Role of Scientific Authority in the Development Process in Iran: A Systematic Review

Scientific authority which means others’ continuous referral to an individual or organization and being recognized as a theory-maker, leads to develop a society socially, economically and scientifically. The goal of this study was to explain the role of scientific authority in the development process of the country based on the conducted studies.

This study was conducted in the first half of 1396 using the Cochran systematic review protocol and then updated in 1399. Key words including scientific authority, country development, scientific trying and scientific power were searched in GOOGLE SCHOLAR and Iranian databases such as SID and IRANDOC. In addition, manual research was done. After reviewing the title or abstract of the articles, 343 articles entered the preliminary list, of which 45 qualified articles were required to enter the final evaluation.

The most important extracted concepts related to scientific authority included scientific dynamics, civilization, and localization of science, self-belief culture development, systematic reinforcement of interdisciplinary sciences, wealth-making and competition for development.

Scientific authority has an effective role in promoting the countrychr('39')s competitiveness compared to the countries of Iranchr('39')s 1404 vision document. Therefore, in order to achieve scientific development and authority, it is necessary to conduct strategic planning of scientific research in the country with the aim of identifying capacities and directing research to achieve the goals of the 1404 vision document.