Applied Entomology and Zoology - Most-cited Paper Award

Most-Cited Paper Award 2024

The Most-Cited Paper Award 2024 is presented by the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology to society members whose papers were cited most frequently between 2021 and 2022, from among those papers published in Applied Entomology and Zoology and the Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology in 2020.

Effects of providing pollen to Euseius sojaensis or Amblyseius eharai (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on populations of the pink citrus rust mite, Aculops pelekassi (Acari: Eriophyidae) (this opens in a new tab)

Yuta Tsuchida & Shinichi Masui
Appl Entomol Zool 55, 241-248 (2020)

Dominant honeybee colony infestation by Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) K haplotype in Japan (this opens in a new tab)

Mari H. Ogihara, Mikio Yoshiyama, Nobuo Morimoto & Kiyoshi Kimura
Appl Entomol Zool 55, 189-197 (2020)

Most-Cited Paper Award 2023

The Most-Cited Paper Award 2023 is presented by the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology to society members whose papers were cited most frequently between 2020 and 2021, from among those papers published in Applied Entomology and Zoology and the Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology in 2019.

Vibrations in hemipteran and coleopteran insects: behaviors and application in pest management (this opens in a new tab)

Takuma Takanashi, Nami Uechi & Haruki Tatsuta
Appl Entomol Zool 54, 21-29 (2019)

Wasabi versus red imported fire ants: preliminary test of repellency of microencapsulated allyl isothiocyanate against Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) using bait traps in Taiwan (this opens in a new tab)

Yoshiaki Hashimoto, Masashi Yoshimura & Rong-Nan Huang
Appl Entomol Zool 54, 193-196 (2019)

Most-Cited Paper Award 2022

The Most-Cited Paper Award 2022 is presented by the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology to society members whose papers were cited most frequently between 2019 and 2020, from among those papers published in Applied Entomology and Zoology and the Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology in 2018.

Acute toxicity of neonicotinoids and some insecticides to first instar nymphs of a non-target damselfly, Ischnura senegalensis (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), in Japanese paddy fields (this opens in a new tab)

Norimasa Sugita, Hiromoto Agemori & Koichi Goka 
Appl Entomol Zool 53, 519–524 (2018)

Most-Cited Paper Award 2021

The Most-Cited Paper Award 2021 is presented by the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology to society members whose papers were cited most frequently between 2018 and 2019, from among those papers published in Applied Entomology and Zoology and the Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology in 2017.

Identification and functional characterization of the sex-determining gene doublesex in the sawfly, Athalia rosae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) (this opens in a new tab)

Shotaro Mine, Megumi Sumitani, Fugaku Aoki, Masatsugu Hatakeyama & Masataka G. Suzuki
Appl Entomol Zool 52, 497–509 (2017)

Description of the Asian chili pod gall midge, Asphondylia capsicicola sp. n., with comparative notes on Asphondylia gennadii (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) that induces the same sort of pod gall on the same host plant species in the Mediterranean region (this opens in a new tab)

Nami Uechi, Junichi Yukawa, Makoto Tokuda, Nina Maryana, Tomoko Ganaha-Kikumura & Wanggyu Kim 
Appl Entomol Zool 52, 113–123 (2017)

Most-Cited Paper Award 2020

The Most-Cited Paper Award 2020 is presented by the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology to society members whose papers were cited most frequently between 2017 and 2018, from among those papers published in Applied Entomology and Zoology and the Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology in 2016.

Small-scale rearing of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), in the laboratory: low-cost and year-round rearing (this opens in a new tab)

Satoshi Nakamura, Ryoko T. Ichiki, Masami Shimoda & Shinsuke Morioka 
Appl Entomol Zool 51, 161–166 (2016)

Functional characterization of the corazonin-encoding gene in phase polyphenism of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera: Acrididae) (this opens in a new tab)

Ryohei Sugahara, Seiji Tanaka, Akiya Jouraku & Takahiro Shiotsuki 
Appl Entomol Zool 51, 225–232 (2016)

Most-Cited Paper Award 2019

The Most-Cited Paper Award 2019 is presented by the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology to society members whose papers were cited most frequently between 2016 and 2017, from among those papers published in Applied Entomology and Zoology and the Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology in 2015.

Adaptive significance of the mating of autumn-morph females with non-overwintering summer-morph males in the Japanese common grass yellow, Eurema mandarina (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) (this opens in a new tab)

Konagaya T, Watanabe M (2015) 50(1): 41-47

Estimates of female lifetime fecundity and changes in the number and types of sperm stored with age and time since mating in the monandrous swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in the Arizona desert (this opens in a new tab)

Konagaya T, Mutoh N, Suzuki M, Rutowski RL, Watanabe M (2015)

Most-Cited Paper Award 2018

The Most-Cited Paper Award 2018 is presented by the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology to society members whose papers were cited most frequently between 2015 and 2016, from among those papers published in Applied Entomology and Zoology and the Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology in 2014.

Development of neonicotinoid resistance in the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Japan (this opens in a new tab)

Akira Matsuura, Masakazu Nakamura (2014) 49(4):535–540

Effects of temperature on the reproduction and development of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) (this opens in a new tab)

Hirotoshi Kinjo, Yasuhisa Kunimi, Madoka Nakai (2014) 49(2): 297–304