Publication points 2023 - #6 at department; #2 among professors

I have just looked at the publication points results at my department and faculty for 2023. With 3,4 publication points, from 2 journal articles and 2 book chapters, I rank as #6 at University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies in terms of publication points overall, and #2 among professors employed at the department.

With 5,1 publication points, Sarah Hean (professor of social work) had the most publication points among the professors of the department. With 6,5 publication points, Francesco Margoni (associate professor of psychology) did best by this measure overall.

2,2 publication points in 2022

In 2022 I got 2,2 publication points in the Norwegian publication system (0,5 point for a co-authored article, 1 point for a Routledge chapter and 1 point for another chapter). See my profile in the Current Research information System in Norway.

6th most publishing researcher at Faculty of social sciences in 2021

According to the forthcoming research report of the faculty, I was the 6th most-publishing researcher at Faculty of social sciences in 2021, with 6,6 publication points. The scientific publications that counted in this regard were one co-authored book (Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism) and two journal articles. I was the third most-publishing scholar from Department of social studies.

Research committee meeting attended; input given to publications assessment guidelines

Today I have attended the research committee (forskningsutvalget) meeting at University of Stavanger. This included giving input to guidelines for the university library´s assessment of scientific publications as part of the Norwegian "publication points" system.

Records for publication points at UIS; Faculty of social sciences

The University of Stavanger is credited with more publication points than ever before, for 2019, cf. news story. 1298 points for the university as a whole. Faculty of social sciences did particularly well compared to 2018, with an increase from 89 to 126 publication points.

Nationally UIS is no. 3 measured by publication points per scholar among the bigger institutions, only behind University of Oslo and University of Bergen. UIS had 1,36 points per scholar in 2019.

"What can be known about future Umwelten?" published in issue; 2019 Cristin reporting finalized

My article "What can be known about future Umwelten?" has now been assigned to an issue of The American Journal of Semiotics. Specifically, it appears in no. 35 (3-4), the last, double issue of the 2019 volume. Full reference:

Tønnessen, Morten 2019. What can be known about future Umwelten? The American Journal of Semiotics 35(3-4): 401–429. Published online January 30th 2020. DOI: 10.5840/ajs202012359.

 Being included in my 2019 reporting to the Current Research Information System in Norway (Cristin), this means I have 3 articles qualifying for "publication points" - and altogether 2,6 publication poins for 2019.

Cristin 2018: 1 publication point; lowest ever

In 2018 I got 1 publication point, for a level 2 anthology chapter (published by Brill Academic Publishers). This is the lowest level of publication points I have ever received (the previous low was 1,8 publication points). The low outcome is a result of a focus, in relation to use of Outstanding Young Researchers (Yngre Fremragende Forskere) funds, on long-term planning and development of a new research path (welfare research) supplementing my focus on environmental and animal issues, combined with timing of ongoing article projects and relatively little time for research in 2017 (2018 was much better in this respect). 

1,0 publication points is below the UIS average for faculty (1,2) but above the average at Faculty of Social Sciences (0,7) for 2018. This is the first time I have less than the UiS average. With 1 publication point, I rank as no. 9 (with two colleagues - so, top 11) at Department of social studies.

Attended annual meeting of National academic council for philosophy and history of ideas

Yesterday I attended, for the first time, Norway´s National academic council for philosophy and history of ideas (Nasjonalt fagråd for filosofi og idéhistorie), as University of Stavanger´s representative. The meeting took place in Kristiansand, at University of Agder. Something like 7-8 institutions all over Norway were represented. This meeting happens only once a year, and is responsible for proposing classification of journals and publishing houses at level 1 and 2 in the Norwegian publication point system, among other things.

Most-publishing researcher at department; #3 at faculty

According to Cristin reporting for 2017, I was the most-publishing researcher at Department of social studies, with 4,8 publication points (6 publications), and 3rd most-publishing at Faculty of social science (which now consists of only 3 departments).

