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Øystein Evensen publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Øystein Evensen sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 237 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Øystein Evensen D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Øystein Evensen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 45th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Øystein Evensen is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology, environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences. Within these broad fields, key subfields of study include immunology, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, animal science and zoology, and aquatic science.

The scientist's main topics of work cover aquaculture disease management and microbiota, animal virus infections studies, parasite biology and host interactions, Vibrio bacteria research studies, fish ecology and management studies, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and aquaculture nutrition and growth.

Øystein Evensen has contributed to a number of research papers, including:

  • Application of Outer Membrane Protein-Based Vaccines Against Major Bacterial Fish Pathogens in India (2020, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • Challenges and Solutions to Viral Diseases of Finfish in Marine Aquaculture (2021, Pathogens)
  • Increasing dietary levels of the n-3 long-chain PUFA, EPA and DHA, improves the growth, welfare, robustness and fillet quality of Atlantic salmon in sea cages (2022, British Journal Of Nutrition)
  • Tilapia lake virus downplays innate immune responses during early stage of infection in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Aeromonas species isolated from aquatic organisms, insects, chicken, and humans in India show similar antimicrobial resistance profiles (2022, Frontiers in Microbiology)

Frequent co-authors working with Øystein Evensen include:

  • Hetron Mweemba Munang'andu
  • Stephen Mutoloki
  • Amr Ahmed Abdelrahim Gamil
  • Saurabh Dubey
  • Henning Sørum

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • Aquaculture
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • The morphology of the immune system in teleost fishes

    C.McL. Press;Ø. Evensen

  • Inflammatory cells of teleostean fish: A review focusing on mast cells/eosinophilic granule cells and rodlet cells

    Ola B. Reite;Øystein Evensen

  • Recent developments in fish vaccinology.

    R. Gudding;A. Lillehaug;Ø. Evensen

  • Bacterial vaccines for fish--an update of the current situation worldwide

    T Håstein;R Gudding;O Evensen

  • Cardiomyopathy Syndrome of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Is Caused by a Double-Stranded RNA Virus of the Totiviridae Family

    Øyvind Haugland;Aase B. Mikalsen;Pål Nilsen;Karine Lindmo

  • Oral vaccination of fish - antigen preparations, uptake, and immune induction

    Stephen Mutoloki;Hetron Mweemba Munang’andu;Øystein Evensen

  • Relationship between diet and immune response in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) after feeding various levels of ascorbic acid and omega-3 fatty acids

    Jon Inge Erdal;Øystein Evensen;Ole Kristian Kaurstad;Atle Lillehaug

  • Identification of putative motifs involved in the virulence of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus.

    Nina Santi;Vikram N. Vakharia;Øystein Evensen

  • A morphological study of the gross and light microscopic lesions of infectious anaemia in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

    O. Evensen;K.E. Thorud;Y.A. Olsen

  • Molecular Determinants of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus Virulence and Cell Culture Adaptation

    Haichen Song;Nina Santi;Øystein Evensen;Vikram N. Vakharia

  • DNA vaccines against viral diseases of farmed fish.

    Øystein Evensen;Jo-Ann C. Leong

  • Piscirickettsia salmonis infection in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in Norway--epidemiological, pathological and microbiological findings

    A. B. Olsen;H. P. Melby;L. Speilberg;Ø. Evensen

  • Transfection efficiency and cytotoxicity of cationic liposomes in salmonid cell lines of hepatocyte and macrophage origin.

    Kristine Romøren;Beate J Thu;Niels C Bols;Øystein Evensen

  • Immunohistochemical detection of piscine reovirus (PRV) in hearts of Atlantic salmon coincide with the course of heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI)

    Øystein Wessel Finstad;Knut Falk;Marie Løvoll;Øystein Evensen

  • Characterisation of a long-term cell line (SHK-1) developed from the head kidney of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salarL.)

    B.H. Dannevig;B.E. Brudeseth;T. Gjøen;M. Rode

  • Detection of tilapia lake virus (TiLV) infection by PCR in farmed and wild Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Lake Victoria.

    K K Mugimba;K K Mugimba;A A Chengula;A A Chengula;S Wamala;S Wamala;E D Mwega;E D Mwega

  • Antigen dose and humoral immune response correspond with protection for inactivated infectious pancreatic necrosis virus vaccines in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L)

    Hetron Mweemba Munang’andu;Børge Nilsen Fredriksen;Stephen Mutoloki;Roy Ambli Dalmo

  • The interferon response is involved in nervous necrosis virus acute and persistent infection in zebrafish infection model.

    Ming Wei Lu;Yung Mei Chao;Tz Chun Guo;Nina Santi

  • Sequential study of antigen persistence and concomitant inflammatory reactions relative to side-effects and growth of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) following intraperitoneal injection with oil-adjuvanted vaccines.

    Stephen Mutoloki;Svein Alexandersen;Øystein Evensen

  • The influence of formulation variables on in vitro transfection efficiency and physicochemical properties of chitosan-based polyplexes.

    Kristine Romøren;Solveig Pedersen;Gro Smistad;Øystein Evensen

  • Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus VP5 Is Dispensable for Virulence and Persistence

    Nina Santi;Haichen Song;Vikram N. Vakharia;Vikram N. Vakharia;Øystein Evensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Vikram N. Vakharia
Vikram N. Vakharia University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Carolina Tafalla
Carolina Tafalla Spanish National Research Council
Giuseppe Scapigliati
Giuseppe Scapigliati Tuscia University
Indrani Karunasagar
Indrani Karunasagar Nitte University
Christopher J. Secombes
Christopher J. Secombes University of Aberdeen
Eystein Skjerve
Eystein Skjerve Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Douglas R. Tocher
Douglas R. Tocher Shantou University
Atle Lillehaug
Atle Lillehaug National Veterinary Institute
Jørgen Ødegård
Jørgen Ødegård Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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