%0 Journal Article %A Mohamad Romezpoor, Nazanin %A Nazari, Fariba %A Makvandi, Behnam %T Factors Associated with the Research Anxiety among Faculties of Knowledge and Information Science Departments of Iranian Universities %J Caspian Journal of Scientometrics %V 4 %N 1 %U http://cjs.mubabol.ac.ir/article-1-119-en.html %R 10.22088/cjs.4.1.17 %D 2017 %K Research anxiety, Teaching skills, Professional environment, Knowledge and Information Science Department, %X Background and aim: The present study was conducted to determine the factors associated with the research anxiety among the faculties of knowledge and information science departments of Iranian universities. Material and methods: The study sample consisted of all full-time faculties working in the knowledge and information science departments of Iranian universities (181 individuals) in the academic year of 2013-2014. Among them, 139 participants had good cooperation in filling out the questionnaire. In this survey-analytical study, data were collected using Higgins-Kotrlik research anxiety inventory. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20. Findings: The results showed that about 63% of the respondents had high anxiety level and the remaining (37%) had the moderate level of anxiety. The results of the correlation tests revealed that two predictor variables of teaching skills and environmental factors had a negative significant relationship with the research anxiety. The results of the regression analysis indicated that the components of these two variables could explain 38% of the variance of anxiety research. Conclusion: The findings illustrated that an anxiety can negatively affect the productivity of faculty members, leading to their slow improvement. It is clear that continuing such a situation may result in scientific recession in high education system; therefore, this system cannot continue to serve effectively its performance, namely, education and research in society. %> http://cjs.mubabol.ac.ir/article-1-119-en.pdf %P 17-25 %& 17 %! %9 Orginal %L A-10-146-1 %+ Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran. %G eng %@ 2423-4710 %[ 2017