The Contribution of Bangladesh to Social Science Research: A Scientometric Study

Abstract

In this study, we apply simple mathematical and statistical analyses to author records in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), a database of the WoS. We take into account only authors affiliated with Bangladesh (using the query CU=Bangladesh) in the SSCI. In addition to elementary observations such as identifying the most productive Bangladeshi scientists in different fields and the most productive universities, we also found the most-cited articles, authors, and universities. A regression analysis of the citation and publication data was performed to establish relationships between these variables. Several association measures have also been computed to quantify the yearly strength of the relationship between the number of publications and the number of citations. While the growth of the number of publications each year has been exponential, we noticed some deviations in the case of the number of citations. The results of our analysis indicate an improvement in the quantity and quality of social science research (SSR) in Bangladesh.

Keywords

• Bibliometric
• Social Science Research
• Web of Science Bangladesh
• Information Science

How to cite

Dilruba Mahbuba, Noboneeto Noholee, Mohammad Shadid Hossain, Mishkat Mahiuddin (2026). The Contribution of Bangladesh to Social Science Research: A Scientometric Study. Sonargaon University Journal, 6(I), 27–38.

@article{mahbuba20263,
  title   = {The Contribution of Bangladesh to Social Science Research: A Scientometric Study},
  author  = {Dilruba Mahbuba and Noboneeto Noholee and Mohammad Shadid Hossain and Mishkat Mahiuddin},
  journal = {Sonargaon University Journal},
  volume  = {6},
  number  = {I},
  pages   = {27--38},
  year    = {2026},
  issn    = {2518-3125},
  url     = {https://su.edu.bd/journal/volume-6-issue-1/the-contribution-of-bangladesh-to-social-science-research-a-scientometric-study}
}