Factors Influencing the Adherence to Publication Ethics Standards in Research System of MSRT
This study was aimed at identifying the factors influencing the adherence to publication ethics standards in the research system of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) using the Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) method. This is a qualitative study adopting an exploratory approach and...
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Iranian Research Institute for Information and Technology
2024-06-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management |
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| Online Access: | https://jipm.irandoc.ac.ir/article_713445_df149333dc5bef98202c609c0a3c4783.pdf |
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| Summary: | This study was aimed at identifying the factors influencing the adherence to publication ethics standards in the research system of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) using the Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) method. This is a qualitative study adopting an exploratory approach and an applied one considering the research results. The researchers used the semi-structured interview method to achieve the goal of the study. The study population consisted of the actors of the research system of the MSRT. A total of 22 activists were included in the study based on the theoretical saturation rule. In order to conduct interviews with the actors of the research system, the researchers prepared an “Interview Package” as the research tool. This package contained: 1) an informed consent form, 2) an interview guide form and 3) and conceptual and operational definitions of the research variables. We also used the CLA method to design the interview questions. This method and its layers, i.e. litany, social causes, discourse/ worldview and myth/ metaphor were developed as a method of foresight. Finally, the text file of each interview transferred to the MAXQDA version 20 to analyze the data. Then, the three-step approach of “thematic analysis” was used for the open and axial coding of the factors influencing. Based on the results of the research, a total of 1055 open codes were extracted from the interviews, of which 345 codes were assigned to the “litany” layer, 315 codes to the “social causes” layer, 301 codes to the “discourse/ worldview” layer, and 94 codes to the “myth/ metaphor” layer. In addition, the category “monitoring of the research system” (with 82 codes) from the “litany” layer, the category “clarification of laws and regulations in terms of implementation” (with 35 codes) from the “social causes” layer, the category “directing the existing social discourses through culture building” (with 43 codes) from the “worldview” layer, and the category “correlation between education and research” (with 15 codes) from the “myth/ metaphor” layer were the most frequent categories. Therefore, although there are many unknowns in the future path, it is necessary to pave the way towards an ethical research system by adopting timely decisions and strategies and implementing necessary measures, especially by macro-level policy makers. One necessary measure to be taken is giving sufficient independence to universities and higher education centers. In addition, the middle circles of research, such as information centers, scientific communities and associations, and libraries play a key role in expansion of the independence of universities and in the development of endogenous patterns and self-regulating thoughts among researchers |
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| ISSN: | 2251-8223 2251-8231 |