Google scholar: 1647 citations; three most cited recent publications

According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.647 citations (+16 since June 30th). This includes 85 citations so far in 2026 (+12 since June 30th). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 47. 

Among texts published 2022 or later (not counting the book Semiotic Agency: Science beyond Mechanism, co-written with Alexei Sharov, which appeared in 2022 but has 2021 as official publication year - and which has been cited 15 times so far this year alone), my most cited texts are:

Wasted GDP in the USA (2023): 14

Recreation in the outdoors—exploring the friluftsliv experience of adolescents at residential care (with Joakim Jiri Haaland, 2022): 14

The evolutionary origin (s) of the Umwelt (2022): 12

My 10 most read Springer Nature articles; "Wasted GDP in the USA" read 20.000+ times

According to Springer Nature, these are my most accessed Springer articles (prior rank refers to March 2025 list; as does prior number of accesses):  

1 (2). Wasted GDP in the USA (Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2023) 20.228 (14.297) 

2 (1). The Ethics of Laying Hen Genetics (Mia Fernyhough et al., Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2019) 18.088 (14.986)  

3 (3). Umwelt Transitions: Uexküll and Environmental Change (Biosemiotics, 2009) 7.557 (6.175)    

4 (4). Phenomenology and Biosemiotics (Morten Tønnessen, Timo Maran & Alexei Sharov, Biosemiotics, 2018) 7.001 (5.675)    

5 (5). Jesper Hoffmeyer’s Biosemiotic Legacy (Morten Tønnessen, Alexei Sharov & Timo Maran, Biosemiotics, 2019) 4.890 (3.789)    

6 (6). Current Human Ecology in the Amazon and beyond: a Multi-Scale Ecosemiotic Approach (Biosemiotics, 2020) 4.782 (3.673)   

7 (7). Towards Synthesis of Biology and Semiotics (Alexei Sharov, Timo Maran & Morten Tønnessen, Biosemiotics, 2015) 3.891 (3.022)

8 (9). Comprehending the Semiosis of Evolution (Alexei Sharov, Timo Maran & Morten Tønnessen, Biosemiotics, 2016) 3.602 (2.892) 

9 (-) Introduction to the special issue "Umwelt theory and phenomenology" (Carlo Brentari & Morten Tønnessen, Biosemiotics, 2024) 3.589

10 (8). Biosemiotic Achievement Award for the Year 2020 (Claudio Julio Rodríguez Higuera & Morten Tønnessen, Biosemiotics, 2021) 3.383 (2.908) 

"Making the Umwelt Bubble of the Modern Synthesis Burst" (Biosemiotics, 2021), with its 3.112 accesses (2.552), is thus out of the list, while "The evolutionary origin(s) of the Umwelt" (Biosemiotics, 2022), with 3.344 accesses, did not quite make the top 10. Altogether Springer Nature lists 24 publications of mine with a total of ca. 94.700 accesses and some 281 registered citations. The top 10 accounts for 76.536 accesses.

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My 10 most read Springer Nature articles; ca. 60.000 accesses in total (March 2025)

"My 10 most accessed articles with Springer Nature; ca. 44.000 accesses combined" (November 2023)

"Wasted GDP in the USA" surpasses "The ethics of laying hen genetics" as my most read article, with 17.000 accesses

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA", which was published Autumn 2023, now has 17.000 accesses. This compares to about 14.000 accesses by March this year, and likely makes it my most read article, ahead of "The ethics of laying hen genetics" (2019) which now stands at 16.000 accesses.

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My 10 most read Springer Nature articles; ca. 60.000 accesses in total (March 2025)

Google Scholar: 1.454 citations, "Wasted GDP in the USA" reaches 10+ citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.454 citations (+13 since September 2nd). This includes 109 citations so far in 2025 (+13 since September 2nd). My h-index remains 21 and my i10-index is now 44 (+1), meaning that 44 of my texts have been cited at least 10 times each. My latest text to reach 10+ citations is "Wasted GDP in the USA" which now has 11 citations, 6 of which from this year.

Google Scholar: 1.441 citations; 10 publications with 40+ citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.441 citations (+22 since July 31st). This includes 96 citations so far in 2025 (+18 since July 31st). My h-index remains 21 and my i10-index 43. 

I now have 10 publications with 40+ citations each.

My 2023 article "Wasted GDP in the USA" is now listed by Google Scholar - with 9 citations (including 4 in 2025). This places it as my 44th most cited text along with three other papers.

"Wasted GDP in the USA" featured in HSSCOMMS collection "Top 50 papers: 2015-2024"

Today I discovered that my 2023 article "Wasted GDP in the USA" has been included in another collection by Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, where it appeared, namely the collection "Top 50 papers: 2015-2024". The collection was released January 20th 2025. 

"The articles have been selected based on a combination of metrics (citation counts, downloads and Altmetric scores)", according to the journal. The collection features "some of this journal’s most impactful and accessed research from the past decade". Altogether the journal appears to have published about 4.000 articles over its first decade.

