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Researcher · Centre for the Study of Developing Societies · India

Sudhir Kakar

Sudhir Kakar publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Philosophy, on topics such as Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Indian History and Philosophy and Indian and Buddhist Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-7932-1947 OpenAlex
World rank
#809,286
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in India
#12,495
of 44,512
Works
32
Citations
30
Citations per work
0.9

What does Sudhir Kakar research?

Sociology and Political Science: 14.6%Social Psychology: 12.2%Philosophy: 9.8%Visual Arts and Performing Arts: 7.3%other fields: 56.1%15%top field
Sociology and Political Science14.6%Social Psychology12.2%Philosophy9.8%Visual Arts and Performing Arts7.3%other fields56.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science15% of their works
  2. 2Social Psychology12% of their works
  3. 3Philosophy10% of their works
  4. 4Visual Arts and Performing Arts7% of their works
  5. 5General Psychology7% of their works
  6. 6Religious studies7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sudhir Kakar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Religion, History, Psychology, Philosophy, Epistemology, Science, Archetypes and Buddhism.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion63 topics
  2. History52 topics
  3. Psychology52 topics
  4. Philosophy42 topics
  5. Epistemology31 topic
  6. Science31 topic
  7. Archetypes21 topic
  8. Buddhism21 topic
  9. Gandhi21 topic
  10. Innovation Ecosystem21 topic
  11. Interdependence21 topic
  12. Nonviolence21 topic
  13. Public Sphere21 topic
  14. Quadruple Helix21 topic
  15. Secularism21 topic
  16. South Asia21 topic
  17. Sustainability21 topic
  18. Unconscious21 topic
  19. Helminth Infections11 topic
  20. Schistosomiasis11 topic

Where does Sudhir Kakar work?

Sudhir Kakar's main affiliation in the publication record is Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India.

How many publications and citations does Sudhir Kakar have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 30 citations for Sudhir Kakar, ranking #809,286 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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