Google scholar: 1681 citations; 112 citations so far in 2026

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.681 citations (+21 since August 31st). This includes 112 citations so far in 2026 (+16 since August 31st). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 48. As of now, with 3 months to go, 2026 is my 6th best year in terms of annual citations (on the next two spots, 2016 and 2020 both currently stand with exactly 100 citations each).

Google scholar: 1600+ citations

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.612 citations (+18 since April 30th). This includes 177 citations in 2025 (+5 since April 30tht) and 64 citations so far in 2026 (+13 since April 30th). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 46.

This means that I have now passed 1.600 citations. As for my Google Scholar history, on Google´s count I passed 1.000 citations in December 2023, 1.100 citations in April 2024, 1.200 citations in September 2024, 1.300 citations in January 2025, 1.400 citations in June 2025, and 1.500 citations in December 2025. For a detailed history further back (100-1000 citations, achieved 2016-2023), see my 2023 blog post "Google Scholar: 1000 citations; updated Google Scholar history".

Google Scholar: 1506 citations by year-end; 148 citations in 2025; i10-index now 46

At year-end, according to my Google Scholar profile my research has attracted a total of 1.506 citations (+22 since December 1st). This includes 148 citations in 2025 (+17 since December 1st). As of now 2025 stands as my fifth best year in terms of number of citations, behind 2024 (226), 2022 (197), 2023 (186) and 2021 (154).

My h-index remains 21, while my i10-index is now 46 (+2 since December 1st). This implies that 46 of my scientific texts now have at least 10 citations each. The latest additions to the 10+ club appears to be "Agency in biosemiotics and enactivism" (10 citations) and "The evolutionary origin(s) of the Umwelt" (11 citations).

My most cited texts in 2025 as of now are:

1. Semiotic agency* 27

2. The ethics of laying hen genetics* 9

3. Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change 7

4. Wasted GDP in the USA 6

5. Current human ecology in the Amazon and beyond: A multi-scale ecosemiotic approach 5

5. Phenomenology and biosemiotics* 5

5. Recreation in the outdoors—exploring the friluftsliv experience of adolescents at residential care* 5

* co-authored

At the last year-end, in 2024, Google Scholar had me registered with a total of 1.251 citations. Since then my total citation count has increased by 255, my h-index has increased from 20 to 21, and my i10-index from 38 to 46 (i.e., by 8). Moreover, the number of items listed on my profile has increased from 136 to 175 (+39); this includes a few texts that are academic but not scientific.

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1500+ citations (December 22nd)

Google Scholar: 1500+ citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.501 citations. This means that I have now passed 1.500 citations. 

As for my Google Scholar history, on Google´s count I passed 1.000 citations in December 2023, 1.100 citations in April 2024, 1.200 citations in September 2024, 1.300 citations in January 2025, and 1.400 citations in June 2025. For a detailed history further back (100-1000 citations, achieved 2016-2023), see my 2023 blog post "Google Scholar: 1000 citations; updated Google Scholar history".

Google Scholar: 1400+ citations; h-index 21; i10-index 42

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.404 citations (+29 since May 15th). This includes 60 citations so far in 2025 (+21 since May 15th). My h-index is now 21 (+1), while my i10-index is now 42 (+1).

I have now passed 1.400 citations. As for my Google Scholar history, on Google´s count I passed 1.000 citations in December 2023, 1.100 citations in April 2024, 1.200 citations in September 2024 and 1.300 citations in January 2025. For a detailed history further back (100-1000 citations, achieved 2016-2023), see my 2023 blog post "Google Scholar: 1000 citations; updated Google Scholar history".

"Semiotic agency" book reaches 100 citations on Google Scholar

The book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism, which I co-wrote with Alexei Sharov, has now reached 100 citations according to Google Scholar (cf. my profile). This is my second text to reach 100 citations. 

While the article "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009) took 15 years to reach 100 citations, Semiotic agency took a bit more than 3 years since its publication in February 2022. 

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Google Scholar: "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009) reaches 100 citations (December 22nd 2024)

Still #117 among UIS researchers on Google Scholar

According to Google Scholar, I remain #117 among University of Stavanger researcher profiles in terms of number of citations (1345 now vs. 1088 April 4th 2024, cf. previous post).

See also my Google scholar profile.

Google Scholar: 1317 citations; 2024 now best year

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1317 citations (+14 since January 10th). 193 of these are from 2024 (+6 since January 10th), now making 2024 my best year ever in terms of number of citations (beating 2022 with its 191 citations). So far in 2025 I have gathered 9 citations (+9).

My h-index remains 20 and my i10-index 38.

Google Scholar: Profile updated; 25 texts added to profile; 1300+ citations all-time

I was prompted to update my Google scholar profile, and have revised keywords there plus gone through a number of publications that were not listed on my profile, adding 25 of my texts. 161 texts are now listed on my profile (+25 since December 31st).

My keywords or "areas of interest" now read: biosemiotics, ethics, phenomenology, economics and welfare, astrobiology

Largely due to the updated list of publications, my citation count has increased. My research has now attracted 1.303 citations (+52 since December 31st), including 96 from 2016 (+4), 92 from 2020 (+2), 155 from 2021 (+6), 192 from 2022 (+3), 179 from 2023 (+8) and 187 (+8) from 2024. 811 of the citations are since 2020. My h-index remains 20 and my i10-index 38.

