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Current Opinion in Insect Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 94 118 107 29
Biology and Biochemistry 316 35 47 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 206
Documents by Best Scientists*: 207
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 78
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.591
Impact Factor: 4.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Current opinion in insect science?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Ecology, Insect, Evolutionary biology, Host (biology) and Gene. The journal covers various topics on Ecology such as Herbivore, Trophic level, Climate change, Ecology (disciplines) and Ecosystem. The Herbivore study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Predation.

Some problems in Insect that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Drosophila melanogaster and Cell biology. The study on Evolutionary biology presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Adaptation. Genome is the primary subject of Gene works presented in it.

Research on Genome addressed in Current opinion in insect science frequently intersections with the field of Computational biology.

  • Ecology (33.80%)
  • Insect (24.26%)
  • Evolutionary biology (16.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Bee nutrition and floral resource restoration (193 citations)
  • Honey bee colony losses and associated viruses (161 citations)
  • Back to the future: the sterile insect technique against mosquito disease vectors. (154 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Current opinion in insect science:

The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Ecology, Insect, Herbivore, Honey bee and Genetics. The featured Ecology studies in the most cited papers mainly concentrate on Evolutionary biology but also cover areas of interest in Sex pheromone. The published papers explore themes in Insect like Herbivorous insects and link them with other fields of study like Context (language use).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Gene
  • Insect

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Current opinion in insect science are Ecology, Insect, Pollinator, Evolutionary biology and Cell biology. Current opinion in insect science held discussions to help close the divide between two different fields of study: Ecology and Context (language use). The study of Insect encompasses disciplines such as Herbivore, as well as fields such as Natural enemies, Predation and Cytochrome P450, all of which overlap with one another.

Issues in Pollinator were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Agriculture, Biological dispersal and Nectar. The overlapping concepts between Gene and Detoxification are the key highlights of Evolutionary biology study. The Cell biology works featured in it incorporate elements from Drosophila melanogaster, Cell type, Secretion and Malpighian tubule system.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Control of the insect metamorphic transition by ecdysteroid production and secretion (14 citations)
  • The role of cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification in insect adaptation to xenobiotics. (11 citations)
  • Stingless bees and microbial interactions (8 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Current opinion in insect science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Christina M. Grozinger (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul J. Ode (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Amy L. Toth (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Sergio Rasmann (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Bryony C. Bonning (5 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Current opinion in insect science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cornell University (21 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Pennsylvania State University (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Agricultural Research Service (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Arizona (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.95% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.31% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.65% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.96% of all publications and 48.08% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • There is plenty of room at the bottom: microclimates drive insect vulnerability to climate change.

    Sylvain Pincebourde;H Arthur Woods

    (2020)
    161 Citations
  • Impact of the insect gut microbiota on ecology, evolution, and industry

    Seonghan Jang;Yoshitomo Kikuchi;Yoshitomo Kikuchi

    (2020)
    121 Citations
  • Evolutionary impacts of winter climate change on insects.

    Katie Elizabeth Marshall;Karl Gotthard;Caroline Margaret Williams

    (2020)
    114 Citations
  • (More than) Hitchhikers through the network: The shared microbiome of bees and flowers

    Alexander Keller;Quinn S McFrederick;Prarthana Dharampal;Shawn Steffan

    (2021)
    108 Citations
  • The effect of climate change on invasive crop pests across biomes.

    (2022)
    101 Citations
  • Microbial symbionts expanding or constraining abiotic niche space in insects.

    Marion M. Lemoine;Tobias Engl;Martin Kaltenpoth

    (2020)
    95 Citations
  • Significance and interpretation of molecular diagnostics for insecticide resistance management of agricultural pests

    Thomas Van Leeuwen;Wannes Dermauw;Konstantinos Mavridis;John Vontas

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • High elevation insect communities face shifting ecological and evolutionary landscapes

    Alisha A Shah;Michael E Dillon;Scott Hotaling;H Arthur Woods

    (2020)
    80 Citations
  • Ontogenetic variation in thermal sensitivity shapes insect ecological responses to climate change

    Joel G Kingsolver;Lauren B Buckley

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • Relevance of microbial symbiosis to insect behavior.

    Takahiro Hosokawa;Takema Fukatsu;Takema Fukatsu;Takema Fukatsu

    (2020)
    71 Citations

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