Pathology of Compilation of Scientific Articles, One Perspective of Students of Large Universities in Tehran

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Authors

1 Assistance Professor, Educational Sciences Department, Literature & Human Sciences Faculty, University of Qom, Qom, Iran.

2 Instructor, Department of management, Payame Noor University (PNU), Isfahan, Iran.

Abstract


The purpose of this pathological study was to compile scientific articles, which were evaluated through a researcher-made questionnaire on six basic questions. The target population of this study was all postgraduate students of humanities in Tehran, Allameh Tabatabai and Shahid Beheshti Universities (22436). According to Morgan table, 384 students were selected using a convenience sampling electronic questionnaire. A total of 372 valid questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The results show that the situation was not good research ethics and the lack of an ethical code of laws of the country in the form of regulations to promote faculty research and it is fueled largely. Fixing this problem was studied in six areas: The first change in the wrong value system emerged about the role of science and the scientific position, the second attempt to educate students for professional, third: change the rules of the Ministry of Science Thesis, IV: change the simplifying view the domination of science, fifth raise the sensitivity (especially in the scientific community) about the educational impact of unethical behavior and eventually VI: Research ethics charter and designing mechanisms for proper implementation of this.

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