Top 5 for Faculty of social sciences:

#1 Kjell Hausken (SV-IMS/TN-IØRP) 10,6 points (9 publications)

#2 Lennart Rosenlund (SV-IMS) 5,0 points (3 publications)

#3 Morten Tønnessen (SV-IS) 4,8 points (6 publications)

#4 Svein Tuastad (SV-IS) 4,3 points (8 publications)

#5 Bjørn Ivar Kruke (SV-IMS) 3,6 points (7 publications)

Cake

Today we were served cake at Department of social studies, sponsored by the Faculty of social sciences, the leadership of which is happy about our relative progress in producing publication points.

Forskningsindeksen metrics and rankings as of 2016

According to Forskningsindeksen, as of 2016 I had 18.51 publication points the last 10 years (NB: I have only reported to Cristin, the Norwegian system, since 2012). This made me #2758 in Norway and #159 at University of Stavanger (UiS). In 2016 I was #77 at UiS and #1362 in the country, according to the same metrics, with 4.57 publication points.

Data for 2017 are not yet available in Forskningsindeksen.

Publication point statistics for 2017

Publication point statistics by faculty and department were just released internally. These show a new record for University of Stavanger, with 1.021 publication points, and for Department of social studies, with 27,4 points.

As far as I understand my 2017 publications were credited with 4,8 publication points, given the new system (which rewards international co-authorship). This means I was responsible for 18% of the publication points of my department, and 5% of the publication points credited to Faculty of social sciences.

Cristin reporting for 2017

I have just finished registering entries for 2017 in Cristin. All together 28 entries, including seven articles that should give publication points.

Here are my 2017 entries. All together I have some 176 entries in Cristin (an average of 29,3/year since I started reporting in 2012).

Publication points for 2017 - estimate

According to my preliminary calculations, I should get about 3,5-3,6 publication points (old method) for 2017. So far 3 articles with 1,1-1,2 publication points have been reported and approved, four more remain to be reported.

CRIStin reporting for 2016

For 2016, I (initially) registered 33 entries in CRIStin, including 11 that I supposed would result in publication points. My 2016 reporting is available here, my overall reporting in CRIStin (some 153 entries) here.

University library meeting attended

Today I have taken part in a meeting of the publication committee of the University library of Stavanger concerning a complaint on a decision to not give publication points to contributions to an anthology. Five people were present, including three from the library.

Provisionary member of university library complaint committee

I have agreed to be member of a committee that is to consider a complaint after a book (anthology) was rejected in regard to publication points by the university library of Stavanger. The case concerns 23 articles, 19 authors.

Preliminary results for 2016 publication points (CRIStin)

Preliminary reporting to Current Research Information System in Norway (CRIStin) shows that I currently stand with an estimated 2,4 publication points with the old system, and 3,5 publication points with the new system.

At University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies, this means that for now I appear to be 2nd most-publishing scholar according to the old system, and 2rd most-publishing (along with another scholar - so, top 3) according to the new system.

There are still two or three articles/chapters I have to report, but I am not sure whether they will be counted as 2016 or 2017 publications.

Even less publication points

It appears I will only be credited with some 2,25 publication points for 2015. This is because a book chapter I wrote, "Umwelt and language", was not registered in the Current Research Information System in Norway (CRIStin) with a reported and approved publication channel (Springer Science+Business Media is publishing the Biosemiotics book series, but this book title was registered with Springer International Publishing).

My actual publication activity in 2015, formalities not withstanding (including a publication channel I should have reported, but didn´t), amounts to 3,80 publication points.

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CRIStin reporting for 2015 - 34 entries

CRIStin reporting for 2015 - 34 entries

Today I made registrations of academic activities in 2015 in CRIStin, the Current Research Information System In Norway. 34 activities altogether, down 2 from 2014. In total I have made 120 registrations since I started reporting to Cristin in 2012.

I expect 2,80 publication points for 2015. It could have been 1 more, if I had remembered to propose Chinese Semiotic Studies as a publication channel within the deadline November 30th last year (I thought I did).

Here is my profile in CRIStin.