My article is one of 15 articles published in the past three years (2022-2024) that have been included in the collection. 

My 10 most read Springer Nature articles; ca. 60.000 accesses in total

According to Springer Nature, these are my most accessed Springer articles:

1 (1). The Ethics of Laying Hen Genetics (Mia Fernyhough et al., Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2019) 14.986 (12.924)  

2 (3). Wasted GDP in the USA (Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2023) 14.297 (5.144)  

3 (2). Umwelt Transitions: Uexküll and Environmental Change (Biosemiotics, 2009) 6.175 (5.155)  

4 (4). Phenomenology and Biosemiotics (Morten Tønnessen, Timo Maran & Alexei Sharov, Biosemiotics, 2018) 5.675 (4.648)  

5 (5). Jesper Hoffmeyer’s Biosemiotic Legacy (Morten Tønnessen, Alexei Sharov & Timo Maran, Biosemiotics, 2019) 3.789 (3.279)  

6 (6). Current Human Ecology in the Amazon and beyond: a Multi-Scale Ecosemiotic Approach (Biosemiotics, 2020) 3.673 (3.041) 

7 (7). Towards Synthesis of Biology and Semiotics (Alexei Sharov, Timo Maran & Morten Tønnessen, Biosemiotics, 2015) 3.022 (2.672)  

8 (8). Biosemiotic Achievement Award for the Year 2020 (Claudio Julio Rodríguez Higuera & Morten Tønnessen, Biosemiotics, 2021) 2.908 (2.644)  

9 (9). Comprehending the Semiosis of Evolution (Alexei Sharov, Timo Maran & Morten Tønnessen, Biosemiotics, 2016) 2.892 (2.546)  

10 (10). Making the Umwelt Bubble of the Modern Synthesis Burst (Biosemiotics, 2021) 2.552 (2.131)  

Combined these 10 articles have been accessed 59.969 times to date (vs. 44.184 as of November 2023, meaning they have been accessed a total of 15.785 times over the last one and a half year or so). My two most read articles account for almost half of the total of the top 10 articles, and "Wasted GDP in the USA" accounts for more than half of my top 10 article reads since November 2023. 

I gave a similar overview in the post "My 10 most accessed articles with Springer Nature; ca. 44.000 accesses combined" (November 2023). Changes in ranking and number of accesses are shown above.

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"Wasted GDP in the USA" reaches 12.000 accesses (September 2024)

The 39 most read texts on my ResearchGate profile (July 2023)

 Webstats, Scribd: 14 documents with 1,000+ reads (January 2014)

Google Scholar: 1251 citations by year-end; 180 in 2024

On the last day of 2024, according to my Google scholar profile, my research has attracted 1251 citations (+3 since December 17th). This includes 180 citations in 2024 (+3 since December 17th). My h-index remains 20 and my i10-index 38. 136 texts are listed on my profile.

As of today, my best years in terms of citations are:

#1 2022 (189)

#2 2024 (180)

#3 2023 (171)

#4 2021 (149)

#5 2016 (92)

#6 2020 (90)

However, it has happened that these numbers have changed early in the next year. By year-end 2022, for instance, 2021 was registered with 184 citations, while some of these were later moved to 2022.

Unfortunately Google Scholars does not count the citations of my 2023 article "Wasted GDP in the USA", which has 2 citations according to Springer Nature/CrossRef and 7 citations according to ResearchGate.

Langsikt seminar given

Yesterday I held a public lecture or presentation in the Langsikt seminar at the think tank Langsikt, titled "Hvordan få mest mulig velferd for pengene" (loosely translates as: How to get the most welfare for the money spent), drawing on my article "Wasted GDP in the USA". The seminar took place at Mesh Nationaltheatret in Oslo and was attended by 8 people.

"Wasted GDP in the USA" reaches 12.000 accesses

My journal article "Wasted GDP in the USA", published October 2023, has now reached 12.000 accesses, according to the publisher´s article website. It remains my second-most read article after "The ethics of laying hen genetics" (2019) which has had 14.000 accesses.

Google Scholar: 1172 citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.172 citations (+17 since June 29th), including 117 citations so far in 2024 (+16 since June 29th). My h-index remains 19, and my i10-index 36.

I noticed a hickup in the system: My recent article "Wasted GDP in the USA" (2023) was previously registered by Google Scholar, but had now fallen out, and I had to add it manually.

Google Scholar: 1.134 citations; 72 so far in 2024; first "Wasted GDP in the USA" citation

According to Google scholar (cf. my profile) my research has now attracted 1.134 citations (+34 since April 22nd). This includes 72 citations in 2024 (+31 since April 22nd). My h-index remains 19 and my i10-index 37.

Recent citations include the very first for my article "Wasted GDP in the USA", which is cited in the technical report "Climate Change and Productivity: Exploring the Links" released by The Productivity Institute and authored by Dirk Pilat. According to Google´s metrics, 79 of my texts have been cited, and "Wasted GDP in the USA" now ranks as #69 (i.e., my 69th most cited paper) along with ten more papers.

