Identifying and Ranking Factors Affecting Scientific Production (Case Study: Faculty Members of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz)

Khademizadeh, Shahnaz; Farajpahlou, Abdolhossein; Mohammadi, Zeinab

doi:10.22055/slis.2021.33855.1745

Identifying and Ranking Factors Affecting Scientific Production (Case Study: Faculty Members of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Shahnaz Khademizadeh ¹

Abdolhossein Farajpahlou ²

zeinab mohammadi ³

¹ Assistant Professor, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz

² Professor, Dept. KIS, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

³ Graduate of the Faculty of Information Science and Dentistry, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

https://doi.org/10.22055/slis.2021.33855.1745

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify and rank the factors affecting scientific productions in terms of faculty members of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. The type of research is applied and descriptive-survey method. The statistical population of the study is 500 members of the faculty of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Using Morgan table, 217 people were selected as a sample by stratified and simple random sampling. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The research data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 and lisrel software. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the "social attitude and mentality about research" discourse is the strongest component of the socio-cultural factor; The "Effective Control and Evaluation of University Research Activities" item "The strongest component of organizational-managerial factors", "Confidence and self-confidence" items; "Introduction to Research Skills" The strongest components of individual and speech factors "Credits, budget and sufficient financial support for research" The strongest component of infrastructural factors were identified. The average rank indicates that the "individual factor" with an average rank of 3.13 is in the first priority and has been considered more than other components. Also, the component of "infrastructure factors" with an average rating of 2.70; The components of "organizational-managerial factors" with an average rank of 2.10 and "cultural-social factors" with an average rating of 2.07, respectively, have an impact on the scientific production of faculty members of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. In general, according to the results of the research, each of the mentioned factors can somehow accelerate or disrupt the research process. These factors are not in fact specific to Iran and more or less appear in the world. According to the results of the research, strengthening the indicators affecting the process of scientific production by higher education officials and managers can provide a more suitable field for conducting applied research of faculty members and scientific promotion of the university.

Keywords

research agents"

scientific productions"

faculty members"

Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz"

Subjects

Scientometrics

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