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)

5,000 reads of chapter "Introduction: The semiotics of animal representations" on ResearchGate

According to ResearchGate our chapter "Introduction: The semiotics of animal representations" (co-written with Kadri Tüür) has reached 5,000 reads on their platform.  Read the chapter here.

"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)

30.000 reads on ResearchGate

 My research items have reached 30.000 reads on ResearchGate. This is about 3.500 more than 9 months ago, and about 20.000 more than by 2021.

See my Researchgate profile here.

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: "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009) reaches 100 citations

According to my Google Scholar profile, my article "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009), the signature article from my ph.d. work (completed and defended 2011), has now reached 100 citations, with 12 of them being from 2024. This is my first text to reach 100 citations. On Springer´s count, the article has been accessed more than 6.000 times.

"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.

"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

My 10 most accessed articles with Springer Nature; ca. 44.000 accesses combined

These are my most accessed articles published by Springer Nature according to info from their editorial system Snapp:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Combined these 10 articles have been accessed 44.184 times to date. Of these, 26.116 accesses concerns articles published in Biosemiotics.

"Wasted GDP in the USA" close to 5000 reads

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA" now has 4.910 Article accesses. This is up 1.211 since Monday morning and up 1.892 since last Friday. Nice development.

"The ethics of laying hen genetics" with 2.500 reads on ResearchGate

The article "The ethics of laying hen genetics", which I co-wrote and which was published in Journal of agricultural and environmental ethics, has reached 2.500 reads on ResearchGate. It has been read about 13.000 times on the journal´s homepage.

"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)

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

My article "Wasted GDP in the USA" is gaining some traction after Jason Hickel posted about the article on Thursday November 9th. His initial tweet has been retweeted 266 times, liked by 668, and viewed some 45.000 times.

According to the article metrics provided by the journal Humanities & Social Sciences Communications via Altmetric, the article now has 1.037 article accesses (vs. close to 400 a couple of days ago), and scores 157 on Online attention (Attention Score), with 268 tweeters engaged. This makes it ranked 3,301st of 278,350 tracked articles of similar age generally, and in the 1st percentile of 175 tracked articles of a similar age published in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.

Google Scholar: 886 citations; "The ethics of laying hen genetics" now 5th most cited paper

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 886 citations (+23 since February 3rd). This includes 31 citations so far in 2023 (+11 since February 3rd). 2022 now stands with 174 (+7 since February 2nd) and 2021 with 148 (+5). My h-index remains 17 and my i10-index 34. 

"The ethics of laying hen genetics", co-written with Mia Fernyhough, Christine Nicol, Teun van de Braak and Michael Toscano, is now my 5th most cited paper, with 37 citations since its publication in 2019, including 18 last year and 2 so far this year. With around 11.000 accesses, it is also probably my most read paper.

2-3 articles among Biosemiotics´ most accessed articles in 2020

My article "Current human ecology in the Amazon and beyond: A multi-scale ecosemiotic approach" was Biosemiotics´ 5th most accessed in 2020, and the 2nd most accessed article published in 2018-2020, with 1.298 article requests (total to date: 1.581).

"Jesper Hoffmeyer´s biosemiotic legacy", an editorial I co-wrote with Alexei Sharov and Timo Maran, ranks as no. 7 overall and as no. 4 among articles published in 2018-2020, with 1,141 article requests (total to date: 1.749). Finally, the editorial "Phenomenology and biosemiotics", also co-written with Sharov and Maran, ranks as no. 7 among articles published in 2018-2020, with 764 article requests (total to date: 2.762).

"The ethics of laying hen genetics" accessed more than 4.000 times

Our article "The ethics of laying hen genetics", published online in November 2019, has by now been accessed 4.155 times according to article metrics. The article is Open access.

Hoffmeyer editorial featured in Springer e-campaign

Our editorial "Jesper Hoffmeyers Biosemiotic Legacy" is featured, along with two other articles, in a Springer e-campaign for Biosemiotics (subject line: Read recent, highly accessed articles from Biosemiotics). The editorial has by now 1.098 accesses.

Laying hen ethics article accessed 2.563 times

Our Open Access article "The ethics of laying hen genetics" has 2.563 accesses to date.