Bergur Olsen

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 711 citations indexed

About

Bergur Olsen is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Bergur Olsen has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 711 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 3 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Bergur Olsen's work include Avian ecology and behavior (6 papers), Marine and fisheries research (4 papers) and Climate variability and models (3 papers). Bergur Olsen is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (6 papers), Marine and fisheries research (4 papers) and Climate variability and models (3 papers). Bergur Olsen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Faroe Islands. Bergur Olsen's co-authors include J.A. van Franeker, Keith Fairclough, Martin Heubeck, Eric Stienen, Nils Guse, Jóhannis Danielsen, Jens‐Kjeld Jensen, John Pedersen, Hallvard Strøm and Tycho Anker‐Nilssen and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Pollution, Global Change Biology and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Bergur Olsen

12 papers receiving 666 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea

2011 482 citations J.A. van Franeker, Jóhannis Danielsen et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bergur Olsen Norway	8	500	318	265	102	86	14	711
Andrew O. M. Mogg United Kingdom	11	354 0.7×	244 0.8×	272 1.0×	39 0.4×	122 1.4×	20	707
Martin Heubeck United Kingdom	12	565 1.1×	319 1.0×	419 1.6×	130 1.3×	175 2.0×	27	945
Nils Guse Germany	10	595 1.2×	360 1.1×	271 1.0×	131 1.3×	55 0.6×	14	778
Françoise Amélineau France	10	238 0.5×	179 0.6×	334 1.3×	93 0.9×	117 1.4×	16	636
Peter Vermeiren Japan	14	357 0.7×	262 0.8×	183 0.7×	84 0.8×	109 1.3×	24	692
Jóhannis Danielsen Norway	10	513 1.0×	327 1.0×	202 0.8×	108 1.1×	35 0.4×	23	652
Gema Hernández-Milian Ireland	12	781 1.6×	511 1.6×	278 1.0×	115 1.1×	153 1.8×	23	1.1k
Kay Critchell Australia	11	637 1.3×	376 1.2×	259 1.0×	62 0.6×	132 1.5×	21	930
Susan Lisin United States	8	362 0.7×	258 0.8×	286 1.1×	33 0.3×	110 1.3×	8	783
Ciarán O’Donnell Ireland	9	251 0.5×	205 0.6×	144 0.5×	39 0.4×	124 1.4×	27	454

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bergur Olsen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bergur Olsen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bergur Olsen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bergur Olsen. Bergur Olsen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Olsen, Bergur, Tycho Anker‐Nilssen, Jóhannis Danielsen, et al.. (2025). Half a century of environmental variability and seabird trends on the Faroe Shelf in the North Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 12.

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Rönkä, Mia, Tycho Anker‐Nilssen, Jóhannis Danielsen, et al.. (2024). An ecologically sound and participatory monitoring network for pan‐Arctic seabirds. Conservation Biology. 38(6). e14287–e14287. 2 indexed citations

3.

Black, Stuart, et al.. (2024). Plastic ingestion and trace element contamination of Manx shearwaters Puffinus puffinus on the Faroe Islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 204. 116537–116537. 2 indexed citations

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Hátún, Hjálmar, et al.. (2017). The Dynamics of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre Introduces Predictability to the Breeding Success of Kittiwakes. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4. 24 indexed citations

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Butler, Adam, Sarah Wanless, Børge Moe, et al.. (2017). Multi-colony tracking reveals spatio-temporal variation in carry-over effects between breeding success and winter movements in a pelagic seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 578. 167–181. 33 indexed citations

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Irons, David B., Aevar Petersen, Tycho Anker‐Nilssen, et al.. (2015). Circumpolar Seabird Monitoring Plan. CAFF Monitoring Report No.17.. 3 indexed citations

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Franeker, J.A. van, Jóhannis Danielsen, Keith Fairclough, et al.. (2011). Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea. Environmental Pollution. 159(10). 2609–2615. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

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Danielsen, Jóhannis, J.A. van Franeker, Bergur Olsen, & Sten Bengtson. (2010). Preponderance of mesopelagic fish in the diet of the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis around the Faroe Islands. 23. 66–75. 9 indexed citations

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Irons, David B., Tycho Anker‐Nilssen, Anthony J. Gaston, et al.. (2008). Fluctuations in circumpolar seabird populations linked to climate oscillations. Global Change Biology. 14(7). 1455–1463. 94 indexed citations

10.

Petersen, Aevar, David B. Irons, Robert T. Barrett, et al.. (2008). Framework for a Circumpolar Arctic Seabird Monitoring Network. 8 indexed citations

11.

Bakken, Vidar, Anders Mosbech, Bergur Olsen, et al.. (2006). Nordic Seabird Colony Databases. TemaNord. 12 indexed citations

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Franeker, J.A. van, Martin Heubeck, Keith Fairclough, et al.. (2005). 'Save the North Sea' Fulmar Study 2002-2004: a regional pilot project for the Fulmar-litter-EcoQO in the OSPAR area. Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute). 39 indexed citations

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Jensen, Jens‐Kjeld & Bergur Olsen. (2003). A COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS FOR COLLECTING FEATHER LICE FROM DEAD BIRDS. 5(3). 1 indexed citations

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Merkel, Flemming Ravn, et al.. (1998). Clumped Arrivals at an Atlantic Puffin Colony. Colonial Waterbirds. 21(2). 261–261. 2 indexed citations

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