Insect Utilization and Effects
Insect Utilization and Effects is a research topic within Insect Science. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 20.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the potential of edible insects as a sustainable source of food and feed, addressing topics such as nutritional composition, environmental impact, consumer acceptance, waste management, and their role in ensuring food security. It covers a wide range of research on insect farming, sustainability, and the use of insects as a protein source for both human and animal consumption.
- Edible Insects
- Food Security
- Animal Feed
- Nutritional Composition
- Environmental Impact
- Insect Farming
- Sustainability
- Consumer Acceptance
- Waste Management
- Protein Source
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +84% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Insect Utilization and Effects research?
By volume, China and Indonesia publish the most (960 and 623 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 960 works
- 2 Indonesia 623 works
- 3 India 495 works
- 4 United States 456 works
- 5 Brazil 282 works
- 6 Italy 225 works
- 7 South Korea 214 works
- 8 France 170 works
- 9 Germany 149 works
- 10 Spain 143 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Insect Utilization and Effects research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Zambia publishes the most Insect Utilization and Effects research, followed by Institute of Natural Sciences and Wageningen University & Research.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of ZambiaZambia 51 works
- 2 Institute of Natural SciencesBelgium 49 works
- 3 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 42 works
- 4 IPB UniversityIndonesia 42 works
- 5 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and TechnologyKenya 25 works
- 6 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 24 works
- 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 23 works
- 8 University of ThessalyGreece 23 works
- 9 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 22 works
- 10 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 21 works
Who are the leading researchers in Insect Utilization and Effects?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Insect Utilization and Effects include Ahmadali Enayati and Ramaswamy Govindan.
- 1 Ahmadali Enayati Iran 2.3k citations
- 2 Ramaswamy Govindan United States 2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Insect Utilization and Effects research done?
The largest centres of Insect Utilization and Effects research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Lusaka (Zambia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bondo, Lusaka and Volos.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BondoKE · 24.8 works185×
- LusakaZM · 54.6 works32×
- VolosGR · 22.9 works17×
- WageningenNL · 43.4 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Insect Utilization and Effects than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Insect Utilization and Effects?
Among universities, judged by research, Wageningen University & Research, Huazhong Agricultural University and University of Thessaly score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 86.6 | 46.9% | 18.2× | 42 | +263.0% |
| 2 | Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina | 68.3 | 49.1% | 10.0× | 22 | +44.9% |
| 3 | University of ThessalyGreece | 67.3 | 40.0% | 17.6× | 23 | +83.7% |
| 4 | Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden | 65.6 | 40.8% | 10.8× | 11 | +138.1% |
| 5 | Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia | 65.6 | 45.1% | 14.5× | 9 | +135.0% |
| 6 | IPB UniversityIndonesia | 65.3 | 13.0% | 11.5× | 42 | +327.6% |
| 7 | University of TurinItaly | 63.2 | 57.5% | 6.3× | 20 | — |
| 8 | Kasetsart UniversityThailand | 61.0 | 23.3% | 11.3× | 15 | +244.6% |
| 9 | University of ParmaItaly | 60.9 | 50.6% | 6.5× | 9 | +292.2% |
| 10 | University of PisaItaly | 60.6 | 58.8% | 4.0× | 12 | +378.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Insect Utilization and Effects research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 84% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Insect Utilization and Effects.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.