Amitava Kumar

467 total citations
28 papers, 188 citations indexed

About

Amitava Kumar is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Amitava Kumar has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 188 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 3 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Amitava Kumar's work include South Asian Studies and Conflicts (2 papers), South Asian Cinema and Culture (2 papers) and Digital Games and Media (1 paper). Amitava Kumar is often cited by papers focused on South Asian Studies and Conflicts (2 papers), South Asian Cinema and Culture (2 papers) and Digital Games and Media (1 paper). Amitava Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Amitava Kumar's co-authors include Michaël Ryan, Aparajita Dasgupta, Malay K. Das, Aparna Pandey, Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo, Arundhati Roy, Dinesh D'Souza, Malay K. Das, Kaushik Sarkar and Aparajita Dasgupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Critical Inquiry, American Literature and American Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Amitava Kumar

19 papers receiving 109 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amitava Kumar United States 6 79 32 31 23 19 28 188
Valerie Smith United States 4 103 1.3× 40 1.3× 27 0.9× 10 0.4× 18 0.9× 14 196
Julia Emberley Canada 8 112 1.4× 30 0.9× 20 0.6× 11 0.5× 11 0.6× 23 211
Georges Minois France 8 59 0.7× 25 0.8× 18 0.6× 8 0.3× 18 0.9× 44 202
Carine M. Mardorossian United States 7 116 1.5× 62 1.9× 19 0.6× 8 0.3× 13 0.7× 16 270
Ángel Gabilondo Spain 6 68 0.9× 33 1.0× 18 0.6× 9 0.4× 31 1.6× 17 238
Sonya Andermahr United Kingdom 5 83 1.1× 48 1.5× 14 0.5× 10 0.4× 19 1.0× 15 179
Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi United States 6 83 1.1× 31 1.0× 23 0.7× 7 0.3× 17 0.9× 12 204
Ravina Aggarwal United States 7 113 1.4× 18 0.6× 89 2.9× 43 1.9× 34 1.8× 11 263
Judith Plaskow United States 7 114 1.4× 11 0.3× 26 0.8× 4 0.2× 38 2.0× 20 209
Ngāhuia Te Awekotuku New Zealand 8 67 0.8× 13 0.4× 7 0.2× 8 0.3× 9 0.5× 28 167

Countries citing papers authored by Amitava Kumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amitava Kumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amitava Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amitava Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amitava Kumar based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Amitava Kumar. Amitava Kumar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kumar, Amitava. (2020). Every Day I Write the Book: Notes on Style. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University).
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Kumar, Amitava. (2015). Lunch With a Bigot.
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Dasgupta, Aparajita, et al.. (2015). Domestic Violence and its Determinants: A cross-sectional study among women in a slum of Kolkata. Indian Journal of Community Health. 27(3). 334–340. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava. (2015). Facebook Fictions. American book review/˜The œAmerican book review. 36(6). 10–24. 1 indexed citations
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Dasgupta, Aparajita, et al.. (2015). Composite index of anthropometric failure and its important correlates: a study among under-5 children in a slum of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health. 4(3). 414–414. 16 indexed citations
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Dasgupta, Aparajita, et al.. (2014). Effectiveness of Health Education on Knowledge Regarding Rabies among Health Workers of West Bengal.. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research. 4(12). 26–34. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava. (2013). Bombay--London--New York. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava. (2010). A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb. 12 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava. (2010). Nobody Does the Right Thing.
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Kumar, Amitava. (2010). A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava. (2004). Husband Of A Fanatic: A Personal Journey Through India, Pakistan, Love, And Hate. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava, et al.. (2002). Sexual practices other than peno-vaginal sex: perceptions and practices in an urban community.. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 27(4). 177. 3 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava & Hanif Kureishi. (2001). A Bang and a Whimper: A conversation with Hanif Kureishi. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University).
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Kumar, Amitava. (2001). Nothing to Write Home About. Amerasia Journal. 28(1). 180–189. 4 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava. (2000). Light Writing and Life Writing: Photography in Autobiography. American Literature. 72(3). 666–667. 21 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava. (2000). Passport Photos. 26 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava. (1999). Poetics/Politics: Radical Aesthetics for the Classroom. 4 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava, Amy Kaplan, & Donald E. Pease. (1995). In Praise of the Consciousness Industry. American Quarterly. 47(4). 750–750. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amitava. (1990). Towards Postmodern Marxist Theory: Ideology, State, and the Politics of Critique. Rethinking Marxism. 3(3-4). 149–155.
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Kumar, Amitava, et al.. (1989). Politics and culture. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 55 indexed citations

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