نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
دانشگاه امام صادق علیه السلام، تهران. ایران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
The issue of knowledge production, raised as a serious and recurrent demand from the academic community during the 2000s, attracted the attention of researchers, policy scholars, and policymakers to this important subject. Although, in its original context, the concept referred to scientific innovation and was associated with notions such as “scientific innovation” and ijtihad, its incorporation into the conceptual and cognitive framework of the country’s academic community resulted in a conceptual equivalence between knowledge production and article production. Consequently, the production of academic articles came to be regarded as synonymous with knowledge production, with the number of published research articles being adopted as its primary indicator. The central issue, therefore, is whether these two concepts are indeed conceptually equivalent and whether article production can serve as the unit of measurement for knowledge production. Do international indexing systems likewise regard the number of articles produced by different countries as an indicator of knowledge production? More generally, what constitutes the unit of measurement and assessment of knowledge production, and what are its defining characteristics? This article addresses these questions using a descriptive-analytical approach. The findings demonstrate, first, that knowledge production and article production are not conceptually equivalent. International indexing systems, and SCImago in particular, do not designate the number of scientific articles produced by countries as “knowledge production.” From a positive perspective, and in light of different levels of scientific innovation, the study further demonstrates that the appropriate unit of measurement for knowledge production is theory. Scientific theories, because they are not confined to a specific time or place, constitute relatively universal forms of knowledge applicable to members of the global scientific community. Moreover, such theories maintain a profound relationship with empirical reality and are supported by objective evidence. The concepts and conceptual relationships embedded within these theories have also contributed to establishing intersubjectivity—or, in other words, shared understanding and agreement—among scientists.
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