title: Challenges of the health research system in a medical research institute in Iran: a qualitative content analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Medical research institute is the main basis for knowledge production through conducting research, and paying attention to the research is one of the most important things in the scientific communities. At present, there is a large gap between knowledge production in Iran compared to that in other countries. This study aimed to identify the challenge of research system in a research institute of medical sciences in Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a descriptive and qualitative study conducted in the first 6 months of 2013. A qualitative content analysis was conducted on 16 heads of research centers in a research institute of medical sciences. The required data were gathered using semi-structured interviews. The collected data were analyzed using MAXQDA 10.0 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six themes identified as challenges of research system. The themes included barriers related to the design and development, and approval of research projects, the implementation of research projects, the administrative and managerial issues in the field of research, the personal problems, publishing articles, and guidelines and recommendations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the results of the present study, the following suggestions can be offered: pushing the research towards solving the problems of society, employing the strong executive and scientific research directors in the field of research, providing training courses for researchers on how to write proposals, implementing administrative reforms in the Deputy of Research and Technology, accelerating the approval of the projects through automating the administrative and peer-reviewing processes.
authors.affiliation: Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. bahadorihealth@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mohammadkarim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahadori
authors.forename: Khalil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Momeni
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ravangard
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yaghoubi
authors.forename: Khalil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alimohammazdeh
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Teymourzadeh
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehrabi Tavana
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000328:Adult; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research