"Semiotic agency" book now my most cited text

On Google Scholar´s count, the book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism (official publication year 2021, but appeared only in 2022), which I co-wrote with Alexei Sharov, has now overtaken "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (published 2009 as the key article in my ph.d. work) as my most cited research publication (with 102 vs. 101 citations overall, and 10 vs. 2 so far this year).

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

According to my Google Scholar profile, my article "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009), the signature article from my ph.d. work (completed and defended 2011), has now reached 100 citations, with 12 of them being from 2024. This is my first text to reach 100 citations. On Springer´s count, the article has been accessed more than 6.000 times.

Google Scholar: 2023 second-best year; "Semiotic agency" book most cited in 2023

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has now attracted 1.023 citations (+13 since December 28th), including 154 in 2023 (+12 since December 28th), making 2023 my second-best year so far. My h-index remains 18 and my i10-index 36.

Our book Semiotic agency, written by Alexei Sharov and me, had 20 citations in 2023 and now ranks as #9 on the list of my most cited texts, while my 2009 article "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" had 19 citations in 2023 - more than any other year - and still tops the list. 

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Google Scholar: 1.010 citations at end of 2023

Google Scholar: 1008 citations; "Semiotic agency" book now #9; tied at #1 in 2023

According to my Google Scholar profile,  my research has by now attracted 1.008 citations (+8 since December 5th), including 141 in 2023 (+6 since December 5th).

The book Semiotic agency: Science beyond agency, written by Alexei Sharov and me, is now #9 of my publications in terms of all-time citations, with 30 citations, 19 of which from this year, placing it tied in first place with my 2009 article "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" for 2023 citations.

My i10-index remains 36 and my h-index 18.

Google Scholar: 990 citations, "Semiotic agency" and "Umwelt transitions" most cited so far in 2023

According to my Google Scholar profile, my research has to date attracted 990 citations (+12 since October 29th), including 126 so far in 2023 (+11).  

My i10-index remains 36 and my h-index 18.

Most cited so far in 2023:

1. Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism (2022) 17 (#12 overall)

2. Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change (2009) 17 (#1 overall)

3. The ethics of laying hen genetics (2020) 9 (#3 overall)

Google Scholar: 100+ citations in 2023, 967 in total

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my research has to date attracted 967 citations (+14 since September 21st), including 105 so far in 2023 (+16 since September 21st). 2023 is now my 3rd best year in terms of number of citations, behind 2022 (181) and 2021 (147).

My i10-index remains 36 and my h-index 18.

With 24 citations, 15 of which from 2023, Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism (co-written with Alexei Sharov, published officially in 2021 but in effect in 2022) is now #13 on the list of my most cited texts, tied with "Umwelt trajectories" (2014) and "Wolf land" (2010).

My most cited text remains "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009), with 82 citations altogether, including 16 this year (more than any other year).

Google Scholar: 918 citations; "The ethics of laying hen genetics" 4th most cited

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 918 citations (+16 since March 31st). Of these 61 are from 2023 (+16 since March 31st). My i10-index remains 34 and my h-index 17.

With 39 citations, including 18 last year and 4 so far this year, "The ethics of laying hen genetics" (2020) is now my 4th most cited text.

With 76 citations, "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009), the key text from my ph.d. work (2011), remains my most cited text. It was cited 13 times last year and has been cited 9 times so far this year.

Google Scholar: 850 citations; 115 in 2022; h-index 18; i10-index 33

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my research has to date attracted 850 citations (+21 since November 1st). This includes 115 citations in 2022 (+18 since November 1st). My h-index is now 18 (+1 since November 1st) and my i10-index 33 (+2 since November 1st), meaning that 18 of my articles/texts have been cited at least 18 times each, and that 33 of my articles/texts have been cited at least 10 times each.

My most cited article, "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change", has been cited 12 times in 2022 (more than in any other year) and 66 times altogether.

Google Scholar: 829 citations; i10-index 31; h-index 17

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my research has to date attracted 829 citations (+29 since October 2nd). This includes 97 citations in 2022 (+9 since October 2nd), which makes 2022 my second best year to date. My i10-index is now 31 (+1 since October 2nd), meaning that 31 of my texts have been cited 10 times or more. My h-index is now 17 (+1 since October 2nd), meaning that 17 of my texts have been cited at least 17 times each.

My two most cited articles in 2022 are:

"The ethics of laying hen genetics" (2020) 12 - total: 30 (#7 all time)

"Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2003) 11 - total: 65 (#1 all time)

Google Scholar: 800 citations; i10-index 30

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my research has by now attracted 800 citations (+21 since August 18th). This includes 88 citations registered in 2022 to date (+19 since August 18th). My h-index is 16 (unchanged) and my i10-index 30 (+1 since August 18th). 2022 is now my third best year, after 2021 (182 citations) and 2016 (91 citations).

