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D-Index
32
Citations
3115
World Ranking
2198
National Ranking
28

Oddmund Kleven 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 Oddmund Kleven sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 108 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Oddmund Kleven 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 Oddmund Kleven sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 5 scientists 21 D-Index: 22 scientists 22 D-Index: 31 scientists 23 D-Index: 44 scientists 24 D-Index: 53 scientists 25 D-Index: 66 scientists 26 D-Index: 80 scientists 27 D-Index: 101 scientists 28 D-Index: 106 scientists 29 D-Index: 116 scientists 30 D-Index: 154 scientists 31 D-Index: 158 scientists 32 D-Index: 143 scientists 33 D-Index: 137 scientists 34 D-Index: 126 scientists 35 D-Index: 134 scientists 36 D-Index: 112 scientists 37 D-Index: 115 scientists 38 D-Index: 105 scientists 39 D-Index: 111 scientists 40 D-Index: 107 scientists 41 D-Index: 87 scientists 42 D-Index: 74 scientists 43 D-Index: 62 scientists 44 D-Index: 61 scientists 45 D-Index: 41 scientists 46 D-Index: 51 scientists 47 D-Index: 43 scientists 48 D-Index: 28 scientists 49 D-Index: 47 scientists 50 D-Index: 40 scientists 51 D-Index: 34 scientists 52 D-Index: 33 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 16 scientists 55 D-Index: 32 scientists 56 D-Index: 21 scientists 57 D-Index: 18 scientists 58 D-Index: 28 scientists 59 D-Index: 33 scientists 60 D-Index: 17 scientists 61 D-Index: 21 scientists 62 D-Index: 18 scientists 63 D-Index: 21 scientists 64 D-Index: 9 scientists 65 D-Index: 20 scientists 66 D-Index: 11 scientists 67 D-Index: 16 scientists 68 D-Index: 12 scientists 69 D-Index: 17 scientists 70 D-Index: 13 scientists 71 D-Index: 15 scientists 72 D-Index: 11 scientists 73 D-Index: 11 scientists 74 D-Index: 14 scientists 75 D-Index: 5 scientists 76 D-Index: 6 scientists 77+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Oddmund Kleven is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these disciplines, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Ecology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

Their work covers a variety of main research topics, including Genetic diversity and population structure, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Avian ecology and behavior, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and animal studies, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

In scholarly publications, Oddmund Kleven has frequently published in venues such as Conservation Genetics, Biological Conservation, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and the European Journal of Wildlife Research.

They have collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including Alexander Kopatz, Geir Rudolfsen, Øystein Flagstad, Jouni Aspi, and Jonas Kindberg.

Notable recent papers by Kleven include:

  • Genome-wide diversity loss in reintroduced Eurasian lynx populations urges immediate conservation management, 2022, Biological Conservation
  • Complex population structure of the Atlantic puffin revealed by whole genome analyses, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Fur colour in the Arctic fox: genetic architecture and consequences for fitness, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • When Older Males Sire More Offspring-Increased Attractiveness or Higher Fertility?, 2022, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Long-distance Eurasian lynx dispersal - a prospect for connecting native and reintroduced populations in Central Europe, 2021, Conservation Genetics

Best Publications

  • INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN SPERM LENGTH IS NEGATIVELY RELATED TO SPERM COMPETITION IN PASSERINE BIRDS

    Oddmund Kleven;Terje Laskemoen;Frode Fossøy;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Constraints on host choice: Why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?

    Tomáš Grim;Peter Samaš;Csaba Moskát;Oddmund Kleven

  • COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SPERM SWIMMING SPEED BY SPERM COMPETITION AND FEMALE SPERM STORAGE DURATION IN PASSERINE BIRDS

    Oddmund Kleven;Frode Fossøy;Frode Fossøy;Terje Laskemoen;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Nestling discrimination without recognition: a possible defence mechanism for hosts towards cuckoo parasitism?

