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Arild Folkvord

Arild Folkvord

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
7272
World Ranking
3914
National Ranking
60

Arild Folkvord publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 173 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Arild Folkvord D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arild Folkvord sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Arild Folkvord is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed extensively to research on marine and fisheries biology, with a focus on the ecological and genetic aspects of fish populations.

Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of particular focus include Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

Folkvord's main topics of work encompass marine and fisheries research, fish ecology and management studies, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, genetic diversity and population structure, identification and quantification in food, reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, and genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

The scientist has published numerous papers in several journals, often contributing to the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Fish and Fisheries
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series

Significant recent papers include:

  • Ecological adaptation in Atlantic herring is associated with large shifts in allele frequencies at hundreds of loci (2020, eLife)
  • Reconstruction of the birth of a male sex chromosome present in Atlantic herring (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Life in the fast lane: Revisiting the fast growth-High survival paradigm during the early life stages of fishes (2023, Fish and Fisheries)
  • Mixed-stock analysis of Atlantic herring (<i>Clupea harengus</i>): a tool for identifying management units and complex migration dynamics (2023, ICES Journal of Marine Science)
  • Quantitative molecular detection of larval Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) in stomach contents of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) marks regions of predation pressure (2021, Scientific Reports)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Florian Berg
  • Leif Andersson
  • Mats E. Pettersson
  • Dorte Bekkevold
  • Geir Dahle

This profile reflects a researcher with a strong interdisciplinary approach, integrating genetics and ecology within the scope of aquatic species management and conservation. Their work addresses both fundamental biological processes and applied environmental challenges in marine systems.

Best Publications

  • Temperature- and size-dependent growth of larval and early juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): a comparative study of Norwegian coastal cod and northeast Arctic cod

    Erling Otterlei;Gunnar Nyhammer;Arild Folkvord;Sigurd O Stefansson

  • Severe tissue damage in Atlantic cod larvae under increasing ocean acidification

    Andrea Y. Frommel;Rommel Maneja;Rommel Maneja;David Lowe;Arne M. Malzahn

  • The interaction of temperature and fish size on growth of juvenile turbot

    A. K. Imsland;L. M. Sunde;A. Folkvord;S. O. Stefansson

  • Effects of initial size distribution, day length, and feeding frequency on growth, survival, and cannibalism in juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Arild Folkvord;Håkon Otterå

  • The genetic basis for ecological adaptation of the Atlantic herring revealed by genome sequencing

    Álvaro Martínez Barrio;Sangeet Lamichhaney;Guangyi Fan;Nima Rafati

  • Temperature-dependent fractionation of stable oxygen isotopes in otoliths of juvenile cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Hans Høie;Erling Otterlei;Arild Folkvord

  • Growth, oxygen consumption and activity of juvenile turbot (scophthalmus maximus L.) reared under different temperatures and photoperiods

    Albert K. Imsland;A. Folkvord;S.O. Stefansson

  • Sexual dimorphism in growth and maturation of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (Rafinesque, 1810)

    A K Imsland;A Folkvord;G L Grung;S O Stefansson

  • Comparison of size-at-age of larval atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) from different populations based on size- and temperature-dependent growth models

    A Folkvord

  • A chromosome-level assembly of the Atlantic herring genome—detection of a supergene and other signals of selection

    Mats E. Pettersson;Christina M. Rochus;Fan Han;Junfeng Chen

  • Intercalibration of four spectrofluorometric protocols for measuring RNA/DNA ratios in larval and juvenile fish

    Elaine M. Caldarone;Catriona M. Clemmesen;Elisa Berdalet;Thomas J. Miller

  • Growth, survival and cannibalism of cod juveniles (Gadus morhua): effects of feed type, starvation and fish size

    Arild Folkvord

  • Effect of somatic and otolith growth rate on stable isotopic composition of early juvenile cod (Gadus morhua L) otoliths

    Hans Høie;Arild Folkvord;Erling Otterlei

  • Short- and long-term differences in growth, feed conversion efficiency and deformities in juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) startfed on rotifers or zooplankton

    Albert K Imsland;Atle Foss;Roland Koedijk;Arild Folkvord

  • Organ damage in Atlantic herring larvae as a result of ocean acidification

    Andrea Y. Frommel;Rommel Maneja;David Lowe;Christine K. Pascoe

  • Growth-dependent age estimation in herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae

    Arild Folkvord;Geir Blom;Arne Johannessen;Erlend Moksness

  • Ecological adaptation in Atlantic herring is associated with large shifts in allele frequencies at hundreds of loci

    Fan Han;Minal Jamsandekar;Mats E Pettersson;Leyi Su

  • Growth of juvenile halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) related to temperature, day length and feeding regime

    Hogne Hallaråker;Arild Folkvord;Sigurd O. Stefansson

  • Effects of exposure to extended photoperiods during the first winter on long-term growth and age at first maturity in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)

    Albert K. Imsland;Arild Folkvord;Ólöf D.B. Jónsdóttir;Sigurd O. Stefansson

  • Temperature-dependent otolith growth in Norwegian spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus L.) larvae

    Arild Folkvord;Arne Johannessen;Erlend Moksness

  • Effects of size grading on growth and survival of juvenile turbot at two temperatures

    Leif M. Sunde;Albert K. Imsland;Arild Folkvord;Sigurd O. Stefansson

Frequent Co-Authors

Leif Andersson
Leif Andersson Texas A&M University
Catriona Clemmesen
Catriona Clemmesen GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Uwe Piatkowski
Uwe Piatkowski GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Albert K. Imsland
Albert K. Imsland University of Bergen
Sigurd O. Stefansson
Sigurd O. Stefansson University of Bergen
Øyvind Fiksen
Øyvind Fiksen University of Bergen
Michele Casini
Michele Casini University of Bologna
Olav Sigurd Kjesbu
Olav Sigurd Kjesbu Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
Howard I. Browman
Howard I. Browman Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
Svein Sundby
Svein Sundby Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

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