Social capital: The literature productivity review and trend forecast using bibliometric methodology from 1959 to 2008

Abstract

This paper is primary concentrating in the trend forecasting of international periodicals and literatures which titles as well-known "Social Capital" on SSCI database from 1959 to 2008. The result appeared that the literature productions within social capital title are still fast growing. The frequency indexes of author productivity distribution didn`t follow by Lotca`s Law. The applications of social capital are mainly following by research aspects which in term of sociology; public, environmental and occupational health; economics; planning and development; political science; management; business, social sciences and interdisciplinary. The literatures of social capital are usually generating by multiple authorship.