Wenche Eikrem

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Wenche Eikrem is a scholar working on Oceanography, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenche Eikrem has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Oceanography, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Wenche Eikrem's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (37 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (35 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (34 papers). Wenche Eikrem is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (37 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (35 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (34 papers). Wenche Eikrem collaborates with scholars based in Norway, France and Spain. Wenche Eikrem's co-authors include Bente Edvardsen, Daniel Vaulot, Jahn Throndsen, Hervé Moreau, Manon Viprey, Linda Medlin, Ramón Massana, Elianne Egge, Carlos Pedrós‐Alió and Florence Le Gall and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Limnology and Oceanography and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wenche Eikrem

52 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Harmful algal blooms and their effects in coastal seas of... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Harmful algal blooms and their effects in coastal seas of Northern Europe
    2021 208 citations Bengt Karlson, Per Andersen et al. Harmful Algae profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wenche Eikrem Norway 25 1.7k 1.4k 1.3k 512 127 52 2.4k
Bente Edvardsen Norway 33 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 915 1.8× 146 1.1× 90 2.7k
Mona Hoppenrath Germany 31 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 1.3k 2.6× 72 0.6× 112 2.7k
Dag Klaveness Norway 26 1.2k 0.7× 656 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 356 0.7× 177 1.4× 47 1.9k
Anke Kremp Finland 33 1.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 2.4× 98 0.8× 99 3.1k
Mitsunori Iwataki Japan 27 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 800 0.6× 1.2k 2.4× 79 0.6× 86 2.2k
Lucie Bittner France 20 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 796 0.6× 235 0.5× 182 1.4× 34 2.3k
Rosa Isabel Figueroa Spain 31 1.0k 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 2.8× 89 0.7× 76 2.4k
Sung Min Boo South Korea 31 1.4k 0.8× 2.3k 1.7× 622 0.5× 185 0.4× 182 1.4× 158 3.0k
Anna Godhe Sweden 35 1.7k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 911 0.7× 921 1.8× 283 2.2× 99 3.1k
Raffaele Siano France 24 900 0.5× 766 0.6× 740 0.6× 496 1.0× 31 0.2× 57 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenche Eikrem

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenche Eikrem

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenche Eikrem

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

All Works

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John, Uwe, Luka Šupraha, Carina Bunse, et al.. (2022). Spatial and biological oceanographic insights into the massive fish-killing bloom of the haptophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri in northern Norway. Harmful Algae. 118. 102287–102287. 23 indexed citations
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King, Andrew L., et al.. (2022). Marine phytoplankton community data and corresponding environmental properties from eastern Norway, 1896–2020. Scientific Data. 9(1). 767–767. 1 indexed citations
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Trannum, Hilde Cecilie, et al.. (2021). Økokyst – DP Norskehavet Sør (II). Årsrapport 2020.. 1 indexed citations
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Karlson, Bengt, Per Andersen, Lars Arneborg, et al.. (2021). Harmful algal blooms and their effects in coastal seas of Northern Europe. Harmful Algae. 102. 101989–101989. 208 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yau, Sheree, Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Wenche Eikrem, et al.. (2019). Mantoniella beaufortii and Mantoniella baffinensis sp. nov. (Mamiellales, Mamiellophyceae), two new green algal species from the high arctic 1. Journal of Phycology. 56(1). 37–51. 14 indexed citations
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Piredda, Roberta, Jean‐Michel Claverie, Johan Decelle, et al.. (2018). Diatom diversity through HTS-metabarcoding in coastal European seas. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 18059–18059. 52 indexed citations
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Santos, Adriana Lopes dos, Priscillia Gourvil, Erwan Corre, et al.. (2017). Chloropicophyceae, a new class of picophytoplanktonic prasinophytes. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14019–14019. 41 indexed citations
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Banguera‐Hinestroza, Eulalia, Wenche Eikrem, Hicham Mansour, et al.. (2016). Seasonality and toxin production of Pyrodinium bahamense in a Red Sea lagoon. Harmful Algae. 55. 163–171. 16 indexed citations
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Bratbak, Gunnar, Aud Larsen, Hiroyuki Ogata, et al.. (2014). Characterisation of three novel giant viruses reveals huge diversity among viruses infecting Prymnesiales (Haptophyta). Virology. 476. 180–188. 36 indexed citations
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Edvardsen, Bente, et al.. (2014). EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT POTENTIAL FOOD SOURCES ON UPPER-BATHYAL BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA: AN EXPERIMENT WITH PROPAGULES. The Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 44(4). 416–433. 17 indexed citations
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Yabuki, Akinori, Wenche Eikrem, Kiyotaka Takishita, & David J. Patterson. (2013). Fine Structure of Telonema subtilis Griessmann, 1913: A Flagellate with a Unique Cytoskeletal Structure Among Eukaryotes. Protist. 164(4). 556–569. 17 indexed citations
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Stüken, Anke, Simon M. Dittami, Wenche Eikrem, et al.. (2013). Novel hydrolysis-probe based qPCR assay to detect saxitoxin transcripts of dinoflagellates in environmental samples. Harmful Algae. 28. 108–117. 17 indexed citations
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Ota, Shuhei, Wenche Eikrem, & Bente Edvardsen. (2011). Ultrastructure and Molecular Phylogeny of Thaumatomonads (Cercozoa) with Emphasis on Thaumatomastix salina from Oslofjorden, Norway. Protist. 163(4). 560–573. 7 indexed citations
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Vaulot, Daniel, Wenche Eikrem, Manon Viprey, & Hervé Moreau. (2008). The diversity of small eukaryotic phytoplankton (≤3 μm) in marine ecosystems. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 32(5). 795–820. 325 indexed citations
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Eikrem, Wenche, et al.. (2007). The OSPAR Comprehensive Procedure for the Norwegian West Coast - Eutrophication Status. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 2 indexed citations
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Edvardsen, Bente, Wenche Eikrem, Kamran Shalchian‐Tabrizi, et al.. (2007). Verrucophora farcimengen. et sp. nov. (Dictyochophyceae, Heterokonta)—a bloom‐forming ichthyotoxic flagellate from the Skagerrak, Norway1. Journal of Phycology. 43(5). 1054–1070. 52 indexed citations
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Guillou, Laure, Wenche Eikrem, Marie‐Josèphe Chrétiennot‐Dinet, et al.. (2004). Diversity of Picoplanktonic Prasinophytes Assessed by Direct Nuclear SSU rDNA Sequencing of Environmental Samples and Novel Isolates Retrieved from Oceanic and Coastal Marine Ecosystems. Protist. 155(2). 193–214. 190 indexed citations

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