OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Insect Conservation is 5. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Special issue on insect conservation in biodiversity hotspots	40
The genetic structure of the ash obligate moth prays fraxinella suggests that it is not affected by current habitat fragmentation	34
The influence of biodiversity-friendly ranching practices on dung beetle diversity in a Mexican mountainous tropical landscape	29
Beyond butterflies: integrating frugivorous moths into conservation and biodiversity monitoring	29
It is here to stay. The exotic species Cloeon smaeleni Lestage, 1924 (Ephemeroptera) will be a long-term element of south American diversity	28
The role of citizens in conservation science: a case study with threatened Brazilian butterflies	23
Changes to butterfly phenology versus elevation range after four decades of warming in the mountains of central Spain	23
Landscape composition influences colony growth in the tropical asian stingless bees (Tetragonula fuscobalteata)	21
Differential response to fire in ground vs. vegetation arthropod communities	21
Squeeze it or leave it? An ecological-economic assessment of the impact of mower conditioners on arthropod populations in grassland	14
To graze or to mow? The influence of grassland management on grasshoppers (Orthoptera) on a flood protection embankment in the Donau-Auen National Park (Austria)	14
Why do spiders balloon? a review of recent evidence	14
Bee-friendly interventions: the barriers and opportunities affecting urban residents’ conservation of wild bees in Gardens	13
Effects of moss encroachment on reproduction of the large heathland bush-crickets Ephippiger diurnus and Gampsocleis glabra	13
How can an intensively used agricultural landscape preserve diversity of Orthoptera assemblages?	12
Can protected areas and habitats preserve the vulnerable predatory bush cricket Saga pedo?	12
Correction: The history, science and preliminary results from the reintroduction of the chequered skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon into Rockingham forest, England	12
Pattern and drivers of danaine butterfly migration in Southern India: implications for conservation	12
The potential for elevated soil salinity to enhance the ecological trap effect of roadside pollinator habitat	11
Warming experiments test the temperature sensitivity of an endangered butterfly across life history stages	11
Carabus clatratus (Coleoptera: Carabidae): study case of mass rearing and release of a threatened species with new details on its life history	11
Resilient fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages across a Caatinga dry forest chronosequence submitted to chronic anthropogenic disturbance	11
Habitat preferences and phenology of carrot wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae, Gasteruption) in Central Europe	11
Free-living colonies of native honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) in 19th and early 20th century Sweden	11
Strands of connection: unraveling livestock grazing effects on orb-weaver spiders	10

Moderate degradation of peat bogs causes biodiversity loss in carabid beetle and butterfly assemblages	10
Managing an endemic taxon at the verge of extinction: factors driving population persistence and larval microhabitat selection of Zygaena angelicae elegans (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae)	10
Scale insects contribute to spider conservation in urban trees and shrubs	10
Grass and ground dwelling beetle community responses to holistic and wildlife grazing management using a cross-fence comparison in Western Kalahari rangeland, Namibia	10
Evaluating the status and habitat preferences of the threatened skipper, Euphyes vestris harbisoni, in southern California, USA	10
Artificial habitat – a chance for survival of a rare montane dragonfly (Odonata): case study on an alpine emerald (Somatochlora alpestris)	10
A Red List of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in Flanders (northern Belgium) and its implications for conservation	10
‘First Known Photographs of Living Specimens’: the power of iNaturalist for recording rare tropical butterflies	9
A strong decline of the endangered Apollo butterfly over 20 years in the archipelago of southern Finland	9
The threatened Pookila (Pseudomys novaehollandiae) hosts a diverse macrobiome of arthropods at varying risks of co-extinction	9
Beta diversity and microhabitat use of ant assemblages in a white-sand vegetation gradient in central Amazonia	8
Does climate change influence the current and future projected distribution of an endangered species? The case of the southernmost bumblebee in the world	8
Tritrophic interactions in a changing climate: a seed-feeding moth and its larval ectoparasitoids along an elevational gradient	8
The impact of city animal and plant raising on people’s level of disgust towards ants and yellow jackets	8
Across the firefly-verse: comparison of niche suitability of an exotic firefly in its native and colonized range	8
Syrphid fly response to urban heat islands varies with functional traits	8
Plant abandonment behavior and fitness of monarch larvae (Danaus plexippus) is not influenced by an intraspecific competitor	8
Effect of road disturbance on ant diversity in the Monte desert of Argentina	8
Identification of source populations for reintroduction in extinct populations based on genome-wide SNPs and mtDNA sequence: a case study of the endangered subalpine grassland butterfly Aporia hippia	7
Can microhabitat preferences of ground-dwelling insects be a good indicator for terrestrial ecosystem recovery after an oil spill?	7
Positive shifts in species richness and abundance of moths over five decades coincide with community-wide phenotypic trait homogenisation	7
