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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
11015
World Ranking
9909
National Ranking
45

Olav Vadstein publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 188 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Olav Vadstein D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Olav Vadstein sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

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

    Peter De Schryver;Olav Vadstein

  • Insight into bacterial population in aquaculture systems and its implication

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

  • 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

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

    Herwig Stibor;Olav Vadstein;Sebastian Diehl;Anna Gelzleichter

  • The use of immunostimulation in marine larviculture: possibilities and challenges

    Olav Vadstein

  • Heterotrophic, Planktonic Bacteria and Cycling of Phosphorus

    Olav Vadstein

  • 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

  • Growth and phosphorus status of limnetic phytoplankton and bacteria

    Olav Vadstein;Arne Jensen;Yngvar Olsen;Helge Reinertsen

  • Microbiology and immunology of fish larvae

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

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

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

  • 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

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

    E Ringø;O Vadstein

  • Nitrification at different salinities: Biofilm community composition and physiological plasticity

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

  • 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

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

    Ingrid Bakke;Eivind Coward;Tom Andersen;Olav Vadstein

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Yngvar Olsen
Yngvar Olsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Atle M. Bones
Atle M. Bones Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Tom Andersen
Tom Andersen University of Oslo
Ulrich Sommer
Ulrich Sommer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Peter Bossier
Peter Bossier Ghent University
Herwig Stibor
Herwig Stibor Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Patrick Sorgeloos
Patrick Sorgeloos Ghent University
Rolf Erik Olsen
Rolf Erik Olsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Thomas F. Hansen
Thomas F. Hansen University of Oslo

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