As for my Google Scholar history, on Google´s count I passed 1.000 citations in December 2023, 1.100 citations in April 2024 and 1.200 citations in September 2024. For a detailed history further back (100-1000 citations, achieved 2016-2023), see my 2023 blog post "Google Scholar: 1000 citations; updated Google Scholar history".

Google Scholar: 1251 citations by year-end; 180 in 2024

On the last day of 2024, according to my Google scholar profile, my research has attracted 1251 citations (+3 since December 17th). This includes 180 citations in 2024 (+3 since December 17th). My h-index remains 20 and my i10-index 38. 136 texts are listed on my profile.

As of today, my best years in terms of citations are:

#1 2022 (189)

#2 2024 (180)

#3 2023 (171)

#4 2021 (149)

#5 2016 (92)

#6 2020 (90)

However, it has happened that these numbers have changed early in the next year. By year-end 2022, for instance, 2021 was registered with 184 citations, while some of these were later moved to 2022.

Unfortunately Google Scholars does not count the citations of my 2023 article "Wasted GDP in the USA", which has 2 citations according to Springer Nature/CrossRef and 7 citations according to ResearchGate.

Google Scholar: 1.200+ citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my research has to date attracted 1203 citations (+7 since September 16th). My h-index remains 19, and my i10-index 36. This includes 137 citations so far in 2024 (+5 since September 16th). 

It is about 5 monhts since I passed 1.100 citations, in late April, and about 10 months since I passed 1.000 citations.

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Google Scholar: 1.100 citations (April 22, 2024)

Google Scholar: 1000 citations; updated Google Scholar history (December 5, 2023)

Google Scholar: 1.100 citations

According to Google Scholar - cf. my profile - my research has to date attracted 1.100 citations (+17 since March 21st), including 41 in 2024 (+10 since March 21st). My h-index remains 19 and my i10-index 37.

WIth 54 citations (+3 since March 21st), the book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism, which I co-wrote with Alexei Sharov, is now my second most cited text (up from shared #3 spot March 21st, #4 March 8th and #9 January 3rd). 

I passed the last +100 in the total citations count on December 5th 2023, i.e. about 5 months ago (see link below). 

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Google Scholar: 1000 citations; updated Google Scholar history (December 5th 2023)

Google Scholar: 1.010 citations at end of 2023

As of the end of year 2023, my research has according to Google Scholar - cf. my profile - attracted 1.010 citations, including 142 in 2023. This compares to 865 citations at the end of 2022, after which a further 145 citations have been registered by Google Scholar, and with 615 citations at the end of 2021. My h-index remains 18 (meaning that 18 of my publications have attracted at least 18 citations each), like a year ago, and +4 since the end of 2021, while my i10-index (meaning the number of publications that has attracted at least 10 citations each) has increased from 33 to 36 over the last year, and +12 since the end of 2021.

With 142 citations, 2023 is my third best year in terms of number of citations, after 2022 with 183 citations and 2021 with 148 citations.

On my profile, Google Scholar lists 128 publications (+4 since December 29th 2022 and +28 since December 26th 2021; this in not an accurate count), with 52 of them not cited and 76 cited at least one time each.

Google Scholar: 1000 citations; updated Google Scholar history

According to Google Scholar - cf. my profile - I have now been cited 1000 times (+10 since November 17th). This includes 135 citations so far in 2023 (+9 since November 17th), and altogether 699 citations since 2018. My i10-index remains 36 and my h-index 18. As shown below, the accumulated citations of my work have increased by a factor of 10 since 2016, and doubled since the winter of 2021.

Updated Google Scholar history (cf. my March 2023 post):    

My first Google Scholar citation occurred in 2002.  

By April 2013 I had 38 citations, and a verified Google Scholar profile.

I passed 100 citations in the winter of 2016.    

I passed 200 citations in the summer of 2017.    

I passed 300 citations in the summer of 2018.    

I passed 400 citations in the autumn of 2019.    

I passed 500 citations in the spring of 2021.    

I passed 600 citations in the autumn of 2021.    

I passed 700 citations in the winter of 2022.    

I passed 800 citations in the autumn of 2022.  

I passed 900 citations in the spring of 2023.

I passed 1000 citations in the autumn of 2023.

Google Scholar: 953 citations; 75 of 125 listed publications cited

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 953 citations (+12 since August 8th). This includes 89 citations so far in 2023 (+10). By now, 2023 is my 4th best year in terms of number of citations, behind 2022 (181), 2021 (148) and 2016 (90).

My i10-index remains 36 and my h-index 18. This implies that 36 of my publications have been cited at least 10 times each, and that 18 of my publications have been cited at least 18 times each. Altogether, 75 of my publications have been cited, according to Google Scholar. 125 publications are listed.

Google scholar: 902 citations; updated Google scholar history

According to my Google Scholar profile, my research has now attracted a total of 902 citations (+16 since March 15th). This includes 45 citations to date in 2023 (+14 since March 15h). My i10-index remains 34 and my h-index 17.

Updated Google Scholar history (cf. my December 2022 post):  

My first Google Scholar citation occurred in 2002.

By April 2013 I had 38 citations, and a verified Google Scholar profile.  

I passed 100 citations in the winter of 2016.  

I passed 200 citations in the summer of 2017.  

I passed 300 citations in the summer of 2018.  

I passed 400 citations in the autumn of 2019.  

I passed 500 citations in the spring of 2021.  

I passed 600 citations in the autumn of 2021.  

I passed 700 citations in the winter of 2022.  

I passed 800 citations in the autumn of 2022.

I passed 900 citations in the spring of 2023.