Since 1993, Bangladeshi researchers and academics have contributed to only 117 books indexed in the Scopus database.
Bangladeshi researchers and academics contributed to the highest number of books, which is 22, in 2017. Bangladeshi academics contributed to the second-highest number of books, 16, in 2018 and the third-highest, 15, in 2013. Bangladeshi academics contributed to no book in the years 1994-2005.
More than 17 crores people, 0nly 117 books over 25 years. How is this number?
Authors
Hakikur Rahman from Brac University has contributed to the highest number of books, which is 7. Mohammad Anwar Hossain from Bangladesh Agriculture University has contributed to the second-highest number of 6 books and Towhid Khan Osman from University of Chittagong has contributed to 4 books.
3. Institutions
Academics from the University of Dhaka have contributed to the highest number of 25 books, from the University of Chittagong have contributed to 11 books and that from North South University have contributed to 8 books. Academics from Bangladesh Agriculture University have contributed to 7 books.
Country
Bangladeshi academics contributed to these books in collaboration with academics from Japan (14), United States (14) and United Kingdom (9), Australia (8) and our neighbor India (8).
Subject area
Social scientists contributed to the highest number of 57 books, economist and financial experts contributed to the second-highest number of 23 books and academics from Bussiness and Environmental Sciences contributed to the third-highest number of 19 books and Engineers to 18 books.
Hundred and seventeen (117) books from over 170 million people over 25 years, a very poor number. Need to devise the policy to improve the contribution from our academics to the global knowledge pool.
