OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Insect Science is 12. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Publisher's Note	98
Is the genetic architecture of behavior exceptionally complex?	85
Direct sequencing of insect symbionts via nanopore adaptive sampling	85
Untangling plastic responses to combined thermal and dietary stress in insects	75
Population dynamics and drivers of the eastern monarch (Danaus plexippus) across its full annual cycle: a cross-scale synthesis of a model migratory species	72
Editorial Board	72
Origin of eusociality in termites: was genetic monogamy essential?	66
The social brain of ‘non-eusocial’ insects	64
Sex determination gene Doublesex in hemimetabolous insects	63
Decoding sex differences: how GABA shapes Drosophila behavior	56
Facing the flames: insect responses to megafires and changing fire regimes	53
The within-host ecology of insects and their parasites: integrating experiments and mathematical models	51
Extent and impacts of winter breeding in the North American monarch butterfly	51
Contaminant fluxes across ecosystems mediated by aquatic insects	50
Ecological forecasts of insect range dynamics: a broad range of taxa includes winners and losers under future climate	45
Viviparity and obligate blood feeding: tsetse flies as a unique research system to study climate change	45
Emerging patterns in social wasp invasions	43
Editorial overview: Global change biology (2023) — Novel perspectives on futures, mechanisms, and the human element of insect conservation in the Anthropocene	40
Pollinator conservation requires a stronger and broader application of the precautionary principle	39
Genomics of insect natural enemies in agroecosystems	37
Environmentally responsive reproduction: neuroendocrine signalling and the evolution of eusociality	37
Parasitoid speciation and diversification	37
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: Aedes-borne viral disease transmission: vector dynamics, plasticity, and prospects for control	37
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: an integrative view	36
Experimental platforms for functional genomics in ticks	36

Editorial Board	35
Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest geometrid outbreaks	33
Tick chemosensation and implications for novel control strategies	32
Floral nectar and honeydew microbial diversity and their role in biocontrol of insect pests and pollination	32
Breeding structure and invasiveness in social insects	31
An integrative genomic toolkit for studying the genetic, evolutionary, and molecular underpinnings of eusociality in insects	30
Recent advances in agroecological research for increasing scope of areawide pest management of arthropods in cropping systems	30
Large-scale omics analyses of nutrition-responsive mechanisms of female germline stem cell proliferation and maintenance in Drosophila melanogaster	30
Editorial Board	28
MicroRNAs in the developmental toolbox — a comparative approach to understanding their role in regulating insect development	28
The evolution of queen competitions to boost productivity	27
The neuroecology of olfaction in bees	27
Editorial overview: Spotlight on monarch butterflies: A treasure trove of biology to preserve	27
Climate change, temperature extremes, and impacts on hyperparasitoids	26
How does climate change affect social insects?	26
Editorial Board	25
Plant–pollinator conservation from the perspective of systems-ecology	25
Acylsugar-mediated resistance as part of a multilayered defense against thrips, orthotospoviruses, and beyond	25
Processing insects for use in the food and feed industry	25
Post-transcriptional regulation of behavior plasticity in social insects	24
Editorial Board	24
Editorial Board	24
Investigating the role of chemical ecology in plant-pathogen, vector, and secondary consumer interactions and their consequences for integrated pest management	23
Repetitive DNAs: the ‘invisible’ regulators of insect adaptation and speciation	23
Metabolomics as a tool to elucidate biochemical cold adaptation in insects	23
A call to arms: novel strategies for thrips and tospovirus control	22
The monarch butterfly in Mexico: a conservation model	22
Osmoregulatory capacity at low temperature is critical for insect cold tolerance	22
Induced plant resistance and its influence on natural enemy use of plant-derived foods	22
Plasticity of the olfactory behaviors in Bactrocera dorsalis under various physiological states and environmental conditions	22
Flipping indirect defense: chemical cues from natural enemies mediate multitrophic interactions	22
Evolution of visual system specialization in predatory arthropods	22
The effects of urbanisation on ecological interactions	21
Updates on ion and water transport by the Malpighian tubule	21
Foe to frenemy: predacious ant nest beetles use multiple strategies to fully integrate into ant nests	20
Editorial overview: How do social insects know their tasks?	20
Cold-induced immune activation in chill-susceptible insects	20
