Comparative analysis of university- industry relation in Iran and Turkey: scientometrics study

Background and aim: Now days, university-industry relation is one of the main factors in development. Therefore, because of its importance, the aim of this study was to analyze the relation between university and industry comparatively in Iran and Turkey. Material and methods: This scientometric st...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abdolreza Noroozi chakoli, Behjat Taheri
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences 2015-09-01
Series:مجله علم‌سنجی کاسپین
Subjects:
Online Access:http://cjs.mubabol.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-83-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Description
Summary:Background and aim: Now days, university-industry relation is one of the main factors in development. Therefore, because of its importance, the aim of this study was to analyze the relation between university and industry comparatively in Iran and Turkey. Material and methods: This scientometric study was conducted using citation analysis method and assessment technique. Sample population of this study was all of patents and scientific articles related to Iran and Turkey based on Us-patent and Scopus database. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statics (frequency and percent) and Inferential Tests (Pearson correlation), excel software and SPSS. Findings: The results of the present study showed that Iran and Turkey had 151159, 258719 scientific articles and 143, 584 patents in Scopus and US-patent database, respectively. In addition, Iran had the highest scientific productions were in technology based on the priorities of A to C and the lowest scientific productions with 5717 was related to the humanities and art field. In the case of patent, the most of it was associated with basic and applied science. Based on priorities, Turkey had the lowest production in the field of tourism and transport and the most production in the health and medicine field. Conclusion: After more than two decades of the establishment of the Office of the relationship between industry and university in the country, the proper interaction between the two organizations in achieving the desired level in science and technology has not been established. Therefore, studying the needs of each of two organizations by government and determination of logical way to improve the quality of their products and planning at macro-level are necessary to improve this relationship.
ISSN:2383-157X