Lauritz Sømme

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Lauritz Sømme is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lauritz Sømme has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 25 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lauritz Sømme's work include Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (22 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (20 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers). Lauritz Sømme is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (22 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (20 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers). Lauritz Sømme collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Russia. Lauritz Sømme's co-authors include William Block, J. S. Bale, S. R. Leather, K. F. A. Walters, Martin Holmstrup, Tone Birkemoe, Karl Erik Zachariassen, M. Sonesson, Terry V. Callaghan and Hans Petter Leinaas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Genetics and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lauritz Sømme

66 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Supercooling and winter survival in terrestrial arthropods 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Supercooling and winter survival in terrestrial arthropods
    1982 420 citations Lauritz Sømme profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lauritz Sømme Norway 27 1.6k 1.1k 943 916 471 67 2.6k
Scott A. L. Hayward United Kingdom 24 1.7k 1.0× 834 0.8× 777 0.8× 626 0.7× 487 1.0× 54 2.6k
Jaco Klok South Africa 31 2.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.3× 802 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 763 1.6× 52 3.2k
Philippe Vernon France 33 2.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.2× 2.2k 2.4× 1.3k 1.5× 420 0.9× 108 4.3k
David A. Wharton New Zealand 27 1.3k 0.8× 608 0.6× 617 0.7× 444 0.5× 175 0.4× 133 2.5k
E. B. Edney United Kingdom 25 1.1k 0.7× 948 0.9× 522 0.6× 740 0.8× 392 0.8× 35 2.1k
Catherine E. Kennedy Canada 11 550 0.3× 317 0.3× 633 0.7× 748 0.8× 191 0.4× 20 1.6k
Avis C. James United States 16 1.3k 0.8× 513 0.5× 473 0.5× 671 0.7× 148 0.3× 21 2.1k
Nathan E. Rank United States 26 853 0.5× 562 0.5× 606 0.6× 685 0.7× 139 0.3× 47 1.8k
William P. Kemp United States 35 880 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 2.0k 2.1× 2.2k 2.4× 191 0.4× 114 3.5k
R. Bijlsma Netherlands 35 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.8× 650 0.7× 1.7k 1.9× 295 0.6× 81 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lauritz Sømme

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sømme, Lauritz. (2013). Anhydrobiosis and cold tolerance in tardigrades. European Journal of Entomology. 93(3). 349–357. 28 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz, et al.. (2013). Adaptations of insects at high altitudes of Chimborazo, Ecuador. European Journal of Entomology. 93(3). 313–318. 11 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz. (2013). The physiology of cold hardiness in terrestrial arthropods. European Journal of Entomology. 96(1). 1–10. 45 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz, Carolin Mayer, Olivier Raspé, & A.‐L. Jacquemart. (2013). Influence of spatial distribution and size of clones on the realized outcrossing rate of the marsh cinquefoil (Comarum palustre). Annals of Botany. 113(3). 477–487. 12 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz, Jana Raabová, A.‐L. Jacquemart, & Olivier Raspé. (2011). Development and multiplexing of microsatellite markers using pyrosequencing in the clonal plant Comarum palustre (Rosaceae). Molecular Ecology Resources. 12(1). 91–97. 16 indexed citations
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Sibul, Ivar, et al.. (2001). Forest insects attracted to ground traps baited with turpentine and ethanol on clear-cuttings.. 48(1). 103–110. 7 indexed citations
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Birkemoe, Tone, Stephen J. Coulson, & Lauritz Sømme. (2000). Life cycles and population dynamics of enchytraeids (Oligochaeta) from the High Arctic. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 78(12). 2079–2086. 8 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz, et al.. (1997). Records of spiders (Araneae) from Nordaustlandet and Sjuøyane, Svalbard. Fauna norvegica. 18. 17–20.
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Sømme, Lauritz, et al.. (1993). Notes on the ecology and physiology of the Antarctic oribatid mite Maudheimia wilsoni. Polar Research. 12(1). 21–25. 1 indexed citations
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Callaghan, Terry V., M. Sonesson, & Lauritz Sømme. (1992). Responses of terrestrial plants and invertebrates to environmental change at high latitudes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 338(1285). 279–288. 56 indexed citations
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Ottesen, Preben & Lauritz Sømme. (1987). Adaptations to high altitudes in beetles from Tenerife. Americanae (AECID Library). 217–226. 8 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz. (1986). Tolerance to Low Temperatures and Desiccation in Insects from Andean Paramos. Arctic and Alpine Research. 18(3). 253–259. 2 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz. (1978). Nucleating agents in the hemolymph of third instar larvae of eurosta solidagensis diptera tephritidae. 25(2). 187–188. 31 indexed citations
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Block, William, et al.. (1978). Cold tolerance of two Antarctic terrestrial arthropods. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 34(9). 1166–1167. 48 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz, et al.. (1973). Anaerobiosis in the Overwintering Beetle Pelophila borealis. Nature. 245(5425). 388–390. 29 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz. (1968). THE EFFECT OF ACCLIMATION AND GLYCEROL INJECTION ON MORTALITY AND PUPATION IN LARVAE OF EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA AFTER EXPOSURES AT LOW TEMPERATURES. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 11(2). 143–148. 13 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz. (1965). FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON GLYCEROL AND COLD-HARDINESS IN INSECTS. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 43(5). 765–770. 52 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz. (1961). On the overwintering of house flies (Musco domestica L.) and stable flies (Stomoxys calcitranfs (L.)) in Norway.. 11. 1 indexed citations
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Sømme, Lauritz. (1958). The Number of Stable Flies in Norwegian Barns, and Their Resistance to DDT1. Journal of Economic Entomology. 51(5). 599–601. 8 indexed citations
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King, James C. & Lauritz Sømme. (1958). CHROMOSOMAL ANALYSES OF THE GENETIC FACTORS FOR RESISTANCE TO DDT IN TWO RESISTANT LINES OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER. Genetics. 43(3). 577–593. 26 indexed citations

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