[Study of constraining factors of research from the viewpoint of faculty members in Guilan University of Medical Sciences]

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Science, research, culture and politics are interdependent. Advent of developments in each of these fields cannot be realized without establishment of the coordinated developments in other fields in a sustainable way. Research is one the key ares in the area of national security. Quality and quantity of scientific products are the most important indicators for national development in the country. At present, there is a great gap between the scientific products of Iran and many other countries in the world. Despite the increased rate of research credits as well as the increased number of investigators in our country, there is no appropriate increase in number of research projects approved by Iranian universities of medical sciences and in number of internationally published articles. Thus, we attempted to investigate the deterrent factors and the constraints for research among the main elements of universities [faculty members]