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Nils Chr. Stenseth

Nils Chr. Stenseth

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Ecology and Evolution
Norway
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
136
Citations
72573
World Ranking
54
National Ranking
1

Nils Chr. Stenseth 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 Nils Chr. Stenseth sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 836 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nils Chr. Stenseth 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 Nils Chr. Stenseth sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 136 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Norway Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Nils Chr. Stenseth is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics addressed in their work cover a variety of areas such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Yersinia Bacterium, Plague, and Ectoparasites Research, Species Distribution and Climate Change, COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Advances
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Global Ecology and Conservation

Among recent papers published by Nils Chr. Stenseth are:

  • Long-term decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall and abrupt climate change events over the past 6,700 years, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Spatial variation in biodiversity loss across China under multiple environmental stressors, 2020, Science Advances
  • Genomic stability through time despite decades of exploitation in cod on both sides of the Atlantic, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Toward a holistic understanding of pastoralism, 2021, One Earth
  • Risk and vulnerability of Mongolian grasslands under climate change, 2021, Environmental Research Letters

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research output. Frequent co-authors include Ruifu Yang, Afework Bekele, Anagaw Atickem, Peter J. Fashing, and Ottar N. Bjørnstad.

Awards granted to Nils Chr. Stenseth include:

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2018
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2005

Best Publications

  • Using the satellite-derived NDVI to assess ecological responses to environmental change

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Jon Olav Vik;Atle Mysterud;Jean-Michel Gaillard

  • Ecological effects of climate fluctuations.

    Nils Chr Stenseth;Atle Mysterud;Geir Ottersen;James W. Hurrell

  • Ecological mechanisms and landscape ecology

    John A. Wiens;Nils Chr. Stenseth;Beatrice Van Horne;Rolf Anker Ims

  • Climate and the match or mismatch between predator requirements and resource availability

    Joël M. Durant;Dag Ø. Hjermann;Geir Ottersen;Nils Christian Stenseth

  • Managing nitrogen to restore water quality in China

    ChaoQing Yu;Xiao Huang;Han Chen;H. Charles J. Godfray

  • Review article. Studying climate effects on ecology through the use of climate indices: the North Atlantic Oscillation, El Niño Southern Oscillation and beyond.

    Nils Chr. Stenseth;Geir Ottersen;James W. Hurrell;Atle Mysterud

  • Ecological effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation

    Geir Ottersen;Benjamin Planque;Andrea Belgrano;Eric S Post

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

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

  • Wavelet analysis of ecological time series

    Bernard Cazelles;Mario Chavez;Dominique Berteaux;Frédéric Ménard

  • CLIMATIC VARIABILITY, PLANT PHENOLOGY, AND NORTHERN UNGULATES

    Eric Post;Nils Chr. Stenseth

  • Climate, changing phenology, and other life history traits: Nonlinearity and match–mismatch to the environment

    Nils Chr. Stenseth;Atle Mysterud

  • Plague: past, present, and future.

    Nils Chr-H.-R. Stenseth;Bakyt B. Atshabar;Mike Begon;Steven R. Belmain

  • Rapid advance of spring arrival dates in long-distance migratory birds.

    Niclas Jonzén;Andreas Lindén;Torbjørn Ergon;Endre Knudsen

  • Linking climate change to lemming cycles

    Kyrre L. Kausrud;Atle Mysterud;Harald Steen;Harald Steen;Jon Olav Vik

  • Adapting to climate change: a perspective from evolutionary physiology

    Steven Loudon Chown;Ary Anthony Hoffmann;Torsten Nygaard Kristensen;Michael J Angilletta

  • Population cycles in voles and lemmings : density dependence and phase dependence in a stochastic world

    Nils Chr. Stenseth

  • Ecosystem consequences of wolf behavioural response to climate

    Eric S Post;Rolf O. Peterson;Nils Chr Stenseth;Brian E. McLaren

  • Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

    Endre Knudsen;Andreas Linden;Christiaan Both;Niclas Jonzen

  • Temporal and spatial development of red deer harvesting in Europe: biological and cultural factors

    Jos M. Milner;Jos M. Milner;Christophe Bonenfant;Christophe Bonenfant;Atle Mysterud;Jean‐Michel Gaillard

  • Mice, rats, and people: the bio‐economics of agricultural rodent pests

    Nils Chr Stenseth;Herwig Leirs;Anders Skonhoft;Stephen A. Davis

  • COEVOLUTION IN ECOSYSTEMS: RED QUEEN EVOLUTION OR STASIS?

    Nils Chr. Stenseth;J. Maynard Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Atle Mysterud
Atle Mysterud University of Oslo
Nigel G. Yoccoz
Nigel G. Yoccoz University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Geir Ottersen
Geir Ottersen University of Oslo
Rolf Langvatn
Rolf Langvatn Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Ottar N. Bjørnstad
Ottar N. Bjørnstad Pennsylvania State University
Eric Post
Eric Post University of California, Davis
Leif Egil Loe
Leif Egil Loe Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Herwig Leirs
Herwig Leirs University of Antwerp
Kjetill S. Jakobsen
Kjetill S. Jakobsen University of Oslo
Lorenzo Ciannelli
Lorenzo Ciannelli Oregon State University

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