2-3 articles among Biosemiotics´ most accessed articles in 2020

My article "Current human ecology in the Amazon and beyond: A multi-scale ecosemiotic approach" was Biosemiotics´ 5th most accessed in 2020, and the 2nd most accessed article published in 2018-2020, with 1.298 article requests (total to date: 1.581).

"Jesper Hoffmeyer´s biosemiotic legacy", an editorial I co-wrote with Alexei Sharov and Timo Maran, ranks as no. 7 overall and as no. 4 among articles published in 2018-2020, with 1,141 article requests (total to date: 1.749). Finally, the editorial "Phenomenology and biosemiotics", also co-written with Sharov and Maran, ranks as no. 7 among articles published in 2018-2020, with 764 article requests (total to date: 2.762).

Biosemiotics editorial board meeting attended

Today I have attended the annual editorial board of Biosemiotics, which took place via Zoom. The editorial board meeting was attended by some 20 people, under the leadership of the new Editor-in-Chief, Yogi Hendlin and co-Editor in Chief Alexei Sharov.

In 2020, my last year as lead Editor-in-Chief, the Impact Factor went down from 2019, but the number of downloads increased to record numbers (ca. 59.000, vs. 44.000 in 2019). In 2021, both the number of articles published and the number of article downloads have increased to new record-levels, while processing times have decreased significantly (probably partly due to the new editorial setup with several Associate editors).

"The ethics of laying hen genetics" accessed more than 4.000 times

Our article "The ethics of laying hen genetics", published online in November 2019, has by now been accessed 4.155 times according to article metrics. The article is Open access.

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.

Links: Nature; Springer

I have received an email inviting me to apply for a complimentary subscription of the journal Nature methods. Pretty sure I will not be deemed to qualify. Not much purchasing power in my backyard.

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