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38
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4534
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1441
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Jørgen Ødegård 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 Jørgen Ødegård sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 130 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jørgen Ødegård 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 Jørgen Ødegård sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jørgen Ødegård is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research focuses primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a considerable body of work also related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's research spans several subfields including Genetics, Aquatic Science, Immunology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology. This interdisciplinary approach connects molecular and genetic methodologies with applied biological sciences, especially within aquatic environments.

Major topics covered in their work include:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Aquaculture nutrition and growth
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals
  • Identification and quantification in food

Jørgen Ødegård has contributed to several recent publications covering genetic factors influencing aquaculture species and their disease resistance. Notable papers include:

  • Beyond large-effect loci: large-scale GWAS reveals a mixed large-effect and polygenic architecture for age at maturity of Atlantic salmon, 2020, Genetics Selection Evolution
  • A Major QTL for Resistance to Vibrio anguillarum in Rainbow Trout, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Immune gene expression and genome-wide association analysis in rainbow trout with different resistance to Yersinia ruckeri infection, 2020, Fish & Shellfish Immunology
  • Quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss against the parasitic ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, 2020, Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Bayesian genomic models boost prediction accuracy for survival to Streptococcus agalactiae infection in Nile tilapia (Oreochromus nilioticus), 2021, Genetics Selection Evolution

The scientist collaborates frequently with several peers, including Thomas Moen, G. Klemetsdal, Daniela Cichero, José M. Yáñez, and Hanne Dvergedal.

Jørgen Ødegård's work often appears in journals that focus on aquaculture, genetics, and fish diseases. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Aquaculture
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genetics Selection Evolution
  • Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Frontiers in Genetics

Best Publications

  • Methodology for genetic evaluation of disease resistance in aquaculture species: challenges and future prospects

    Jørgen Ødegård;Matthew Baranski;Bjarne Gjerde;Trygve Gjedrem

  • Genomic prediction in an admixed population of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Jørgen Ødegård;Thomas Moen;Nina Santi;Sven A. Korsvoll

  • Epithelial Cadherin Determines Resistance to Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus in Atlantic Salmon

    Thomas Moen;Jacob Torgersen;Nina Santi;William S. Davidson

  • Quantitative trait loci affecting clinical mastitis and somatic cell count in dairy cattle.

    Helge Klungland;Ayman Sabry;Bjørg Heringstad;Hanne Gro Olsen

  • Genetic analysis of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) strains I: Genetic parameters and heterosis for growth traits and survival

    Hanne Marie Nielsen;Jørgen Ødegård;Ingrid Olesen;Bjarne Gjerde

  • Family association between immune parameters and resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila infection in the Indian major carp, Labeo rohita.

    P.K. Sahoo;K. Das Mahapatra;J.N. Saha;A. Barat

  • Genetic Associations Between Clinical Mastitis and Somatic Cell Score in Early First-Lactation Cows

    B. Heringstad;D. Gianola;D. Gianola;Y.M. Chang;J. Ødegård

  • Beyond large-effect loci: large-scale GWAS reveals a mixed large-effect and polygenic architecture for age at maturity of Atlantic salmon

    Marion Sinclair-Waters;Jørgen Ødegård;Sven Arild Korsvoll;Thomas Moen

  • Estimates of genetic variation in the susceptibility of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis

    Bjarne Gjerde;Jørgen Ødegård;Ingunn Thorland

  • Genetic parameters and accuracy of selection for resistance to white Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei using different statistical models

    Thomas Gitterle;Jørgen Ødegård;Bjarne Gjerde;Morten Rye

  • Evaluation of statistical models for genetic analysis of challenge test data on furunculosis resistance in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Prediction of field survival

    Jørgen Ødegård;Ingrid Olesen;Bjarne Gjerde;Gunnar Klemetsdal

  • Evaluation of statistical models for genetic analysis of challenge-test data on ISA resistance in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Prediction of progeny survival

    Jørgen Ødegård;Ingrid Olesen;Bjarne Gjerde;Gunnar Klemetsdal

  • On the distance of genetic relationships and the accuracy of genomic prediction in pig breeding.

    Theo H E Meuwissen;Jorgen Odegard;Ina Andersen-Ranberg;Eli Grindflek

  • Heritability of resistance to viral nervous necrosis in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Jørgen Ødegård;Ann-Inger Sommer;Anne Kettunen Præbel

  • Positive genetic correlation between resistance to bacterial (furunculosis) and viral (infectious salmon anaemia) diseases in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    Jørgen Ødegård;Ingrid Olesen;Bjarne Gjerde;Gunnar Klemetsdal

  • Genetic analysis of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) strains. II: Resistance to koi herpesvirus and Aeromonas hydrophila and their relationship with pond survival

    Jørgen Ødegård;Ingrid Olesen;Peter Dixon;Zsigmond Jeney

  • Quantitative genetics of body weight, fillet weight and fillet yield in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

    Bjarne Gjerde;Samuel Bekele Mengistu;Samuel Bekele Mengistu;Jørgen Ødegård;Harry Johansen

  • Persistence of accuracy of genome-wide breeding values over generations when including a polygenic effect

    Trygve R Solberg;Anna K Sonesson;John A Woolliams;John A Woolliams;Jørgen Odegard

  • The genetic analysis of tolerance to infections: a review

    Antti Kause;Jørgen Ødegård

  • A simple algorithm to estimate genetic variance in an animal threshold model using Bayesian inference.

    Jørgen Ødegård;Theo H E Meuwissen;Bjørg Heringstad;Per Madsen

  • Genetic variations in survival of rohu carp (Labeo rohita, Hamilton) after Aeromonas hydrophila infection in challenge tests

    K. Das Mahapatra;B. Gjerde;P.K. Sahoo;J.N. Saha

  • Genetic correlations between growth rate and resistance to vibriosis and viral nervous necrosis in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Rama Bangera;Jørgen Ødegård;Anne Kettunen Præbel;Atle Mortensen

  • Genetic parameters of economically important traits recorded at a given age in striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)

    Nguyen Van Sang;Gunnar Klemetsdal;Jørgen Ødegård;Hans Magnus Gjøen

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunnar Klemetsdal
Gunnar Klemetsdal Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Theo H. E. Meuwissen
Theo H. E. Meuwissen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Bjørg Heringstad
Bjørg Heringstad Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Per Madsen
Per Madsen Aarhus University
Daniel Gianola
Daniel Gianola University of Wisconsin–Madison
Just Jensen
Just Jensen Aarhus University
Sigbjørn Lien
Sigbjørn Lien Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Anna K. Sonesson
Anna K. Sonesson Marin Software
Margareth Øverland
Margareth Øverland Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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