#46 - and more written so far this year than in all of 2023

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 1.400 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement, as I was finishing inscribing and placing the remaining references I have selected (total count now stands at 502 sources). So far this Spring I have had 46 writing days, including 38,5 book writing days.

In terms of words written in one day, this is my second-most productive day in 2025 so far.

By now in 2024, in a little more than 4 months, I have logged more words written than in 2023, when I logged 35.417 words written on scientific texts.

Google scholar: 1248 citations; 2024 now second-best year

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has now been cited 1248 times (+12 since November 29th). This includes 177 citations in 2024 (+12), making 2024 my second-best year to date ahead of 2023 (172) but still behind 2022 (189). My h-index remains 20 and my i10-index 38.

The work year 2023 by work hours

I have just finished reviewing the work year 2023 in terms of work hours logged. The year stands out as the shortest work year in recorded history, with 2.518,5 work hours logged, which amounts to 48,3 hours per week in average (holidays not subtracted), or 149% of a normal work year. In comparison, my average work week in 2009-2022 was in the range of 50,8-62,0 hours per week.

Among other key developments, the share of my work time I spent on "research" was record-high, at 41,4%, as was "research" and "literature" (e.g. book projects) combined, at 55,3%. "Research" was what I spent most time on in 36 weeks, while I spent most time on "UIS" 14 weeks. Of book projects, I spent the most time on Utslippsfrie nye verden? in the 1st tertial, Regnskap in the 2nd tertial, and Captured in the 3rd tertial. 

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The academic year 2023 in review

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

#35; 2023 totals (words written)

Today I have had what ended up as half a writing day. The total for Autumn 2023 is then 35 writing days, with all whole and half days added up. 

Altogether I logged 11.986 words written this Autumn. With a further 23.377 words written in Spring, this brings this year´s total up to 35.363 words. This compares to 42.112 words in 2019, 84.739 words in 2020,  41.178 words in 2021, and 32.607 words in 2022. At some 35.000 words, this year´s total is only slightly higher than last year´s total.

The figure below shows my "most written texts" this Autumn, in number of words.

Google Scholar: 867 citations, of which 14 in 2023

According to Google Scholar my research has to date attracted 867 citations (+2 since December 29th), including 131 in 2022 (+3) and 14 so far in 2023 (+14) - cf. my profile. The numbers don't quite add up; indicating that some citations have been removed from Google´s dataset. My i10-index is now 34 (+1); my h-index remains 18.

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Today I have had this Spring´s first writing day, with some 300 words added to my article "Wasted GDP in the USA".