Odd Gunnar Brakstad

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Odd Gunnar Brakstad is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Odd Gunnar Brakstad has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Pollution, 30 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Odd Gunnar Brakstad's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (34 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (28 papers) and Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation (27 papers). Odd Gunnar Brakstad is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (34 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (28 papers) and Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation (27 papers). Odd Gunnar Brakstad collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Germany and United States. Odd Gunnar Brakstad's co-authors include J A Maeland, Trond Nordtug, Roman Netzer, Johan A. Mæland, Mimmi Throne‐Holst, Deni Ribičić, Liv-Guri Faksness, Bjørn Henrik Hansen, Anika Winkler and Eirik F. da Silva and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Odd Gunnar Brakstad

75 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Detection of Staphylococcus aureus by polymerase chain re... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 250 500 750
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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. Detection of Staphylococcus aureus by polymerase chain reaction amplification of the nuc gene
    1992 953 citations Odd Gunnar Brakstad, J A Maeland et al. profile →

Peers

Odd Gunnar Brakstad
Valerie J. Harwood United States
Jiyoung Lee United States
Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli United States
Anicet R. Blanch Spain
Martin A. Hamilton United States
Per‐Eric Lindgren Sweden
Andrew C. Singer United Kingdom
Jorge W. Santo Domingo United States
Amy R. Sapkota United States
Stefan Wuertz United States
Valerie J. Harwood United States
Odd Gunnar Brakstad
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Fields of papers citing papers by Odd Gunnar Brakstad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Odd Gunnar Brakstad

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Odd Gunnar Brakstad. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Odd Gunnar Brakstad 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 Odd Gunnar Brakstad. Odd Gunnar Brakstad is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Øverjordet, Ida Beathe, et al.. (2024). A seawater field study of crude and fuel oil depletion in Northern Norway at two different seasons – Chemistry and bacterial communities. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 207. 116851–116851. 1 indexed citations
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Brakstad, Odd Gunnar, et al.. (2023). Ultimate and Primary Biodegradation of a Range of Nonpolymeric and Polymeric Surfactants in Seawater. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 42(7). 1472–1484.
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Netzer, Roman, et al.. (2020). Formation and fate of oil-related aggregates (ORAs) in seawater at different temperatures. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 159. 111483–111483. 12 indexed citations
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Nordam, Tor, et al.. (2020). Modelling biodegradation of crude oil components at low temperatures. Chemosphere. 254. 126836–126836. 19 indexed citations
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Brakstad, Odd Gunnar, et al.. (2019). Interaction between microalgae, marine snow and anionic polyacrylamide APAM at marine conditions. The Science of The Total Environment. 705. 135950–135950. 11 indexed citations
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McFarlin, Kelly M., et al.. (2018). Biodegradation of Naturally Occurring Substances in Produced Water - Revision of data for the DREAM model. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 1 indexed citations
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Brakstad, Odd Gunnar, Alun Lewis, & C.J. Beegle‐Krause. (2018). A critical review of marine snow in the context of oil spills and oil spill dispersant treatment with focus on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 135. 346–356. 59 indexed citations
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Brakstad, Odd Gunnar, et al.. (2018). Biodegradation of oil spill dispersant surfactants in cold seawater. Chemosphere. 204. 290–293. 29 indexed citations
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Ribičić, Deni, Roman Netzer, Terry C. Hazen, et al.. (2018). Microbial community and metagenome dynamics during biodegradation of dispersed oil reveals potential key-players in cold Norwegian seawater. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 129(1). 370–378. 75 indexed citations
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Ribičić, Deni, Kelly M. McFarlin, Roman Netzer, et al.. (2018). Oil type and temperature dependent biodegradation dynamics - Combining chemical and microbial community data through multivariate analysis. BMC Microbiology. 18(1). 83–83. 57 indexed citations
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Evans, Peter R., et al.. (2018). Biodegradation in seawater of PAH and alkylphenols from produced water of a North Sea platform. Chemosphere. 206. 465–473. 28 indexed citations
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Evans, Peter R., et al.. (2016). Biotransformation of potentially persistent alkylphenols in natural seawater. Chemosphere. 156. 191–194. 4 indexed citations
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Brakstad, Odd Gunnar, Mimmi Throne‐Holst, Roman Netzer, Donald M. Stoeckel, & Robert Atlas. (2015). Microbial communities related to biodegradation of dispersed M acondo oil at low seawater temperature with Norwegian coastal seawater. Microbial Biotechnology. 8(6). 989–998. 52 indexed citations
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Olsen, Anders J., Bjørn Munro Jenssen, Roman Netzer, et al.. (2015). Concentrations of viable oil-degrading microorganisms are increased in feces from Calanus finmarchicus feeding in petroleum oil dispersions. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 98(1-2). 69–77. 18 indexed citations
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Kaster, Krista M., et al.. (2009). Characterisation of culture-independent and -dependent microbial communities in a high-temperature offshore chalk petroleum reservoir. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 96(4). 423–439. 76 indexed citations
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Brakstad, Odd Gunnar & Johan A. Mæland. (1995). Direct identification of Staphylococcus aureus in blood cultures by detection of the gene encoding the thermostable nuclease or the gene product. Apmis. 103(1-6). 209–218. 15 indexed citations
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Brakstad, Odd Gunnar, Johan A. Mæland, & Yngvar Tveten. (1993). Multiplex polymerase chain reaction for detection of genes forStaphylococcus aureusthermonuclease and methicillin resistance and correlation with oxacillin resistance. Apmis. 101(7-12). 681–688. 81 indexed citations

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