Date: 11/16/2009
TUMSPR News: Dr. Mohammad Abdollahi, a faculty member of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) who was recently announced to be among the one percent scientists of the world, participated in an interview on the necessities to give priorities to scientific papers quality rather than quantity.
Being among the one percent community of the world scientists, Dr. Mohammad Abdollahi, a Pharmacy faculty member of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), participated in an interview with one of Neda Journal staff, on the necessities to give priorities to scientific papers quality rather than their quantity.
Abdollahi believes TUMS has greatly invested in research and it agreeably supports research projects with a great unchallenged distance ahead of other medical universities domestically but at the same time he reminds the need to nurture research spirit among students and disagrees with overcrowded classes that leave no space for Q. & A.
Admiring the state's dramatic research growth in the past 10 – 15 years, he acknowledges the hard work the scientists, researchers, dedicated students and governments have taken to achieve the present position but he believes the situation could be much better by more support, dedication and learning from the experience of successful countries to attain the best outcome in the region.
Dr. Abdollahi emphasizes the need to go for research paper quality, as we have already reached a satisfactory growth in their number.
On probable obstacles on the way of research development in the university, Abdollahi encourages a modification in the curriculum to allocate one-fifth each subject to research and welcomes fewer number of student in classes and laboratories to prevent quality decline in education and research_ something that may occur by fewer student enrollments.
Obstacles in international relationships have not been an exception, as he puts it, and researchers have not been able to fully benefit from attending or hosting international congresses in a politically-influenced atmosphere. He believes both international and domestic political situations and policies affect decisions made by scientist and they will hesitate to attend conferences in Iran. In addition, he encourages the Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution to facilitate the entry of scientists into Iran and implement some incentives for their participation. Eventually, he appreciates the good job the university is doing in inviting well-known scientific figures but he emphasizes that higher participation of foreign scientists in congresses to be a good indicator for this undertaking.
Related news:
Twenty-seven Iranians among the One-percent Top-Ranking Scientists of the World
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=13268
Picture gallery: Honoring TUMS Scientists, Dr. Mohammad Abdollahi, Dr. Mohammad-Reza Zarindast and Dr. Ahmad-Reza Dehpour.
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/gallery/detail.asp?galleryID=876
http://publicrelations.tums.ac.ir/english/news/detail.asp?newsID=14372
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