Bob van Oort

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Bob van Oort is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bob van Oort has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Bob van Oort's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (7 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (5 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (5 papers). Bob van Oort is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (7 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (5 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (5 papers). Bob van Oort collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Sweden. Bob van Oort's co-authors include James D. Reist, N. J. C. Tyler, Karl‐Arne Stokkan, Menno P. Gerkema, Lars P. Folkow, Christian Haas, Walter N. Meier, Mats A. Granskog, Jeffrey R. Key and Christine Michel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Bob van Oort

39 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Arctic sea ice in transformation: A review of recent observed changes and impacts on biology and human activity

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bob van Oort Norway	18	500	464	331	295	272	40	1.7k
N. J. C. Tyler Norway	23	309 0.6×	338 0.7×	779 2.4×	441 1.5×	253 0.9×	63	2.3k
Daniel T. C. Cox United Kingdom	18	57 0.1×	622 1.3×	287 0.9×	119 0.4×	138 0.5×	23	1.7k
Carles Alcaráz Spain	26	76 0.2×	361 0.8×	997 3.0×	123 0.4×	25 0.1×	76	2.2k
Johan P. Dahlgren Sweden	19	26 0.1×	285 0.6×	504 1.5×	758 2.6×	52 0.2×	45	1.8k
Ilya M. D. Maclean United Kingdom	30	291 0.6×	1.1k 2.3×	1.4k 4.4×	741 2.5×	65 0.2×	94	3.4k
Massimiliano Cardinale Sweden	33	65 0.1×	2.9k 6.3×	1.9k 5.6×	342 1.2×	64 0.2×	121	4.0k
Eric J. Pedersen Canada	13	168 0.3×	709 1.5×	526 1.6×	143 0.5×	34 0.1×	28	1.7k
Michael A. Jenkins United States	31	128 0.3×	1.4k 2.9×	1.1k 3.3×	372 1.3×	52 0.2×	120	3.3k
David L. Harrison United Kingdom	16	52 0.1×	265 0.6×	997 3.0×	691 2.3×	39 0.1×	89	2.0k
F. Jason Torre France	20	313 0.6×	484 1.0×	722 2.2×	223 0.8×	47 0.2×	77	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Bob van Oort

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bob van Oort

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Carlsen, Monica Hauger, et al.. (2025). Environmental impact of Norwegian food and beverages: compilation of a life cycle assessment food database. Food & Nutrition Research. 68. 1 indexed citations

Hua, Ting, Xiangping Hu, Gunnar Austrheim, et al.. (2025). Reconciling crop production, climate action and nature conservation in Europe by agricultural intensification and extensification. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10289–10289.

Harwatt, Helen, Tim G. Benton, Jan Bengtsson, et al.. (2024). Environmental sustainability of food production and consumption in the Nordic and Baltic region – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023. Food & Nutrition Research. 68. 12 indexed citations

Oort, Bob van, Anne Sophie Daloz, Robbie M. Andrew, et al.. (2024). Ruminating on sustainable food systems in a net-zero world. Nature Sustainability. 7(10). 1225–1234. 2 indexed citations

Oort, Bob van, et al.. (2023). Environmental and nutritional assessment of young children’s diets in Norway: comparing the current diet with national dietary guidelines and the EAT-Lancet reference diet. European Journal of Nutrition. 62(8). 3383–3396. 8 indexed citations

Alfnes, Frode, et al.. (2023). Mapping of the digital climate nudges in Nordic online grocery stores. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 37. 202–212. 16 indexed citations

Hermansen, Erlend A. T., et al.. (2022). Explaining radical policy change: Norwegian climate policy and the ban on cultivating peatlands. Global Environmental Change. 74. 102517–102517. 13 indexed citations

Hermansen, Erlend A. T., et al.. (2020). Forbudet mot nydyrking av myr: Bakgrunn, effekter og utfordringer. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 2 indexed citations

Oort, Bob van, et al.. (2020). A Mini-Review of Ixodes Ticks Climate Sensitive Infection Dispersion Risk in the Nordic Region. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(15). 5387–5387. 17 indexed citations

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Brehm, Joana Magos, et al.. (2017). Climate change and national crop wild relative conservation planning. AMBIO. 46(6). 630–643. 19 indexed citations

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Oort, Bob van & Robbie M. Andrew. (2016). Climate Footprints of Norwegian Dairy and Meat - a Synthesis. 2 indexed citations

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Jansson, Roland, Christer Nilsson, E. Carina H. Keskitalo, et al.. (2015). Future changes in the supply of goods and services from natural ecosystems: prospects for the European north. Ecology and Society. 20(3). 29 indexed citations

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Oort, Bob van, Maiken Bjørkan, & Elena Klyuchnikova. (2015). Future narratives for two locations in the Barents region. 12 indexed citations

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Shrestha, A. B., et al.. (2015). The Himalayan Climate and Water Atlas: impact of climate change on water resources in five of Asia's major river basins.. 59 indexed citations

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Tschakert, Petra, et al.. (2013). Inequality and transformation analyses: a complementary lens for addressing vulnerability to climate change. Climate and Development. 5(4). 340–350. 135 indexed citations

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Oort, Bob van, et al.. (2012). NORADAPT - Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Norway. 2 indexed citations

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Stokkan, Karl‐Arne, Bob van Oort, N. J. C. Tyler, & Andrew Loudon. (2007). Adaptations for life in the Arctic: evidence that melatonin rhythms in reindeer are not driven by a circadian oscillator but remain acutely sensitive to environmental photoperiod. Journal of Pineal Research. 43(3). 289–293. 42 indexed citations

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Oort, Bob van, N. J. C. Tyler, Menno P. Gerkema, Lars P. Folkow, & Karl‐Arne Stokkan. (2006). Where clocks are redundant: weak circadian mechanisms in reindeer living under polar photic conditions. Die Naturwissenschaften. 94(3). 183–194. 83 indexed citations

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Oort, Bob van, N. J. C. Tyler, Menno P. Gerkema, et al.. (2005). Circadian organization in reindeer. Nature. 438(7071). 1095–1096. 142 indexed citations

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Oort, Bob van, et al.. (2003). Food intake of reindeer in winter. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 141(1). 93–101. 20 indexed citations

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