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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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.

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 →

Peers

Vigdis Torsvik

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Andrew S. Whiteley United Kingdom

Josef Zeyer Switzerland

Lise Øvreås Norway

Allan Konopka United States

Rosa Margesin Austria

Adam C. Martiny United States

Hendrikus J. Laanbroek Netherlands

A. Mark Osborn United Kingdom

Tim Urich Germany

Craig W. Herbold Austria

Andrew S. Whiteley United Kingdom

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vigdis Torsvik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vigdis Torsvik

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Islam, Tajul, Vigdis Torsvik, Øivind Larsen, et al.. (2016). Acid-Tolerant Moderately Thermophilic Methanotrophs of the Class Gammaproteobacteria Isolated From Tropical Topsoil with Methane Seeps. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 851–851. 17 indexed citations

Gittel, Antje, Jörg Schnecker, Birgit Wild, et al.. (2014). Site- and horizon-specific patterns of microbial community structure and enzyme activities in permafrost-affected soils of Greenland. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 541–541. 52 indexed citations

Liles, Mark R., et al.. (2009). Isolation and Cloning of High-Molecular-Weight Metagenomic DNA from Soil Microorganisms. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2009(8). pdb.prot5271–pdb.prot5271. 13 indexed citations

Liles, Mark R., et al.. (2008). Recovery, Purification, and Cloning of High-Molecular-Weight DNA from Soil Microorganisms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(10). 3302–3305. 55 indexed citations

Ritz, Karl, Bryan S. Griffiths, Vigdis Torsvik, & Niels Bohse Hendriksen. (2006). Analysis of soil and bacterioplankton community DNA by melting profiles and reassociation kinetics. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 149(2). 151–156. 5 indexed citations

Høj, Lone, Marte Rusten, Lars Egil Haugen, Rolf A. Olsen, & Vigdis Torsvik. (2006). Effects of water regime on archaeal community composition in Arctic soils. Environmental Microbiology. 8(6). 984–996. 58 indexed citations

Ruppel, Silke, Vigdis Torsvik, Frida Lise Daae, Lise Øvreås, & Jörg Rühlmann. (2006). Nitrogen availability decreases prokaryotic diversity in sandy soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 43(4). 449–459. 28 indexed citations

Jensen, Sigmund, Lise Øvreås, Øivind Bergh, & Vigdis Torsvik. (2004). Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacterial Communities Associated with Larvae of the Atlantic Halibut Propose Succession from a Uniform Normal Flora. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 27(6). 728–736. 68 indexed citations

Lynch, Jim, Anna Benedetti, Heribert Insam, et al.. (2004). Microbial diversity in soil: ecological theories, the contribution of molecular techniques and the impact of transgenic plants and transgenic microorganisms. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 40(6). 363–385. 133 indexed citations

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Torsvik, Vigdis & Lise Øvreås. (2002). Microbial diversity and function in soil: from genes to ecosystems. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 5(3). 240–245. 1273 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bourne, David G., et al.. (2002). Microenvironments and microbial community structure in sediments. Environmental Microbiology. 4(2). 97–105. 24 indexed citations

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Torsvik, Vigdis, et al.. (2001). Methanotrophic diversity in an agricultural soil as evaluated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of pmoA, mxaF and 16S rDNA sequences. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 79(2). 209–217. 47 indexed citations

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Thorseth, Ingunn H., Terje Torsvik, Vigdis Torsvik, Frida Lise Daae, & R. Pedersen. (2001). Diversity of life in ocean floor basalt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 194(1-2). 31–37. 144 indexed citations

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Jensen, Sigmund, et al.. (1998). Diversity in methane enrichments from agricultural soil revealed by DGGE separation of PCR amplified 16S rDNA fragments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 26(1). 17–26. 49 indexed citations

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Torsvik, Vigdis, Frida Lise Daae, Ruth‐Anne Sandaa, & Lise Øvreås. (1998). Novel techniques for analysing microbial diversity in natural and perturbed environments. Journal of Biotechnology. 64(1). 53–62. 316 indexed citations

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Chatzinotas, Antonis, Wilhelm Schönhuber, Rudolf Amann, et al.. (1998). Analysis of Broad-scale Differences in Microbial Community Composition of Two Pristine Forest Soils. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 21(4). 579–587. 55 indexed citations

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Dahlberg, Cecilia, et al.. (1997). 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. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 63(12). 4692–4697. 75 indexed citations

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Samuelsen, Ole Bent, Vigdis Torsvik, & Arne Ervik. (1992). Long-range changes in oxytetracycline concentration and bacterial resistance towards oxytetracycline in a fish farm sediment after medication. The Science of The Total Environment. 114. 25–36. 170 indexed citations

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Sørheim, Roald, Vigdis Torsvik, & Jostein Goksøyr. (1989). Phenotypical divergences between populations of soil bacteria isolated on different media. Microbial Ecology. 17(2). 181–192. 53 indexed citations

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Samuelsen, Ole Bent, Vigdis Torsvik, Pia Kupka Hansen, Karin Pittman, & Arne Ervik. (1988). Organic waste and antibiotics from aquaculture. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 7 indexed citations

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