Evaluation of scientific products of the member of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences

Universities are considered as the most important and key centers for education and research in every country. The most important mission of every university is scientific promotion and science production. The purpose of this study was determining the science products of academic staff of Hormozgan University of medical sciences. All of the members of academic staff of the university participated in the study and completed a questionnaire containing information about personal characteristics, their scientific activities and scientific products during 2003-2007. The data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software. For analysis, descriptive methods and Chi-square test was used. Results show that more than 71.6% of scientific products of the academic staff were papers, which have published in Iranian medical journal. Academic members of Health college with average of 8.11 per year have had the most scientific products and nursery college with 3.92 per year have had the least scientific products during the study period. There was a significant relationship between scientific production and academic rank of the members. Conclusion: Scientific and knowledge products of each country is a key criteria for ranking all the countries. It seems that in order to maximize scientific production of the universities, research activities of academic staff should be promoted.