OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Insects As Food and Feed is 6. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Nutritional value of insects and ways to manipulate their composition	124
Regulations on insects as food and feed: a global comparison	83
A literature review of consumer research on edible insects: recent evidence and new vistas from 2019 studies	81
Beyond the protein concept: health aspects of using edible insects on animals	69
Use of black soldier fly and house fly in feed to promote sustainable poultry production	63
Edible insect processing pathways and implementation of emerging technologies	58
Environmental aspects of insect mass production	57
A meta-analysis on the nutritional value of insects in aquafeeds	52
Biological contaminants in insects as food and feed	49
Insects as a source of phenolic compounds and potential health benefits	42
Profitability of insect farms	42
How many people on our planet eat insects: 2 billion?	41
Chemical food safety hazards of insects reared for food and feed	41
Advancing edible insects as food and feed in a circular economy	39
Diseases in edible insect rearing systems	35
Cricket (Acheta domesticus) protein hydrolysates’ impact on the physicochemical, structural and sensory properties of tortillas and tortilla chips	35
Fruit, vegetable, and starch mixtures on the nutritional quality of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae and resulting frass	34
Effect of using insects as feed on animals: pet dogs and cats	33
Edible insects and food safety: allergy	33
Substrate as insect feed for bio-mass production	33
The new packaged food products containing insects as an ingredient	32
Nutritional plasticity of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in response to artificial diets varying in protein and carbohydrate concentrations	32
Welfare considerations for farming black soldier flies, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): a model for the insects as food and feed industry	32
Performance of black soldier fly frass fertiliser on maize (Zea mays L.) growth, yield, nutritional quality, and economic returns	30
Impacts of insect consumption on human health	30

Black soldier fly larval meal in feed enhances growth performance, carcass yield and meat quality of finishing pigs	30
Bioactive properties of insect products for monogastric animals – a review	29
Use of insect products in pig diets	29
Comparison of black soldier fly larvae pre-treatments and drying techniques on the microbial load and physico-chemical characteristics	29
Insect left-over substrate as plant fertiliser	28
Chemical safety of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens), knowledge gaps and recommendations for future research: a critical review	28
Application of laboratory methods for understanding fish responses to black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) based diets	27
Welfare of farmed insects	27
Correlates of the willingness to consume insects: a meta-analysis	25
Genetic and genomic selection in insects as food and feed	25
How information affects consumers’ purchase intention and willingness to pay for poultry farmed with insect-based meal and live insects	24
Information and taste interventions for improving consumer acceptance of edible insects: a pilot study	24
Consumer attitude and acceptance toward fish fed with insects: a focus on the new generations	22
Fertiliser effect on Swiss chard of black soldier fly larvae-frass compost made from food waste and faeces	22
Strain matters: strain effect on the larval growth and performance of the yellow mealworm,Tenebrio molitor L.	21
Health of the black soldier fly and house fly under mass-rearing conditions: innate immunity and the role of the microbiome	20
Legislative landscape of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) as feed	20
Upcycling of manure with insects: current and future prospects	20
Impact of age, size, and sex on adult black soldier fly [Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)] thermal preference	19
Effects of adult body size on mating success of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)	19
Comparative evaluation ofHermetia illucens larvae reared on different substrates for red tilapia diet: effect on growth and body composition	19
The influence of wet feed distribution on the density, growth rate and growth variability of Tenebrio molitor	18
Manipulation of the black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens; Diptera: Stratiomyidae) fatty acid profile through the substrate	18
The effect of Rhodococcus rhodochrous supplementation on black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) development, nutrition, and waste conversion	18
Insect-based protein feed: from fork to farm	17
Probiotic properties of an indigenous Pediococcus pentosaceus strain on Tenebrio molitor larval growth and survival	17
Industrial processing technologies for insect larvae	17
Agricultural by-products from Greece as feed for yellow mealworm larvae: circular economy at a local level	17
Economic and ecological values of frass fertiliser from black soldier fly agro-industrial waste processing	16
Preliminary project design for insect production: part 1 – overall mass and energy/heat balances	16
Interaction of age and temperature on heat shock protein expression, sperm count, and sperm viability of the adult black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)	15
Preliminary project design for insect production: part 4 – facility considerations	15
Characterisation of fatty acid profiles ofTenebrio molitor larvae reared on diets enriched with edible oils	15
Influence of ultrasonic treatment on functional properties and structure of tussah pupa protein isolate	14
