Department Academic Publications – 2025

The research articles produced in 2025 by the academic staff of our department and published in journals indexed in the Web of Science, along with their Web of Science quartile categories (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4), are listed below.

Q1

1. Aydemir, E., Odabaş Köse, E., Özkaya Gül, S., Korkut, A., Kilit, A. C., Celep, M. E., Yavuz, M., Göktürk, R. S., & Sarikurkcu, C. (2025). Phytochemical and Biological Investigations of Crude Extracts of Astragalus pisidicus. Pharmaceuticals, 18(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph18010010
2. Koc, S., Cengiz, A., Polat, B., Kokten, S. K., Gultekin, Z. N., Caliskan, C., Tufan-Cetin, O., & Cetin, H. (2025). Evaluating the repellent effects of major essential oil components (Lamiaceae) on brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato using the larval repellent activity test. Veterinary Parasitology, 333, 110361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2024.110361
3. Mutlu, C., Demir, Z., Aylanc, V., Özkan, A., & Erbaş, M. (2025). Bioactivity of honey: Phenolic composition, antioxidant trends and carcinoma cell lines effects through digestion. Food Research International, 213, 116603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2025.116603
4. Tufan-Cetin, O., & Cetin, H. (2025). A Review of Biological and Sustainable Management Approaches for Alphitobius diaperinus, a Major Pest in Poultry Facilities. Veterinary Sciences, 12(2), 158. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12020158

Q2

1. Aykurt, C., Özkan, K., Gülben, M., Şentürk, Ö., Berberoğlu, E., Türkan, S., Öz, Z., Göktürk, R. S., Akgül, H., Günaydın, S., & Görgöz, M. M. (2025). Patterns of functional diversity, species diversity, and endemicity driven by elevation and topographic complexity in a Mediterranean mountain refuge. Ecology and Evolution, 15, e71354. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71354
2. Boukholda, K., Elwej, A., Slimen, S. B., Mhadhbi, A., Marrekchi, R., Boudawara, O., Kaya, B., Bouchard, M., & Fetoui, H. (2025). Polystyrene nanoplastics exacerbate gentamicin-induced nephrotoxicity in adult rat by activating oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis pathways. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-025-03798-5
3. Cengiz, A., & Çetin, H. (2025). Non-target toxicity of certain herbicides used in rice cultivation on mosquitoes. Ecotoxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-025-02880-1
4. Cengiz, A., Polat, B., Kokten, S. K., Aslan Bıckı, U., Calıskan, C., Koc, S., Oz, E., Kocaoglu-Cenkci, S., Tufan-Cetin, O., & Cetin, H. (2025). Evaluating Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Biocontrol Agents Against Two Major Cockroach Species, Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana, in Antalya, Türkiye. Pathogens, 14(7), 655. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14070655
5. Eroğlu, B., Delik, E., & Tefon-Öztürk, B. E. (2025). Unravelling the genomes of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella quasipneumoniae: A study of clinical and environmental isolates. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 132, 105773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2025.105773
6. Uluar, O., Chobanov, D. P., & Çıplak, B. (2025). Merging taxonomy to systematics: A holistic approach to understanding the Poecilimon zonatus group (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 83, 93–125. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.83.e136516
7. Yahyaoğlu, Ö., Uluar, O., & Çıplak, B. (2025). Priceless or worthless: Conserving Psorodonotus ebneri, one of the world’s 100 most threatened species. Journal of Insect Conservation, 29, 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-025-00659-7

Q3

1. Erdoğan, G., & Çetin, H. Insect growth regulators as chemosterilants: a study on house fly, Musca domestica L., 1758 (Diptera: Muscidae) populations in Türkiye. Turkish Journal of Entomology, 49(2), 159-174. https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.1528495
2. Hamzaoğlu, E., Göktürk, R. S., Kaya, E., Özkaya, D. E., Yapar, Y., & Behçet, L. (2025). A New Species of Cephalaria(Caprifoliaceae) from Central Anatolia (Türkiye). Phytotaxa, 689(1), 117–127. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.689.1.7
3. Karakaş, M. Y., Uluar, O., Yartaş, M., & Çıplak, B. (2025). Mitophylogenetic patterns in Tettigoniidae: Insights from the complete mitogenome of Saga natoliae (Orthoptera). Zootaxa, 5569(3), 459–476. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.3
4. Türkanoğlu-Özçelik, A., Ersöz, F., Yılmaz, S., Tefon-Öztürk, B. E., & İnan, M. (2025). Applicability of the constitutive GAP promoter for recombinant human insulin hormone production in Pichia pastoris. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 43(1), 282–289. https://doi.org/10.14744/sigma.2025.00021

Q4

1. Gürdal, M., & Kaymak, N. (2025). Insights into the life history and condition of the invasive long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in the Gulf of Antalya (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Thalassas, 41, 163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-025-00928-x
2. Tekeş, A., Özdemir, S., Aykurt, C., Gülsoy, S., & Özkan, K. (2025). Species distribution modeling of red hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna Jacq.) in response to climate change. Šumarski list, 149(5–6), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.31298/sl.149.5-6.3