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D-Index
27
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World Ranking
2766
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Arne Skorping publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arne Skorping sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 82 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Arne Skorping D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arne Skorping sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 27 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Arne Skorping is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has contributed to research spanning several interconnected fields within ecology and parasitology. Their work emphasizes aquatic ecosystems, fish biology, and parasite-host dynamics, with notable focus on the biology and management of fish species as well as the ecological impact of parasites.

Their recent scholarly output includes five publications covering topics such as fish behavioral responses, parasite effects on life histories, and science communication. Notable papers authored or coauthored by Skorping include:

  • Ontogenetic Change in Behavioral Responses to Structural Enrichment From Fry to Parr in Juvenile Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.), 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Life history shifts in an exploited African fish following invasion by a castrating parasite, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Toxoplasma gondii -en skummel parasitt med overraskende egenskaper, 2020, Naturen
  • Norske medier er for svake på naturvitenskapeligformidling, 2020, Naturen
  • Konkurranse - drivkraften i naturen, 2020, Naturen

The fields of study prominent in Skorping's work include:

  • Ecology
  • Parasitology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Physiology

Research topics addressed in their publications encompass:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

Skorping has frequently published in the journal Naturen, featuring 17 contributions, alongside publications in Frontiers in Veterinary Science and Ecology and Evolution.

Their network of coauthors includes Adèle Mennerat, with whom Skorping has collaborated on multiple occasions, as well as Ingeborg Bjerkvik Alnes, Knut Helge Jensen, Anne Gro Vea Salvanes, and Nestory P. Gabagambi.

Best Publications

  • Host densities as determinants of abundance in parasite communities

    Per Arneberg;Arne Skorping;Bryan Grenfell;Andrew F. Read;Andrew F. Read

  • Heterogeneities in macroparasite infections : patterns and processes.

    Kenneth Wilson;O. N. Bjornstad;A. P. Dobson;S. Merler

  • Intensive Farming: Evolutionary Implications for Parasites and Pathogens

    Adèle Mennerat;Frank Nilsen;Dieter Ebert;Arne Skorping

  • Empirical support for optimal virulence in a castrating parasite.

    Knut Helge Jensen;Thomas Little;Arne Skorping;Dieter Ebert

  • Evolutionary biology of host-parasite relationships : theory meets reality

    R. Poulin;S. Morand;A. Skorping

  • Life history covariation in intestinal nematodes of mammals

    Arne Skorping;Andrew F. Read;Anne E. Keymer

  • Intensity of parasitic nematodes increases with organochlorine levels in the glaucous gull

    Kjetil Sagerup;Kjetil Sagerup;Espen O. Henriksen;Arne Skorping;Arne Skorping;Janneche Utne Skaare;Janneche Utne Skaare

  • Sexually selected color in male sticklebacks: a signal of both parasite exposure and parasite resistance?

    Ivar Folstad;Anne Mette Hope;Andrew Karter;Arne Skorping

  • Parasite abundance, body size, life histories, and the energetic equivalence rule.

    Per Arneberg;Arne Skorping;Andrew F. Read

  • The evolution of tissue migration by parasitic nematode larvae

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  • Disease dynamics: all caused by males?

    Arne Skorping;Knut Helge Jensen

  • The influence of a parasite community on the dynamics of a host population: a longitudinal study on willow ptarmigan and their parasites

    P. R. Holmstad;P. J. Hudson;A. Skorping

  • The Influence of Temperature on Growth and Development of the Nematode Elaphostrongylus Rangiferi in the Gastropods Arianta Arbustorum and Euconulus Fulvus

    Odd Halvorsen;Arne Skorping

  • Is population density a species character? Comparative analyses of the nematode parasites of mammals

    Per Arneberg;Arne Skorping;Andrew F. Read

  • Life history and virulence are linked in the ectoparasitic salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis

    Adele Mennerat;Adele Mennerat;Lars Are Hamre;Dieter Ebert;Frank Nilsen

  • Ectoparasite intensities are correlated with endoparasite infection loads in willow ptarmigan

    Per R. Holmstad;Knut H. Jensen;Arne Skorping

  • STANDARD SAMPLING TECHNIQUES UNDERESTIMATE PREVALENCE OF AVIAN HEMATOZOA IN WILLOW PTARMIGAN (LAGOPUS LAGOPUS)

    Per R. Holmstad;Ali Anwar;Tatjana Iezhova;Arne Skorping

  • Evolution of virulence under intensive farming: salmon lice increase skin lesions and reduce host growth in salmon farms.

    M. S. Ugelvik;A. Skorping;O. Moberg;A. Mennerat;A. Mennerat

  • Seasonal cycles in the output of first stage larvae of the nematode Elaphostrongylus rangiferi from reindeer, Rangifer tarandus tarandus

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  • Humoral immunity and output of first-stage larvae of Elaphostrongylus rangiferi (Nematoda, Metastrongyloidea) by infected reindeer, Rangifer tarandus tarandus

    G. Gaudernack;O. Halvoresen;A. Skorping;K. A. Stokkan

  • Vector-borne parasites decrease host mobility : A field test of freeze or flee behaviour of willow ptarmigan

    Per R. Holmstad;Knut Helge Jensen;Arne Skorping

  • Elaphostrongylus rangiferi: influence of temperature, substrate, and larval age on the infection rate in the intermediate snail host, Arianta arbustorum.

    Arne Skorping

  • Covariation of parasite intensities in willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus L.

    Per R. Holmstad;Arne Skorping

  • Drugs and parasites: global experiments in life history evolution?

    Arne Skorping;Andrew F. Read

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew F. Read
Andrew F. Read Pennsylvania State University
Frank Nilsen
Frank Nilsen University of Bergen
Dieter Ebert
Dieter Ebert University of Basel
Janneche Utne Skaare
Janneche Utne Skaare Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ivar Folstad
Ivar Folstad University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Tom J. Little
Tom J. Little University of Edinburgh
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
Tatjana A. Iezhova
Tatjana A. Iezhova Nature Research Centre
Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Kjell Handeland
Kjell Handeland Norwegian Veterinary Institute

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