aAssociate Professor of Social Science, Tehran University
bMaster of Social Science Research Assistant, Faculty of Tehran University and Tehran University entrepreneur
cTarbiat Modares University Master of Social Science
dMaster of Industrial Engineering & Teaching Assistant, Payyam Nour University, Yazd
Online published on 6 September, 2014.
Personal traits as the key features of the modernism era have two distinctive dimensions. The positive dimension focuses on self-esteem and self-actualization, while the negative dimension emphasizes egoism. The present study will focus on negative individualism. This paper aims at investigating the effect of individualism and collectivism on the products of social sciences. To do this, the researcher examined the number of social sciences articles indexed in the Institution of Scientific Information (ISI). The reliability of the indices was confirmed by a number of academic experts. The obtained results show that individualism spirit in social scientists leads to the weakening of the social studies, while the collectivism spirit improves social studies research.
Individualism, collectivism, scientific products, social sciences, scientific community
