Title: The international impact of Manfred Max-Neef's scholarship: a bibliometric approach

Authors: María del Valle Barrera; Patricio Belloy; Benoit Mougenot; Jean Pierre Doussoulin

Addresses: Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, Institute of Economics, Austral University of Chile, Valdivia, Chile ' Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, Institute of Economics, Austral University of Chile, Valdivia, Chile ' Faculty of Business, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Perú ' Institute of Economics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Austral University of Chile, Valdivia, Chile; Research Group on the Use of Panel Data in Economics (ERUDITE EA 437), Université Gustave Eiffel Champs-sur-Marne, France

Abstract: This study is the first approach to measure and assess the global scholarly impact of Professor Manfred Max-Neef's work (1932-2019). Our research uses bibliometric analysis and the Scopus database to identify the interdisciplinarity and internationalisation of Max-Neef's ideas and recognise their contribution to human and sustainable development. We measure the impact in terms of quantity and quality of citing publications, international collaboration networks, and disciplinary areas influenced by Max-Neef's work. We acknowledge that this first analysis should be strengthened by adding sources of publications and by expanding the analysis to non-academic spaces, including transition initiatives and other social organisation practices.

Keywords: Max-Neef; human scale development; HSD; human development; sustainable development; transdisciplinarity; fundamental human needs; bibliometric analysis; wellbeing; ecological economics; transdisciplinary research.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2022.126458

International Journal of Sustainable Development, 2022 Vol.25 No.1/2, pp.1 - 29

Received: 17 Jun 2021
Accepted: 05 Mar 2022

Published online: 26 Oct 2022 *

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