30 posts for 2025 registered in Nasjonalt Vitenarkiv (NVA)

I have now finished registering publications and academic activities in Nasjonalt Vitenarkiv (NVA), which has replaced Current Research Information System in Norway (CRIStin). For 2025 I registered 30 posts, which is a quite normal number of posts for me per year. Altogether, since 2012, I am registered with 417 posts, cf. my profile. Registrations for 2025 include 4 scientific conference presentations, 2 chronicles, 3 journal articles, 3 book chapters, 1 book review, 1 TV interview, and 1 encyclopedia article, among other entries.

CRISTIN registrations for 2024: 39 posts; overview

I have just completed registrations in the Current Research Information System in Norway (CRISTIN) for 2024 (cf. my profile in CRISTIN). I registered 39 posts; all-time I have now registered 395 posts (since 2012, i.e. over 13 years, which means on average 30-31 posts per year). This is quite many posts though not quite as many as in 2019, when I registered 44 posts.

The activities I registered included 9 scientific publications, 7 of which should give "publication points" in the Norwegian system. This includes 2 book chapters I wrote by myself, 3 co-written book chapters in the book Mars and the Earthlings, and 2 full-length journal articles, one of which I wrote by myself and 1 I co-authored, as well as a short communication and a co-authored editorial for a special issue I was one of the guest editors of. 

Other activities included 4 festival appearances (on Wonderful world and Kåkånomics, both in Stavanger),  2 radio interviews, 3 interviews in Khrono, 5 scientific conference presentations (3 of which online, 2 in-person), 3 guest lectures (2 in Italy, 1 in Slovenia), and 1 co-authored consultative statement written for Norway´s Council for animal ethics.

#5

Today I have had half an article writing day, mostly devoted to going through parts of recent "Live better" articles, and registration of some 2024 scientific publications in the Current Research Information System in Norway (CRIStin). Marginally, I also added a reference to my "UNDP Letter". So far this Spring I have had 5 writing days including 1,5 article writing days.

Publication points 2023 - #6 at department; #2 among professors

I have just looked at the publication points results at my department and faculty for 2023. With 3,4 publication points, from 2 journal articles and 2 book chapters, I rank as #6 at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies in terms of publication points overall, and #2 among professors employed at the department.

With 5,1 publication points, Sarah Hean (professor of social work) had the most publication points among the professors of the department. With 6,5 publication points, Francesco Margoni (associate professor of psychology) did best by this measure overall.

CRISTIN reporting for 2023: 35 posts

Today I have finished registered 2023 activities in Cristin, the Current Research Information System in Norway, totaling 35 posts, which brings the total of my profile page to 355. The 2023 activities include 3 scientific articles, one of which a brief communication, two book chapters, an earlier journal article now reprinted as a book chapter, and the softcover version of the book Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism which I co-wrote with Alexei Sharov, 8 scientific conference talks, 2 brief reports (or rather consultative statements) issued by Norway´s Council for animal ethics, and 3 interviews.

Cristin: 24 posts in 2022; 317 altogether

I have just completed registration of academic activities in Cristin, the Current research information system in Norway (cf. my Cristin profile) - 24 posts. This includes:

* 5 scientific texts (2 book chapters, 1 co-written article, 1 commentary, 1 Festschrift contribution)

* 5 conference talks

* 4 chronicles

* 4 interviews

For 2021 I had 19 posts. Altogether I now have 317 posts since I started registering in Cristin in 2012.

Registrations in CRISTIN for 2021 completed; 19 posts vs. 293 all-time

I have now completed registration in the Current Research Information System in Norway (CRISTIN) for 2021, with 19 posts. All-time, since I started registering in CRISTIN in 2012, I have registered altogether 293 posts, or 29,3 posts per year on average.

The 2021 registrations includes a co-written book, 4 journal texts, 3 newspaper chronicles and a letter to the editor, 4 interviews (3 of which on UIS online platforms and related to UIS activities), 4 conference talks and 2 seminar/workshop talks.

My annual number of CRISTIN posts have been significantly lower the last couple of years than in 2019 when number of posts peaked at 44 following 13 national media appearances (link below).

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Registrations in CRISTIN for 2020 completed; 20 posts vs. 274 all-time

Update on 2020 CRISTIN registrations

2019 registrations in Cristin; record number of activities reported

Update on 2020 CRISTIN registrations

I have made one more registration in CRISTIN for 2020, bringing my 2020 total up to 21 posts (cf. my CRISTIN profile).

Registrations in CRISTIN for 2020 completed; 20 posts vs. 274 all-time

I have completed my registrations in the Current research information system in Norway (cf. my profile). With 20 posts, this is less than usual, but then again, it was an extraordinary year (and another factor might be my trajectory towards leadership roles). The activities I have reported include:

 - a scientific journal article

- a scientific book chapter

- 3 chronicles in national newspapers

- 2 scientific conference presentations

- 4 interviews (2 as researcher and 2 in the role as Vice Dean of research)

Altogether I have registered 274 posts in CRISTIN to date (since 2012).

CRIStin registrations

I have registered a few posts from Spring 2020 at my profile in the Current Research Information System in Norway (6 posts registered by now).

