#29; 2025 by now most-productive writing year on record

Today I have finished half an article writing day, with some 1.400 words written in the process of composing an abstract prepared in relation to an upcoming special issue of The Journal of Ethics, on the theme "Climate ethics: Prospects and Retrospectives". My paper is titled "The ethical case against Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)". This was writing day #29 this Autumn (starting July 1st).

Over the last days of this week I have also made a prioritised writing plan for the rest of this Autumn.

By now (or rather by the writing day I had August 8th, when I finished the Captured manuscript) I have written more in 2025 than any previous year on record. In 2021, when I worked on the book Semiotic agency, co-written with Alexei Sharov, among other writing projects, I logged 84.739 words written. By now in 2025 I have already logged 86.459 words written, mostly owing to my work on Captured.

#25

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 1.700 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. This is the 25th writing day I have had this Autumn, and the most productive ever in terms of words written on this book manuscript. The length of the manuscript passed 100.000 words altogether (while the contracted length is 80.000 words).

#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

#9

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 1.700 words written on my scientific monograph Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement. This is the ninhth writing day I have had this Autumn - and the number of words written today appears to be the highest on record for this manuscript. More importantly, I am progressing with completing sections and chapters.

#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).

#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).

Google Scholar: 642 citations, 132 in 2021; i10-index 26

According to Google scholar (cf. my profile) my research has by now attracted 642 citations (+12 since January 8th), including record-high 132 citations in 2021 (+8 since January 8th). My i10-index is now 26 (+1 since January 8th). My h-index remains 14.

So far 3 citations have been registered in 2022 publications (+3).

Google Scholar: 630 citations, of which 124 in 2021; i10-index 25

According to Google Scholar my research (cf. my profile) has by now attracted 630 citations (+15 since December 26). This includes 124 citations in 2021 (+14 since December 26). 

My i10-index is now 25 (+1 since December 26), meaning that 25 of my papers have been cited at least 10 times each.

My h-index remains 14.

Google Scholar: 615 citations, of which 110 in 2021

According to my Google Scholar profile, my research has to date attracted 615 citations (+5 since November 28th). Of these 110 are from 2021 (+1 since November 28th), a new annual record. The last record was made in 2016 (implying that citations of my work has since stagnated).

My h-index remains 14 and my i10-index 24.

100 items are listed on my profile.

These are the latest publications to reach 10 citations:

And these are my most cited publications:

Google Scholar: 109 citations in 2021, 610 in total, i10-index 24

According to Google scholar my work has by now attracted 610 citations (+8 since November 19th). This includes 109 citations in 2021 to date (+8 since November 19th). My i10-index is now 24 (+2, a new record) and my h-index 14 (-1 since November 19th). This means that 24 of my publications have been cited 10 times or more, and that 14 of my publications have been cited at least 14 times each.

My most cited article to date is "Umwelt transitions: Uexküll and environmental change" (2009, 49 citations). My most cited article in 2021 is "The ethics of laying hen genetics" (2019, I am last author; 13 citations).

100 items are listed on my Google profile.

Google Scholar: 2021 year with record number of citations

According to Google Scholar (cf. my profile), my research has as of now attracted 87 citations in 2021, making 2021 a year with a record number of citations (in 2016, I had 86 citations).

This is good, though a "breakthrough" trajectory should involve a record number of citations every year, not just now and then. Altogether my research has to date attracted 584 citations.

4 meetings

Today I have taken part in four meetings. This included a meeting on the accounts for 2020 and budget for 2021 for our department, and a meeting on inter-faculty collaboration on teaching in pedagogical psychology.

In total I´ve had 16 scheduled appointments this week - a record, I think.

#39

Today I have had an article writing day with some 1.400 words written on my Semiotic agency chapter "Human agency and ecology". December is by now the most productive month this autumn in terms of words written, with more than 10.000 words written this month. It is also the month with the highest number of writing days. Overall, the number of article writing days this autumn is up to 39.

Two more half writing days - total now 20,5

With half an article writing day yesterday, and half an article writing day today, this autumn´s total is now up to 20,5 article writing days, with 10 of them in October (a new record). Both (half) days I have been working on my article "Wasted growth - case study: The American nightmare". Some 300 words added today - meaning a table or two, with comments.

Record turnout at Arne Næss Kunnskapstørst event

Yesterday I delivered the paper "Hadde Arne Næss rett om miljøkrisen?" (Was Arne Næss right about the environmental crisis?) at Måltidets hus under the banner of Kunnskapstørst and Forskningsdagene. Some 40 people attended - from what I am told, this is the biggest turnout to date for a Kunnskapstørst event in the Stavanger region.