نوع مقاله : علمی پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 استادیار، گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان، کرمان، ایران

2 استادیار، گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شیراز، شیراز، ایران

3 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان، کرمان، ایران

چکیده

هدف: پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسی رابطه بین محیط علمی و تجربه پژوهشگران با کیفیت برون‌داد‌های پژوهشی در دانشگاه شهید باهنر‌کرمان انجام شده است.
روش‌شناسی: این پژوهش بر‌اساس هدف کاربردی بوده که با رویکرد علم‌سنجی انجام شده است. جامعه این پژوهش شامل مقالات منتشر شده پژوهشگران دانشگاه شهید باهنر‌‌کرمان در مجلات نمایه‌شده در پایگاه استنادی اسکوپوس بوده است. جهت تجزیه و تحلیل داده‌های این پژوهش از نرم‌افزار SPSS21 استفاده شده است.
یافته‌ها: یافته‌های این پژوهش نشان داد که تجربه پژوهشگران توان پیش‌بینی معنی‌دار برای کیفیت برون‌داد‌های پژوهشی پژوهشگران را داراست و محیط علمی متغیر مناسبی جهت پیش‌بینی کیفیت برون‌داد‌های پژوهشی نمی‌باشد. به ‌عبارتی با افزایش تجربه پژوهشگران دانشگاه شهید باهنر‌کرمان، کیفیت برون‌داد‌های پژوهشی آن‌ها افزایش می‌یابد. یافته‌های دیگر این پژوهش حاکی از آن است که بین محیط علمی پژوهشگران و کیفیت برون‌داد‌های پژوهشی آن‌ها در دانشگاه شهید باهنر‌کرمان رابطه‌ وجود ندارد. بررسی رابطه بین تجربه پژوهشگران و محیط علمی آن‌ها در دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان نیز نشان داد که بین این متغیر‌ها رابطه معناداری وجود ندارد.
نتیجه‌گیری: با توجه به نتایج این پژوهش می‌توان گفت که جهت افزایش کیفیت برون‌داد‌های پژوهشی باید دوری از کمی‌گرایی مورد توجه قرار گیرد. ارزش نهادن دو‌چندان از سوی سازمان‌های مادر پژوهشگران به پژوهش‌هایی که بیشتر مورد استناد قرار می‌گیرند، می‌تواند اهرم مشوقی برای افزایش کیفیت پژوهش‌ها باشد. دانشگاه‌ها و مؤسسات آموزش عالی با ایجاد جو پژوهشی مناسب و فراهم کردن امکانات پژوهشی از قبیل امکانات مکانی، تجهیزات ابزاری (کتابخانه‌های مجهز، آزمایشگاه‌ها و فن‌آوری‌های روز) می‌توانند بستر پژوهشی مناسب جهت بهبود کیفیت محیطی را مد‌نظر قرار دهند تا تبعاً هدف بهبود کیفیت تجارب پژوهشی و در نتیجه ارتقاء کیفیت برون‌داد‌های پژوهشی موجبات ترقی و تعالی کشور در عرصه‌ها و زمینه‌های مختلف را فراهم آورده و در نهایت تحقق اهداف آرمانی توسعه همه جانبه کشور فراهم گردد.

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عنوان مقاله [English]

A study of the relationship between academic environment, research experience, and quality of research output: A case study

نویسندگان [English]

  • Oranus Tajedini 1
  • M. Bagher Negahban 2
  • Hamid Khaje 3

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science & Knowledge, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science & Knowledge, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran

3 MA. of Information Science & Knowledge, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

چکیده [English]

Background and Objectives: In today's world, knowledge is a key factor in the progress of societies. The level of knowledge depends on the production, consumption, and accessibility of reliable scientific resources. Research plays a crucial role in advancing industries, agriculture, and services, making it essential for sustainable development. High-quality research enhances scientific progress and practical applications. Evaluating scientific output in universities and research institutions has become increasingly competitive. Despite the growth in scientific publications, challenges remain in improving research quality. Universities must address these challenges to fulfill their role in knowledge creation. A strong academic environment and a positive research culture contribute to societal development. This study examines the relationship between the academic environment, researchers' experience, and research quality at Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between academic environment, researchers' experiences and the quality of research output at Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman (SBUK), Iran.
Methodology: This research was applied in purpose and conducted using a scientometric approach. The research population included articles by researchers from SBUK, which were published in journals indexed in the Scopus citation database. SPSS software (version 21) was used for data analysis in this study.
Findings: The findings of this study showed that the researchers' experiences have the potential to significantly predict the quality of research outputs, and an academic environment is not a suitable variable for predicting the quality of research outputs. In other words, it is the growing experience of researchers at SBUK that paves the way for the rising quality of their research outputs. Other findings of this study indicate that there is no relationship between the academic research environment and the quality of research output at SBUK. The analysis of the relationship between researchers' experience and their academic environment also showed that there is no significant relationship between these variables at SBUK.
Discussion: Based on the results of this study, in order to raise the quality of research activities, less emphasis should be placed on the quantity of research output. To provide an incentive for scholars to improve the quality of their research endeavors, academic institutions should stress the importance of the most highly cited research articles. By providing adequate research facilities and equipment (up-to-date libraries, well-equipped laboratories and advanced technologies), universities and institutes of higher education can create the ideal context for optimizing the productivity of research environments. Accordingly, any development in research experiences and the subsequent improvement in the quality of research outputs will enhance the country’s progress and excellence in various scientific fields. In this sense, the ideal goals for the comprehensive development of the country will be ultimately realized. 

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Research’s Quality
  • Researcher’s Experience
  • Scientific Environment Shahid Bahonar university of Kerman
  • Scopus
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