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. 2012;41(2):39-46.
Epub 2012 Feb 29.

Health research evaluation and its role on knowledge production

Sh Djalalinia  1 , P Owlia, A Setareh Forouzan, E Habibi, M Dejman, M Baradaran Eftekhari, M Ghanei, H Malekafzali, N Peykari
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Health research evaluation and its role on knowledge production

Sh Djalalinia et al. Iran J Public Health. 2012.

Abstract

Background: Knowledge production and evaluation are two important functions of health research system (HRS). In this article, we aimed to reveal the correlation between evaluation of health research organizations and health knowledge production promotion.

Methods: A comprehensive evaluation system was developed to evaluate the academic performance of national medical science universities on an annual basis. It assess following domains; stewardship, capacity building and knowledge production. Measurable indicators for each domain were assigned, a 'research profile' for each department was provided. In this study, we compared the results of annually national Health Research System evaluation findings during 2005-2008.

Results: The number of scientific articles has been increased from 4672 to 8816 during 2005 to 2008. It is mentionable that, the number of articles which has been published in indexed data bases has risen too. This fact could be related to directed policy for more international publication of scientific articles from Iran. The proportion of total articles to the number of academic members was 1.14 in 2008, comparing to 0.84 in 2005. It means that this proportion have increased about twice (0.7 Vs 0.45) during mentioned time. Moreover, other scientific products such as authored books based on domestic researches and cited articles in textbooks have increased according to special attention to knowledge production by policy makers.

Conclusion: We conclude that Health System Research evaluation could be used as a mean for implementing policies and promoting knowledge production.

Keywords: Evaluation; Health; Iran; Knowledge; Production; Research.

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Annual academic and research paper publication in 2005–2008
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Articles published during 2006–2008 period
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