#62

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 2900 words added to the manuscript while finishing (and then submitting) my book chapter "Ecosemiotic questions: Towards a comprehensive description of the complexity and creativity of life". This brings the number of writing days this Spring up to 62 including 35,5 article writing days.

This was the most productive writing day this Spring in terms of words written (not coincidentally, today was also my longest workday this Spring - before my summer vacation which starts tomorrow). Altogether I logged 15.864 words written in June, over 18,5 writing days (the most any month this Spring). This Spring I logged a total of 29.942 words written, which is more than any Spring since 2019 except 2020 and 2025.

#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.

Google scholar: 1600+ citations

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".

#31

Today I´ve had what ended up as half an article writing day, with some rearrangement of writing day plans done, some 100 words added to my book review of Interpreting, Communication and Animal Welfare for Biosemiotics, and some 100 words added to my manuscript "Prospective lifeworld-oriented studies of contested climate pasts and futures" which is aimed for a special issue of Journal of Cognitive Historiography about "Cognition and Evolution in Historical and Social Research".

This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 31, including 22 article writing days. In April, I logged only 5,5 writing days (specifically, 4,5 article writing days and 1 book writing day), and 812 words written.

#21,5

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 200 words atted to the refugee-themed article I am co-writing with Maren Sagvaag Retland, "The rights and living conditions of unaccompanied minor migrants in the Schengen Area", and some key readings done. This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 21,5, including 15,5 article writing days.

This concludes my academic writing in February, which added up to 4.816 words written over 11 writing days (8.002 words so far this year).

#54,5

Today I have had an article writing day with some 500 words added to the environmental semiotics chapter I am co-writing with Jonathan Beever, which we are finishing and submitting today. This brings the final accumulated number of writing days this Autumn (starting July 1st) up to #54,5, with a total of 22,5 of the writing days devoted to article writing, and 32 writing days devoted to book writing.

December totals: 6.152 words written

Autumn totals: 42.010 words written

Year totals: 98.777 words written (the most on record)

#43,5

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 100 words added to the chapter on environmental semiotics which I co-write with Jonathan Beever. I also proof-read my forthcoming chapter "Steffens´ early outlook reconsidered. Nature conceptions of the industrial-age Anthropocene", volunteered to write a book review for Biosemiotics, and considered a call for papers on the history of climate economics from the journal Œconomia – History | Methodology | Philosophy.

This was writing day #43,5 this Autumn (starting July 1st), with a total of 12,5 of the writing days devoted to article writing to date. According to current plans, this concludes my writing days in November, with a paltry 3 writing days altogether, and 654 words written.

#40,5

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 850 words added to a book review I am writing for Fontene Forskning of the book Critical Realism for Health and Social Reseach (eds. May-Britt Solem and Dag Jenssen). I finished and submitted the book review, titled "Kritisk realisme for viderekomne samfunnsvitere". Altogether in October I logged 2.077 words written. This was writing day #40,5 this Autumn (starting July 1st), with a total of 11 of the writing days devoted to article writing to date.

#36

Today I have had half a book writing day, with some 250 words added to my book manuscript in spe Being and Sign, and a draft made of the table of contents. This was writing day #36 this Autumn (starting July 1st), with a total of 29 book writing days, to date.

This rounds up September, with 3.435 words written and 7 writing days (of which 6 article writing days).

#21; records in July in terms of no. of writing days, words written

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 700 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. This is the 21st writing day I have had this Autumn.

This month I have logged 17.610 words written. This is a new record. The previous record (16.832 words) was set in May.

Moreover, 21 writing days in a month, all book writing days, is also a record. The previous record (17,5 writing days) was likewise set in May.

See also:

#60; record May totals

#60; record May totals

Today I have had half a book writing day, with some 500 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 60 writing days, including 52,5 book writing days.

In May, I had 17,5 writing days, all devoted to this book manuscript (a record), and logged 16.832 words written (also a record, at least in living memory).

#59

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 800 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 59 writing days, including 51,5 book writing days.

I have logged more than 16.000 words written so far this month.

By now in 2025, I have written in excess of 50.000 words.

#55,5

Today I have had half a book writing day, with some 300 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 55,5 writing days, including 48 book writing days.

By now in May I have written more than any other month in recent memory (at the very least since 2019, which is what my records in this context go back to).

#42,5

Today I have had half a book writing day, with some 500 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. I have also had half an article writing day devoted to finishing my selection of text for a Spanish translation of my journal article "The biosemiotic glossary project: Agent, agency" (first published in Biosemiotics, 8(1), 2015).

So far this Spring I have had 42,5 writing days, including 35 book writing days and 7,5 article writing days.

Altogether in April I logged some 8.456 words written (spread on 11,5 writing days), including 8.372 words on Captured. So far this year I´ve added more than 33.000 words to my monograph.

#31; 13.000+ words written in March

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 900 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. I also watched the webinar "Quantifying and mitigating subsurface risk in CO2 storage projects", organized by Finding Petroleum/Carbon Capture Journal. 

So far this Spring I have had 31 writing days, including 26 book writing days. In March, I had a total of 14,5 writing days (possibly a record?), including 13 book writing days, and I logged 13.393 words written altogether (a new record in terms of monthly total as far as I can tell), of which 13.017 words written on my monograph manuscript.

#28,5

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 800 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 28,5 writing days, including 24 book writing days.

By now in March, I have logged 11.244 words written altogether during writing days, which I believe is a new montly record in terms of academic writing (the last record appears to have been 11.225 words written in December 2020).

#12; "Captured" about 40% completed

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 900 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. So far this Spring I have had 12 writing days, including 9,5 book writing days. These are also the total number of writing days for January, which has now come to an end.

Altogether in January I logged 8.675 words written, including 8.123 words written on Captured. This is a record in terms of words written on my monograph in one month, and about twice as much as the record in Autumn 2024 with regard to Captured. I am almost on course, given the due date June 1st. Altogether I have now written more than 30.000 words on Captured, which is about 40% of the expected full length of the manuscript.

#9,5

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 800 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement, and an interview conducted. So far this Spring I have had 9,5 writing days, including 7,5 book writing days. By now this month I have written more than 6.000 words on Captured.

#7

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 900 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. I also assessed how much I have written on each of the 12 chapters by now, and "where" I should focus on writing going forward. 

So far this Spring I have had 7 writing days, including 5,5 book writing days. By now in January, I have written more on the book in terms of words written than in any single month in Autumn 2024, but I still have to write considerably more by the end of this month.

#33,5

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 550 words added to my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. I also attended a webinar on CCS. So far this Autumn I have had 33,5 writing days including 19 book writing days. 

Altogether in November I had 7,5 writing days, including 5 book writing days and 2,5 article writing days, with 4.580 words written logged, of which 3.954 words written on Captured. The latter is slightly more than what I wrote in August and October, and the best month so far in terms of words written on this book (though I´ll have to write more in the coming months to stay on schedule).