OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Insect Science is 11. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Is the genetic architecture of behavior exceptionally complex?	118
Publisher's Note	95
Editorial Board	90
Dynamics and evolution of transposable elements in mosquito genomes	81
Viviparity and obligate blood feeding: tsetse flies as a unique research system to study climate change	73
Contaminant fluxes across ecosystems mediated by aquatic insects	72
Extent and impacts of winter breeding in the North American monarch butterfly	60
Ecological forecasts of insect range dynamics: a broad range of taxa includes winners and losers under future climate	58
Untangling plastic responses to combined thermal and dietary stress in insects	56
The within-host ecology of insects and their parasites: integrating experiments and mathematical models	49
The social brain of ‘non-eusocial’ insects	49
Population dynamics and drivers of the eastern monarch (Danaus plexippus) across its full annual cycle: a cross-scale synthesis of a model migratory species	43
Facing the flames: insect responses to megafires and changing fire regimes	41
Leveraging Sex Determination Systems for Genetic Biocontrol of Dipteran Pests	41
Decoding sex differences: how GABA shapes Drosophila behavior	40
Origin of eusociality in termites: was genetic monogamy essential?	40
Direct sequencing of insect symbionts via nanopore adaptive sampling	40
Editorial Board	38
Floral nectar and honeydew microbial diversity and their role in biocontrol of insect pests and pollination	38
Environmentally responsive reproduction: neuroendocrine signalling and the evolution of eusociality	38
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: Aedes-borne viral disease transmission: vector dynamics, plasticity, and prospects for control	36
Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest geometrid outbreaks	35
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: an integrative view	34
Experimental platforms for functional genomics in ticks	33
Mosquito sex determination: recent advances and applications	33

Editorial overview: Global change biology (2023) — Novel perspectives on futures, mechanisms, and the human element of insect conservation in the Anthropocene	31
Tick chemosensation and implications for novel control strategies	30
Parasitoid speciation and diversification	29
Genomics of insect natural enemies in agroecosystems	29
Neuroanatomy of blood-feeding arthropods	27
An integrative genomic toolkit for studying the genetic, evolutionary, and molecular underpinnings of eusociality in insects	27
Plant–pollinator conservation from the perspective of systems-ecology	27
Large-scale omics analyses of nutrition-responsive mechanisms of female germline stem cell proliferation and maintenance in Drosophila melanogaster	27
Editorial overview: Spotlight on monarch butterflies: A treasure trove of biology to preserve	26
The neuroecology of olfaction in bees	26
Editorial Board	26
Acylsugar-mediated resistance as part of a multilayered defense against thrips, orthotospoviruses, and beyond	26
Recent advances in agroecological research for increasing scope of areawide pest management of arthropods in cropping systems	25
Processing insects for use in the food and feed industry	25
Climate change, temperature extremes, and impacts on hyperparasitoids	25
MicroRNAs in the developmental toolbox — a comparative approach to understanding their role in regulating insect development	25
Editorial Board	24
Evolution of visual system specialization in predatory arthropods	23
Editorial Board	23
Investigating the role of chemical ecology in plant-pathogen, vector, and secondary consumer interactions and their consequences for integrated pest management	23
Editorial Board	23
A call to arms: novel strategies for thrips and tospovirus control	23
Post-transcriptional regulation of behavior plasticity in social insects	23
Flipping indirect defense: chemical cues from natural enemies mediate multitrophic interactions	22
Updates on ion and water transport by the Malpighian tubule	22
Metabolomics as a tool to elucidate biochemical cold adaptation in insects	21
Induced plant resistance and its influence on natural enemy use of plant-derived foods	21
Plasticity of the olfactory behaviors in Bactrocera dorsalis under various physiological states and environmental conditions	21
The effects of urbanisation on ecological interactions	20
Osmoregulatory capacity at low temperature is critical for insect cold tolerance	20
The monarch butterfly in Mexico: a conservation model	20
Repetitive DNAs: the ‘invisible’ regulators of insect adaptation and speciation	20
Insect olfactory neurons: receptors, development, and function	19
Editorial overview: Development and regulation: Lessons from a multispecies approach	19
Honeydew management to promote biological control	19
Editorial overview: How do social insects know their tasks?	19
Genetic and viral approaches to record or manipulate neurons in insects	19
Evolution and loss of ß-catenin and TCF-dependent axis specification in insects	18
Edible insect farming as an emerging and profitable enterprise in East Africa	18
