OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Insects As Food and Feed is 7. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Nutritional value of insects and ways to manipulate their composition	108
A literature review of consumer research on edible insects: recent evidence and new vistas from 2019 studies	72
Regulations on insects as food and feed: a global comparison	71
Integrating insect frass biofertilisers into sustainable peri-urban agro-food systems	65
Current scenario in the European edible-insect industry: a preliminary study	62
Beyond the protein concept: health aspects of using edible insects on animals	59
Use of black soldier fly and house fly in feed to promote sustainable poultry production	58
Environmental aspects of insect mass production	54
Edible insect processing pathways and implementation of emerging technologies	52
Biological contaminants in insects as food and feed	48
A meta-analysis on the nutritional value of insects in aquafeeds	44
Insects as feed: house fly or black soldier fly?	41
Profitability of insect farms	39
How many people on our planet eat insects: 2 billion?	37
Insects as a source of phenolic compounds and potential health benefits	36
Advancing edible insects as food and feed in a circular economy	36
Chemical food safety hazards of insects reared for food and feed	34
Diseases in edible insect rearing systems	32
Cricket (Acheta domesticus) protein hydrolysates’ impact on the physicochemical, structural and sensory properties of tortillas and tortilla chips	32
Substrate as insect feed for bio-mass production	32
Edible insects and food safety: allergy	32
Effect of using insects as feed on animals: pet dogs and cats	30
Fruit, vegetable, and starch mixtures on the nutritional quality of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae and resulting frass	30
Bioactive properties of insect products for monogastric animals – a review	30
Use of insect products in pig diets	28

Black soldier fly larval meal in feed enhances growth performance, carcass yield and meat quality of finishing pigs	28
Chemical food safety of using former foodstuffs for rearing black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) for feed and food use	28
Finnish consumers’ intentions to consume insect-based foods	28
Protein hydrolysates from Alphitobius diaperinus and Hermetia illucens larvae treated with commercial proteases	27
The new packaged food products containing insects as an ingredient	27
Drying methods differentially alter volatile profiles of edible locusts and silkworms	27
Impacts of insect consumption on human health	25
Exploration of consumer acceptance of insects as food in Poland	25
Insect consumption in the Czech Republic: what the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over	24
Comparison of black soldier fly larvae pre-treatments and drying techniques on the microbial load and physico-chemical characteristics	24
Nutritional plasticity of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in response to artificial diets varying in protein and carbohydrate concentrations	24
Chemical safety of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens), knowledge gaps and recommendations for future research: a critical review	24
Edible insects unlikely to contribute to transmission of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2	23
Application of laboratory methods for understanding fish responses to black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) based diets	23
Performance of black soldier fly frass fertiliser on maize (Zea mays L.) growth, yield, nutritional quality, and economic returns	23
Welfare of farmed insects	23
Correlates of the willingness to consume insects: a meta-analysis	22
Insect left-over substrate as plant fertiliser	21
How information affects consumers’ purchase intention and willingness to pay for poultry farmed with insect-based meal and live insects	21
Information and taste interventions for improving consumer acceptance of edible insects: a pilot study	20
Entomophagy knowledge, behaviours and motivations: the case of French Quebeckers	20
Welfare considerations for farming black soldier flies, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): a model for the insects as food and feed industry	20
Challenges and opportunities for the development of an edible insect food industry in Latin America	19
Genetic and genomic selection in insects as food and feed	19
Consumer attitude and acceptance toward fish fed with insects: a focus on the new generations	19
Microbial communities and food safety aspects of crickets (Acheta domesticus) reared under controlled conditions	19
The yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) genome: a resource for the emerging insects as food and feed industry	18
Fertiliser effect on Swiss chard of black soldier fly larvae-frass compost made from food waste and faeces	18
Strain matters: strain effect on the larval growth and performance of the yellow mealworm,Tenebrio molitor L.	18
Legislative landscape of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) as feed	18
Manipulation of the black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens; Diptera: Stratiomyidae) fatty acid profile through the substrate	17
The influence of wet feed distribution on the density, growth rate and growth variability of Tenebrio molitor	17
Comparative evaluation ofHermetia illucens larvae reared on different substrates for red tilapia diet: effect on growth and body composition	16
Probiotic properties of an indigenous Pediococcus pentosaceus strain on Tenebrio molitor larval growth and survival	16
The effect of including full-fat dried black soldier fly larvae in laying hen diet on egg quality and sensory characteristics	16
Preliminary project design for insect production: part 1 – overall mass and energy/heat balances	15
Insect-based protein feed: from fork to farm	15
A simple and rapid protocol for measuring the chitin content ofHermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae	15
Health of the black soldier fly and house fly under mass-rearing conditions: innate immunity and the role of the microbiome	15
Preliminary project design for insect production: part 4 – facility considerations	15
Insect pests as food and feed	15
Upcycling of manure with insects: current and future prospects	15
Industrial processing technologies for insect larvae	15
Agricultural by-products from Greece as feed for yellow mealworm larvae: circular economy at a local level	14
Nutrient composition of Chinese oak silkworm,Antheraea pernyi, a traditional edible insect in China: a review	14
The effect of Rhodococcus rhodochrous supplementation on black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) development, nutrition, and waste conversion	13
Hermetia illucens adults are susceptible to infection by the fungus Beauveria bassiana in laboratory experiments	13
Impact of age, size, and sex on adult black soldier fly [Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)] thermal preference	12
Effects of adult body size on mating success of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)	12
Digestibility of defatted insect meals for rainbow trout aquafeeds	12

Economic and ecological values of frass fertiliser from black soldier fly agro-industrial waste processing	12
Edible insects as foods: mapping scientific publications and product launches in the global market (1996-2021)	11
