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Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
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Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Published by: Wageningen Academic Publishers

https://www.wageningenacademic.com/loi/jiff

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 190 16 51 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 121
Documents by Best Scientists*: 203
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 50
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.696
Impact Factor: 3.5

Top Publications

  • Black soldier fly from pest to 'crown jewel' of the insects as feed industry: An historical perspective

    J.K. Tomberlin;A. van Huis

    (2020)
    102 Citations
  • Use of black soldier fly and house fly in feed to promote sustainable poultry production

    A. Dörper;T. Veldkamp;M. Dicke

    (2021)
    80 Citations
  • Standardisation of quantitative resource conversion studies with black soldier fly larvae

    G. Bosch;D.G.A.B. Oonincx;H.R. Jordan;J. Zhang

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Insects as feed: house fly or black soldier fly?

    A. van Huis;D.G.A.B. Oonincx;Santos Rojo;Jeffery K. Tomberlin

    (2020)
    61 Citations
  • Advancing edible insects as food and feed in a circular economy

    A. van Huis;B.A. Rumpold;H.J. van der Fels-Klerx;J.K. Tomberlin

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Insects as a source of phenolic compounds and potential health benefits

    M.C. Nino;L. Reddivari;C. Osorio;I. Kaplan

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Welfare considerations for farming black soldier flies, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): a model for the insects as food and feed industry

    (2022)
    46 Citations
  • Nutritional plasticity of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in response to artificial diets varying in protein and carbohydrate concentrations

    K.B. Barragan-Fonseca;K.B. Barragan-Fonseca;G. Gort;M. Dicke;J.J.A. van Loon

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Black soldier fly larval meal in feed enhances growth performance, carcass yield and meat quality of finishing pigs

    S.Y. Chia;S.Y. Chia;C.M. Tanga;I.M. Osuga;I.M. Osuga;A.O. Alaru

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Health of the black soldier fly and house fly under mass-rearing conditions: innate immunity and the role of the microbiome

    (2022)
    38 Citations

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