Casper Willestofte Berg

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Casper Willestofte Berg is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Casper Willestofte Berg has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Casper Willestofte Berg's work include Marine and fisheries research (19 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (15 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (7 papers). Casper Willestofte Berg is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (19 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (15 papers) and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (7 papers). Casper Willestofte Berg collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Germany and Sweden. Casper Willestofte Berg's co-authors include Anders Nielsen, Kasper Kristensen, Árni Magnússon, M. Brooks, Martin Mächler, Koen J. van Benthem, James S. Hans, Hans J. Skaug, Bradley M. Bell and Martin Wæver Pedersen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Marine Ecology Progress Series and Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Casper Willestofte Berg

36 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

glmmTMB Balances Speed and Flexibility Among Packages for... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2017 2016 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. glmmTMB Balances Speed and Flexibility Among Packages for Zero-inflated Generalized Linear Mixed Modeling
    2017 7.5k citations M. Brooks, Kasper Kristensen et al. The R Journal profile →
  2. TMB: Automatic Differentiation and Laplace Approximation
    2016 601 citations Kasper Kristensen, Anders Nielsen et al. Journal of Statistical Software profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Casper Willestofte Berg Denmark 17 3.5k 2.5k 2.4k 2.2k 1.1k 41 8.9k
Kasper Kristensen Denmark 20 3.6k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 2.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 35 9.0k
Árni Magnússon Iceland 18 4.0k 1.2× 2.8k 1.1× 2.8k 1.2× 2.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 46 10.4k
M. Henry H. Stevens United States 20 3.4k 1.0× 2.9k 1.2× 2.8k 1.2× 1.6k 0.7× 797 0.7× 39 8.2k
Shane W. Geange New Zealand 13 3.3k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 2.3k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 700 0.6× 37 7.4k
Koen J. van Benthem Germany 9 3.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 14 7.6k
Jada-Simone S. White United States 4 2.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 683 0.6× 6 6.9k
Anders Nielsen Denmark 29 4.7k 1.3× 3.7k 1.5× 2.9k 1.2× 3.5k 1.6× 1.2k 1.1× 77 11.7k
David J. Hodgson United Kingdom 47 3.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 659 0.6× 177 8.0k
John R. Poulsen United States 32 4.7k 1.3× 3.6k 1.5× 3.4k 1.4× 2.2k 1.0× 796 0.7× 85 10.2k
Connie J. Clark United States 31 4.1k 1.2× 3.3k 1.4× 3.2k 1.3× 1.9k 0.8× 754 0.7× 80 10.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hátún, Hjálmar, Jan Arge Jacobsen, André Visser, et al.. (2025). Ocean-climate conditions one year prior to spawning drive recruitment success of blue whiting. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82(6).
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Mildenberger, Tobias, Casper Willestofte Berg, Alexander Kempf, et al.. (2025). Estimating Time‐Varying Productivity and Reference Points: A Case of North Sea Demersal Fish Stocks. Fish and Fisheries. 26(5). 745–771.
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Berg, Casper Willestofte, Kai Wieland, & Anna Rindorf. (2024). Effect of tow duration, door spread, and swept area on the catch efficiency of a bottom trawl. Fisheries Research. 278. 107108–107108. 1 indexed citations
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Vila, Y., Massimiliano Cardinale, Casper Willestofte Berg, et al.. (2023). First Maximum Sustainable Yield advice for the Nephrops norvegicus stocks of the Northwest Iberian coast using stochastic Surplus Production model in Continuous Time (SPiCT). Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 3 indexed citations
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Kindt‐Larsen, Lotte, et al.. (2023). Knowing the fishery to know the bycatch: bias-corrected estimates of harbour porpoise bycatch in gillnet fisheries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(2002). 20222570–20222570. 16 indexed citations
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Kindt‐Larsen, Lotte, et al.. (2023). Avoiding grey seal depredation in the Baltic Sea while increasing catch rates of cod. Fisheries Research. 261. 106609–106609. 6 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Anders, Niels T. Hintzen, Henrik Mosegaard, Vanessa Trijoulet, & Casper Willestofte Berg. (2021). Multi-fleet state-space assessment model strengthens confidence in single-fleet SAM and provides fleet-specific forecast options. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78(6). 2043–2052. 7 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Anders & Casper Willestofte Berg. (2018). Response to: Comments on incongruous formulations in the SAM (state-space assessment model) model and consequences for fish stock assessment. Fisheries Research. 210. 228–229. 2 indexed citations
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Brooks, M., Kasper Kristensen, Koen J. van Benthem, et al.. (2017). glmmTMB Balances Speed and Flexibility Among Packages for Zero-inflated Generalized Linear Mixed Modeling. The R Journal. 9(2). 378–378. 7464 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kristensen, Kasper, Anders Nielsen, Casper Willestofte Berg, Hans J. Skaug, & Bradley M. Bell. (2016). TMB: Automatic Differentiation and Laplace Approximation. Journal of Statistical Software. 70(5). 601 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mortensen, Lars O., et al.. (2016). Effectiveness of fully documented fisheries to estimate discards in a participatory research scheme. Fisheries Research. 187. 150–157. 7 indexed citations
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Kindt‐Larsen, Lotte, Casper Willestofte Berg, Jakob Tougaard, et al.. (2016). Identification of high-risk areas for harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena bycatch using remote electronic monitoring and satellite telemetry data. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 555. 261–271. 18 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Martin Wæver & Casper Willestofte Berg. (2016). A stochastic surplus production model in continuous time. Fish and Fisheries. 18(2). 226–243. 97 indexed citations
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Berg, Casper Willestofte, Anders Nielsen, & Kasper Kristensen. (2013). Evaluation of alternative age-based methods for estimating relative abundance from survey data in relation to assessment models. Fisheries Research. 151. 91–99. 36 indexed citations
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Ulrich, Clara, Lotte Worsøe Clausen, Casper Willestofte Berg, et al.. (2012). Modelling the mixing of herring stocks between the Baltic and the North Sea from otolith data. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU).
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Wildner, Manfred, Casper Willestofte Berg, & Karl E. Bergmann. (1999). A Secular Trend in Hip Fracture Incidence in East Germany. Osteoporosis International. 9(2). 144–150. 16 indexed citations
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Berg, Casper Willestofte. (1998). Nichtnatürliche Todesfälle und Verletzungen im Rahmen von Mortalität und Morbidität@@@Unnatural deaths and injuries as morbidity and mortality parameters. Publication server of the Robert Koch Institute (Robert Kock Institute). 41(1). 3–8. 1 indexed citations
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Wildner, Manfred, Casper Willestofte Berg, & Karl E. Bergmann. (1997). Estimating the incidence of hip fractures in East Germany from hospital discharge statistics.. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 51(5). 576–577. 5 indexed citations
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Heinemann, Lothar, Hans G. Heine, A. Aßmann, et al.. (1988). Risk factors in the population of the GDR‐MONICA Study (1983/84). Acta Medica Scandinavica. 224(S728). 144–149. 6 indexed citations
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Berg, Casper Willestofte. (1984). [Fatal accidents in the middle-aged].. PubMed. 78(3). 97–100. 1 indexed citations

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