Scholarly Progressions: Indian Social Science And Humanities Research Through Bibliometric Lens (2014-2023)

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to understand the research output generated in India in the domain of Social Science and Humanities (SSH) during the last decade i.e 2014-2023. The study reveals findings on different scientometric parameters like document wise distribution of publications, year wise distribution of publications, Annual Growth Rate, Relative Growth Rate, Doubling Time, most popular source of publication, authorship pattern and co-occurence pattern of keywords. The mean values for RGR is found to be 0.086 and that of doubling time is 2.32 years indicating that, on average, the number of documents doubles approximately every 2.32 years. The majority of papers (approximately 56.66%) have between 2 to 5 authors, indicating a prevalent trend towards collaborative research within Indian SSH disciplines. Top five dominant categories of publications include Environmental Sciences, Public Environmental Occupational Health, Green Sustainable Science Technology, Environmental Studies and Pscyhiatry. While the “Indian Journal of Psychiatry” emerges as a consistent leader in terms of maximum publications, “Sustainability” emerges out as the recent leader.