Community change and population outbreak of grasshoppers driven by climate change	17
Virus and endogenous viral element-derived small non-coding RNAs and their roles in insect–virus interaction	17
Vector microbiota and immunity: modulating arthropod susceptibility to vertebrate pathogens	17
Novel mechanisms of epithelial ion transport: insights from the cryptonephridial system of lepidopteran larvae	17
Regulation of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis	17
Vibration receptor organs in the insect leg: neuroanatomical diversity and functional principles	17
Adaptation to urban environments	17
Cold-induced immune activation in chill-susceptible insects	17
The self as part of the sensory ecology: how behavior affects sensation from the inside out	16
Foe to frenemy: predacious ant nest beetles use multiple strategies to fully integrate into ant nests	16
Editorial Board	16

Editorial overview: Insecticide resistance mechanisms — from behavior and physiology to microbiome science	16
Editorial Board	16
Anticipating evolutionary responses of mosquito mating systems to population suppression with mass-reared males	16
Editorial overview: Effects of global change on species interactions and biodiversity in natural and managed landscapes	15
Where do all the pests go? Understanding the genomic mechanisms of crop pest dynamics during the off-season	15
Editorial overview: Molecular physiology of ion transport	15
Insects and microbes: best friends from the nursery	15
Prospects for application of population genetics for control of tsetse flies in Africa	15
Measuring and modelling crop yield losses due to invasive insect pests under climate change	15
Behavioral, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying caterpillar-ant symbioses	14
Extracting spatial information from temporal odor patterns: insights from insects	14
Evolution of Odonata: genomic insights	14
Taste adaptations in blood-feeding arthropods: mechanisms and ecological implications	14
Monocot crop–aphid interactions: plant resilience and aphid adaptation	14
Mosquito floral visitation and pollination	14
Biogenic amines in honey bee cognition: neurochemical pathways and stress impacts	14
Microbial influence on reproduction, conversion, and growth of mass produced insects	14
Editorial overview: Classical, novel and underrated regulators of development in the omics era	14
Insect visual perception and pest control: opportunities and challenges	14
Beyond the bite: how mosquito salivary proteins modulate midgut biology and malaria parasite transmission	14
Invasive ant establishment, spread, and management with changing climate	13
Firefly genomes illuminate the evolution of beetle bioluminescent systems	13
Interactions between parasitism and migration in monarch butterflies	13
New insight into molecular mechanisms underlying division of labor in honeybees	13
Advances in data-collection tools and analytics for crop pest and disease management	13
Collective decision-making during reproduction in social insects: a conceptual model for queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera)	13
Pathogen within-host dynamics and disease outcome: what can we learn from insect studies?	13
Genomics reveals widespread hybridization across insects with ramifications for species boundaries and invasive species	13
Gene editing in agricultural, health, and veterinary pest arthropods: recent advances	13
VectorBase.org updates: bioinformatic resources for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens and related organisms	13
A cold and quiet brain: mechanisms of insect CNS arrest at low temperatures	12
Anthropogenic noise affects insect and arachnid behavior, thus changing interactions within and between species	12
Editorial overview: Arthropod population dynamics at regional scales: Novel approaches and emerging insights	12
Chemical ecology of nectar–mosquito interactions: recent advances and future directions	12
Chemically mediated trophic interactions of invasive herbivorous insects and their applications for monitoring and management	12
Genomics and genome editing techniques of crickets, an emerging model insect for biology and food science	12
Phenomenon of reproductive plasticity in ants	12
Global change and adaptive biosecurity: managing current and emerging Aleurocanthus woglumi threats to Europe	12
Heat stress and host–parasitoid interactions: lessons and opportunities in a changing climate	12
Complexity, humility, and action: a current perspective on monarchs in Western North America	11
Insecticide resistance in social insects: assumptions, realities, and possibilities	11
Neuroendocrine control of insect aggression: do environmental stressors modulate aggressive behavior?	11
Elevated CO2, nutrition dilution, and shifts in Earth’s insect abundance	11
Editorial overview: The time is ripe for expanded research on mass production of insects as food and feed	11
Gene regulatory networks underlying the development and evolution of plasticity in horned beetles	11
tRNA expression and modifications as critical components in the biology of blood-feeding arthropods	11
Oviposition decisions under environment-induced physiological stress in parasitoids	11