Academic readings 2024; most read authors

In 2024 I have logged that I have read some 6172,5 pages of academic texts. This is quite a bit more than the 4546 pages I logged in 2023, and a good step towards earlier highs. Apart from students I supervise at ph.d., MA or BA level, the authors I read the most of included Jakob von Uexkülll, Jason Hickel, Dag Hessen, Philip Goff, Alice Crary and Lori Gruen.

Ca. 4.500 pages of academic reading in 2023; partial recovery; most read authors

In 2023 I have logged 4.546 pages of academic reading with authors identified, distributed among 442 different authors. While not quite back at old heights, this is a significant step up from the lackluster reading of the last few years when I was in leadership positions (2019-2022), and was frustrated by not having time to read. In the good old days early in my academic career, however, I read close to 10.000 pages a year. As a Professor, I would absolutely like to have more time to read than I have had the last year. 

These were the most read authors in 2023.

News story on "Wasted GDP in the USA" article in Spanish online newspaper La Politica Online

My journal article "Wasted GDP in the USA" is featured in a news story in the Spanish online newspaper La Politica Online, titled ""PIB desperdiciado": cuando el crecimiento económico no repercute en el bienestar humano y social" (""Wasted GDP": when economic growth has no impact on human and social well-being"). The journalist who wrote the story, which features extensive description of my article, and some comments made by Jason Hickel on Twitter, is Andrés Arctis.

This is what is currently shown on the front page of the newspaper:

"Wasted GDP in the USA" now read by a few hundred a day; 468 tweeters engaged; in top percentile in Online attention

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA" now has 1.751 Accesses and an Altmetric score of 241. This is up 714 (accesses) and 84 (Altmetric score) in two days, since Saturday. According to the detailed article metrics provided by Altmetric, the article has been linked to by 468 tweeters (up 202 since Saturday). This places it within the top percentile in terms of Online attention both for articles of a similar age in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (where it is placed #1 of 177 articles), and all similar articles of a similar age (where it is placed #1.699 of 283.597 articles). Tweeters include 30 scientists and 9 science communicators, according to Altmetric.

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"Wasted GDP in the USA" widely shared on Twitter after Jason Hickel tweets; in 1st percentile regarding Online attention (November 11)

#6,5

Today I have had half a writing day, #6,5 this Autumn, with some 300 words added altogether to my book manuscript in spe Captured and article under revision "Wasted GDP in the USA".