Records for publication points at UIS; Faculty of social sciences

The University of Stavanger is credited with more publication points than ever before, for 2019, cf. news story. 1298 points for the university as a whole. Faculty of social sciences did particularly well compared to 2018, with an increase from 89 to 126 publication points.

Nationally UIS is no. 3 measured by publication points per scholar among the bigger institutions, only behind University of Oslo and University of Bergen. UIS had 1,36 points per scholar in 2019.

"What can be known about future Umwelten?" published in issue; 2019 Cristin reporting finalized

My article "What can be known about future Umwelten?" has now been assigned to an issue of The American Journal of Semiotics. Specifically, it appears in no. 35 (3-4), the last, double issue of the 2019 volume. Full reference:

Tønnessen, Morten 2019. What can be known about future Umwelten? The American Journal of Semiotics 35(3-4): 401–429. Published online January 30th 2020. DOI: 10.5840/ajs202012359.

 Being included in my 2019 reporting to the Current Research Information System in Norway (Cristin), this means I have 3 articles qualifying for "publication points" - and altogether 2,6 publication poins for 2019.

2019 registrations in Cristin; record number of activities reported

I have just completed my 2019 registrations in Current Research Information System in Norway (Cristin), cf. my profile. Altogether 44 posts, which is a new record. This includes 3 articles that should give publication points (2 authored alone, 1 co-authored), 8 scientific conference presentations, 7 appearances on national radio (2 of which also on national TV), and 6 more interviews in national media (altogether 13 appearances in national media). It also includes a new edition of a co-edited book (paperback) and a text book (e-book), some edited works, and popular science lectures.

Total number of posts in Cristin is now 252 (I started registering in Cristin in 2012).

Cristin 2018: 1 publication point; lowest ever

In 2018 I got 1 publication point, for a level 2 anthology chapter (published by Brill Academic Publishers). This is the lowest level of publication points I have ever received (the previous low was 1,8 publication points). The low outcome is a result of a focus, in relation to use of Outstanding Young Researchers (Yngre Fremragende Forskere) funds, on long-term planning and development of a new research path (welfare research) supplementing my focus on environmental and animal issues, combined with timing of ongoing article projects and relatively little time for research in 2017 (2018 was much better in this respect). 

1,0 publication points is below the UIS average for faculty (1,2) but above the average at Faculty of Social Sciences (0,7) for 2018. This is the first time I have less than the UiS average. With 1 publication point, I rank as no. 9 (with two colleagues - so, top 11) at Department of social studies.

CRIStin registration for 2018

I have just completed registering research and dissemination activities for 2018 in CRIStin, the Current Research Information System in Norway. 32 entries - though only 1 text giving publication points (though I also wrote a couple of other chapters and a book review, co-wrote an editorial, had a co-written chapter published in Hungarian translation, edited a text book (which included a reprint of a chapter of mine), and saw the audio book and pocket book version of 2017´s Ulvetider being published).

Altogether, since 2012 when I started making registrations in CRIStin, there are now 208 entries in my name.

Attended annual meeting of National academic council for philosophy and history of ideas

Yesterday I attended, for the first time, Norway´s National academic council for philosophy and history of ideas (Nasjonalt fagråd for filosofi og idéhistorie), as University of Stavanger´s representative. The meeting took place in Kristiansand, at University of Agder. Something like 7-8 institutions all over Norway were represented. This meeting happens only once a year, and is responsible for proposing classification of journals and publishing houses at level 1 and 2 in the Norwegian publication point system, among other things.

Most-publishing researcher at department; #3 at faculty

According to Cristin reporting for 2017, I was the most-publishing researcher at Department of social studies, with 4,8 publication points (6 publications), and 3rd most-publishing at Faculty of social science (which now consists of only 3 departments).

Top 5 for Faculty of social sciences:

#1 Kjell Hausken (SV-IMS/TN-IØRP) 10,6 points (9 publications)

#2 Lennart Rosenlund (SV-IMS) 5,0 points (3 publications)

#3 Morten Tønnessen (SV-IS) 4,8 points (6 publications)

#4 Svein Tuastad (SV-IS) 4,3 points (8 publications)

#5 Bjørn Ivar Kruke (SV-IMS) 3,6 points (7 publications)

Forskningsindeksen metrics and rankings as of 2016

According to Forskningsindeksen, as of 2016 I had 18.51 publication points the last 10 years (NB: I have only reported to Cristin, the Norwegian system, since 2012). This made me #2758 in Norway and #159 at University of Stavanger (UiS). In 2016 I was #77 at UiS and #1362 in the country, according to the same metrics, with 4.57 publication points.

Data for 2017 are not yet available in Forskningsindeksen.

Cristin reporting for 2017

I have just finished registering entries for 2017 in Cristin. All together 28 entries, including seven articles that should give publication points.

Here are my 2017 entries. All together I have some 176 entries in Cristin (an average of 29,3/year since I started reporting in 2012).

Publication points for 2017 - estimate

According to my preliminary calculations, I should get about 3,5-3,6 publication points (old method) for 2017. So far 3 articles with 1,1-1,2 publication points have been reported and approved, four more remain to be reported.