Honeydew management to promote biological control	20
Novel mechanisms of epithelial ion transport: insights from the cryptonephridial system of lepidopteran larvae	20
Edible insect farming as an emerging and profitable enterprise in East Africa	20
Vibration receptor organs in the insect leg: neuroanatomical diversity and functional principles	19
Insect olfactory neurons: receptors, development, and function	19
Vector microbiota and immunity: modulating arthropod susceptibility to vertebrate pathogens	19
Evolution and loss of ß-catenin and TCF-dependent axis specification in insects	18
Editorial overview: Development and regulation: Lessons from a multispecies approach	18
Regulation of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis	18
Genetic and viral approaches to record or manipulate neurons in insects	18
Recent advances on hormones and behavior in vertebrates: inspiration for and from invertebrate science	18
Virus and endogenous viral element-derived small non-coding RNAs and their roles in insect–virus interaction	18
Adaptation to urban environments	17

Community change and population outbreak of grasshoppers driven by climate change	17
Editorial overview: Effects of global change on species interactions and biodiversity in natural and managed landscapes	16
Editorial Board	16
Editorial overview: Molecular physiology of ion transport	16
The self as part of the sensory ecology: how behavior affects sensation from the inside out	16
Editorial Board	16
Anticipating evolutionary responses of mosquito mating systems to population suppression with mass-reared males	16
Prospects for application of population genetics for control of tsetse flies in Africa	15
Editorial overview: Insecticide resistance mechanisms — from behavior and physiology to microbiome science	15
Mosquito floral visitation and pollination	15
Insect visual perception and pest control: opportunities and challenges	15
Insects and microbes: best friends from the nursery	15
Editorial overview: Classical, novel and underrated regulators of development in the omics era	14
Evolution of Odonata: genomic insights	14
Monocot crop–aphid interactions: plant resilience and aphid adaptation	14
Where do all the pests go? Understanding the genomic mechanisms of crop pest dynamics during the off-season	14
Microbial influence on reproduction, conversion, and growth of mass produced insects	14
Measuring and modelling crop yield losses due to invasive insect pests under climate change	14
Taste adaptations in blood-feeding arthropods: mechanisms and ecological implications	13
Biogenic amines in honey bee cognition: neurochemical pathways and stress impacts	13
VectorBase.org updates: bioinformatic resources for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens and related organisms	13
Gene editing in agricultural, health, and veterinary pest arthropods: recent advances	13
Chemical ecology of nectar–mosquito interactions: recent advances and future directions	13
New insight into molecular mechanisms underlying division of labor in honeybees	13
Pathogen within-host dynamics and disease outcome: what can we learn from insect studies?	13
Beyond the bite: how mosquito salivary proteins modulate midgut biology and malaria parasite transmission	13
Collective decision-making during reproduction in social insects: a conceptual model for queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera)	13
Global change and adaptive biosecurity: managing current and emerging Aleurocanthus woglumi threats to Europe	13
Extracting spatial information from temporal odor patterns: insights from insects	13
Behavioral, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying caterpillar-ant symbioses	13
Advances in data-collection tools and analytics for crop pest and disease management	13
Firefly genomes illuminate the evolution of beetle bioluminescent systems	13
Interactions between parasitism and migration in monarch butterflies	13
Genomics and genome editing techniques of crickets, an emerging model insect for biology and food science	12
Chemically mediated trophic interactions of invasive herbivorous insects and their applications for monitoring and management	12
Elevated CO2, nutrition dilution, and shifts in Earth’s insect abundance	12
Invasive ant establishment, spread, and management with changing climate	12
Heat stress and host–parasitoid interactions: lessons and opportunities in a changing climate	12
Phenomenon of reproductive plasticity in ants	12
Editorial overview: Arthropod population dynamics at regional scales: Novel approaches and emerging insights	12
Anthropogenic noise affects insect and arachnid behavior, thus changing interactions within and between species	12
A cold and quiet brain: mechanisms of insect CNS arrest at low temperatures	12
Complexity, humility, and action: a current perspective on monarchs in Western North America	12
Genomics reveals widespread hybridization across insects with ramifications for species boundaries and invasive species	12