Tom Ole Nilsen

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Tom Ole Nilsen is a scholar working on Aquatic Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Ole Nilsen has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Aquatic Science, 38 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 38 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Tom Ole Nilsen's work include Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (47 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (38 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (35 papers). Tom Ole Nilsen is often cited by papers focused on Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (47 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (38 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (35 papers). Tom Ole Nilsen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and Netherlands. Tom Ole Nilsen's co-authors include Sigurd O. Stefansson, Lars O.E. Ebbesson, Ann‐Elise Olderbakk Jordal, Pål A. Olsvik, Ivar Hordvik, Kai K. Lie, Björn Thrándur Björnsson, Ivar Rønnestad, Steffen S. Madsen and Stephen D. McCormick and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Current Biology and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Tom Ole Nilsen

81 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Evaluation of potential reference genes in real-time RT-PCR studies of Atlantic salmon

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Ole Nilsen Norway	31	1.7k	1.3k	1.1k	1.0k	493	84	3.4k
Nicholas J. Bernier Canada	37	1.9k 1.1×	2.0k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	734 0.7×	585 1.2×	96	4.6k
Kari Ruohonen Finland	36	2.0k 1.2×	652 0.5×	997 0.9×	698 0.7×	649 1.3×	87	4.0k
Elisabeth Jönsson Sweden	28	1.3k 0.8×	617 0.5×	616 0.6×	499 0.5×	462 0.9×	47	2.6k
Scott P. Kelly Canada	33	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	513 0.5×	346 0.7×	96	3.5k
Russell J. Borski United States	36	1.5k 0.9×	883 0.7×	614 0.6×	436 0.4×	817 1.7×	77	3.2k
Jeffrey T. Silverstein United States	33	1.7k 1.0×	448 0.4×	974 0.9×	627 0.6×	656 1.3×	65	3.0k
Josep Rotllant Spain	36	1.5k 0.9×	967 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	245 0.2×	389 0.8×	83	3.0k
Shunsuke Moriyama Japan	33	1.7k 1.0×	822 0.7×	589 0.6×	523 0.5×	1.1k 2.2×	100	3.7k
John F. Taylor United Kingdom	32	1.5k 0.8×	499 0.4×	664 0.6×	840 0.8×	902 1.8×	98	3.0k
Ingibjörg Eir Einarsdóttir Sweden	24	1.1k 0.6×	652 0.5×	465 0.4×	296 0.3×	536 1.1×	34	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Ole Nilsen

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Wood, Chris M., et al.. (2025). Simulating Nephrocalcinosis in a jar: An in vitro temperature-dependent model of CO₂-induced precipitation relevant to intensive aquaculture. Aquaculture. 613. 743354–743354.

Johansen, Liv, et al.. (2024). Primary School Students’ Relations to Physical Education in Northern Norway: Why Do Some Find the Subject Problematic?. Education Sciences. 14(11). 1227–1227.

Gomes, Ana S., Fabian Zimmermann, Ernst M. Hevrøy, et al.. (2023). Statistical modelling of voluntary feed intake in individual Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 8 indexed citations

Sundell, Kristina, et al.. (2023). New wine in old bottles: Modification of the Na⁺/K⁺‐ATPase enzyme activity assay and its application in salmonid aquaculture. Reviews in Aquaculture. 16(3). 1087–1098. 5 indexed citations

Wood, Chris M., et al.. (2023). Role of the kidneys in acid-base regulation and ammonia excretion in freshwater and seawater fish: implications for nephrocalcinosis. Frontiers in Physiology. 14. 1226068–1226068. 17 indexed citations

Wood, Chris M., et al.. (2021). Ion Transporters and Osmoregulation in the Kidney of Teleost Fishes as a Function of Salinity. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 664588–664588. 79 indexed citations

Kjærner‐Semb, Erik, Rolf B. Edvardsen, Fernando Ayllón, et al.. (2020). Comparison of anadromous and landlocked Atlantic salmon genomes reveals signatures of parallel and relaxed selection across the Northern Hemisphere. Evolutionary Applications. 14(2). 446–461. 15 indexed citations

Nuñez-Ortiz, Noelia, L.J. Moore, Tom Ole Nilsen, et al.. (2018). Atlantic salmon post-smolts adapted for a longer time to seawater develop an effective humoral and cellular immune response against Salmonid alphavirus. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 82. 579–590. 13 indexed citations

Imsland, Albert K., Thor Arne Hangstad, Thor Magne Jonassen, et al.. (2018). The use of photoperiods to provide year round spawning in lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 228. 62–70. 13 indexed citations

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Haugen, Thrond O., Torstein Kristensen, Tom Ole Nilsen, & Henning André Urke. (2017). Vandringsmønsteret til laksesmolt i Vossovassdraget med vekt på detaljert kartlegging av åtferd i innsjøsystema og effektar av miljøtilhøve. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 1 indexed citations

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Moore, L.J., Tom Ole Nilsen, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, et al.. (2017). Triploid atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) post-smolts accumulate prevalence more slowly than diploid salmon following bath challenge with salmonid alphavirus subtype 3. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0175468–e0175468. 14 indexed citations

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Angotzi, Anna Rita, Sigurd O. Stefansson, Tom Ole Nilsen, et al.. (2016). Identification of a novel leptin receptor duplicate in Atlantic salmon: Expression analyses in different life stages and in response to feeding status. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 235. 108–119. 21 indexed citations

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Casadei, Elisa, Elżbieta Król, Alex Douglas, et al.. (2015). Functional Divergence of Type 2 Deiodinase Paralogs in the Atlantic Salmon. Current Biology. 25(7). 936–941. 40 indexed citations

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Dijk, P. van, Eva Andersson, Tom Ole Nilsen, et al.. (2014). Androgens directly stimulate spermatogonial differentiation in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 211. 52–61. 37 indexed citations

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Salvanes, Anne Gro Vea, Olav Moberg, Lars O.E. Ebbesson, et al.. (2013). Environmental enrichment promotes neural plasticity and cognitive ability in fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1767). 20131331–20131331. 211 indexed citations

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Stefansson, Sigurd O., Björn Thrándur Björnsson, Stephen D. McCormick, et al.. (2011). Growth, osmoregulation and endocrine changes in wild Atlantic salmon smolts and post-smolts during marine migration. Aquaculture. 362-363. 127–136. 40 indexed citations

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Kling, Peter, Elisabeth Jönsson, Tom Ole Nilsen, et al.. (2011). The role of growth hormone in growth, lipid homeostasis, energy utilization and partitioning in rainbow trout: Interactions with leptin, ghrelin and insulin-like growth factor I. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 175(1). 153–162. 53 indexed citations

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Murashita, Koji, Tadahide Kurokawa, Tom Ole Nilsen, & Ivar Rønnestad. (2008). Ghrelin, cholecystokinin, and peptide YY in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Molecular cloning and tissue expression. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 160(3). 223–235. 128 indexed citations

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Ebbesson, Lars O.E., Christian K. Tipsmark, Bo Holmqvist, et al.. (2005). Nitric oxide synthase in the gill of Atlantic salmon: colocalization with and inhibition of Na+,K+-ATPase. Journal of Experimental Biology. 208(6). 1011–1017. 54 indexed citations

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Nilsen, Tom Ole, et al.. (1986). Production experiment of halibut fry in large enclosed water columns. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 7 indexed citations

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