Edible insects as foods: mapping scientific publications and product launches in the global market (1996-2021)	13
Valorisation of agri-food waste and mealworms rearing residues for improving the sustainability ofTenebrio molitor industrial production	13
Temperature-modified density effects in the black soldier fly: low larval density leads to large size, short development time and high fat content	13
Behaviour of two fly species reared for livestock feed: optimising production and insect welfare	13
Traditional rearing techniques of the edible Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia Smith) and its socio-economic perspective in Nagaland, India	13
Hermetia illucens adults are susceptible to infection by the fungus Beauveria bassiana in laboratory experiments	13
The Brazilians’ sensorial perceptions for novel food – cookies with insect protein	13
Lipid fingerprinting of yellow mealwormTenebrio molitor by untargeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry	13
Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) as a feed for beef cattle: a hedonic pricing model	13
Effects of rearing system and microbial inoculation on black soldier fly larvae growth and microbiota when reared on agri-food by-products	13
A hungry need for knowledge on the black soldier fly digestive system	13
Digestibility of defatted insect meals for rainbow trout aquafeeds	13
Insects in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) diets – comparison between full-fat, defatted, and de-chitinised meals, and oil and exoskeleton fractions	12
Fermentation technology applied in the insect value chain: making a win-win between microbes and insects	12
Feeding black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) reared on organic rest streams alters gut characteristics of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	12
Mineral composition in black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae and resulting frass from fruit and their peels	11

Eating insects – from acceptable to desirable consumer products	11
Supercritical-CO2 for defatting and production of bioactive extracts from black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae	11
Characterisation of pH-shift-produced protein isolates from sago palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae	11
Preliminary project design for insect production: part 3 – sub-process types and reactors	11
Black soldier fly meal effects on meagre health condition: gut morphology, gut microbiota and humoral immune response	11
Organic side streams: using microbes to make substrates more fit for mass producing insects for use as feed	11
Harvesting desert locusts for food and feed may contribute to crop protection but will not suppress upsurges and plagues	10
Performance, nutrient digestibility and selected gut health parameters of broilers fed with black soldier fly, lesser mealworm and yellow mealworm	10
The effects of density on the growth, survival and feed conversion of Tenebrio molitor larvae	10
The effect of relative humidity on the survival and growth rate of the yellow mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor, Linnaeus 1758)	10
A dynamic hop to cricket consumption: factors influencing willingness to try insect-based food	10
Life on a piece of cake: performance and fatty acid profiles of black soldier fly larvae fed oilseed by-products	10
Physical, nutritional, and sensory properties of spray-dried and oven-roasted cricket (Acheta domesticus) powders	10
Towards circular agriculture – exploring insect waste streams as a crop and soil health promoter	10
Preliminary project design for insect production: part 2 – organism kinetics, system dynamics and the role of modelling & simulation	10
Biofortification of selenium in black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) prepupae reared on seaweed or selenium enriched substrates	10
Substrates most preferred for black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (L.) oviposition are not the most suitable for their larval development	10
Suitable extraction conditions for determination of total anti-oxidant capacity and phenolic compounds in Ruspolia differens Serville	9
Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) oil in growing rabbit nutrition: effects on meat physicochemical traits, sensory profile and shelf-life	9
Effect of carrot supplementation on nutritional value of insects: a case study with Jamaican field cricket (Gryllus assimilis)	9
Impact of some local organic by-products on Acheta domesticus growth and meal production	9
Adult behaviour as the next frontier for optimising industrial production of the black soldier flyHermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)	9
Can insects be used in the nutrition of ruminants?	9
Unravelling the potential of cricket-based hydrolysed sourdough on the quality of an innovative bakery product	9
Replacement of fishmeal by yellow mealworm meal on the growth performance, feed utilisation and quality of large yellow croaker	9
Edible insects in the Adamawa and eastern regions of Cameroon: collection, processing and consumption	9
Omega-3 on the fly: long-legged fly Machaerium maritimae as a potential source of eicosapentaenoic acid for aquafeeds	8
Life-history traits of black soldier fly reared on agro-industrial by-products subjected to three pre-treatments: a pilot-scale study	8
Exploring edible insects’ acceptance through subjective perceptions: a visual Q study	8
Optimal dietary protein to carbohydrate ratio for black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae	8
Closing the gap – producing black soldier fly larvae on aquaculture side streams	8
