Øystein Wiig

11.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
186 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Øystein Wiig is a scholar working on Ecology, Atmospheric Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Øystein Wiig has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Ecology, 62 papers in Atmospheric Science and 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Øystein Wiig's work include Marine animal studies overview (124 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (59 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (42 papers). Øystein Wiig is often cited by papers focused on Marine animal studies overview (124 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (59 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (42 papers). Øystein Wiig collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Canada. Øystein Wiig's co-authors include Andrew E. Derocher, Kristin L. Laidre, Erik W. Born, Jon Aars, Janneche Utne Skaare, Ian Stirling, Magnus Andersen, Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen, Steven H. Ferguson and Christian Lydersen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Øystein Wiig

183 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

QUANTIFYING THE SENSITIVITY OF ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS TO CLIMATE-INDUCED HABITAT CHANGE

2008 520 citations Kristin L. Laidre, Øystein Wiig et al. profile →
Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and conservation recommendations for the 21st century

2015 294 citations Kristin L. Laidre, Harry L. Stern et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Øystein Wiig Norway	46	4.9k	2.6k	1.3k	672	534	186	6.8k
Andrew E. Derocher Canada	56	6.6k 1.3×	3.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.5×	533 0.8×	793 1.5×	226	9.0k
Erik W. Born Greenland	47	4.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	2.9k 2.2×	492 0.7×	515 1.0×	158	7.0k
Christian Lydersen Norway	54	6.5k 1.3×	3.8k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	247 0.4×	338 0.6×	278	9.2k
Jon Aars Norway	38	2.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	864 0.7×	463 0.7×	305 0.6×	113	4.3k
Steven H. Ferguson Canada	41	5.8k 1.2×	2.6k 1.0×	702 0.5×	327 0.5×	586 1.1×	252	6.8k
Kit M. Kovacs Norway	58	8.2k 1.7×	4.2k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	570 0.8×	391 0.7×	301	11.9k
James D. Reist Canada	41	2.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	439 0.3×	864 1.3×	283 0.5×	136	5.5k
Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen Greenland	45	5.9k 1.2×	3.1k 1.2×	409 0.3×	230 0.3×	449 0.8×	252	6.9k
Ian Stirling Canada	67	11.6k 2.3×	7.3k 2.7×	1.6k 1.3×	821 1.2×	1.4k 2.7×	229	14.6k
Nicholas J. Lunn Canada	35	3.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	402 0.3×	190 0.3×	389 0.7×	100	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Øystein Wiig

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Øystein Wiig

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Laidre, Kristin L., et al.. (2024). Space‐use strategies drive diet composition of Baffin Bay polar bears. Ecosphere. 15(4). 2 indexed citations

Miller, Joshua M., René M. Malenfant, L. Ruth Rivkin, et al.. (2024). Development of an 8K SNP chip to assess adaptive diversity and hybridization in polar bears. Conservation Genetics Resources. 16(3). 237–249. 2 indexed citations

Lan, Tianying, Kalle Leppälä, Sandra L. Talbot, et al.. (2022). Insights into bear evolution from a Pleistocene polar bear genome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(24). e2200016119–e2200016119. 19 indexed citations

Laidre, Kristin L., Megan A. Supple, Erik W. Born, et al.. (2022). Glacial ice supports a distinct and undocumented polar bear subpopulation persisting in late 21st-century sea-ice conditions. Science. 376(6599). 1333–1338. 35 indexed citations

Wiig, Øystein, Stephen N. Atkinson, Erik W. Born, et al.. (2021). An on-ice aerial survey of the Kane Basin polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation. Polar Biology. 45(1). 89–100. 6 indexed citations

Aars, Jon, Magnus Andersen, Aurore Aubail, et al.. (2020). Two Decades of Mercury Concentrations in Barents Sea Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in Relation to Dietary Carbon, Sulfur, and Nitrogen. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(12). 7388–7397. 16 indexed citations

Laidre, Kristin L., Stephen N. Atkinson, Eric V. Regehr, et al.. (2020). Transient benefits of climate change for a high‐Arctic polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation. Global Change Biology. 26(11). 6251–6265. 30 indexed citations

Aars, Jon, et al.. (2019). How many cubs can a mum nurse? Maternal age and size influence litter size in polar bears. Biology Letters. 15(5). 20190070–20190070. 20 indexed citations

Sinding, Mikkel‐Holger S., Filipe Garrett Vieira, José Alfredo Samaniego Castruita, et al.. (2018). Population genomics of grey wolves and wolf-like canids in North America. PLoS Genetics. 14(11). e1007745–e1007745. 38 indexed citations

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Laidre, Kristin L., Erik W. Born, Stephen N. Atkinson, et al.. (2018). Range contraction and increasing isolation of a polar bear subpopulation in an era of sea‐ice loss. Ecology and Evolution. 8(4). 2062–2075. 36 indexed citations

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Laidre, Kristin L., Eric V. Regehr, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, et al.. (2016). Conservation status of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to projected sea-ice declines. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 7 indexed citations

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Regehr, Eric V., Kristin L. Laidre, H. Reşi̇t Akçakaya, et al.. (2016). Conservation status of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in relation to projected sea-ice declines. Biology Letters. 12(12). 20160556–20160556. 75 indexed citations

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Lydersen, Christian, Carla Freitas, Øystein Wiig, et al.. (2012). Lost Highway Not Forgotten: Satellite Tracking of a Bowhead Whale (<i>Balaena mysticetus</i>) from the Critically Endangered Spitsbergen Stock. ARCTIC. 65(1). 26 indexed citations

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Braathen, Marte, Andrew E. Derocher, Øystein Wiig, et al.. (2004). Relationships between PCBs and thyroid hormones and retinol in female and male polar bears.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(8). 826–833. 124 indexed citations

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Pomponi, Massimo, Claudia Bertonati, Eva Fuglei, Øystein Wiig, & Andrew E. Derocher. (2000). 2,3-DPG-Hb complex: a hypothesis for an asymmetric binding. Biophysical Chemistry. 84(3). 253–260. 3 indexed citations

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Wiig, Øystein, et al.. (1998). Polar bears : proceedings of the twelfth Working meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 3-7 February 1997, Oslo, Norway. IUCN eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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Born, Erik W., Gerald W. Garner, & Øystein Wiig. (1995). Polar bears : proceedings of the eleventh Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 25-27 January 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark. IUCN eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Wiig, Øystein. (1991). Demographic Parameters for Norwegian Grey Seals Halichoerus grypus. Fauna norvegica. 12. 25–28. 5 indexed citations

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Wiig, Øystein & Nils Øien. (1987). Recoveries of Grey Seals Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius) tagged along the Norwegian coast. Fauna norvegica. 8. 39–42. 1 indexed citations

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Wiig, Øystein. (1981). Faunal remains from Mediaeval Bergen. Fauna norvegica. 2. 34–40. 2 indexed citations

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