A book review I have written has just been published in Biosemiotics.
Reference:
Tønnessen, Morten 2026. A primer on interspecies translation and animal welfare. Book review of Xany Jansen van Vuuren, Interpreting, communication and animal welfare. An ecosemiotic analysis of interspecies translation, De Gruyter Mouton 2025. Biosemiotics. Published online October 9th 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-026-09668-8
I have been notified, today, that my book review of Xany Jansen van Vuuren´s book Interpreting, communication and animal welfare. An ecosemiotic analysis of interspecies translation, has been accepted for publication by Biosemiotics.
Preliminary reference:
— Tønnessen, Morten, forthcoming. A primer on interspecies translation and animal welfare. Book review of Xany Jansen van Vuuren, Interpreting, communication and animal welfare. An ecosemiotic analysis of interspecies translation, De Gruyter Mouton 2025. Biosemiotics.
According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.681 citations (+21 since August 31st). This includes 112 citations so far in 2026 (+16 since August 31st). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 48. As of now, with 3 months to go, 2026 is my 6th best year in terms of annual citations (on the next two spots, 2016 and 2020 both currently stand with exactly 100 citations each).
According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.660 citations (+13 since July 31st). This includes 96 citations so far in 2026 (+11 since July 31st). My h-index remains 22 while my i10-index is now 48 (+1 since July 31st).
My 48th text to reach 10 citations appears to be "Introduction to the Special Issue Semiotics of Perception Being in the World of the Living—Semiotic Perspectives", co-written with Kati Lindström (2010).
I have received my author copy of my chapter "Ecological semiotics" which has now, two years after first being published, appeared as part of the 3rd edition of Elsevier´s Encyclopedia of Ecology.
Previous reference:
— Tønnessen, Morten 2024. Ecological semiotics. Chapter. Encyclopedia of Ecology (3rd edition) (Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences). Elsevier. 9 pp. Planned publication for encyclopedia volumes 2026 . Abstract online October 19th 2024; chapter published November 21st 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21964-1.00018-5.
New reference:
— Tønnessen, Morten 2026. Ecological Semiotics. In: Brian D. Fath (ed.) Encyclopedia of Ecology, 3rd Edition (Hardback ISBN: 9780443219641; eBook ISBN: 9780443219658), vol. 4, pp. 243–251. US: Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21964-1.00018-5
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
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
"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.
See also:
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)
I have been notified that the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in", which I have co-authored with Joakim Jiri Haaland, has been accepted for publication.
Preliminary reference:
Joakim Jiri Haaland and Morten Tønnessen, forthcoming. Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth.
According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.631 citations (+19 since May 28th). This includes 73 citations so far in 2026 (+9 since May 28th). My h-index remains 22 while my i10-index is now 47 (+1 since May 28th). My i10-index means that 47 of my texts have at least 10 citations each.
My latest articles/chapters to reach 10 citations are:
"Agency in biosemiotics and enactivism" (2016)
"Outline of an Uexküllian bio-ontology" (2001) - my very first scientific article
I have been notified that another article emerging from the LIve Better research consortium, featuring me as a co-author based on data collection in Norway, has been accepted for publication and is forthcoming in Emotion.
Preliminary reference:
— forthcoming, Maciej Górski et al. Cultural Variability In The Link Between Affect And Meaning In Life: Evidence From 69 Countries. Emotion.
According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.612 citations (+18 since April 30th). This includes 177 citations in 2025 (+5 since April 30tht) and 64 citations so far in 2026 (+13 since April 30th). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 46.
This means that I have now passed 1.600 citations. As for my Google Scholar history, on Google´s count I passed 1.000 citations in December 2023, 1.100 citations in April 2024, 1.200 citations in September 2024, 1.300 citations in January 2025, 1.400 citations in June 2025, and 1.500 citations in December 2025. For a detailed history further back (100-1000 citations, achieved 2016-2023), see my 2023 blog post "Google Scholar: 1000 citations; updated Google Scholar history".
According to my Google Scholar profile my research has to date attracted a total of 1.594 citations (+28 since March 31st). This includes 172 citations in 2025 (+5 since March 31st) and 51 citations so far in 2026 (+19 since March 31st). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 46.