Spruce dieback as chance for biodiversity: standing deadwood promotes beetle diversity in post-disturbance stands in western Germany	7
Saproxylic Hymenoptera in dead wood retained on clear cuts, relation to wood parameters and their degree of specialisation	7
Habitat types in the Atlantic Forest differently influence community structure and species interaction of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and their natural enemies	7
Effects of experimental rewilding on butterflies, bumblebees and grasshoppers	7
A general lack of complete inventories for aquatic beetles in Morocco	7
Effects of mowing on Isophya costata, Natura 2000 species (Orthoptera), by direct mortality and management history	7
Global warming—friend or enemy of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Montenegro	7
Mission Monarch: engaging the Canadian public for the conservation of a species at risk	7
Small-scale traditional maize farming fosters greater arthropod diversity value than conventional maize farming	7
Book review of ecology and conservation of the dutch ground beetle fauna – lessons from 66 years of pitfall trapping	6
Efficiency of emergency conservation methods: a case study of the alcon blue butterfly (Phengaris alcon) and its specific parasitoid	6
Gene-flow within a butterfly metapopulation: the marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia in western Bohemia (Czech Republic)	6
The potential effects of climate change on the populations of Aedes punctor (Diptera: Culicidae) in Hungary	6
Effects of environmental factors and ecological integrity on semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) diversity in Cerrado streams	6
The diversity of moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini) from threatened mountain cloud forests in the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot	6
The role of adult noctuid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and their food plants in a nocturnal pollen-transport network on a Mediterranean island	6
Low extinction risk in the flower fly fauna of northeastern North America	6
Effect of environmental factors on the abundance of riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and co-inhabiting aquatic insects within a reach scale, in Japan	6
Mature egg production in cryopreserved ovaries of a pierid butterfly, Eurema mandarina	6
Functional traits of wild bees in response to urbanization	6
Distribution of the Odonata assemblages along an environmental gradient in the streams of the legal Amazonia region in western Maranhão (Brazil)	6
Correction: DNA barcoding of exuviae for species identification of Central European damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata)	5
Effects of dispersed and aggregated retention-cuttings and differently sized clear-cuttings in conifer plantations on necrophagous silphid and dung beetle assemblages	5
Livestock systems preserving natural grasslands are biodiversity reservoirs that promote spiders’ conservation	5
Two common bee-sampling methods reflect different assemblages of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) community in mixed-grass prairie systems and are dependent on surrounding floral resource availability	5
Habitat diversity and peat moss cover drive the occurrence probability of the threatened ground beetle Carabus menetriesi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in a Bavarian mire	5
Effect of dramatic alteration of landscape structure on the Orthoptera assemblages of Transcarpathian lowland meadows (West Ukraine)	5
Survival of eggs to third instar of late-summer and fall-breeding monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and queen butterflies (Danaus gilippus) in north Texas	5
Population ecology of the red-winged grasshopper, Celes skalozubovi akitanus (Orthoptera, Acrididae), in Japan	5

Spearhead blues: How threats to the damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum changed over time	5
Key areas for conserving and sustainably using oil-collecting bees (Apidae: Centridini, Tapinotaspidini, Tetrapediini) in the Americas	5
What do monarchs feed on in winter? Nectar sources at hibernation sites	5
More insect species are supported by green roofs near public gardens	5
Impact of climate warming and landscape change on monarch butterfly	5
“Farming with Alternative Pollinators” approach increases pollinator abundance and diversity in faba bean fields	5
Is the São Francisco River a historical barrier to gene flow for populations of Melipona mandacaia Smith, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)?	5
Conserving Lepidoptera in a changing world: a special issue on the ecology and conservation of butterflies and moths	5
Heather (Calluna vulgaris) supports spider diversity of oligotrophic peat bogs	5
Bumblebee abundance and richness along disused railway lines: the impact of track morphology	5
Micro-habitat features determine oviposition site selection in High Brown and Dark Green Fritillaries	5
Long droughts decrease tiger- and ground-beetle’ beta diversity and community body size in savannas of the Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique)	5
How data curation and new geographical records can change the conservation status of threatened brazilian butterflies	5
Cryptic survival and an unexpected recovery of the long-tailed mayfly Palingenia longicauda (Olivier, 1791) (Ephemeroptera: Palingeniidae) in Southeastern Europe	5
Buffer zones maximize invertebrate conservation in a Biosphere Reserve	5
Diversity of Trichoptera (Insecta) in protected and unprotected areas of the Argentinian Parana and Araucaria Forest provinces	5
Effects of habitat biotic features on hymenopteran diversity in East Africa	5