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Introduction: Research self‑efficacy if the people’s judgment of their abilities in order toorganize and conduct meaningful research in different formats. The aim of this study is todeterminate the rate of research self‑efficacy among students of Isfahan University of MedicalSciences based on Research Self‑efficacy Scale. Materials and Methods: The method of thisstudy is an applied survey method. Statistical population is all students of Isfahan University ofMedical Sciences and the sample size was calculated to be 361 samples based on Krejcie andMorgan table. Random sampling method was used with equal number of samples from everydepartment. Data collection tool is Salehi et al. questionnaire (with 7 dimensions) with Likertscale (5 grades). Its validity and reliability were confirmed by Psychology and Research Methodexperts and Cronbach’s alpha (r = 0.84) respectively. Data gathering method was direct visit toeach department. The data was then analyzed using t‑test and one‑tailed ANOVA using SPSS 16software. Results: The finding showed that among research self‑efficiency dimensions researchethics dimension had the highest and quality research dimension had the lowest means.Furthermore comparing the research self‑efficacy scores with demographic characteristicssuggests that there is no significant difference between total score of research self‑efficacy ofdifferent departments, genders or educational degrees (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Since the scoreof most of the research self‑efficacy dimensions were, lower than average, holding periodicalworkshops, inclusion of necessary courses in the educational plan, forcing student to performresearch activity such as writing articles in lower educational levels and improvement of researchculture for students with the help of experienced professors are some of practical solutions,which can lead to increasing the motivation of the students for conducting efficient research.