My chapter "Semiotics in ethology and zoology", published in volume 2 of the 4 volume set Bloomsbury Semiotics, will later this year be republished in a Paperback edition. According to Bloomsbury Academic the Paperback edition will be available from September 7th, 2026 - but it can already be pre-ordered.
Updated reference:
Tønnessen, Morten 2022. Semiotics in ethology and zoology. Book chapter, in Bloomsbury Semiotics (4 volumes, ed. Jamin Pelkey), volume 2, Semiotics in the Natural and Technical Sciences (ed. Jamin Pelkey and Stéphanie Walsh Matthews), pp. 75–91. Bloomsbury Academic. Hardback edition 2022 (9781350139329); paperback edition 2026 (ISBN 9781350641853).
According to my Google Scholar profile my research has attracted a total of 1.566 citations (+12 since March 2nd). This includes 167 citations in 2025 (-1 since March 2nd) and 32 citations so far in 2026 (+12 since March 2nd). My h-index remains 22 and my i10-index 46.
Earlier this week, my essay "På sporet av en tapt fremtid" (roughly translating to "In search of a lost future"), which deals with longtermism, was published online in Salongen - nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie.
Reference:
— Tønnessen, Morten 2026. På sporet av en tapt fremtid. Essay. Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie (Salongen.no). Published March 9th 2026. URL: https://www.salongen.no/essay/pa-sporet-av-en-tapt-fremtid/262022
According to my Google Scholar profile my research has attracted a total of 1.554 citations (+17 since February 2nd). This includes 168 citations in 2025 (+3 since February 2nd) and 20 citations so far in 2026 (+6). My h-index is now 22 (+1 since February 2nd), while my i10-index remains 46. The h-index implies that 22 of my texts have been cited at least 22 times each.
The latest addition to my h-index list of publications appears to be "Methodology of zoosemiotics: Concepts, categorisations, models", which I co-wrote with Timo Maran, Kadri Tüür, Riin Magnus, Silver Rattasepp and Nelly Mäekivi and which was published in 2016. This chapter has according to Google Scholar´s count been cited 22 times, including two citations in 2025.
At year-end, according to my Google Scholar profile my research has attracted a total of 1.506 citations (+22 since December 1st). This includes 148 citations in 2025 (+17 since December 1st). As of now 2025 stands as my fifth best year in terms of number of citations, behind 2024 (226), 2022 (197), 2023 (186) and 2021 (154).
My h-index remains 21, while my i10-index is now 46 (+2 since December 1st). This implies that 46 of my scientific texts now have at least 10 citations each. The latest additions to the 10+ club appears to be "Agency in biosemiotics and enactivism" (10 citations) and "The evolutionary origin(s) of the Umwelt" (11 citations).
My most cited texts in 2025 as of now are:
1. Semiotic agency* 27
2. The ethics of laying hen genetics* 9
3. Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change 7
5. Current human ecology in the Amazon and beyond: A multi-scale ecosemiotic approach 5
5. Phenomenology and biosemiotics* 5
5. Recreation in the outdoors—exploring the friluftsliv experience of adolescents at residential care* 5
* co-authored
At the last year-end, in 2024, Google Scholar had me registered with a total of 1.251 citations. Since then my total citation count has increased by 255, my h-index has increased from 20 to 21, and my i10-index from 38 to 46 (i.e., by 8). Moreover, the number of items listed on my profile has increased from 136 to 175 (+39); this includes a few texts that are academic but not scientific.
See also:
1500+ citations (December 22nd)
Today I have been notified that my book review of Critical Realism for Health and Social Research, edited by May-Britt Solem and Dag Jenssen (Routledge, 2025) has been published in Fontene forskning.
Reference:
Tønnessen, Morten 2025: Kritisk realisme for viderekomne samfunnsvitere. Book review. Fontene forskning 2025 18 (2): 89–90.
According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile) my research has to date attracted 1.484 citations (+14 since November 3rd). This includes 131 citations so far in 2025 (+12 since November 3rd). My h-index remains 21 and my i10-index 44.