My three most cited texts to date have been cited 60, 50 and 40 times respectively.

Google Scholar: 779 citations, h-index 16, i10-index 29

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 779 citations (+17 since June 28th). I now have an h-index of 16 (+1 since June 29th) and an i10-index of 29 (+1 since June 29th). 69 citations so far in 2022 (+15).

After 7 citations to date in 2022 and 59 in total, "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" is my most cited article as of now. With 9 citations so far in 2022 and 27 to date, "The ethics of laying hen genetics" is my 7th most cited article to date.

Google Scholar: 747 citations

According to my Google Scholar profile, my research has to date attracted 747 citations (+13 since May 1st). This includes 52 citations in 2022 (+11 since May 1st). My i10-index remains 28 (meaning that 28 of my publications have attracted 10 citations or more) and my h-index 15 (meaning that 15 publications of mine have been cited at least 15 times each).

Of my 10 most cited publications, the most recent is "The ethics of laying hen genetics" (first author M. Fernyhough), which was published in 2020 and has been cited 26 times, including 8 times so far in 2022. My 2009 article "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change", the most central article in my ph.d. work, has been cited 57 times, including 5 times so far in 2022. My 2003 article "Umwelt ethics" has been cited 49 times, including 2 times so far in 2022 - and each year since 2008.

Mention of concept "Umwelt transition" in University of Tartu news story

My concept "Umwelt transition" is mentioned in a news story from university of Tartu, "Research news: binge eating, sexually transmitted infections, zoosemiotics and rainfalls" which includes a description of Mirco Cerrone´s ph.d.:

Zoosemiotics helps to understand interspecies communication  Interspecies communication is a hotly-debated topic in ever-expanding environments like cities, where it shapes the quotidian interactions of different animal agents, including humans. In a recently defended doctoral thesis, the interspecies communication taking place in hybrid environments was analysed semiotically, focusing on the interaction of humans and apes in zoological gardens and research laboratories. It was analysed through the lens of zoosemiotics, enabling the researcher to abandon an anthropocentric perspective and adopt that of other species. The umwelt model used in the research proves to be an inspiring and powerful tool that we can use to (partially) access the world of other organisms. In the thesis, the author develops the concept of "umwelt overlap", namely the idea that the umwelt should not merely be understood as a species-specific nor as an organism-specific model, but should rather be expanded to encompass areas of shared meanings. The thesis shows how interaction can lead to mutually intelligible languages that allow two different species to communicate. For instance, the acquisition and usage of new signs remarkably modify the semiotic environment of different animal species and is therefore linked to the concept of umwelt transition. The study also reveals that animals in captivity can shape institutional practices and other human-made sign systems, such as animal handling practices. The research proposes several practices to improve animal welfare in captivity.   

Read more in the doctoral thesis.

Google Scholar: 109 citations in 2021, 610 in total, i10-index 24

According to Google scholar my work has by now attracted 610 citations (+8 since November 19th). This includes 109 citations in 2021 to date (+8 since November 19th). My i10-index is now 24 (+2, a new record) and my h-index 14 (-1 since November 19th). This means that 24 of my publications have been cited 10 times or more, and that 14 of my publications have been cited at least 14 times each.

My most cited article to date is "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009, 49 citations). My most cited article in 2021 is "The ethics of laying hen genetics" (2019, I am last author; 13 citations).

100 items are listed on my Google profile.

Google Scholar: 555 citations; articles tied for top spots

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my research has by now attracted 555 citations (+4 since June 11th). This includes 56 citations in 2021 (+1 since June 11th). My i10-index remains 21 and my h-index 14.

"Umwelt Transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009) and "Umwelt ethics" (2003) are now tied for the top spot with 44 citations each. "The biosemiotic glossary project: Agent, agency" and my ph.d. dissertation (2011) are tied for the 3rd place with 34 citations each.

Google Scholar: 507 citations, 16 so far in 2021; 52 texts cited

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my work now has a total of 507 citations (+20 since February 5th but -10 since December 30th). This includes 16 citations in 2021. The 2020 total now stands at 68 citations (+7 since February 5th and +3 since December 30th), making 2020 my third best year to date.

"Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009) is now my most cited paper (43 citations), ahead of "Umwelt ethics" (2003, 42 citations). "The ethics of laying hen genetics" (2020) already has 11 citations, and is my 14-17th most cited paper (first author: Mia Fernyhough), with 6 citations in 2020 and 5 citations so far in 2021.

My i10-index is now 18 (+2 since February 5th but -2 since December 30th), meaning that 18 of my papers have been cited 10 times or more. M h-index is 13 (+1 since February 5th and equal to my h-index as of December 30th).

Altogether my Google Scholar profile lists 100 texts (which might include a few duplicates, non-scientific texts where my name appears etc.). Of these, 52 have been cited.

