Identification and Analysis of Research Activities of Faculty Members of Political Science in the Framework of the Regulations for Promotion of Faculty Members

This study was conducted with the aim of "identifying and analyzing the research activities of faculty members in the field of political science of public universities in Tehran within the framework of the regulations for promoting the rank of faculty members. 

The current research is a type of analytical evaluative research, which was carried out using the library study method. The population of this research includes all the members of the political science faculty of the government universities located in Tehran, whose number was 174 at the time of the research. To select the sample, the stratified sampling method is used according to the volume. Among the statistical population, 119 people were estimated as a statistical sample using Cochran's sampling formula. The data collection of this research is related to the time efficiency of 2015 from the time of the implementation of the latest scientific promotion regulations until the end of 2019. The data has been analyzed using SPSS version 26 and Excel software. 

The results of research activities based on the promotion regulations showed that the number of research articles in the study period with a maximum of 43 articles, with the number of 43 articles indexed in the ISC database, 8 articles indexed in Scopus 2 articles are indexed in Web of Sciences and 2 articles are indexed in JCR. During the study period, a maximum of 7 articles were analyzed, with 7 of them being related to promotional articles and 2 related to promotional articles. The study period yielded a total of 19 complete articles from valid scientific conferences. Out of these, 12 articles were related to domestic conferences, while 17 articles were related to international conferences. Carrying out research projects in the study period with a maximum of 4 research projects, of which the number of projects inside and outside the institution is 3 and 4, respectively. The publication of books in the studied period is with a maximum of 37 book volumes, of which the authorship and composition of the book is the most with the number of 12, followed by the translation of the book with a numerical number of 8 and the title of book correction with a numerical value.contract Guidance for theses and doctoral dissertations with a maximum of 41 items, which are 32 and 15 respectively for the master's thesis and doctoral dissertation. The maximum presentation of theorizing chairs of the course under study is with a numerical value of 2, which is scientific-promotional chairs of criticism and scientific innovation in the scientific field, theorizing in the scientific field with a numerical value of 2 and presenting the results of the chairs in conferences with a numerical value of 0. Also, the ratio of books to articles in the study period is one fifth. The frequency of article publication, based on the academic rank of professors, associate professors, and assistant professors in the course under review, is 43, 33, and 17, respectively. In the field of specialization, almost the most areas of lack of expertise and international relations among faculty members in the field of political science are related to these two fields. The meaning of the field lacks research expertise, lack of order, intellectual coherence and a research procedure and focus, and a special and central specialized field with a numerical value of 24, which means that (20.16%) faculty members are in no specialized research field. They do not have them and also the field of international relations with a numerical value of 24 (20.16%) followed by political thought in Islam and Iran with a numerical value of 6 (5.04%) has the highest specialization field.

The promotion system of faculty members plays a crucial role in organizing their performance and is considered the most objective manifestation of scientific board. The literature suggests that improving the scientific order requires attention to both the quantity and quality of joint efforts. The study's results indicate that the promotion system includes multiple elements, but the imbalance in evaluating activities and the excessive weight given to research papers without any limit undermines its effectiveness.