Current Opinion in Insect Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Insect Science is 10. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board145
Viviparity and obligate blood feeding: tsetse flies as a unique research system to study climate change70
Is the genetic architecture of behavior exceptionally complex?64
Decoding sex differences: how GABA shapes Drosophila behavior50
Extent and impacts of winter breeding in the North American monarch butterfly48
Leveraging sex determination systems for genetic biocontrol of dipteran pests47
Population dynamics and drivers of the eastern monarch (Danaus plexippus) across its full annual cycle: a cross-scale synthesis of a model migratory species47
Untangling plastic responses to combined thermal and dietary stress in insects41
Sex determination gene Doublesex in hemimetabolous insects37
Ecological forecasts of insect range dynamics: a broad range of taxa includes winners and losers under future climate37
Facing the flames: insect responses to megafires and changing fire regimes36
Dynamics and evolution of transposable elements in mosquito genomes35
Origin of eusociality in termites: was genetic monogamy essential?35
Direct sequencing of insect symbionts via nanopore adaptive sampling35
Editorial Board33
Environmentally responsive reproduction: neuroendocrine signalling and the evolution of eusociality32
Floral nectar and honeydew microbial diversity and their role in biocontrol of insect pests and pollination31
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: an integrative view30
Tick chemosensation and implications for novel control strategies30
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: Aedes-borne viral disease transmission: vector dynamics, plasticity, and prospects for control29
Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest geometrid outbreaks29
Editorial overview: Global change biology (2023) — Novel perspectives on futures, mechanisms, and the human element of insect conservation in the Anthropocene29
Mosquito sex determination: recent advances and applications26
Genomics of insect natural enemies in agroecosystems26
Experimental platforms for functional genomics in ticks26
Parasitoid speciation and diversification26
Editorial Board25
Recent advances in agroecological research for increasing scope of areawide pest management of arthropods in cropping systems24
MicroRNAs in the developmental toolbox — a comparative approach to understanding their role in regulating insect development24
Editorial overview: Spotlight on monarch butterflies: A treasure trove of biology to preserve24
An integrative genomic toolkit for studying the genetic, evolutionary, and molecular underpinnings of eusociality in insects24
The evolution of queen competitions to boost productivity24
Large-scale omics analyses of nutrition-responsive mechanisms of female germline stem cell proliferation and maintenance in Drosophila melanogaster23
The neuroecology of olfaction in bees23
How many times to molt? Endocrine control of moltinism in lepidopteran insects23
Acylsugar-mediated resistance as part of a multilayered defense against thrips, orthotospoviruses, and beyond22
Neuroanatomy of blood-feeding arthropods22
Climate change, temperature extremes, and impacts on hyperparasitoids22
A call to arms: novel strategies for thrips and tospovirus control21
Editorial Board21
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Flipping indirect defense: chemical cues from natural enemies mediate multitrophic interactions20
Metabolic command centers in Drosophila: how the fat body and oenocytes orchestrate immunity, reproduction, and aging20
Investigating the role of chemical ecology in plant-pathogen, vector, and secondary consumer interactions and their consequences for integrated pest management19
Post-transcriptional regulation of behavior plasticity in social insects19
Evolution of visual system specialization in predatory arthropods19
Metabolomics as a tool to elucidate biochemical cold adaptation in insects19
Repetitive DNAs: the ‘invisible’ regulators of insect adaptation and speciation18
Induced plant resistance and its influence on natural enemy use of plant-derived foods18
Cold-induced immune activation in chill-susceptible insects18
Plasticity of the olfactory behaviors in Bactrocera dorsalis under various physiological states and environmental conditions18
Editorial overview: Development and regulation: Lessons from a multispecies approach18
The effects of urbanisation on ecological interactions18
The monarch butterfly in Mexico: a conservation model18
Editorial overview: How do social insects know their tasks?18
Recent advances on hormones and behavior in vertebrates: inspiration for and from invertebrate science17
Vibration receptor organs in the insect leg: neuroanatomical diversity and functional principles17
