On behalf of the editorial and executive board members, it is my great pleasure to present the Multidisciplinary Cancer Investigation Journal. The rapid growth of medical sciences has necessitated the development of platforms to distribute and publish the results of research projects, and declare new discoveries. Among all medical disciplines, cancer is the one that involves the largest number...

Editorial board members, who are considered the gatekeepers of scientific journals, play an important role in academia, and may directly or indirectly affect the scientific output of a university. In this article, we used the quantile regression method among a sample of 1,387 university in chemistry to characterize the correlation between the number of editorial board members and the scientific...

This study tries to measure political trust and political participation among students who are members of the Islamic Association and the student's Basij of Mazandaran University and Babol Noshirvani University of Technology. In addition the impact of political trust on political participation tested and studied. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Putnam's theory on the impact o...

cooperatives can be considered as suitable means to achieve social and economic development, employment and participation. undoubtedly, rural women's membership in cooperatives can be really useful in the process of rural development. social capital is one of the key determinants of women's participation in different social activities. social capital may act directly through physical ...

background: since 2009, evaluation of scholarship in teaching activities of faculty members is considered for their promotion in iran. until now, policies regarding the minimum obligatory scholarship score required for promotion have changed dramatically. the effects of changes in policies on the scholarship activities of faculty members of mashhad university of medical sciences (mums) are eval...

Background: The aim of current study was to identify the most suitable strategies for faculty development and improving educational potential of faculty members in medical sciences. Methods: The study was cross-sectional. First, using the literature and with the help of experts, a list of all suitable strategies for faculty development was extracted. Then the questionnaire was created based on ...