Abstract: 【Purpose/significance】To explore the law of information avoidance behavior of scientific research workers in knowledge ex⁃change could provide reference for improving the efficiency in knowledge exchange of scientific research and optimizing the manage⁃ment level of scientific research 【. Method/process】With the thematic analysis method,semi-structured interview data from 26 universi⁃ty students were coded and analyzed to construct the process mechanism model and the influence mechanism model of information avoidance behavior in knowledge exchange of scientific research【. Result/conclusion】The influencing factors of information avoidance behavior in knowledge exchange of scientific research include affective factors,cognitive factors.social influences,physiological factors,
personality traits,information factors and environmental conditions.And information overload,information interest,information similarity and resource availability indirectly affect information avoidance behavior through negative emotions and coping self-efficacy, while subjective norms,perceived information trust and feasibility of expression have a direct driving effect on information avoidance.Informa⁃tion avoidance strategies include partial avoidance and complete avoidance,with partial avoidance as the main.Information avoidance behavior mainly have negative influences on scientific researchers and scientific research management.【Innovation/limitation】This paper clearly clarified the manifestations,causes and consequences of information avoidance behavior in knowledge exchange of scien⁃
tific research,and discussed the influence mechanism of information avoidance behavior in this context involving multi-dimensional key factors.However.there are still problems such as the sample type is relatively single and the results have not been quantitatively verified.