To advance bibliometric analyses in the social sciences this study applies a metric to a publication dataset to examine how authorship credit allocation on published manuscripts might influence factors related to proliferation. We utilize a weighted fraction count (WFC) procedure and discuss how this type of method may assist in the evaluation of published research in social science. Using a metric similar to that created by Abbas (2010, 2011) we evaluate a sample of 103 prolific communication scholars’ publication records and illustrate the utility of using a WFC procedure for understanding patterns and trends in communication scholarly production. A strong positive relationship between collaboration and the production of journal articles supported the notion that coauthors may increase proliferation. We also examined gender differences in publishing and coauthoring, with the only difference being that men were more likely to have a higher WFC than women. Additional research questions asked whether scholars’ faculty ranking might influence how they publish and collaborate. Patterns from examining publication data show that senior scholars may tend to publish in a capacity that illustrates they are mentoring younger scholars. The findings of this study illustrate that a WFC procedure for authorship credit allocation already being used in the sciences may be considered for examining prolific scholarship in the social sciences broadly, and the communication discipline specifically.

为了推进社会科学中的文献计量学分析，本研究将度量标准应用于出版物数据集，以检查已发表手稿上的作者信用分配如何影响与扩散有关的因素。我们利用加权分数计数（WFC）程序，并讨论这种类型的方法如何帮助评估社会科学中已发表的研究。使用类似于Abbas（2010，2011）创建的度量标准，我们评估了103名多产传播学者的出版物记录的样本，并说明了使用WFC程序来理解传播学术作品的模式和趋势的实用性。合作与期刊文章的生产之间存在密切的积极关系，这支持了合著者可能会促进扩散的观点。我们还研究了出版和合著中的性别差异，唯一的差异是男性比女性更有可能获得更高的WFC。其他研究问题询问学者的教师排名是否会影响他们的发表和合作方式。通过检查出版物数据得出的模式表明，高级学者可能倾向于以表明他们正在指导年轻学者的身份发表论文。这项研究的结果表明，可以考虑使用WFC进行科学中作者资格积分分配的程序来广泛地检查社会科学中的多产学术，尤其是传播学科。其他研究问题询问学者的教师排名是否会影响他们的发表和合作方式。通过检查出版物数据得出的模式表明，高级学者可能倾向于以表明他们正在指导年轻学者的身份发表论文。这项研究的结果表明，可以考虑使用WFC进行科学中作者资格积分分配的程序来广泛地检查社会科学中的多产学术，尤其是传播学科。其他研究问题询问学者的教师排名是否会影响他们的发表和合作方式。通过检查出版物数据得出的模式表明，高级学者可能倾向于以表明他们正在指导年轻学者的身份发表论文。这项研究的结果表明，可以考虑使用WFC进行科学中作者资格积分分配的程序来广泛地检查社会科学中的多产学术，尤其是传播学科。