#21

Today I have had an article writing day, with work done in relation to the article "Kan velferd og miljø måles i forlengelsen av BNP?" (literally: Can welfare and environment be measured as an extension of GDP?) which I have co-written with Jan Karlstrøm and which is currently under consideration in Samfunn og økonomi. In the process I added some 200 words to the manuscript. Moreover, I did some work related to an interview that Federico Comollo has conducted with Michael Marder and me.

This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 21 including 6,5 article writing days.

Book review accepted for publication

I have been notified, today, that my book review of Xany Jansen van Vuuren´s book Interpreting, communication and animal welfare. An ecosemiotic analysis of interspecies translation, has been accepted for publication by Biosemiotics.

Preliminary reference:

— Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming. A primer on interspecies translation and animal welfare. Book review of Xany Jansen van Vuuren, Interpreting, communication and animal welfare. An ecosemiotic analysis of interspecies translation, De Gruyter Mouton 2025. Biosemiotics.

#20

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 650 words added to my book review of Interpreting, Communication and Animal Welfare by Xany Jansen van Vuuren for Biosemiotics, during revisions requested by the journal. In the process I changed the title of the book review from "A primer on ecosemiotics and animal welfare" to "A primer on interspecies translation and animal welfare", and resubmitted.

This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 20 including 5,5 article writing days. This was the first article writing day for more than a month (the last was in late August).

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).

Fifth Ex.phil. lecture

Today I have given the fifth lecture this semester in Ex.phil. at the University of Stavanger´s Department of psychology (SVEXPHIL-IP) for bachelor and one-year students in psychology. The topic was political philosophy, specifically different conceptions of political freedom.

#19

Today I have had half a book writing day, with work done related to looking through and responding to the proof page corrections and queries of a professional proof reader regarding my forthcoming book with Bloomsbury Academic, Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 19 including 14,5 book writing days.

#18,5

Yesterday I had what ended up as a full book writing day, with work done related to completing (and submitting) the index of my forthcoming book with Bloomsbury Academic, Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism. This brings the number of writing days this Autumn up to 18,5 including 14 book writing days.