Øystein Skagseth

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

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Øystein Skagseth is a scholar working on Oceanography, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Øystein Skagseth has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Oceanography, 37 papers in Atmospheric Science and 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Øystein Skagseth's work include Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (35 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (33 papers) and Climate variability and models (25 papers). Øystein Skagseth is often cited by papers focused on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (35 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (33 papers) and Climate variability and models (25 papers). Øystein Skagseth collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Russia. Øystein Skagseth's co-authors include Kjell Arild Orvik, Tor Eldevik, Lars H. Smedsrud, Randi B. Ingvaldsen, Marius Årthun, Kjell Arne Mork, Vidar S. Lien, Martin Mork, Helene Asbjørnsen and Jan Even Øie Nilsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Øystein Skagseth

50 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Quantifying the Influence of Atlantic Heat on Barents Sea Ice Variability and Retreat*

2012 467 citations Marius Årthun, Tor Eldevik et al. Journal of Climate profile →

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Anne Britt Sandø Norway

Vigdis Tverberg Norway

Hjálmar Hátún Norway

Héðinn Valdimarsson Iceland

Waldemar Walczowski Poland

Tor Eldevik Norway

Katherine Hedstrom United States

S. A. Salo United States

Paula Fratantoni United States

Markus Janout Germany

Anne Britt Sandø Norway

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20 of 20 papers shown

Skagseth, Øystein, Frode Oppedal, Henrik Søiland, & Malthe Hvas. (2025). Measured oxygen levels in Norwegian waters and implications for future offshore Atlantic salmon aquaculture. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 29416–29416.

Slotte, Aril, Espen Johnsen, Erik Askov Mousing, et al.. (2025). Herring spawned poleward following fishery-induced collective memory loss. Nature. 642(8069). 965–972. 3 indexed citations

Polyakov, Igor V., Randi B. Ingvaldsen, Andrey V. Pnyushkov, et al.. (2023). Fluctuating Atlantic inflows modulate Arctic atlantification. Science. 381(6661). 972–979. 63 indexed citations

Skjoldal, Hein Rune, Elena Eriksen, Harald Gjøsæter, et al.. (2022). Recruitment variability of fish stocks in the Barents Sea: Spatial and temporal variation in 0-group fish length of six commercial species during recent decades of warming (1980–2017). Progress In Oceanography. 206. 102845–102845. 11 indexed citations

Vollset, Knut Wiik, Kurt Urdal, Kjell Rong Utne, et al.. (2022). Ecological regime shift in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean revealed from the unprecedented reduction in marine growth of Atlantic salmon. Science Advances. 8(9). eabk2542–eabk2542. 57 indexed citations

Hordoir, Robinson, Øystein Skagseth, Randi B. Ingvaldsen, et al.. (2022). Changes in Arctic Stratification and Mixed Layer Depth Cycle: A Modeling Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 127(1). 37 indexed citations

Skjelvan, Ingunn, Siv K. Lauvset, Truls Johannessen, K. Gundersen, & Øystein Skagseth. (2022). Decadal trends in Ocean Acidification from the Ocean Weather Station M in the Norwegian Sea. Journal of Marine Systems. 234. 103775–103775. 10 indexed citations

Smedsrud, Lars H., Morven Muilwijk, Ailin Brakstad, et al.. (2021). Nordic Seas Heat Loss, Atlantic Inflow, and Arctic Sea Ice Cover Over the Last Century. Reviews of Geophysics. 60(1). 60 indexed citations

Skjoldal, Hein Rune, et al.. (2021). Seasonal and interannual variability in abundance and population development of Calanus finmarchicus at the western entrance to the Barents Sea, 1995–2019. Progress In Oceanography. 195. 102574–102574. 24 indexed citations

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Watelet, Sylvain, et al.. (2020). A volumetric census of the Barents Sea in a changing climate. Earth system science data. 12(4). 2447–2457. 3 indexed citations

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Mork, Kjell Arne, Øystein Skagseth, & Henrik Søiland. (2019). Recent Warming and Freshening of the Norwegian Sea Observed by Argo Data. Journal of Climate. 32(12). 3695–3705. 50 indexed citations

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Skagseth, Øystein, Aril Slotte, Erling Kåre Stenevik, & Richard D.M. Nash. (2015). Characteristics of the Norwegian Coastal Current during Years with High Recruitment of Norwegian Spring Spawning Herring (Clupea harengus L.). PLoS ONE. 10(12). e0144117–e0144117. 46 indexed citations

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Eldevik, Tor, Bjørg Risebrobakken, Anne E. Bjune, et al.. (2014). A brief history of climate – the northern seas from the Last Glacial Maximum to global warming. Quaternary Science Reviews. 106. 225–246. 72 indexed citations

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Mork, Kjell Arne, et al.. (2014). Advective and atmospheric forced changes in heat and fresh water content in the Norwegian Sea, 1951–2010. Geophysical Research Letters. 41(17). 6221–6228. 36 indexed citations

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Lien, Vidar S., Frode B. Vikebø, & Øystein Skagseth. (2013). One mechanism contributing to co-variability of the Atlantic inflow branches to the Arctic. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1488–1488. 75 indexed citations

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Smedsrud, Lars H., Randi B. Ingvaldsen, Jan Even Øie Nilsen, & Øystein Skagseth. (2010). Heat in the Barents Sea: transport, storage, and surface fluxes. Ocean science. 6(1). 219–234. 148 indexed citations

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Mork, Kjell Arne & Øystein Skagseth. (2010). A quantitative description of the Norwegian Atlantic Current by combining altimetry and hydrography. Ocean science. 6(4). 901–911. 61 indexed citations

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Mork, Kjell Arne & Øystein Skagseth. (2009). Volume, heat, and freshwater fluxes towards the Arctic from combined altimetry and hydrography in the Norwegian Sea. 2 indexed citations

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Skagseth, Øystein & Kjell Arild Orvik. (2002). Identifying fluctuations in the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current by means of empirical orthogonal functions. Continental Shelf Research. 22(4). 547–563. 39 indexed citations

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Mork, Kjell Arne & Øystein Skagseth. (1996). Modelling the ocean response to secular surface temperature transitions. Climate Dynamics. 12(10). 653–666. 2 indexed citations

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