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D-Index
30
Citations
2836
World Ranking
2504
National Ranking
30

Tor Atle Mo 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 Tor Atle Mo sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 66 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tor Atle Mo 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 Tor Atle Mo sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 30 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tor Atle Mo is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research in Norway, focusing on fields including Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily addresses subfields such as Ecology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work centers on topics like Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species.

Recent publications featuring Tor Atle Mo's contributions include:

  • Increasing intensities of Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809 det. Krabbe, 1878) larvae with weight and sea age in returning adult Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., of coastal waters of Norway, 2021, Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Genetic population structure of the monogenean parasite Gyrodactylus thymalli and its host European grayling (Thymallus thymallus) in a large Norwegian lake, 2020, Hydrobiologia
  • Patterns of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae infection of three salmonid species in large, deep Norwegian lakes, 2021, Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Development of an environmental DNA assay and field validation for the detection of invasive pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, 2021, Environmental DNA
  • Factors determining parasite abundance in European perch, Perca fluviatilis, European whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, and Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, in an oligotrophic lake, southern Norway, 2020, Fauna norvegica

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tor Atle Mo include:

  • Frode Fossøy
  • T.J. Oredalen
  • Mona Sæbø
  • Ruben Alexander Pettersen
  • Claudia Junge

Publications involving this researcher frequently appear in venues such as:

  • Journal of Fish Diseases
  • Environmental DNA
  • Fauna norvegica
  • Hydrobiologia
  • Journal of Translational Medicine

Best Publications

  • The major threats to Atlantic salmon in Norway

    Torbjørn Forseth;Bjørn Torgeir Barlaup;Bengt Finstad;Peder Fiske

  • A model of salmon louse production in Norway: effects of increasing salmon production and public management measures.

    Peter Andreas Heuch;Tor Atle Mo

  • Severe mortality in wild Atlantic salmon Salmo salar due to proliferative kidney disease (PKD) caused by Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae (myxozoa).

    Erik Sterud;Torbjørn Forseth;Ola Ugedal;Trygve T. Poppe

  • Systemic infection with Uronema‐like ciliates in farmed turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.)

    E. Sterud;M K. Hansen;T A. Mo

  • Variations of opisthaptoral hard parts of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) on rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) in a fish farm, with comments on the spreading of the parasite in south-eastern Norway

    Tor Atle Mo

  • Variations of opisthaptoral hard parts of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) on parr of Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar L. in laboratory experiments

    Tor Atle Mo

  • Seasonal occurrence of Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus elongatus (Copepoda: Caligidae) on sea trout (Salmo trutta), off southern Norway

    T. A. Schram;J. A. Knutsen;P. A. Heuch;T. A. Mo

  • Microbial interactions, prophylaxis and diseases

    O. Vadstein;T. A. Mo;Ø. Bergh

  • Seasonal variations of opisthaptoral hard parts of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) on parr of Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. in the River Batnfjordselva, Norway

    Tor Atle Mo

  • Identification of genetic markers associated with Gyrodactylus salaris resistance in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar.

    John Gilbey;Eric Verspoor;Tor Atle Mo;Erik Sterud

  • Pink salmon in Norway: the reluctant invader

    Odd Terje Sandlund;Henrik Hårdensson Berntsen;Peder Fiske;Jorma Kuusela

  • The effect of various metals on Gyrodactylus salaris (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) infections in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

    A. B. S. Poléo;J. Schjolden;H. Hansen;T. A. Bakke

  • Redescription of Gyrodactylus teuchis Lautraite, Blanc, Thiery, Daniel & Vigneulle, 1999 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae); a species identified by ribosomal RNA sequence

    Carey O. Cunningham;Tor Atle Mo;Catherine M. Collins;Kurt Buchmann

  • Seasonal variations in the prevalence and infestation intensity of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea : Gyrodactylidae) on Atlantic salmon parr, Salmo salar L., in the river batnfjordselva, Norway

    T. A. Mo

  • Population dynamics of Gyrodactylus salaris (Monogenea) infecting Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, parr in the river Batnfjordselva, Norway.

    Chris Appleby;Tor Atle Mo

  • Amoebic gill disease due to Paramoeba perurans in ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta)

    Egil Karlsbakk;Anne Berit Olsen;Ann-Cathrine B. Einen;Tor Atle Mo

  • The use of host specificity, pathogenicity, and molecular markers to differentiate between Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 and G. thymalli Zitnan, 1960 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae).

    E. Sterud;T. A. Mo;C. M. Collins;C. O. Cunningham

  • Seasonal variations of the opisthaptoral hard parts of Gyrodactylus derjavini Mikailov, 1975 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) on brown trout Salmo trutta L. parr and Atlantic salmon S. salar L. parr in the River Sandvikselva, Norway.

    Tor Atle Mo

  • Systemic spironucleosis in sea-farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, caused by Spironucleus barkhanus transmitted from feral Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus?

    Erik Sterud;Tor Atle Mo;Trygve T. Poppe

  • Disseminated hexamitosis in sea-caged Atlantic salmon Salmo salar.

    T. T. Poppe;T. A. Mo;L. Iversen

  • The mitochondrial genome of Gyrodactylus salaris (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea), a pathogen of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

    Tine Huyse;L Plaisance;B. L Webster;T. A Mo

Frequent Co-Authors

Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad
Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad University of Oslo
Kjetil Hindar
Kjetil Hindar Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Eva B. Thorstad
Eva B. Thorstad Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Tor A. Bakke
Tor A. Bakke University of Oslo
Olav Vadstein
Olav Vadstein Norwegian University of Science and Technology
D. T. J. Littlewood
D. T. J. Littlewood Natural History Museum
Tine Huyse
Tine Huyse KU Leuven
Joanne Cable
Joanne Cable Cardiff University
Andrew P. Shinn
Andrew P. Shinn University of Stirling
Bonnie L. Webster
Bonnie L. Webster Natural History Museum

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