Ebadifar Asghar, Baradaran Eftekhari Monir, Owlia Parviz, Habibi Elham, Ghalenoee Elham, Bagheri Mohammad Reza, Falahat Katayoun, Eltemasi Masoumeh, Sobhani Zahra, Akhondzadeh Shahin
Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Dentofacial Deformities Research Center, Research Institute of Dental Sciences, Department of Orthodontics, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arch Iran Med. 2017 Nov 1;20(11):680-685.
Research evaluation is a systematic and objective process to measure relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of research activities, and peer review is one of the most important tools for assessing quality of research. The aim of this study was introducing research evaluation indicators based on peer reviewing.
This study was implemented in 4 stages. A list of objective-oriented evaluation indicators were designed in 4 axes, including; governance and leadership, structure, knowledge production and research impact.
The top 10% medical sciences research centers (RCs) were evaluated based on peer review. Adequate equipment and laboratory instruments, high quality research publication and national or international cooperation were the main strengths in medical sciences RCs and the most important weaknesses included failure to adhere to strategic plans, parallel actions in similar fields, problems in manpower recruitment, knowledge translation & exchange (KTE) in service providers and policy makers' levels.
Peer review evaluation can improve the quality of research.
研究评估是衡量研究活动的相关性、效率和有效性的系统且客观的过程，同行评议是评估研究质量的最重要工具之一。本研究的目的是引入基于同行评议的研究评估指标。
本研究分4个阶段实施。在包括治理与领导、结构、知识产出和研究影响这4个轴上设计了一系列以目标为导向的评估指标。
基于同行评议对排名前10%的医学科研中心进行了评估。充足的设备和实验室仪器、高质量的研究出版物以及国内或国际合作是医学科研中心的主要优势，而最重要的劣势包括未遵守战略计划、在相似领域的并行行动、人力招聘问题、服务提供者和政策制定者层面的知识转化与交流（KTE）。
同行评议评估可提高研究质量。
