Methodical Content Analysis of Articles of Journal of Science & Technology Policy: 2008 to 2017

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Professor, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/jstp.2019.11.3.2009

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the content of the articles of "Journal of Science and Technology Policy" during the years 2008-2017. For this purpose, all articles published in this magazine have been evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively over the course of 10 years (231 articles) and their content has been reviewed in terms of their status and achievements in the course of the country's science and technology policy. The method of this research is synchronous and synchronous. To collect data from the checklist and to analyze the data, Excel software and descriptive statistics were used. The main issue of the research was that the role of the articles of the "Quarterly Journal of Science and Technology Policy" during the years 2008-2017 in helping the knowledge of science and technology policy policy? The research findings are summarized in 15 axes. From the author's point of view, the main focus is to examine the content of the published articles of the magazine in the last 10 years, from the perspective of the policy cycle. The result of this study shows that more than half of the articles (55%) have somehow tried to provide a part of a new theory, but lack of critical conditions such as critical articles and reciprocal discussions, use of the results of previous research and completion They have prevented the formation of comprehensive theories in the field of science and technology.
 
 

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