#62

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 2900 words added to the manuscript while finishing (and then submitting) my book chapter "Ecosemiotic questions: Towards a comprehensive description of the complexity and creativity of life". This brings the number of writing days this Spring up to 62 including 35,5 article writing days.

This was the most productive writing day this Spring in terms of words written (not coincidentally, today was also my longest workday this Spring - before my summer vacation which starts tomorrow). Altogether I logged 15.864 words written in June, over 18,5 writing days (the most any month this Spring). This Spring I logged a total of 29.942 words written, which is more than any Spring since 2019 except 2020 and 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.

Writing plan for Spring 2026 completed

I have now completed my writing plan for Spring 2026. I plan for a total of 59,5 writing days, including 45 article writing days (76%) and 14,5 book writing days (24%). This is somewhat less than last Spring (68,5 writing days initially planned) but more than Spring 2024 (47,5 writing days initially planned).

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#0,5; writing plan for Spring 2025 almost finished

#29; 2025 by now most-productive writing year on record

Today I have finished half an article writing day, with some 1.400 words written in the process of composing an abstract prepared in relation to an upcoming special issue of The Journal of Ethics, on the theme "Climate ethics: Prospects and Retrospectives". My paper is titled "The ethical case against Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)". This was writing day #29 this Autumn (starting July 1st).

Over the last days of this week I have also made a prioritised writing plan for the rest of this Autumn.

By now (or rather by the writing day I had August 8th, when I finished the Captured manuscript) I have written more in 2025 than any previous year on record. In 2021, when I worked on the book Semiotic agency, co-written with Alexei Sharov, among other writing projects, I logged 84.739 words written. By now in 2025 I have already logged 86.459 words written, mostly owing to my work on Captured.

#1

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 600 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. This is the first writing day I´ve had this Autumn (the second half of the year).

#70; last writing day this Spring

Today I have had a book writing day (partly on the go, by train from Oslo to Stavanger, and partly on a library), with some 250 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. This Spring I have had 70 writing days, including 61 book writing days.

This concludes my writing days in Spring 2025. Altogether, since New year I have logged 56.767 words written, including 55.726 words on Captured. This includes 5.826 words in June.

I am slightly delayed with the completion of the book manuscript, and now aim to finish it by July 10th.

#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.

Advice given to Dean on 10 research group applications

Over the last few weeks I have given advice to the Dean of the Faculty of social sciences at University of Stavanger regarding 10 research group applications, as a replacement for the Vice Dean for Research, over three meetings, the last of which today. The process results in the allocation of about 300.000 NOK divided between the research groups this year and the same amount in 2025.

#1; progress plan for book project "Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement"

Today I have had the first writing day this Spring, mostly devoted to making a writing plan for the entire Spring (see previous post). I have also made a draft progress plan for my book project Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement, estimating some 75 writing days resulting in a finished manuscript in June 2025. This would realistically leave space for only 10 article/chapter writing days in Autumn 2024 as well as in Spring 2025.