    Tomáš Grim;Oddmund Kleven;Oldřich Mikulica

  • Sperm Length Variation as a Predictor of Extrapair Paternity in Passerine Birds

    Jan T. Lifjeld;Terje Laskemoen;Oddmund Kleven;Tomas Albrecht

  • Microsatellite evolution: Mutations, sequence variation, and homoplasy in the hypervariable avian microsatellite locus HrU10

    Jarl A Anmarkrud;Oddmund Kleven;Lutz Bachmann;Jan T Lifjeld

  • Host species affects the growth rate of cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) chicks

    Oddmund Kleven;Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft;Marcel Honza

  • Sperm velocity influence paternity in the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Geir Rudolfsen;Lars Figenschou;Ivar Folstad;Oddmund Kleven

  • Deep sympatric mitochondrial divergence without reproductive isolation in the common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus.

    Silje Hogner;Terje Laskemoen;Jan Terje Lifjeld;Jiri Porkert

  • Sperm quantity and quality effects on fertilization success in a highly promiscuous passerine, the tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor

    Terje Laskemoen;Oddmund Kleven;Oddmund Kleven;Frode Fossøy;Frode Fossøy;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Evolution of female promiscuity in Passerides songbirds

    Jan Terje Lifjeld;Jostein Gohli;Tomas Albrecht;Tomas Albrecht;Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey

  • Extrapair mating between relatives in the barn swallow: a role for kin selection?

    Oddmund Kleven;Frode Jacobsen;Raleigh J Robertson;Jan T Lifjeld

  • Female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) increase offspring heterozygosity through extrapair mating

    Mary K. Stapleton;Oddmund Kleven;Jan T. Lifjeld;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Male tail streamer length predicts fertilization success in the North American barn swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster)

    Oddmund Kleven;Frode Jacobsen;Rasa Izadnegahdar;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Genome-wide diversity loss in reintroduced Eurasian lynx populations urges immediate conservation management

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  • Breeding success of common cuckoos Cuculus canorus parasitising four sympatric species of Acrocephalus warblers

    Oddmund Kleven;Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft;Geir Rudolfsen

  • Variation in sperm morphometry and sperm competition among barn swallow ( Hirundo rustica ) populations

    Terje Laskemoen;Tomas Albrecht;Tomas Albrecht;Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati;Jaroslav Cepak

  • Sperm characteristics and competitive ability in farmed and wild cod

    Jon Egil Skjæraasen;Ian Mayer;Justin J. Meager;Geir Rudolfsen

  • Parentage and host preference in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus

    Sigrun Skjelseth;Arne Moksnes;Eivin Røskaft;H. Lisle Gibbs

  • No evidence for increased offspring heterozygosity from extrapair mating in the reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

    Oddmund Kleven;Jan T. Lifjeld

  • Functional infertility among territorial males in two passerine species, the willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus and the bluethroat Luscinia svecica

    Jan T. Lifjeld;Terje Laskemoen;Frode Fossøy;Arild Johnsen

  • Intraspecific variation in sperm length in two passerine species, the Bluethroat Luscinia svecica and the Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

    Terje Laskemoen;Oddmund Kleven;Frode Fossøy;Jan T. Lifjeld

  • Parentage and host preference in the common cuckoo Cuculus

    Sigrun Skjelseth;Arne Moksnes;Eivin Roskaft;H. Lisle Gibbs

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan T. Lifjeld
Jan T. Lifjeld University of Oslo
Raleigh J. Robertson
Raleigh J. Robertson Queen's University
Geir Rudolfsen
Geir Rudolfsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Eivin Røskaft
Eivin Røskaft Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Arne Moksnes
Arne Moksnes Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Marcel Honza
Marcel Honza Czech Academy of Sciences
Arild Johnsen
Arild Johnsen University of Oslo
Bård G. Stokke
Bård G. Stokke Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Tomáš Albrecht
Tomáš Albrecht Charles University
Hans Ellegren
Hans Ellegren Uppsala University

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