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84
Citations
26385
World Ranking
673
National Ranking
244

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ottar N. Bjørnstad is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily focused on Medicine and Mathematics, with specialization in modeling and simulation, infectious diseases, public health, epidemiology, and ecology. The scientist's work includes significant contributions to the study of epidemiological dynamics and infectious disease modeling.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, 2020, Science
  • Immunological characteristics govern the transition of COVID-19 to endemicity, 2021, Science
  • The SEIRS model for infectious disease dynamics, 2020, Nature Methods
  • The impact of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Modeling infectious epidemics, 2020, Nature Methods

Frequent co-authors working alongside Ottar N. Bjørnstad include:

  • Nils Chr. Stenseth
  • Ruiyun Li
  • Huaiyu Tian
  • Katriona Shea
  • C. Jessica E. Metcalf

The scientist's publications appear regularly in several venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Methods
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • UNC Libraries

Ottar N. Bjørnstad has also published a book titled Epidemics in 2022, through Springer International Publishing.

Their research topics mainly include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

In recognition of their contributions, the scientist has been named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America in 2019 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Travelling waves and spatial hierarchies in measles epidemics

    B. T. Grenfell;O. N. Bjørnstad;O. N. Bjørnstad;J. Kappey

  • Synchrony, Waves, and Spatial Hierarchies in the Spread of Influenza

    Cécile Viboud;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;David L. Smith;Lone Simonsen

  • Spatial Synchrony in Population Dynamics

    Andrew Liebhold;Walter D. Koenig;Ottar N. Bjørnstad

  • Spatial population dynamics: analyzing patterns and processes of population synchrony

    Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Rolf A. Ims;Xavier Lambin

  • Noisy Clockwork: Time Series Analysis of Population Fluctuations in Animals

    Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • Dynamics of measles epidemics: Estimating scaling of transmission rates using a time series sir model

    Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Bärbel F. Finkenstädt;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • Heterogeneities in macroparasite infections : patterns and processes.

    Kenneth Wilson;O. N. Bjornstad;A. P. Dobson;S. Merler

  • Nonparametric spatial covariance functions: Estimation and testing

    Ottar N. BjØrnstad;Wilhelm Falck

  • Accounting for spatial pattern when modeling organism- environment interactions

    Timothy H. Keitt;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Philip M. Dixon;Steve Citron-Pousty

  • The Effect of Temperature on Anopheles Mosquito Population Dynamics and the Potential for Malaria Transmission

    Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson;William A. Nelson;Krijn P. Paaijmans;Andrew F. Read

  • Measles metapopulation dynamics: a gravity model for epidemiological coupling and dynamics.

    Yingcun Xia;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • POPULATION TIME SERIES: PROCESS VARIABILITY, OBSERVATION ERRORS, MISSING VALUES, LAGS, AND HIDDEN STATES

    James S. Clark;Ottar N. Bjørnstad

  • SPATIAL SYNCHRONY IN FOREST INSECT OUTBREAKS: ROLES OF REGIONAL STOCHASTICITY AND DISPERSAL

    Mikko Peltonen;Andrew M. Liebhold;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;David W. Williams

  • Population regulation in snowshoe hare and Canadian lynx: Asymmetric food web configurations between hare and lynx

    Nils Chr. Stenseth;Wilhelm Falck;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Charles J. Krebs

  • Dispersal, environmental correlation, and spatial synchrony in population dynamics

    Bruce E. Kendall;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Jordi Bascompte;Jordi Bascompte;Timothy H. Keitt

  • DYNAMICS OF MEASLES EPIDEMICS: SCALING NOISE, DETERMINISM, AND PREDICTABILITY WITH THE TSIR MODEL

    Bryan T. Grenfell;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Bärbel F. Finkenstädt

  • A geographic gradient in small rodent density fluctuations: a statistical modelling approach.

    Ottar N. Bjornstad;Wilhelm Falck;Nils Chr. Stenseth

  • Allee effects and pulsed invasion by the gypsy moth

    Derek M. Johnson;Andrew M. Liebhold;Patrick C. Tobin;Ottar N. Bjørnstad

  • Human mobility and the spatial transmission of influenza in the United States

    Vivek Charu;Vivek Charu;Scott Zeger;Julia R. Gog;Julia R. Gog;Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Ottar N. Bjørnstad

  • Waves of larch budmoth outbreaks in the European alps.

    Ottar N. Bjørnstad;Mikko Peltonen;Andrew M. Liebhold;Werner Baltensweiler

  • The dual nature of community variability

    Fiorenza Micheli;Kathryn L. Cottingham;Kathryn L. Cottingham;Jordi Bascompte;Ottar N. Bjørnstad

  • Invasion speed is affected by geographical variation in the strength of Allee effects.

    Patrick C. Tobin;Stephanie L. Whitmire;Derek M. Johnson;Ottar N. Bjornstad

  • From patterns to processes: Phase and density dependencies in the Canadian lynx cycle

    Nils C. Stenseth;Wilhelm Falck;Kung Sik Chan;Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Andrew M. Liebhold
Andrew M. Liebhold Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Andrew F. Read
Andrew F. Read Pennsylvania State University
Cécile Viboud
Cécile Viboud National Institutes of Health
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University
Katriona Shea
Katriona Shea Pennsylvania State University
C. Jessica E. Metcalf
C. Jessica E. Metcalf Princeton University
Andrew J. Tatem
Andrew J. Tatem University of Southampton
Lone Simonsen
Lone Simonsen Roskilde University

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