Recognizing high impact in acarological research

The impact factor for Systematic and Applied Acarology (SAA) in 2017 was announced in the latest release (June 2018) of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from Clarivate Analytics. I take this opportunity to comment on the growth of SAA’s impact factor and recognize the top 10 most highly cited papers that contributed greatly it. I also introduce the James Allen McMurtry Award, recently instituted by the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society to recognize acarologists who have made outstanding contributions to systematic and/or applied acarology.

[1]  P. Theron,et al.  More than 40 years of excellence: the outstanding contribution of the South African Edward A. Ueckermann to acarology , 2018, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[2]  Zhi-qiang Zhang.  Systematic & Applied Acarology in 2017: new milestones , 2018, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[3]  G. J. Moraes,et al.  James Allen McMurtry: an unforgettable man and professional, with a list of his publications , 2017 .

[4]  Zhi-qiang Zhang.  Recent trends in four major journals in acarology: size and impact , 2017, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[5]  Zhi-qiang Zhang,et al.  A bibliometric survey of Systematic & Applied Acarology (2006–2015) , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[6]  R. Petanović,et al.  Longest endoparasitic eriophyoid mite (Acari, Eriophyoidea): description of Novophytoptus longissimus n. sp. and remarks on size limits in eriophyoids , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[7]  S. Seniczak,et al.  Morphological ontogeny of Achipteria gigantea sp. nov. (Acari: Oribatida: Achipteriidae) from northern Spain, with comments on Achipteria , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[8]  Ali Asghar Talebi,et al.  Pollen quality and predator viability: life table of Typhlodromus bagdasarjani on seven different plant pollens and two-spotted spider mite , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[9]  D. Navia,et al.  Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acariformes, Eriophyoidea) from Lippia alba (Verbenaceae) from Brazil, and remarks on the thorn-like spermathecal process , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[10]  V. Pešić,et al.  Evidence of cryptic and pseudocryptic speciation in Brachypodopsis baumi species complex (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Aturidae) from Borneo, with description of three new species , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[11]  S. Sgardelis,et al.  Morphological ontogeny of Sphaerozetes olympicus sp. nov. (Acari: Oribatida: Ceratozetidae) from Greece, with comments on Sphaerozetes , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[12]  J. Izdebska,et al.  A new species of Demodex (Acari: Demodecidae) from the skin of the vibrissal area of the house mouse Mus musculus (Rodentia: Muridae), with data on parasitism , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[13]  Ali Asghar Talebi,et al.  A new genus and species of the family Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Carpelimus rivularis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[14]  H. Sadeghi,et al.  Eriophyid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyidae) from Elm trees in Iran , 2016, Systematic and Applied Acarology.

[15]  E. Hugo-Coetzee.  New species of Ramusella (Oribatida, Oppiidae) from South Africa with additional notes on R. filamentosa (Mahunka) and R. filigera (Mahunka) , 2016 .

[16]  Q. Fan,et al.  Description of a species of the genus Cheylostigmaeus Willmann (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Ekşisu Marsh, Turkey , 2015 .

[17]  S. Ermilov,et al.  New species of galumnid oribatid mites of the genera Mirogalumna and Pergalumna from the Philippines (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) , 2015 .

[18]  Q. Fan,et al.  Description of a new species of the genus Eryngiopus Summers (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey , 2015 .

[19]  Zhi-qiang Zhang,et al.  Amblydromalus limonicus: a “new association” predatory mite against an invasive psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli) in New Zealand , 2015 .

[20]  R. Ochoa,et al.  A new species of Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil, with ontogeny of chaetotaxy , 2015 .

[21]  S. Ermilov,et al.  Two new species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) with auriculate pteromorphs from Costa Rica, including a key to all species of Galumna (Galumna) of the Neotropical region , 2015 .

[22]  John D. Scott,et al.  First record of Amblyomma rotundatum tick (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing a bird collected in Canada , 2015 .

[23]  G. J. Moraes,et al.  Revision of the lifestyles of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and implications for biological control strategies , 2013 .