Research Activities of Faculty Members of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences from 1995 to 2006

Given the significant role of research activities in production of science and the vital position of universities in conducting research activities، present study aimed to determine the research activities of academic and faculty members of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences during 1995 to 2006. In this cross-sectional study، all the research activities of academic members including research proposals، Persian and English articles، theses in addition with the year، place and gender of its first author were collected via Research Unit of University. All the research activities consisted of 1145 activities، which included 322 medical theses (28. 1%)، 198 dentistry theses (17. 3%)، 443 research proposals (38. 7%)، 118 Persian articles (10. 3%) and 64 English articles (5. 6%). The year 2006 with 191 (16. 7%) and the year 1995 with 33 cases (2. 9%) had the most and the least research activities، respectively. There were significant associations between year، place، gender and number of researchers with the type of research activities. Having considered the increasing trend in research activities of academic and faculty members of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences over time، one might be optimistic about the enhancement of such activities in this university. However، more attention should be paid to the role of females in such activities. Moreover، it is important to provide more facilities to encourage teamwork in research activities.