This paper made an initial assessment of research quality of some research projects implemented by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and then, from these survey outcomes, propose some solutions to enhance research quality for strategy and policy studies. | Solutions for higher quality of scientific research:. 36 SOLUTIONS FOR HIGHER QUALITY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND STRATEGY STUDIES Dr. Nguyen Ha Thi Quynh Trang, BA. Nguyen Thi Van Anh, . Nguyen Hong Anh, BA. Ta Doan Hai, Dr. Nguyen Quang Tuan National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategy Studies Abstract: Research quality is one of the problems of high attention in activities of social studies in general and strategy and policy studies in particular. On basis of the set of temporarily identified indicators and the actual survey of research activities by researchers of National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategy Studies (NISTPASS), the authors of this paper made an initial assessment of research quality of some research projects implemented by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and then, from these survey outcomes, propose some solutions to enhance research quality for strategy and policy studies. Keywords: Scientific research; Research quality; Strategy and policy. Code: 15101601 1. Overview on quality of scientific research “Quality” is a largely used term which plays important roles in all aspects of practice from production of tangible goods to activities of scientific research to create intangible assets - new knowledge. Despite these important roles, the quality is a difficult term to be interpreted and to be measured. ISO (International Standard Organization) made a definition which states: “Quality is a set of inherent characteristics fulfills a set of requirement” (The ISO 9000 Handbook). Since there is no commonly agreed interpretation of the term of “research quality” in different contexts, this paper does not focus efforts on definition of research quality of individual research papers but for the definition of this term by ISO and then applies these concepts of research quality for research reports. This paper takes the concepts
