Moradi Roya, Zargham-Boroujeni Ali, Soleymani Mohammad Reza
Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2020 Oct 30;9:267. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_497_20. eCollection 2020.
International research collaboration (IRC) is known as one of the important indicators of productivity, efficiency, and validity of universities in the world. In other words, IRC is necessary for the scientific trade-off between researchers in international scientific societies. The study aimed to address the experiences of an academic researcher about factors related to IRC.
The present study was conducted using a qualitative approach and conventional content analysis method. The participants consisted of 19 experienced faculty members and researchers from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, who were selected based on the purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were analyzed using the content analysis technique. Guba and Lincoln's evaluative criteria, including credibility, confirmability, dependability, and transferability, were applied to evaluate the trustworthiness of the study.
According to the research findings, factors of "personal skills," "personality," "professional position," and "scientific activities" under the category of personal factors; "rules and regulations" and "equipment and facilities" under the organizational factors; and "domestic policies" and "foreign policies" were identified under the government factors category.
Research collaborations are influenced by individual, intra-academic, and extra-academic factors; thus, research policymakers can help further to enhance the quantity and quality of scientific output and promote the university's placing in international rankings through providing conditions that enable international interactions.
国际研究合作（IRC）被认为是衡量世界各国大学生产力、效率和有效性的重要指标之一。换句话说，IRC对于国际科学团体中研究人员之间的科学权衡是必要的。本研究旨在探讨一位学术研究人员对与IRC相关因素的经历。
本研究采用定性研究方法和传统内容分析法。参与者包括来自伊斯法罕医科大学的19位经验丰富的教职员工和研究人员，他们是根据目的抽样和滚雪球抽样技术选取的。通过半结构化访谈收集数据，并使用内容分析技术进行分析。采用古巴和林肯的评估标准，包括可信度、可证实性、可靠性和可转移性，来评估研究的可信度。
根据研究结果，个人因素类别下的“个人技能”“个性”“专业职位”和“科学活动”因素；组织因素下的“规章制度”和“设备与设施”因素；以及政府因素类别下的“国内政策”和“国外政策”因素被识别出来。
研究合作受到个人、学术内部和学术外部因素的影响；因此，研究政策制定者可以通过提供促进国际互动的条件，进一步帮助提高科学产出的数量和质量，并提升大学在国际排名中的地位。