Microbial, genetic, and urban drivers of ant invasions17
Foe to frenemy: predacious ant nest beetles use multiple strategies to fully integrate into ant nests17
Insect olfactory neurons: receptors, development, and function16
Adaptation to urban environments16
Community change and population outbreak of grasshoppers driven by climate change16
Honeydew management to promote biological control16
Endocrine-disrupting effects of contaminants on communication and behaviors of insects: from molecular effects to ecological consequences16
Prospects for application of population genetics for control of tsetse flies in Africa15
Anticipating evolutionary responses of mosquito mating systems to population suppression with mass-reared males15
Evolution of Odonata: genomic insights15
Regulation of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis15
Editorial Board15
The self as part of the sensory ecology: how behavior affects sensation from the inside out15
Insects and microbes: best friends from the nursery15
Editorial overview: Insecticide resistance mechanisms — from behavior and physiology to microbiome science15
Editorial Board15
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Where do all the pests go? Understanding the genomic mechanisms of crop pest dynamics during the off-season15
Insect visual perception and pest control: opportunities and challenges14
Mosquito floral visitation and pollination14
Editorial overview: Classical, novel and underrated regulators of development in the omics era13
Taste adaptations in blood-feeding arthropods: mechanisms and ecological implications13
Pathogen within-host dynamics and disease outcome: what can we learn from insect studies?13
The role of insulin and octopamine in regulating energy homeostasis and locomotion in insects13
Extracting spatial information from temporal odor patterns: insights from insects13
Monocot crop–aphid interactions: plant resilience and aphid adaptation12
New insight into molecular mechanisms underlying division of labor in honeybees12
A cold and quiet brain: mechanisms of insect CNS arrest at low temperatures12
Biogenic amines in honey bee cognition: neurochemical pathways and stress impacts12
Collective decision-making during reproduction in social insects: a conceptual model for queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera)12
Beyond the bite: how mosquito salivary proteins modulate midgut biology and malaria parasite transmission12
Gene editing in agricultural, health, and veterinary pest arthropods: recent advances12
Behavioral, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying caterpillar-ant symbioses12
Interactions between parasitism and migration in monarch butterflies12
Advances in data-collection tools and analytics for crop pest and disease management11
Global change and adaptive biosecurity: managing current and emerging Aleurocanthus woglumi threats to Europe11
Advances in monitoring of indoor pests11
Heat stress and host–parasitoid interactions: lessons and opportunities in a changing climate11
Genomics reveals widespread hybridization across insects with ramifications for species boundaries and invasive species11
Chemical ecology of nectar–mosquito interactions: recent advances and future directions11
Invasive indoor pests under the microbiological lens: bacterial and viral diversity from local to global scales in bed bugs and cockroaches11
Phenomenon of reproductive plasticity in ants11
Chemically mediated trophic interactions of invasive herbivorous insects and their applications for monitoring and management11
Editorial overview: Adaptive genomic of economically important insects11
Editorial overview: Arthropod population dynamics at regional scales: Novel approaches and emerging insights11
An intricate evolutionary connection between meiotic drive and sex10
Complexity, humility, and action: a current perspective on monarchs in Western North America10
Neuroendocrine control of insect aggression: do environmental stressors modulate aggressive behavior?10
Extrinsic and intrinsic regulation of blood feeding in mosquitoes10
Insect sex chromosome evolution: conservation, turnover, and mechanisms of dosage compensation10
Gene regulatory networks underlying the development and evolution of plasticity in horned beetles10
tRNA expression and modifications as critical components in the biology of blood-feeding arthropods10
Genetic control of malaria transmission: a salivary gland-centric perspective10
Elevated CO2, nutrition dilution, and shifts in Earth’s insect abundance10
Molecular physiology of copper in Drosophila melanogaster10
Oviposition decisions under environment-induced physiological stress in parasitoids10
Insecticide resistance in social insects: assumptions, realities, and possibilities10
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