses, ichnoviruses, and virus-like particles from parasitoid wasps retain many features of their virus ancestors	15
Nutritional symbiosis and ecology of host-gut microbe systems in the Blattodea	14
An integrative approach to symbiont-mediated vector control for agricultural pathogens	14
Hybrid visual control in fly flight: insights into gaze shift via saccades	14
Anthropogenic noise affects insect and arachnid behavior, thus changing interactions within and between species	14
New discoveries and applications of mosquito fungal pathogens	14
The Drosophila midgut and the systemic coordination of lipid-dependent energy homeostasis	14
RNA virus EVEs in insect genomes	14