"Wasted GDP in the USA" tops HSSC "Top 10 by Altmetric attention score" list for 2023; included in "Top articles of 2023" collection

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA" appears on #1 on Humanities and social sciences communications´ "Top 10 by Altmetric attention score" list for articles published in 2023. It currently has an Altmetric score of 1006, which is the highest achieved by any article published in Humanities and social sciences communications in 2023.

The journal has made a collection featuring the top 10 articles by citations, downloads, and Altmetric attention score titled "Top articles of 2023". Follow the link to see all three Top 10 lists.

"Wasted GDP in the USA" reached 10.000 Article accesses

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA", published last October, has now reached 10.000 Article accesses. This is the quickest any of my articles have reached that many reads.

"Wasted GDP in the USA" exceeds 9000 reads

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA" has passed 9000 Accesses (reads), now standing at 9009 (+300 since Friday). Its Altmetric score stands at 1012 (+3 since Friday).

Altmetric score of "Wasted GDP in the USA" exceeds 1000

The Altmetric score of my article "Wasted GDP in the USA" has now exceeded 1000, currently standing at 1009 (+14 since Wednesday). This is based on mentions by 1610 X users (1850 posts), 3 news outlets, 2 Redittors, and 11 on Mendeley (cf. more detailed metrics).

The article has had 8.709 Accesses or reads (+ 845 since Wednesday).

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"Wasted GDP in the USA" trending again; shared 2-300 more times on Twitter; Altmetric score now 995

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Today I have had half a writing day of sorts, devoted to exploring further mentions of my article "Wasted GDP in the USA", cf. the two previous posts about media and Twitter appearances.

"Wasted GDP in the USA" referenced in Mongabay news story and podcast; and South Africa Today

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA" is referenced in the news story "Can ‘degrowth’ solve our ecological, social & economic problems?" by Mike DiGirolamo and Rachel Donald which was published on the international environmental issues news site Mongabay on January 30th, along with a podcast featuring economist Timothée Parrique, who is currently based at Lund University, Sweden. In the podcast, Timothée talks about my research around 18m30s - 21m40s, and later on, around 59m - 1h05m, Mike and Rachel discuss it.

The Mongabay article has been republished by South Africa Today on February 2nd.

Excerpts:

Recent research indicates that the United States wastes 65% of its economic output on things that do not provide essential or quality-of-life needs, bolstering the argument that the economy could be strongly scaled back to decrease its impact on the environment. 

Research published in the journal Humanities and Social Sciences Communications finds that just in the United States, trillions of dollars are wasted on things that do not improve the quality of life for Americans. Podcast guest Timothée Parrique, an economist and researcher at the Lund University School of Economics and Management, argues this is strong evidence that the United States (and other wealthy, industrialized nations) could significantly scale back production and consumption, thereby decreasing their impact on the planet’s stretched ecological limits — the Planetary Boundaries — allowing low- and middle-income nations the latitude they need to raise their standards of living.

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA" has now been referred to in media based in the USA, Spain, and South Africa, in addition to Mongabay.

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

"Wasted GDP in the USA" mentioned in Counterpunch news story 

"Wasted GDP in the USA" trending again; shared 2-300 more times on Twitter; Altmetric score now 995

 My article "Wasted GDP in the USA", published in October last year, is trending on Altmetric again, according to the homepage of Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, where it was published. The article now has an Altmetric score of 995 (+162 since November 17th and also since quite recently), and Accesses (i.e., reads) is up to 7.864 (+2.720 since November 25th and up more than 1.000 over the last week or so). 

The article has now been mentioned in 1.826 tweets by 1.590 X users, 2 Redditers, 11 on Mendeley, and 3 news outlets (cf. Online attention details). 2 new news outlets are now listed, Mongabay and (reused in) South Africa Today. "Wasted GDP in the USA" is referenced in a news story and podcast that was first published on Mongabay January 30th.

On X, still known as Twitter, my article has been shared about 2-300 times over the last couple of days. Many of these have reposted a tweet by Kasper B.R.Bjørkskov posted this Monday, which has been viewed more than 23.000 times, reposted 268 times and has 600 likes. Among others, it was reposted by climate scientist Kevin Anderson, who has some 80.000 followers.

The tweeters that have shared the article include 75 scientists and 26 science communicators. The article has been shared the most in Spain, the USA, Colombia and the United Kingdom.

"Wasted GDP in the USA" included in collection "Towards a wellbeing economy"

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA" appears to have been included in the Humanities & Social Sciences Communications Collection "Towards a wellbeing economy", which has submission deadline December 31st and is edited by Milena Büchs, Theocharis Kromydas, Hiroaki Matsuura, Prajal Pradhan & Claudimar Pereira da Veiga. For now, 8 articles are included in the collection.