Authorship Pattern of Articles Published in Social Scientist Journal during 2009–2013

The current study seeks to describe and analyse journal research publications in the Social Scientist journal from 2009–2013. The paper presents a numerical descriptive study of authorship patterns, geographical distribution, subject wise orientation, designation, affiliation and year-wise distribution of articles. The main results suggest the tendency of authors towards single authorship. Professors can be considered as leaders in articles authorship. Furthermore, Social history, Political theory and Sociology are three major subject orientations in this journal. Prabhat Patnaik is most prolific author who is also Editor of journal. Most articles were published from India. The most productive institution is Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.