Research productivity of social sciences has become an integral part for personal, organizational and national development especially in south Asia and particularly in Pakistan. Complexities of a developing country, individual and structural factors often constitute several problems in the execution of the social research venture. The purpose of the research is to understand various issues regarding research productivity in social sciences in academia and to increase public awareness. This paper seeks to identify, highlight, justify and explain major challenges in research productivity that students and faculty members has to face and make remedial suggestions. The paper would depend on concept- aligning & explaining units of Research process and its productivity. This paper work will provide theoretical orientation; make reference to relevant theoretical and empirical literatures for adequate clarification, comprehension and action sought where needed. Qualitative research methodology has adopted along with a survey to find out challenges in research productivity. Main points of the argument are; Old methodologies of research, Management problems in data collection and interpretation, Lack of availability of latest published books, Lack of research funding, Limited time-frame for research, Unavailability of plagiarism checking software in Local-Languages, Lack of technical expertise (guidance) & support from supervisors, Lack of Theoretical Sophistication, Insufficient adjustment to the demands of Information, Communication and Technology etc.
