Google scholar: 1647 citations; three most cited recent publications

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.647 citations (+16 since June 30th). This includes 85 citations so far in 2026 (+12 since June 30th). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 47. 

Among texts published 2022 or later (not counting the book Semiotic Agency: Science beyond Mechanism, co-written with Alexei Sharov, which appeared in 2022 but has 2021 as official publication year - and which has been cited 15 times so far this year alone), my most cited texts are:

Wasted GDP in the USA (2023): 14

Recreation in the outdoors—exploring the friluftsliv experience of adolescents at residential care (with Joakim Jiri Haaland, 2022): 14

The evolutionary origin (s) of the Umwelt (2022): 12

Google scholar: 1631 citations; i10-index of 47

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.631 citations (+19 since May 28th). This includes 73 citations so far in 2026 (+9 since May 28th). My h-index remains 22 while my i10-index is now 47 (+1 since May 28th). My i10-index means that 47 of my texts have at least 10 citations each.

My latest articles/chapters to reach 10 citations are:

"Agency in biosemiotics and enactivism" (2016)

"Outline of an Uexküllian bio-ontology" (2001) - my very first scientific article

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: 1.594 citations; 51 so far in 2026

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.594 citations (+28 since March 31st). This includes 172 citations in 2025 (+5 since March 31st) and 51 citations so far in 2026 (+19 since March 31st). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 46.

Google Scholar: 1.566 citations; 32 so far in 2026

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has attracted a total of 1.566 citations (+12 since March 2nd). This includes 167 citations in 2025 (-1 since March 2nd) and 32 citations so far in 2026 (+12 since March 2nd). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 46.

Google Scholar: 1.554 citations; h-index of 22

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has attracted a total of 1.554 citations (+17 since February 2nd). This includes 168 citations in 2025 (+3 since February 2nd) and 20 citations so far in 2026 (+6). My h-index is now 22 (+1 since February 2nd), while my i10-index remains 46. The h-index implies that 22 of my texts have been cited at least 22 times each.

The latest addition to my h-index list of publications appears to be "Methodology of zoosemiotics: Concepts, categorisations, models", which I co-wrote with Timo Maran, Kadri Tüür, Riin Magnus, Silver Rattasepp and Nelly Mäekivi and which was published in 2016. This chapter has according to Google Scholar´s count been cited 22 times, including two citations in 2025.

Google Scholar: 1.537 citations; 2025 now fourth best year

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has attracted a total of 1.537 citations (+31 since December 31st 2025). This includes 165 citations in 2025 (+17 since December 31st) and 14 citations so far in 2026 (+14). 2025 now stands as my fourth best year in terms of number of citations, behind 2024 (226), 2022 (197) and 2023 (185) but ahead of 2021 (154). 

My h-index remains 21, and my i10-index 46.

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: 1484 citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.484 citations (+14 since November 3rd). This includes 131 citations so far in 2025 (+12 since November 3rd). My h-index remains 21 and my i10-index 44. 

Google Scholar: 1470 citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.470 citations (+16 since October 1st). This includes 119 citations so far in 2025 (+10 since October 1st). My h-index remains 21 and my i10-index 44. 

Google Scholar: 1.454 citations, "Wasted GDP in the USA" reaches 10+ citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.454 citations (+13 since September 2nd). This includes 109 citations so far in 2025 (+13 since September 2nd). My h-index remains 21 and my i10-index is now 44 (+1), meaning that 44 of my texts have been cited at least 10 times each. My latest text to reach 10+ citations is "Wasted GDP in the USA" which now has 11 citations, 6 of which from this year.

Google Scholar: 1.441 citations; 10 publications with 40+ citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.441 citations (+22 since July 31st). This includes 96 citations so far in 2025 (+18 since July 31st). My h-index remains 21 and my i10-index 43. 

I now have 10 publications with 40+ citations each.

My 2023 article "Wasted GDP in the USA" is now listed by Google Scholar - with 9 citations (including 4 in 2025). This places it as my 44th most cited text along with three other papers.

Google Scholar: 1.419 citations, 43 texts cited 10+ times

According to my Google Scholar profile, my research has now attracted 1.419 citations (+12 since July 1st). This includes 78 citations so far in 2025 (+15 since July 1st). My h-index remains 21 while my i10-index is now 43 (+1). 

My 43rd text to reach 10 citations is the article "Recreation in the outdoors—exploring the friluftsliv experience of adolescents at residential care" which I co-wrote with Joakim Jiri Haaland.

Google Scholar: Half-year update

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date, halfway through the year, attracted 1.407 citations (+3 since June 13th). This includes 63 citations so far in 2025 (+3 since June 13th). My h-index remains 21 and my i10-index 42.

By 31st of December 2024, half a year ago, I had 1251 citations, meaning that 156 citations have been registered by Google Scholar since then. At that point my h-index was 20 and my i10-index 38, these have since increased by +1 and +4 respectively. I surpassed 1.300 citations in January and 1.400 citations in mid-June.

Over the last half year, the book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism which I co-authored with Alexei Sharov, has reached 100 citations, as my second text to do so, and replaced my 2009 article "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" as my most cited text.

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".

Google Scholar: 100+ texts cited; 13 new citations

According to my Google scholar profile, my research has to date attracted 1.375 citations (+13 since April 7th). This includes 39 citations so far in 2025 (+12 since April 7th). My h-index remains 20, while my i10-index is now 41.

102 of my texts listed by Google scholar have now been cited (95 of them 2 times or more, 80 of them 3 times or more). Altogether 170 texts are listed.

Google Scholar: 1362 citations; i10-index of 41

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1362 citations (+23 since March 5th). 222 of these are from 2024 (+7 since March 5th), further solidifying its position as my best year ever in terms of number of citations. So far in 2025 I have gathered 27 citations (+15 since March 5th). My h-index remains 20, while my i10-index is now 41 (+1 since March 5th). This means that 41 of my publications have 10 or more citations each.

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: 1339 citations; 200+ in 2024; 40 texts cited 10+ times

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1339 citations (+22 since February 19th). 215 of these are from 2024 (+22 since February 19th), solidifying its position as my best year ever in terms of number of citations. This is the first time I have been cited 200+ times in a single year.

So far in 2025 I have gathered 12 citations (+3 since February 19th). My h-index remains 20, while my i10-index is now 40 (+2 since February 19th). This means that 40 of my publications have 10 or more citations each.

The book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism, which I co-wrote with Alexei Sharov, stands with 94 citations, including 54 from 2024 and 4 so far from 2025.