Growth, survival and development of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) fed flowering plants	8
Cannibalism, oviposition and egg development in the edible long-horned grasshopper, Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) under laboratory conditions	8
Edible insects: non-food and non-feed industrial applications	8
Effect of alternative rearing substrates and temperature on growth and development of the cricket Modicogryllus conspersus (Schaum)	8
Actions needed before insects can contribute to a real closed-loop circular economy in the EU	8
Use of distillery by-products asTenebrio molitor mealworm feed supplement	8
Impact of hexane defatting on characteristics ofPatanga succincta L. powder and its application on nutritional improvement of biscuit stick	8
Insects are a delicacy: exploring consumer acceptance and market demand for edible insects in China	8
Impact of starvation on fat content and microbial load in edible crickets (Acheta domesticus)	8
Effect of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) inclusion and process temperature on extrudate snack properties	8
Facing the challenge of discarded fish: improving nutritional quality of two insect species larvae for use as feed and food	7
Total fishmeal replacement by defattedHermetia illucens larvae meal in diets for gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles	7
Effect of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) meals in the diet on the growth performance and carcass composition in broilers	7
Insect infestations in mealworm farming: the case of the pyralid moths	7
Overview of larvae of red palm weevil,Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), as human food	7
Economic viability of insect meal as a novel ingredient in diets for broiler chickens	7
Impact of age, sex, and size on the thermal tolerance of the adult black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)	7
Effects of the substitution of fishmeal with mealworm meal on enzymes, haemolymph and intestinal microbiota of the Pacific white shrimp	7
Can we farm aquatic insects for human food or livestock feed?	7
Techno-biofunctional aspect of seasoning powder from farm-raised sago palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae	7
The mitochondrial genome of Qinghuang_1, the first modern improved strain of Chinese oak silkworm,Antheraea pernyi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)	7
Effect of geographical location, insect type and cooking method on the nutritional composition of insects consumed in South Africa	7
Recycling of spent mushroom substrate and food waste: utilisation as feed materials for black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens (L.) Diptera: Stratiomyidae)	7
Microbial contaminants in wild harvested and traded edible long-horned grasshopper, Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Uganda	7
Reviewing entomophagy in the Democratic Republic of Congo: species and host plant diversity, seasonality, patterns of consumption and challenges of the edible insect sector	7
Trapping, identification and rearing of edible palm weevils in Kenya and Uganda	7
Stable isotope ratio analysis for the characterisation of edible insects	7
Dietary black soldier fly pulp affects growth, antioxidant and immune capacity of Micropterus salmoides	6
Effects of functional polysaccharide from silkworm as an immunostimulant on transcriptional profiling and disease resistance in fish	6
Effects of fishmeal substitution with Hermetia illucens L on the growth, metabolism and disease resistance of Micropterus salmoides	6
The mopane worm (Gonimbrasia belina Westwood): a review of its biology, ecology and utilisation in Zimbabwe	6
Purification of novel polypeptides from bee pupae and their immunomodulatory activityin vivo andin vitro	6
Characterisation of black soldier fly larva protein before and after conjugation by the Maillard reaction	6
Metabolite characterisation and profiling of Hermetia illucens L. larvae at various growth stages using Sesamum indicum residues as nutrient source	6
Factors affecting consumption of edible insects as food: entomophagy in Myanmar	6
Comparison of technological and physicochemical properties of cricket powders of different origin	6
African traditional use of edible insects and challenges towards the future trends of food and feed	6
Effect of dietary supplementation with powder derived fromMoringa oleifera andAzadirachta indica leaves on growth and microbial load of edible crickets	6
The effect of dietary Tenebrio molitor meal inclusion on growth performance and liver health of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)	6
Effects of long-lasting cold storage onTenebrio molitor larvae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)	6
White-spotted flower chafer (Protaetia brevitarsis) ameliorates inflammatory responses in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages	6
Harmful and beneficial symbionts of Tenebrio molitor and their implications for disease management	6
Insect food in space	6
Evaluation of dietary inclusion of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae on fish production performance: a meta-analysis	6
Growth performance ofAcheta domesticus andGryllus bimaculatus production reared under improvised cage system for increased returns and food security	6
Effect of conjugated protein composed of porcine myofibril and Protaetia brevitarsis protein on protein functionality	6
Efficient use of agricultural waste to naturally fortifyTenebrio molitor mealworms and evaluation of their nutraceutical properties	6
Insects as a food source for indigenous communities in Colombia: a review and research perspectives	6