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Kjetill S. Jakobsen

Kjetill S. Jakobsen

University of Oslo
Norway

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
78
Citations
20378
World Ranking
1709
National Ranking
6

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
78
Citations
20614
World Ranking
918
National Ranking
15

Kjetill S. Jakobsen publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 228 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kjetill S. Jakobsen 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 Kjetill S. Jakobsen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kjetill S. Jakobsen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has a research focus primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 82 publications in this domain. Their work spans various subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Kjetill S. Jakobsen has published frequently in several venues, with notable frequency in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Heredity

Recent papers associated with the scientist include:

  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • How genomics can help biodiversity conservation, 2023, Trends in Genetics
  • Supergene origin and maintenance in Atlantic cod, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Genomic stability through time despite decades of exploitation in cod on both sides of the Atlantic, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Length variation in short tandem repeats affects gene expression in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana, 2021, The Plant Cell

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, the most frequent being:

  • Sissel Jentoft
  • Ole K. Tørresen
  • Bastiaan Star
  • Ave Tooming-Klunderud
  • Morten Skage

Best Publications

  • The Atlantic salmon genome provides insights into rediploidization

    Sigbjørn Lien;Ben F Koop;Simen Rød Sandve;Jason R. Miller

  • The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing

    Patrick J. Keeling;Patrick J. Keeling;Fabien Burki;Heather M. Wilcox;Bassem Allam

  • The genome sequence of Atlantic cod reveals a unique immune system

    Bastiaan Star;Alexander J. Nederbragt;Sissel Jentoft;Unni Grimholt

  • Ancient hybridizations among the ancestral genomes of bread wheat

    Thomas Marcussen;Simen R Sandve;Lise Heier;Manuel Spannagl

  • Phylogenomics Reshuffles the Eukaryotic Supergroups

    Fabien Burki;Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi;Marianne Minge;Åsmund Skjæveland

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Assessing diversity of the female urine microbiota by high throughput sequencing of 16S rDNA amplicons

    Huma Siddiqui;Alexander J Nederbragt;Karin Lagesen;Stig L Jeansson

  • Tandem repeats lead to sequence assembly errors and impose multi-level challenges for genome and protein databases

    Ole K. Tørresen;Bastiaan Star;Pablo Mier;Miguel A. Andrade-Navarro

  • Multigene phylogeny of choanozoa and the origin of animals.

    Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi;Marianne A. Minge;Mari Espelund;Russell Orr

  • Genetic divergence and phylogeographic relationships among European perch (Perca fluviatilis) populations reflect glacial refugia and postglacial colonization

    C L Nesbø;T Fossheim;L A Vollestad;K S Jakobsen

  • Natural Variation in the Microcystin Synthetase Operon mcyABC and Impact on Microcystin Production in Microcystis Strains

    Bjørg Mikalsen;Gudrun Boison;Olav M. Skulberg;Jutta Fastner

  • Phylogenetic Analyses Indicate that the 19′Hexanoyloxy-fucoxanthin-Containing Dinoflagellates Have Tertiary Plastids of Haptophyte Origin

    Torstein Tengs;Ole J. Dahlberg;Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi;Dag Klaveness

  • Evolution of the immune system influences speciation rates in teleost fishes

    Martin Malmstrøm;Michael Matschiner;Ole Kristian Tørresen;Bastiaan Star

  • Strain characterization and classification of oxyphotobacteria in clone cultures on the basis of 16S rRNA sequences from the variable regions V6, V7, and V8

    Knut Rudi;Olav M. Skulberg;Frank Larsen;Kjetill S. Jakobsen

  • Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes.

    Zuzana Musilova;Zuzana Musilova;Fabio Cortesi;Fabio Cortesi;Michael Matschiner;Michael Matschiner;Michael Matschiner;Wayne I. L. Davies

  • Discovery of Nuclear-Encoded Genes for the Neurotoxin Saxitoxin in Dinoflagellates

    Anke Stüken;Russell J. S. Orr;Ralf Kellmann;Shauna A. Murray

  • Adaptation to Low Salinity Promotes Genomic Divergence in Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Paul Ragnar Berg;Sissel Jentoft;Bastiaan Star;Kristoffer Hofaker Ring

  • Evolution of Cyanobacteria by Exchange of Genetic Material among Phyletically Related Strains

    Knut Rudi;Olav M. Skulberg;Kjetill S. Jakobsen

  • Alterations of microbiota in urine from women with interstitial cystitis

    Huma Siddiqui;Karin Lagesen;Alexander J Nederbragt;Stig L Jeansson

  • Glacial survival does not matter: RAPD phylogeography of Nordic Saxifraga oppositifolia

    T. M. Gabrielsen;K. Bachmann;K. S. Jakobsen;C. Brochmann

  • Hybridization capture of microsatellites directly from genomic DNA

    Unn Hilde Refseth;Bjørn Magne Fangan;Kjetill Sigurd Jakobsen

  • The controls of late dicot embryogenesis and early germination

    Glenn A. Galau;Kjetill S. Jakobsen;D. Wayne Hughes

Frequent Co-Authors

Knut Rudi
Knut Rudi Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Walter Salzburger
Walter Salzburger University of Basel
Shauna A. Murray
Shauna A. Murray University of Technology Sydney
Halvor Knutsen
Halvor Knutsen University of Agder
Sigbjørn Lien
Sigbjørn Lien Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ørnulf Borgan
Ørnulf Borgan University of Oslo
Ragnhild A. Lothe
Ragnhild A. Lothe University of Oslo
Øyvind Hammer
Øyvind Hammer University of Oslo
Brett A. Neilan
Brett A. Neilan University of Newcastle Australia

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