Autumn´s 27th article writing day

Today I had this autumn´s 27th article writing day, with some 5 hours devoted to revision of "What can be known about future Umwelten?" I made two key figures (namely "Weak signals in relation to threatened and emerging Umwelten objects" and "Three-dimensional interactive semiotic model of environmental change"; where the latter incorporates the notions "Umwelt transition" and "Umwelt trajectory" within a larger whole) and wrote some 400 words.

Google Scholar: 386 citations; h-index 10; h10-index 14

On the count of Google Scholars, my academic publications have attracted 386 citations to date. This is up 35 since March. My h-index is 10 (up from 9 in March), and my h10-index 14 (meaning 14 papers have attracted at least 10 citations each). On top, "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" now has as many citations (37) as "Umwelt ethics", which has up to now been my most cited paper.

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"Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change": According to Springer, this paper has 1.900 downloads and 15 tracked citations.

Number of citations in 2019 is said to be 31.

"Umwelt transitions" paper cited in Kiiroja MA

My article

Tønnessen, M. 2009. Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change. Biosemiotics 2(1): 47–64.

is referred to in

Kiiroja, Laura 2014. The zoosemiotics of socialization: Case-study in socializing red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Tangen Animal Park, Norway. Master thesis. Tartu: University of Tartu. Available online: http://dspace.ut.ee/handle/10062/43977.

Excerpts:

"Umwelt theory which, in this thesis, is predominantly based on the works of Jakob von Uexküll and Morten Tønnessen." [p. 6] 

"While Uexküll claimed the most important functional circles in most animals’ Umwelts to be the circles of physical medium (i.e. the surrounding environment), food, enemy, and sex (Uexküll 1982: 67), it might be more adequate to adjust those circles as physical medium, food, enemy and partner (Tønnessen 2009: 54). This adjustment is important when considering the various kinds of social relationships besides the reproductive ones, that function as partnerships in the animal’s Umwelt. At least in a zoo environment, these other kinds of partnership obtain a comparable value for the animal as the relationship with a potential breeding partner has.

Perhaps, the importance of Umwelt apprehension in the zoo animals is most adequately described by Norwegian philosopher and biosemiotician Morten Tønnessen. Tønnessen has brought out the concept of ontological niche, being inspired by Danish biosemiotician Jesper Hoffmeyer’s theory of semiotic niche. While Hoffmeyer’s semiotic niche involves all the interpretive challenges offered for the animal by its ecological niche (Hoffmeyer 2008: 13), then Tønnessen’s ontological niche involves the set of the animal’s active relationships at the current moment of the history of nature (Tønnessen 2009: 54). The ontological niche, therefore, determines the area in the phenomenal world occupied by the animal. Here, Tønnessen has depicted the ontological niche as phenomenal fields, where one animal’s phenomenal fields overlap with those of the other animals with whom it is in interaction. (Tønnessen 2009: 54) Such ontological map sufficiently describes the possibilities of human-animal relationships (as well as animal-animal relationships). For facilitative reasons, it must be realized that in order to establish positive human-animal relationships, man has to “move” from the enemy phenomenal field (functional circle) of the animal to the partner phenomenal field (functional circle). It seems to the author that such Umwelt reconstruction is not as simple, but includes transition-phases of “rather negative significane”, “neutral significance”, “rather positive significance” of people, before people in general obtain a meaning-carrier of a partner in the animal’s Umwelt. To make it even more complicated, it so happens that some people, who have a strong positive relationship with the animal, are considered as partners, where unfamiliar people could still, by default, carry a meaning of an enemy. The importance of Umwelt reconstruction (with a goal to change the meaning-carrier of people in general) is crucial for captive animal welfare, and, in the opinion of the author, should be consciously aimed in zoos, where different human-animal encounters are inevitable. Socialization is the part of animal welfare programme, which predominantly solves this problem." [p. 25-26] 

"Only in means of positive experience is it possible to move man’s meaning-carrier from the phenomenal field (or functional circle) of enemy to the phenomenal field of partner in the animal’s Umwelt (Tønnessen 2009: 54)." [p. 68]

Now i10 index of 3 in Google Scholar, 99 citations

In Google Scholar (see my profile), I am now listed with 99 citations, an i10 index of 3 and a h-index of 5. This implies that 3 of my publications have been cited at least 10 times, and that 5 (actually, 7) of my articles have been cited 5 times each.

The count presented by Google Scholar is not entirely accurate, since it on one hand includes several self-citations, and on another does not include several citations I have found through other channels.

The figure below shows the number of citations by year in Google Scholar, with 2015 representing a peak so far with 36 citations.

The third article to reach 10 citations, after "Umwelt ethics" (2003, now 20) and "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009, now 16), was "Steps to a semiotics of being" (2010).