فرشاد پرهام نیا - Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.
فاطمه نوشین فرد - Depatment of Knowledge and Information Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Purpose: The goal of the present study was to investigate the contextual factors affecting the scholarly communication of the faculty members in Iran’s Universities. Methodology: The study aimed to be an applied analytic survey. The statistical population included the faculty members working in all universities in Iran. The data gathering instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire containing ۳۵ questions. The obtained Alpha Cronbach correlation coefficient was.۸۸۱ which proved the reliability of the questionnaire. The data were analyzed based on multiple regression analysis using Amos and SPSS ۲۱. Finding: The multiple regression analysis showed that among the contextual factors, the variable of the relationship with government, the academic freedom, the social environment and political and cultural environment can statistically explain the variance of scholarly communication.Conclusion: : It is concluded that there is significant relationship between the scholarly communication with the scientific products. Moreover, the scholarly communication can explain the variance of the scientific production.

Higher Education, Scholarly Communication, Scientific Products, Contextual factors, Faculty Members