Vigdis Torsvik

12.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
55 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Vigdis Torsvik is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Vigdis Torsvik has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Ecology, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Vigdis Torsvik's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (9 papers). Vigdis Torsvik is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (43 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (16 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (9 papers). Vigdis Torsvik collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Denmark. Vigdis Torsvik's co-authors include Lise Øvreås, Frida Lise Daae, Jostein Goksøyr, Larry J. Forney, T. Frede Thingstad, Roald Sørheim, Ruth‐Anne Sandaa, Øivind Enger, Kaare Johnsen and Carsten Suhr Jacobsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Vigdis Torsvik

55 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Microbial diversity and function in soil: from genes to ecosystems

2002 1.3k citations Vigdis Torsvik, Lise Øvreås Current Opinion in Microbiology profile →
High diversity in DNA of soil bacteria

1990 1.1k citations Vigdis Torsvik, Jostein Goksøyr et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Distribution of bacterioplankton in meromictic Lake Saelenvannet, as determined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified gene fragments coding for 16S rRNA

1997 1.1k citations Lise Øvreås, Frida Lise Daae et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Prokaryotic Diversity--Magnitude, Dynamics, and Controlling Factors

2002 814 citations Vigdis Torsvik, Lise Øvreås et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vigdis Torsvik

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Acid-Tolerant Moderately Thermophilic Methanotrophs of the Class Gammaproteobacteria Isolated From Tropical Topsoil with Methane Seeps 2016 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Tajul Islam, Vigdis Torsvik, Øivind Larsen, Levente Bodrossy, Lise Øvreås, Nils-Kåre Birkeland	17
2	Site- and horizon-specific patterns of microbial community structure and enzyme activities in permafrost-affected soils of Greenland 2014 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Antje Gittel, (unknown), (unknown), Jörg Schnecker, Birgit Wild, (unknown), Christina Kaiser, Vigdis Torsvik, Andreas Richter, Christa Schleper, Tim Urich	52
3	Isolation and Cloning of High-Molecular-Weight Metagenomic DNA from Soil Microorganisms 2009 ·Cold Spring Harbor Protocols ·Mark R. Liles, Lynn L. Williamson, (unknown), Vigdis Torsvik, (unknown), Robert M. Goodman, Jo Handelsman	13
4	Recovery, Purification, and Cloning of High-Molecular-Weight DNA from Soil Microorganisms 2008 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Mark R. Liles, Lynn L. Williamson, (unknown), Vigdis Torsvik, Robert M. Goodman, Jo Handelsman	55
5	Analysis of soil and bacterioplankton community DNA by melting profiles and reassociation kinetics 2006 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Karl Ritz, Bryan S. Griffiths, Vigdis Torsvik, Niels Bohse Hendriksen	5
6	Effects of water regime on archaeal community composition in Arctic soils 2006 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Lone Høj, Marte Rusten, Lars Egil Haugen, Rolf A. Olsen, Vigdis Torsvik	58
7	Nitrogen availability decreases prokaryotic diversity in sandy soils 2006 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Silke Ruppel, Vigdis Torsvik, Frida Lise Daae, Lise Øvreås, Jörg Rühlmann	28
8	Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacterial Communities Associated with Larvae of the Atlantic Halibut Propose Succession from a Uniform Normal Flora 2004 ·Systematic and Applied Microbiology ·Sigmund Jensen, Lise Øvreås, Øivind Bergh, Vigdis Torsvik	68
9	Microbial diversity in soil: ecological theories, the contribution of molecular techniques and the impact of transgenic plants and transgenic microorganisms 2004 ·Biology and Fertility of Soils ·Jim Lynch, Anna Benedetti, Heribert Insam, Marco Nuti, Kornelia Smalla, Vigdis Torsvik, P. Nannipieri	133
10	Microbial diversity and function in soil: from genes to ecosystems breakdown → 2002 ·Current Opinion in Microbiology ·Vigdis Torsvik, Lise Øvreås	1273
11	Microenvironments and microbial community structure in sediments 2002 ·Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), David G. Bourne, François L. L. Muller, Vigdis Torsvik	24
12	Methanotrophic diversity in an agricultural soil as evaluated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of pmoA, mxaF and 16S rDNA sequences 2001 ·Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·(unknown), Vigdis Torsvik, Lise Øvreås	47
13	Diversity of life in ocean floor basalt 2001 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Ingunn H. Thorseth, Terje Torsvik, Vigdis Torsvik, Frida Lise Daae, R. Pedersen	144
14	Diversity in methane enrichments from agricultural soil revealed by DGGE separation of PCR amplified 16S rDNA fragments 1998 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Sigmund Jensen, (unknown), Frida Lise Daae, Vigdis Torsvik	49
15	Novel techniques for analysing microbial diversity in natural and perturbed environments 1998 ·Journal of Biotechnology ·Vigdis Torsvik, Frida Lise Daae, Ruth‐Anne Sandaa, Lise Øvreås	316
16	Analysis of Broad-scale Differences in Microbial Community Composition of Two Pristine Forest Soils 1998 ·Systematic and Applied Microbiology ·Antonis Chatzinotas, (unknown), Wilhelm Schönhuber, Rudolf Amann, Frida Lise Daae, Vigdis Torsvik, Josef Zeyer, Dittmar Hahn	55
17	Conjugative plasmids isolated from bacteria in marine environments show various degrees of homology to each other and are not closely related to well-characterized plasmids 1997 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Cecilia Dahlberg, (unknown), Vigdis Torsvik, Malte Hermansson	75
18	Long-range changes in oxytetracycline concentration and bacterial resistance towards oxytetracycline in a fish farm sediment after medication 1992 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Ole Bent Samuelsen, Vigdis Torsvik, Arne Ervik	170
19	Phenotypical divergences between populations of soil bacteria isolated on different media 1989 ·Microbial Ecology ·Roald Sørheim, Vigdis Torsvik, Jostein Goksøyr	53
20	Organic waste and antibiotics from aquaculture 1988 ·Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) ·Ole Bent Samuelsen, Vigdis Torsvik, Pia Kupka Hansen, Karin Pittman, Arne Ervik	7

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