2026 Olav Vadstein: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	64	9909	9145	45	44	188	11015

Overview

Olav Vadstein is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and immunology and microbiology.

Their main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Immunology and Microbiology

Vadstein's work also covers several subfields, such as:

Ecology
Immunology
Molecular Biology
Aquatic Science
Pollution

The researcher addresses a range of topics in their publications, including:

Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
Gut microbiota and health
Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
Water Quality Monitoring Technologies

Recent notable papers by Olav Vadstein include:

Biofilms remember: Osmotic stress priming as a microbial management strategy for improving salinity acclimation in nitrifying biofilms, 2020, Water Research
Effects of reduced organic matter loading through membrane filtration on the microbial community dynamics in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) with Atlantic salmon parr (Salmo salar), 2020, Aquaculture
A comparison of two seawater adaptation strategies for Atlantic salmon post-smolt (Salmo salar) grown in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS): Nitrification, water and gut microbiota, and performance of fish, 2020, Aquaculture
Nitrifying biofilms deprived of organic carbon show higher functional resilience to increases in carbon supply, 2020, Scientific Reports
Bacterial community assembly in Atlantic cod larvae (Gadus morhua): contributions of ecological processes and metacommunity structure, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vadstein include:

Ingrid Bakke
Yngvar Ôlsen
Madeleine S. Gundersen
Kari J.K. Attramadal
Eirik Degré Lorentsen

Vadstein's publications appear regularly in venues such as:

Aquaculture
Scientific Reports
Frontiers in Marine Science
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Research Square

Best Publications

Techniques for microbial control in the intensive rearing of marine larvae

Jorunn Skjermo;Olav Vadstein

455
Citations
Ecological theory as a foundation to control pathogenic invasion in aquaculture.

Peter De Schryver;Olav Vadstein

312
Citations
Insight into bacterial population in aquaculture systems and its implication

J.P. Blancheton;K.J.K. Attramadal;L. Michaud;E. Roque d’Orbcastel

273
Citations
Pathways of lipid metabolism in marine algae, co-expression network, bottlenecks and candidate genes for enhanced production of EPA and DHA in species of Chromista.

Alice Mühlroth;Keshuai Li;Gunvor Røkke;Per Winge

249
Citations
Copepods act as a switch between alternative trophic cascades in marine pelagic food webs

Herwig Stibor;Olav Vadstein;Sebastian Diehl;Anna Gelzleichter

242
Citations
The use of immunostimulation in marine larviculture: possibilities and challenges

Olav Vadstein

228
Citations
Heterotrophic, Planktonic Bacteria and Cycling of Phosphorus

Olav Vadstein

223
Citations
Microbially matured water: a technique for selection of a non-opportunistic bacterial flora in water that may improve performance of marine larvae

J. Skjermo;I. Salvesen;G. Øie;Y. Olsen

220
Citations
Growth and phosphorus status of limnetic phytoplankton and bacteria

Olav Vadstein;Arne Jensen;Yngvar Olsen;Helge Reinertsen

203
Citations
Microbiology and immunology of fish larvae

Olav Vadstein;Øivind Bergh;François-Joel Gatesoupe;Jorge Galindo-Villegas

201
Citations
Thraustochytrids as Production Organisms for Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA), Squalene, and Carotenoids

Inga Marie Aasen;Helga Ertesvåg;Tonje Marita Bjerkan Heggeset;Bin Liu

183
Citations
Gene regulation of carbon fixation, storage and utilization in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum acclimated to light/dark cycles

Matilde Skogen Chauton;Per Winge;Tore Brembu;Olav Vadstein

163
Citations
Colonization of Vibrio pelagius and Aeromonas caviae in early developing turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) larvae.

E Ringø;O Vadstein

157
Citations
Nitrification at different salinities: Biofilm community composition and physiological plasticity

Blanca M. Gonzalez-Silva;Kjell Rune Jonassen;Ingrid Bakke;Kjetill Østgaard

147
Citations
Selection of candidate probionts by two different screening strategies from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) larvae.

Anders Jón Fjellheim;Geir Klinkenberg;Jorunn Skjermo;Inga Marie Aasen

147
Citations
Selection in the host structures the microbiota associated with developing cod larvae (Gadus morhua)

Ingrid Bakke;Eivind Coward;Tom Andersen;Olav Vadstein

137
Citations
Control of the bacterial flora of Brachionus plicatilis and Artemia franciscana by incubation in bacterial suspensions

Pavlos Makridis;Anders Jon Fjellheim;Jorunn Skjermo;Olav Vadstein

134
Citations
Effects of short term feeding of microalgae on the bacterial flora associated with juvenile Artemia franciscana.

A.I. Olsen;Y. Olsen;Y. Attramadal;K. Christie

128
Citations
Growth of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.) during first feeding in relation to the proportion of r/K-strategists in the bacterial community of the rearing water

Ingrid Salvesen;Jorunn Skjermo;Olav Vadstein

124
Citations
K-Selection as Microbial Community Management Strategy: A Method for Improved Viability of Larvae in Aquaculture.

Olav Vadstein;Kari J. K. Attramadal;Ingrid Bakke;Yngvar Olsen

123
Citations