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Karl Skírnisson

Karl Skírnisson

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
29
Citations
2818
World Ranking
2609
National Ranking
1

Karl Skírnisson 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 Karl Skírnisson sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 120 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karl Skírnisson 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 Karl Skírnisson sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 29 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karl Skírnisson is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland, focusing on research predominantly within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work encompasses several subfields of study, including:

  • Ecology
  • Small Animals
  • Parasitology
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Genetics

Karl Skírnisson's research addresses key topics such as:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Coccidia and coccidiosis research
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed articles, including the following notable papers:

  • "Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe" (2021), published in Pathogens
  • "Diversity of echinostomes (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) in their snail hosts at high latitudes" (2021), published in Parasite
  • "Diversity of Plagiorchis (Trematoda: Digenea) in high latitudes: Species composition and snail host spectrum revealed by integrative taxonomy" (2021), published in the Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research
  • "Unexpected diversity in northern Europe: trematodes from salmonid fishes in Iceland with two new species of Crepidostomum Braun, 1900" (2020), published in Parasitology Research
  • "Overview of renicolid digeneans (Digenea, Renicolidae) from marine gulls of northern Holarctic with remarks on their species statuses, phylogeny and phylogeography" (2022), published in Parasitology

Frequent co-authors associated with Karl Skírnisson include:

  • Damien Jouet
  • Anna Faltýnková
  • Olena Kudlai
  • Ólafur K. Nielsen
  • Camila Pantoja

Karl Skírnisson's work is regularly published in several venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Parasitology Research
  • Icelandic Agricultural Sciences
  • Parasite
  • Parasitology
  • Journal of Helminthology

Best Publications

  • Conjunctivitis in human beings caused by influenza A virus of seals.

    R G Webster;J Geraci;G Petursson;K Skirnisson

  • Cercarial Dermatitis, a Neglected Allergic Disease

    Libuše Kolářová;Petr Horák;Karl Skírnisson;Helena Marečková

  • Fish pathogens near the Arctic Circle: molecular, morphological and ecological evidence for unexpected diversity of Diplostomum (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in Iceland.

    Isabel Blasco-Costa;Anna Faltýnková;Simona Georgieva;Karl Skírnisson

  • New cryptic species of the 'revolutum' group of Echinostoma (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) revealed by molecular and morphological data.

    Simona Georgieva;Christian Selbach;Anna Faltýnková;Miroslava Soldánová;Miroslava Soldánová

  • Factors influencing the distribution of digenetic trematode infections in a mudsnail (Hydrobia ventrosa) population inhabiting salt marsh ponds in Iceland.

    Karl Skirnisson;Kirill V. Galaktionov;Eugeny V. Kozminsky

  • PARASITES OF THE ARCTIC FOX (ALOPEX LAGOPUS) IN ICELAND

    Karl Skírnisson;M Eydal;E Gunnarsson;P Hersteinsson

  • Comparative hepatic microsomal biotransformation of selected PBDEs, including decabromodiphenyl ether, and decabromodiphenyl ethane flame retardants in Arctic marine-feeding mammals

    Melissa A. McKinney;Rune Dietz;Christian Sonne;Sylvain De Guise

  • Dirofilaria spp. and Angiostrongylus vasorum: Current Risk of Spreading in Central and Northern Europe.

    Hans-Peter Fuehrer;Simone Morelli;Maria Sophia Unterköfler;Anna Bajer

  • Schistosome cercariae as the causative agent of swimmer's itch in Iceland

    Kolárová L;Skirnisson K;Horák P

  • Mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite variation in the eider duck (Somateria mollissima) indicate stepwise postglacial colonization of Europe and limited current long-distance dispersal.

    R. Tiedemann;K. B. Paulus;M. Scheer;K. G. Von Kistowski

  • HISTOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE THYROID GLANDS OF MARINE MAMMALS (PHOCA VITULINA, PHOCOENA PHOCOENA) AND THE POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF MARINE POLLUTION

    U. Schumacher;Stefan Zahler;H.-P. Horny;Günter Heidemann

  • Molecular diversity of Trichobilharzia franki in two intermediate hosts (Radix auricularia and Radix peregra): a complex of species.

    D. Jouet;K. Skírnisson;L. Kolářová;H. Ferté

  • Methodical approaches in the identification of areas with a potential risk of infection by bird schistosomes causing cercarial dermatitis.

    Kolárová L;Horák P;Skírnisson K

  • High genetic variability of vagrant polar bears illustrates importance of population connectivity in fragmented sea ice habitats

    Verena E. Kutschera;Christiane Frosch;Axel Janke;Karl Skírnisson

  • Echinococcus across the north: Current knowledge, future challenges

    Rebecca K. Davidson;Antti Lavikainen;Sergey Konyaev;Janna Schurer

  • A review on swimmer's itch and the occurrence of bird schistosomes in Iceland.

    K. Skírnisson;J.A. Aldhoun;L. Kolářová

  • Bird schistosome diversity in Iceland: molecular evidence.

    J.A. Aldhoun;L. Kolářová;P. Horák;K. Skírnisson

  • Digeneans from intertidal molluscs of SW Iceland.

    Kirill V. Galaktionov;Karl Skirnisson

  • Allobilharzia visceralis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Schistosomatidae-Trematoda) from Cygnus cygnus (L.) (Anatidae)

    Libuše Kolářová;Jitka Rudolfová;Vladimír Hampl;Karl Skírnisson

  • Organochlorine residues in marine mammals from the Northern hemisphere—A consideration of the composition of organochlorine residues in the blubber of marine mammals

    Walter Vetter;Bernd Luckas;Günter Heidemann;Karl Skírnisson

  • Diversity of bird schistosomes in anseriform birds in Iceland based on egg measurements and egg morphology.

    Skírnisson K;Kolárová L

  • Diplostomum von Nordmann, 1832 (Digenea: Diplostomidae) in the sub-Arctic: descriptions of the larval stages of six species discovered recently in Iceland.

    Anna Faltýnková;Simona Georgieva;Simona Georgieva;Aneta Kostadinova;Isabel Blasco-Costa;Isabel Blasco-Costa

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Vetter
Walter Vetter University of Hohenheim
Hubert Ferté
Hubert Ferté University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Petr Horák
Petr Horák Charles University
Kristin L. Laidre
Kristin L. Laidre University of Washington
Carsten Nowak
Carsten Nowak Senckenberg Nature Research Society
Ulfur Arnason
Ulfur Arnason Lund University
Isabel Blasco-Costa
Isabel Blasco-Costa Natural History Museum of Geneva
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Mark R. Forbes
Mark R. Forbes Carleton University
Tomáš Scholz
Tomáš Scholz Czech Academy of Sciences

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