Scientometric study of books authored by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen

Sinha, Atanu Kumar

Abstract

The paper presents the scientometric portrait of Bharat Ratna Amartya Sen, also a Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences, based on the books published by him. During the period 1960-2015, Sen produced 43 books either singly or collaboratively. Jean Dreze is Sen’s most prominent collaborator. The highest number of books (27.92%) was published during 2000-2009. Although most of his books were published in English, a number of his books have been translated into several Indian and foreign languages. Most of his books (20.94%) are on social problems, followed by politics and government (13.95%) and financial economics (11.63%).


Keyword(s)

Quantitative analysis; Authorship/editorship pattern; Publication productivity; Nobel laureate; Bharat Ratna; Amartya Sen; Economic sciences

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