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Martha Craven Nussbaum

Martha Craven Nussbaum

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Social Sciences and Humanities
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
113
Citations
95302
World Ranking
37
National Ranking
21

Martha Craven Nussbaum publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martha Craven Nussbaum sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 764 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Martha Craven Nussbaum D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martha Craven Nussbaum sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 113 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2021 - Holberg Prize, Government of Norway "for her groundbreaking contribution to research in philosophy, law and related fields."
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1980 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Martha Craven Nussbaum is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a particular focus on sociology and political science, philosophy, education, law, and history. Their work covers various topics such as income, poverty, and inequality; law in society and culture; feminist epistemology and gender studies; poverty, education, and child welfare; social and economic development in India; education and critical thinking development; and Indian history and philosophy.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • "Aristotle's De Motu Animalium" (2020), published by Princeton University Press eBooks
  • "El conocimiento del amor" (2022), published in Estudios de Filosofía
  • "Can There Be Friendship Between Human Beings and Wild Animals?" (2021), published in Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
  • "Filozofska istraživanja" (2021), published in Filozofska istraživanja
  • "Norsk litteraturvitenskapelig tidsskrift" (2021), published in Norsk litteraturvitenskapelig tidsskrift

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti
  • John Tasioulas
  • Julian Culp
  • Armen T. Marsoobian
  • Chelsea Harry

They have published extensively in several venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Metaphilosophy
  • Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
  • Journal of Contextual Economics - Schmollers Jahrbuch
  • Princeton University Press eBooks
  • Estudios de Filosofía

Books published by this author include works with Cambridge University Press such as:

  • The Cambridge Handbook of the Capability Approach (2020)
  • The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education (2023)
  • The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Law (2020)

Additionally, they have a publication with University of Notre Dame Press eBooks titled Contemporary Aristotelian Ethics (2024).

The scholar has been recognized with awards including the Holberg Prize in 2021, awarded by the Government of Norway for their contribution to philosophy, law, and related fields. They were elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988 and also recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1980.

Best Publications

  • Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • The Quality of Life

    Martha Nussbaum;Amartya Sen

  • Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotions

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Creating Capabilities

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  • Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Capabilities as fundamental entitlements: Sen and social justice

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy

    Michael Gagarin;Martha Nussbaum

  • Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Love’s Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Sex and Social Justice

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame, and the Law

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Human Functioning and Social Justice: In Defense of Aristotelian Essentialism

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • The Fragility of Goodness

    Martha Nussbaum

  • The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Aristotle's De Motu Animalium: Text with Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays

    Aristotle Aristotle;Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Frontiers Of Justice

    Martha Nussbaum

  • Poetic Justice: The Literary Imagination and Public Life

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism

    Martha Craven Nussbaum

  • Responsibility for Justice

    Iris Marion Young;Martha Nussbaum

  • Love's Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature.

    John Horton;Martha Nussbaum

  • The Quality of Life.

    Robert Sugden;Martha Nussbaum;Amartya Sen

  • The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy

    Hazel E. Barnes;Martha C. Nussbaum

  • Upheavals of Thought: The Romantic Ascent: Emily Brontë

    Martha C. Nussbaum

Frequent Co-Authors

Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen Harvard University
Cass R. Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein Harvard University
Susan Moller Okin
Susan Moller Okin Stanford University
Rosalind Dixon
Rosalind Dixon University of New South Wales
Terence Irwin
Terence Irwin University of Oxford
Aristotle
Aristotle Ancient Greece
Jonathan Culler
Jonathan Culler Cornell University
Thomas Nagel
Thomas Nagel New York University
Jaegwon Kim
Jaegwon Kim Brown University
Iris Marion Young
Iris Marion Young University of Chicago

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