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2026
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Norway
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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63
Citations
13955
World Ranking
269
National Ranking
2

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D-Index
63
Citations
13616
World Ranking
2740
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Lucy J. Robertson is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology, infectious diseases, and related fields within medicine and immunology. The work spans multiple subfields, including parasitology, infectious diseases, pathology and forensic medicine, ecology, and small animals.

Their research topics include parasitic infections and diagnostics, amoebic infections and treatments, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, parasitic infections in humans and animals, parasite and host interactions, parasite biology and host interactions, as well as helminth infection and control.

Lucy J. Robertson has contributed to several papers, among which the following have been published recently:

  • Cryptosporidium Infections in Africa-How Important Is Zoonotic Transmission? A Review of the Evidence, 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Parasite detection in food: Current status and future needs for validation, 2020, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Source attribution of human echinococcosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Cryptosporidium and Giardia in surface water and drinking water: Animal sources and towards the use of a machine-learning approach as a tool for predicting contamination, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Global Goat! Is the Expanding Goat Population an Important Reservoir of Cryptosporidium?, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science

The scientist frequently publishes in various academic journals. Key venues where their work appears include:

  • European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety
  • Food and Waterborne Parasitology
  • Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Experimental Parasitology

Collaboration is notable in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Alejandro Jiménez-Meléndez
  • Georg Kapperud
  • Truls Nesbakken
  • Kristoffer Relling Tysnes
  • Tsegabirhan Kifleyohannes

Lucy J. Robertson's academic contribution spans the fields of medicine and immunology and microbiology, with significant engagement in parasitology and infectious disease research. Their work encompasses a wide range of aspects concerning parasite biology, transmission, detection, and control, with implications for both human and animal health.

Best Publications

  • Survival of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts under various environmental pressures.

    L J Robertson;A T Campbell;H V Smith

  • Viability of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts: correlation of in vitro excystation with inclusion or exclusion of fluorogenic vital dyes.

    A T Campbell;L J Robertson;H V Smith

  • Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat foods and the risk for human health in the EU.

    Antonia Ricci;Ana Allende;Declan Bolton;Marianne Chemaly

  • Scientific Opinion on the update of the list of QPS-recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA

    Antonia Ricci;Ana Allende;Declan Bolton

  • A selective medium for isolating Campylobacter jejuni/coli.

    F J Bolton;L Robertson

  • EMA and EFSA Joint Scientific Opinion on measures to reduce the need to use antimicrobial agents in animal husbandry in the European Union, and the resulting impacts on food safety (RONAFA)

    David Murphy;Antonia Ricci

  • Occurrence of Parasites on Fruits and Vegetables in Norway

    L. J. Robertson;B. Gjerde

  • Giardiasis – why do the symptoms sometimes never stop?

    Lucy J. Robertson;Kurt Hanevik;Angel A. Escobedo;Kristine Mørch;Kristine Mørch

  • Prioritisation of food-borne parasites in Europe, 2016.

    Martijn Bouwknegt;Brecht Devleesschauwer;Heather Graham;Lucy J Robertson

  • Risks for public health related to the presence of Bacillus cereus and other Bacillus spp. including Bacillus thuringiensis in foodstuffs

    Ana Allende;Declan Bolton;Marianne Chemaly

  • In vitro excystation of Cryptosporidium parvum.

    L. J. Robertson;A. T. Campbell;H. V. Smith

  • The impact of globalisation on the distribution of Echinococcus multilocularis

    Rebecca K. Davidson;Thomas Romig;Emily Jenkins;Morten Tryland

  • Public health risks associated with hepatitis E virus (HEV) as a food‐borne pathogen

    Antonia Ricci;Ana Allende;Declan Bolton

  • The potential for marine bivalve shellfish to act as transmission vehicles for outbreaks of protozoan infections in humans: a review.

    L.J. Robertson

  • Prevalence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in dairy calves in three areas of Norway.

    Inger Sofie Hamnes;Bjørn Gjerde;Lucy Robertson

  • Occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in sewage in Norway.

    L. J. Robertson;L. Hermansen;B. K. Gjerde

  • Giardia and Cryptosporidium infections in sheep and goats: a review of the potential for transmission to humans via environmental contamination.

    L. J. Robertson

  • Microbiological analysis of seed sprouts in Norway.

    Lucy J Robertson;Gro S Johannessen;Bjørn K Gjerde;Semir Loncarevic

  • Impacts of globalisation on foodborne parasites

    Lucy J. Robertson;Hein Sprong;Ynes R. Ortega;Joke W.B. van der Giessen

  • Application of Genotyping during an Extensive Outbreak of Waterborne Giardiasis in Bergen, Norway, during Autumn and Winter 2004

    L. J. Robertson;L. Hermansen;B. K. Gjerde;E. Strand

  • Public health risks associated with food-borne parasites.

    Kostas Koutsoumanis;Ana Allende;Avelino Alvarez‐Ordóñez;Declan Bolton

  • Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts at sewage treatment works in Scotland, UK

    L.J Robertson;L.J Robertson;C.A Paton;C.A Paton;A.T Campbell;P.G Smith

  • Inactivation of oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum by ultraviolet irradiation

    A.T. Campbell;L.J. Robertson;M.R. Snowball;H.V. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Kapperud
Georg Kapperud Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Eystein Skjerve
Eystein Skjerve Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Bjørn Gjerde
Bjørn Gjerde Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Morten Tryland
Morten Tryland University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Huw V. Smith
Huw V. Smith Stobhill Hospital
Ana Allende
Ana Allende Spanish National Research Council
Robert H. Davies
Robert H. Davies Animal and Plant Health Agency
Pierre Dorny
Pierre Dorny Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Panagiotis N. Skandamis
Panagiotis N. Skandamis Agricultural University of Athens
Rosina Girones
Rosina Girones University of Barcelona

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