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

#1; environmental semiotics chapter revised

Over the last four days I have completed what amounts to an article writing day, the first in the Autumn semester. In the process of taking part in revising the book chapter "Environmental Semiotics", which I co-write with Jonathan Beever, I added some 800 words to the manuscript (we also shortened the title). Moreover, I also composed five bullet points concerning practical implications related to the article "Friluftsliv in Therapeutic Residential Care: When Staff Take Youth Out to Find a Way In", which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland and which has since been published (cf. separate post).

"Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care" article published in Residential Treatment for Children & Youth

The article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in", which I have co-written as second author, has now been published. This is Joakim´s third article in his ph.d. thesis work, and the second article on use of friluftsliv in residential care (child protection) I have co-authored. The article is Open Access. 

Reference:

— Joakim Jiri Haaland and Morten Tønnessen 2026. Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth. Published online July 29th 2026. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886571X.2026.2707082 

Second co-authored friluftsliv article accepted for journal publication

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.

#43,5

Today I have had half an article writing day devoted to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: When staff take youth out to find a way in", which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland in relation to his ph.d. thesis. This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 43,5, including 26 article writing days.

All together I logged 4.835 words written in May, the most in a month so far this Spring. For now in 2026 I have logged 14.078 words written.

#3,5

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 100 words added to the article "Når gode råd er plagsomme" (When good advice is bothersome) which I co-write with Svein Tuastad. Most importantly, I started conducting the media search and analysis related to the article´s climate policy case study.

I also communicated with Store Norske Leksikon editorial staff on my assignments for 2026, and read and assessed peer-reviews (organised by Residential Treatment for Children & Youth) of the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: When staff take youth out to find a way in", which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland.

This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 3,5, including 2,5 article writing days. 

#37,5

Over the last couple of days I have had half an article writing day, with work done on an article on refugees in Europe, and a little thinking concerning my planned climate ethics article and an article on friluftsliv in child protection services.

#29,5

Today I have had half an article writing day, with work done on the revision of the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: When staff take youth out to find a way in", which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland. This was writing day #29,5 this Autumn (starting July 1st).

Google Scholar: 1.419 citations, 43 texts cited 10+ times

According to my Google Scholar profile, my research has now attracted 1.419 citations (+12 since July 1st). This includes 78 citations so far in 2025 (+15 since July 1st). My h-index remains 21 while my i10-index is now 43 (+1). 

My 43rd text to reach 10 citations is the article "Recreation in the outdoors—exploring the friluftsliv experience of adolescents at residential care" which I co-wrote with Joakim Jiri Haaland.

#62

Today I have spent half an article writing day editing the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: When staff take youth out to find a way in", which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland. Hopefully this article is now completed. I also had a look at reviewer feedback on a rejected article from the "Live better" research consortium which I take part in. 

So far this Spring I have had 62 writing days, including 9 article writing days.

#61,5

Today I have had a book writing day, with work done on the article now titled "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: When staff take youth out to find a way in" which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland. So far this Spring I have had 61,5 writing days, including 8,5 article writing days.

#27,5

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 500 words added to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in" which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland. 

So far this Autumn I have had 27,5 writing days including 13 article writing days.

By now, with 42.417 words written logged this year to date, I have written more in 2024 than in any of the five previous years except for 2020, when I wrote 84.739 words. So far this Autumn I have written more than 16.000 words altogether.

#26

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 100 words added to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in" which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland. I have also had a work meeting related to the article "Når gode råd er plagsomme Regjeringens holdning til ekspertråd i omstridte politiske saker" which I co-write with Svein Tuastad.

So far this Autumn I have had 26 writing days including 12 article writing days.

Altogether in October I had 11 writing days, whereof 6 book writing days and 5 article writing days, and logged 5.895 words written.

So far in 2024, I have logged 41.270 which is more than in the full year 2021 (41.178).

#18

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 700 words added to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in", which I am co-writing with Joakim Jiri Haaland. So far this Autumn I have had 18 writing days including 8,5 article writing days.  Altogether I have now logged more than 1.000 words written so far in October, and more than 3.000 words altogether on the mentioned article.

#15

Today I have had an article writing day with work done on the second article on friluftsliv and child welfare which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland. So far this Autumn I have had 15 writing days including 7 article writing days. 

Altogether in September I had 6 writing days (3,5 book writing days and 2,5 article writing days) and logged 3.524 words written. So far this Autumn I have logged 9.302 words written.

#13,5

Today I have had half an article writing day and half a book writing day, with some 50 words added to an article on friluftsliv and child welfare which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland, and some 150 words added to my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Autumn I have had 13,5 writing days including 7,5 book writing days and 6 article writing days. 

#7,5

Today I have had half an article writing day, with some 250 words added to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in" which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland. So far this Autumn I have had 7,5 writing days including 4 article writing days and 3,5 book writing days.

#6,5

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in" which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland, with some 300 words written in net terms. So far this Autumn I have had 6,5 writing days including 3 article writing days and 3,5 book writing days, with more than 4.000 words written altogether.

#46,5; Spring summary; ca. 26.000 words written in Spring 2024

Today I have had a writing day, the final one this Spring, consisting of half an article writing day, with some writing plans made for the autumn and minor work on the editorial for the upcoming special issue of Biosemiotics "Umwelt theory and phenomenology" which I co-edit with Carlo Brentari, as well as on the second article on friluftsliv and child protection that I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland, and half a book writing day, with some work done related to my book manuscript Captured: CCS and the fight for the sould of the environmental movement.

Altogether this Spring I have had 46,5 writing days, with 2,5 of these being logged as book article days (vs. 7,5 planned initially) and 44 as article writing days (vs. 40 planned initially). Altogether I had one less writing day than initially planned (46,5 vs. 47,5).

With 1.709 words written in June, the least any month this semester, in Spring 2024 I have altogether logged 26.073 words written. This is almost 3.000 words more than in Spring 2023, but significantly below the ca. 36.000 words I wrote in the first half year of 2020 or the ca. 45.000 words I wrote in the Spring semester that year with the first half of July included.

#40; Bloomsbury book contract for CCS book finalized

Today I have had an article writing day devoted to the article "Friluftsliv in therapeutic residential care: Taking adolescents out to find a way in", which I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland, with some 1.100 words added to the text.

I also signed - again, and this time it was finalized on both ends - a book contract with Bloomsbury Academic for my book project Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement, which I will write over the next 12 months.