Issues and Challenges to Socialization of Academic Norms in Scientific Communities in Iran

Academic culture generation and socialization of academic and professional norms are important prerequisites of knowledge production. Considering that science production without normative, social and cultural structures can not be achieved, academic norms are regarded as a part of scientific knowledge. In this article, the issues and challenges faced in academic socialization of norms in scientific communities in Iran are studied. The findings of the current study are based on brain storming sessions along with deep interviews by domain experts (20 Experts) involved in issues in higher education systems and with the help of documentary studies of previous researches on the subject (15 Researches). Results and findings of 15 researches have shown that the challenges and issues of higher education of Iran can be discussed in four basic categories: a) Foundation of scientific communities, b) Efficiency of academic culture, c) Scientism and commitment to academic norms, d) Formation of effective processes of academic socialization. Strengthening the scientific community and the flow of socialization of scientific norms of higher education system can be effective to train homo academicus, university scientists, professors and future professionals to be able to expand the boundaries of knowledge in the form of national and global networks of scientific role in the successful development and growth of its academic fields.