According to the report of Mehr reporter, Dr. Shahin Akhundzadeh at the honoring and introduction ceremony of the Deputy Minister of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Health, which took place today, Saturday, November 12, with the presence of Dr. Mohammad Reza. Zafar Khandi Minister of Health, Dr. Masoud Habibi; Deputy Minister of Culture and Students of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Younes Panahi; Former Vice President of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Health and Dr. Reza Malekzadeh; The former vice president of research and technology and held, about the publication process of the country’s articles in the past 20 years, said: at some points, the country’s publication process has accelerated and grown significantly, but since 2021, the number of articles has decreased due to various reasons, and Turkey and Saudi Arabia are traditional rival countries. Iran had significant growth in the region.
Referring to the problem of limited resources, he said: When only 12% of the country’s research budget is at the disposal of the Ministry of Health, it cannot do much. influence have a lot in this direction.
The Vice President of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Health stated that the process of publishing articles has decreased in most fields and said: In various fields of medical and health sciences, the slope has decreased significantly. In some fields, such as medical sciences, we had a 9% decrease, and only the field of dentistry has grown, and the reason for that is the indexing of 3 dental journals by Dr. Payam Kabiri.
He stated: Comparing the trend of the scientific publications of the Ministry of Health with the Ministry of Science and Azad University, it shows that there was a decrease in all three trends, but it seems that the trend was slightly higher in the Ministry of Health.
Regarding the number of research projects and theses, Akhundzadeh said: Since 2010, the number of our research projects and theses, which has always been increasing, has decreased. The article and technology are extracted from our thesis and plans; When our input is reduced, this problem will manifest itself in the future.
In addition to research in technology, we also had a decreasing trend
He pointed to the GII global innovation index and said: “In technology, we have also seen a declining trend.” After the significant growth in the last three years, this index has also been decreasing in the last two years.
The Vice President of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Health stated: Currently, Turkey has taken Iran’s place in terms of the number of articles, and Saudi Arabia has taken the country’s article citation rank. Soon, in addition to Türkiye and Saudi Arabia, we will have other competitors in the region.
He pointed to Institute National Medical Research Development Agency of Iran or NIMAD said: NIMAD is one Granting wind or Institute Providing financial resources for medical science research. Launch this Institute It was a good move that we put aside, but the Ministry of Science and the Vice-Chancellor of Science moved forward with strength in this field.
He continued: In 1400, which was the peak of Nimad’s activity, this Institute It had a credit of about 50 billion tomans and about 33 billion tomans of research budget for approved research projects, but currently its budget has been reduced to 17 billion tomans and to 7 billion tomans for the approved grand plan. We must note that we without provide Financially, the Ministry of Health cannot improve in this area.
I promise not to brake and lock research
The Vice President of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Health said about his upcoming plans: I promise the country’s researchers that I will not be a brake and a lock for the country’s research. I will strive for justice and fair distribution of resources. In some periods, we were the driving forces of the country’s research, and in this period, we were the scientific authority Mod We will pay attention.
He continued: “Definitely, the policies announced by the Supreme Leader, the second step of the revolution and the comprehensive scientific plan of the country will be considered.” We should also try to increase the 12% share of the Ministry of Health from the research budget of the whole country.
The laboratories are in ruins
Akhundzadeh stated that the research and technology laboratories and equipment of the country are in ruins; He said: We cannot compete with this equipment. We also pay attention to the reactivation of international relations to attract research and technology resources from abroad. The security perspective should be removed from the country’s research.
While emphasizing the indexing of magazines, he said: We need Big We have data and we must move in this direction. Big Data does not come from academic research and small research projects.
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