Pathology of Articles in the Quarterly Journal of Knowledge Studies in the Islamic University; Emphasizing the Information on the front page of Articles (1394 to 1398)

The present study attempts to examine the articles in the Quarterly Journal of Epistemological Studies at the Islamic University and first to answer the question, what were the weaknesses of the articles published in this quarterly?And second, to what extent have these articles been able to provide the magazine's policies?

This research compiled using the combined research method. In this method, data are explained using two methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis.

A review of quarterly articles indicates that in the pathology section of the titles among 159 titles of articles published between 1394 and 1398, 5.66% of the articles had title similarities, 14.47% of the articles had long title damage, 8.18% had unclear the title and 12.57% of the articles did not match the policies and objectives of the journal.In the abstract section, 27.04% of the abstracts are weak in the expression of purpose,11.95% weakness in method expression,10.06% weakness in expression of findings and 6.92% of the abstracts were deficient in expressing the conclusion. Also, out of 488 keywords, 256 cases, equivalent to 34.41%, had problems.

Despite the disadvantages and weaknesses of the articles published in the Quarterly Journal of Epistemological Studies at the Islamic University, the reviewed articles were able to meet the expectations of the journal,So that 80.5% of the articles were in line with the policies and goals of the journal On average, less than 15% of the damage was seen in different wardsWhich should be corrected in future issues.