Temperature-modified density effects in the black soldier fly: low larval density leads to large size, short development time and high fat content	11
Behaviour of two fly species reared for livestock feed: optimising production and insect welfare	11
Eating insects – from acceptable to desirable consumer products	11
A hungry need for knowledge on the black soldier fly digestive system	11
Interaction of age and temperature on heat shock protein expression, sperm count, and sperm viability of the adult black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)	11
Preliminary project design for insect production: part 3 – sub-process types and reactors	11
Preliminary project design for insect production: part 2 – organism kinetics, system dynamics and the role of modelling & simulation	10
Insects in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) diets – comparison between full-fat, defatted, and de-chitinised meals, and oil and exoskeleton fractions	10
Life on a piece of cake: performance and fatty acid profiles of black soldier fly larvae fed oilseed by-products	10
Traditional rearing techniques of the edible Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia Smith) and its socio-economic perspective in Nagaland, India	10
Physical, nutritional, and sensory properties of spray-dried and oven-roasted cricket (Acheta domesticus) powders	10
A dynamic hop to cricket consumption: factors influencing willingness to try insect-based food	10
Lipid fingerprinting of yellow mealwormTenebrio molitor by untargeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry	10
Characterisation of fatty acid profiles ofTenebrio molitor larvae reared on diets enriched with edible oils	10
Towards circular agriculture – exploring insect waste streams as a crop and soil health promoter	10
The Brazilians’ sensorial perceptions for novel food – cookies with insect protein	10
The effect of relative humidity on the survival and growth rate of the yellow mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor, Linnaeus 1758)	10
Effects of rearing system and microbial inoculation on black soldier fly larvae growth and microbiota when reared on agri-food by-products	9
Valorisation of agri-food waste and mealworms rearing residues for improving the sustainability ofTenebrio molitor industrial production	9
The effects of density on the growth, survival and feed conversion of Tenebrio molitor larvae	9
Edible insect marketing in Western countries: wisely weighing the foodstuff, the foodie, and the foodscape	9
Harvesting desert locusts for food and feed may contribute to crop protection but will not suppress upsurges and plagues	9
Characterisation of pH-shift-produced protein isolates from sago palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae	9
Suitable extraction conditions for determination of total anti-oxidant capacity and phenolic compounds in Ruspolia differens Serville	9
Organic side streams: using microbes to make substrates more fit for mass producing insects for use as feed	9
Influence of ultrasonic treatment on functional properties and structure of tussah pupa protein isolate	9
Fermentation technology applied in the insect value chain: making a win-win between microbes and insects	9
Supercritical-CO2 for defatting and production of bioactive extracts from black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae	9
Practices of entomophagy and entomotherapy in Bangladesh	9
Anthropo-entomophagy and ethno-entomology among the ethnic Mao-Naga and Poumai-Naga tribes of Manipur, Northeast India	9
Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) as a feed for beef cattle: a hedonic pricing model	8
Unravelling the potential of cricket-based hydrolysed sourdough on the quality of an innovative bakery product	8
Impact of some local organic by-products on Acheta domesticus growth and meal production	8
Edible insects in the Adamawa and eastern regions of Cameroon: collection, processing and consumption	8
Can insects be used in the nutrition of ruminants?	8
Effect of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) inclusion and process temperature on extrudate snack properties	8
Impact of starvation on fat content and microbial load in edible crickets (Acheta domesticus)	8
Performance, nutrient digestibility and selected gut health parameters of broilers fed with black soldier fly, lesser mealworm and yellow mealworm	8
Insects used as foodstuff by indigenous groups in Morelos, Mexico	8
Mineral composition in black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae and resulting frass from fruit and their peels	8
Feeding black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) reared on organic rest streams alters gut characteristics of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	8
Effect of carrot supplementation on nutritional value of insects: a case study with Jamaican field cricket (Gryllus assimilis)	8
Exploring edible insects’ acceptance through subjective perceptions: a visual Q study	8
Cannibalism, oviposition and egg development in the edible long-horned grasshopper, Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) under laboratory conditions	7
Colonisation of finfish substrate inhabited by black soldier fly larvae by blow flies, bacteria, and fungi	7
Stable isotope ratio analysis for the characterisation of edible insects	7
Gatekeepers in the food industry: acceptability of edible insects	7
Omega-3 on the fly: long-legged fly Machaerium maritimae as a potential source of eicosapentaenoic acid for aquafeeds	7
Microbial contaminants in wild harvested and traded edible long-horned grasshopper, Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Uganda	7
Substrates most preferred for black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (L.) oviposition are not the most suitable for their larval development	7
Techno-biofunctional aspect of seasoning powder from farm-raised sago palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae	7
Edible insects: non-food and non-feed industrial applications	7
Black soldier fly meal effects on meagre health condition: gut morphology, gut microbiota and humoral immune response	7
Use of distillery by-products asTenebrio molitor mealworm feed supplement	7
Growth, survival and development of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) fed flowering plants	7
Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) oil in growing rabbit nutrition: effects on meat physicochemical traits, sensory profile and shelf-life	7
Effects of functional polysaccharide from silkworm as an immunostimulant on transcriptional profiling and disease resistance in fish	7
The mitochondrial genome of Qinghuang_1, the first modern improved strain of Chinese oak silkworm,Antheraea pernyi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)	7
Biofortification of selenium in black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) prepupae reared on seaweed or selenium enriched substrates	7
Facing the challenge of discarded fish: improving nutritional quality of two insect species larvae for use as feed and food	7
Recycling of spent mushroom substrate and food waste: utilisation as feed materials for black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens (L.) Diptera: Stratiomyidae)	7
Replacement of fishmeal by yellow mealworm meal on the growth performance, feed utilisation and quality of large yellow croaker	7