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The present study is an attempt to highlight the research output generated in India in the field of social sciences and humanities (SSH) during the period 2005–2014. This study is based on secondary data, extracted from the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), which are integral components of the Web of Science. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were applied in the study. There were 9525 articles by Indian scholars in SSH during 2005–2014; they preferred to publish in Indian journals. The research contributions were in the form of research articles and book reviews with a consistent drop in the number of book reviews with time. Co-authorship was the norm in SSH disciplines with a steady increase in the number of multi-author papers in recent years. The study shows that multi-authored research papers received more citations than single-authored papers.

Keywords

Authorship, Bibliometrics, Citations, Social Sciences and Humanities.
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