The Pathology of Research in discipline of knowledge & information science: A grounded theory study

To identify the factors for the pathology of research in the field of library and information science from the perspective of field specialists.

This is a qualitative research. Deep and semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect information with 13 knowledge and science experts selected by mixed or mixed purpose sampling. To analyze the data, using the underlying theorizing in three stages, the topics were raised, codified and categorized.

405 concepts from open coding stage were selected and categorized in 46 sub categories and 25 main categories in the coding stage. The underlying conditions are 34 concepts and 5 sub categories and 3 main categories, the original conditions 89 concepts and 15 sub categories and 5 main categories, and interfering 142 concepts and 13 sub categories and 9 main categories, and strategies with 114 concepts and 8 sub categories and 4 Major categories, outcomes with 26 concepts and 4 sub categories and 3 main categories.

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The field of library and information science requires the movement towards the pathology of research, which according to this model, identifies the central phenomenon of "pathology of research" and develops its paradigm model.