OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Insects As Food and Feed is 30. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Consumer reasons for eating chapulines (Sphenarium purpurascens) in the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca	152
Development of nutrient-rich cookies using black soldier fly (BSF) flour	101
Conversion of mycotoxin-contaminated maize by black soldier fly larvae into feed and fertilizer	98
Effect of Desmodium intortum and black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) based meal on sensory and physicochemical properties of broiler chicken meat in Kenya	76
Low energy electron beam to support safe whole dried insect products	72
Fasting increases shelter use in house crickets (Acheta domesticus)	70
The fatty acid composition of black soldier fly larvae: the influence of feed substrate and applications in the feed industry	65
Fatty acid profile of black soldier fly larvae and frass as affected by different growing substrates	64
Farmed yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor; Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) welfare: species-specific recommendations for a global industry	60
Investigating purine and uric acid contents of various development stages of artificially reared edible insects	52
Exploring insect meals as novel sources of vitamin D: evaluation of vitamin D precursors, biofortification by UV-B exposure, and in vivo efficacy	52
Costa Rica’s potential for entotechnology development: an ecosystem and entomophagy perspective	51
Partial or complete replacement of soybean meal with black soldier fly larvae meal improves feed efficiency in laying hens between 22 to 30 weeks of age	51
Make it a standard? The creation and variability assessment of a consensus standard protocol for Tenebrio molitor larvae feeding trials	50
Effect of temperature on growth, metabolism, and gas exchange in Hermetia illucens larvae reared under commercial and laboratory conditions	45
Taurine content of insects used as feed	43
The bacterial communities of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) during consecutive, industrial rearing cycles	43
An investigative study to utilise the Fusarium-damaged wheat as a feedstock for the black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens)	43
Hermetia illucens larvae fat vs coconut oil to obtain free lauric acid-rich products by chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis	39
Black soldier fly larvae meal in an extruded food: effects on nutritional quality and health parameters in healthy adult cats	38
Density-dependent development of the yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)	37
Entomophagy in Mexico: current trends and outlook	36
Dielectric drying of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens): impact on microbiological product quality, safety and stability	36
Dietary protein level influences growth, adult emergence, and susceptibility to bacterial infection in Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae	35
Edible insects as a sustainable protein source: a meta-analysis	35

Zootechnical performance, feed efficiency and larval composition of Zophobas morio (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) fed with poultry litter-based diets	35
Prospects of using insects as alternative protein sources in broiler diets	35
Effect of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) supplement on the growth characteristics and larval metabolism of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.)	34
Evaluation of innovative insect-based products by Portuguese consumers using a repeated exposure approach under a controlled setting	33
Agricultural by-products as functional substrates modulate the growth, the cytoprotective mechanisms and the antioxidant potential of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)	33
The red colour in chinicuil (Comadia redtenbacheri (Hammerschmidt)) is due to rhodommatin pigment	30