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Hans Petter Leinaas

Hans Petter Leinaas

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3749
World Ranking
8103
National Ranking
137

Hans Petter Leinaas publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans Petter Leinaas sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 88 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hans Petter Leinaas 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 Hans Petter Leinaas sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hans Petter Leinaas is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research spans several areas within agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics, as well as genetics and parasitology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, insect-plant interactions and control, collembola taxonomy and ecology studies, plant and animal studies, vector-borne infectious diseases, and hemiptera insect studies.

Frequent collaborators include Katrine Borgå, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Sagnik Sengupta, Anton Möllerke, and Stefan Schulz.

Hans Petter Leinaas has published regularly in several scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues are:

  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Journal of Natural Products

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Hans Petter Leinaas include:

  • Strong genetic structure among populations of the tick Ixodes ricinus across its range, 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • High spatial turnover in springtails of the Cape Floristic Region, 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • Effects on Life-History Traits of Hypogastrura viatica (Collembola) Exposed to Imidacloprid Through Soil or Diet, 2021, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Pesticide effects on the abundance of springtails and mites in field mesocosms at an agricultural site, 2022, Ecotoxicology
  • Cyclopropane Hydrocarbons from the SpringtailVertagopus sarekensisA New Class of Cuticular Lipids from Arthropods, 2023, Journal of Natural Products

Best Publications

  • Phenotypic plasticity mediates climate change responses among invasive and indigenous arthropods

    Steven Loudon Chown;Sarette Slabber;Melodie Alyce McGeoch;Charlene Janion

  • Effects of removing sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis): Stability of the barren state and succession of kelp forest recovery in the east Atlantic.

    Hans Petter Leinaas;Hartvig Christie

  • Hemispheric asymmetries in biodiversity--a serious matter for ecology.

    Steven L Chown;Brent J Sinclair;Hans P Leinaas;Kevin J Gaston

  • Experimental manipulation of the winter surface ice layer: the effects on a High Arctic soil microarthropod community.

    S. J. Coulson;H. P. Leinaas;R. A. Ims;G. Søvik

  • Transport of Ticks by Migratory Passerine Birds to Norway

    Gunnar Hasle;Gunnar Bjune;Erik Edvardsen;Christer Jakobsen

  • Acclimation effects on thermal tolerances of springtails from sub-Antarctic Marion Island: Indigenous and invasive species

    Sarette Slabber;M. Roger Worland;Hans Petter Leinaas;Steven L. Chown

  • Temperature-size relations from the cellular-genomic perspective.

    Dag O. Hessen;Martin Daufresne;Hans P. Leinaas

  • Priorities for research in soil ecology

    Nico Eisenhauer;Pedro M Antunes;Alison E Bennett;Klaus Birkhofer

  • Transport of Ixodes ricinus infected with Borrelia species to Norway by northward-migrating passerine birds.

    Gunnar Hasle;Gunnar Aksel Bjune;Liv Midthjell;Knut Håkon Røed

  • Genome size in arthropods; different roles of phylogeny, habitat and life history in insects and crustaceans

    Kristian Alfsnes;Hans Petter Leinaas;Dag Olav Hessen

  • Synchronized Moulting Controlled by Communication in Group-Living Collembola

    Hans Petter Leinaas

  • Habitat structure and life history strategies of two partly sympatric and closely related, lichen feeding collembolan species

    Hans Petter Leinaas;Arne Fjellberg

  • Adaptations in Xenylla maritima and Anurophorus laricis (Collembola) to lichen habitats on alpine rocks

    Hans Petter Leinaas;Lauritz Somme

  • A long-term perspective on the Chrysochromulina bloom on the Norwegian Skagerrak coast 1988: a catastrophe or an innocent incident?

    Jakob Gjøsaeter;Kyrre Lekve;Nils Chr. Stenseth;Hans Petter Leinaas

  • Surface structure and wetting characteristics of Collembola cuticles.

    Håkon A Holm Gundersen;Hans Petter Leinaas;Christian Thaulow

  • Activity of Arthropoda in snow within a coniferous forest, with special reference to Collembola

    Hans Petter Leinaas

  • Patterns of abundance and demography: Collembola in a habitat patch gradient

    Karine Hertzberg;Hans Petter Leinaas;Rolf Anker Ims

  • Toxicity of three biocides to springtails and earthworms in a soil multi-species (SMS) test system

    Lisbeth Schnug;John Jensen;Janeck J. Scott-Fordsmand;Hans Petter Leinaas

  • Effects of temperature on the development of an arctic Collembola (Hypogastrura tullbergi).

    T. Birkemoe;H. P. Leinaas

  • Inter- and intraspecific variation in body- and genome size in calanoid copepods from temperate and arctic waters.

    Hans Petter Leinaas;Marwa Jalal;Tove M. Gabrielsen;Dag Olav Hessen

  • Indirect effects of habitat disturbance on invasion: nutritious litter from a grazing resistant plant favors alien over native Collembola.

    Hans Petter Leinaas;Jan Bengtsson;Charlene Janion-Scheepers;Steven Loudon Chown;Steven Loudon Chown

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University
Jan Bengtsson
Jan Bengtsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Dag O. Hessen
Dag O. Hessen University of Oslo
Rolf A. Ims
Rolf A. Ims University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Christian Thaulow
Christian Thaulow Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Louis Deharveng
Louis Deharveng French National Museum of Natural History
Hartvig Christie
Hartvig Christie Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Katrine Borgå
Katrine Borgå University of Oslo
Janeck J. Scott-Fordsmand
Janeck J. Scott-Fordsmand Aarhus University
Ivan Gerard Horak
Ivan Gerard Horak University of Pretoria

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