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With the spread of Web 2, social networks became more popular. Social networks are used in various fields and scientific fields due to their capabilities and facilities. This study aims to analyze published Persian research on scientific social networks systematically. The present study is applied research with a systematic review approach using the Kitchenham and Charters model, which consists of 7 steps: question design, database identification, benchmarking, search process, selection, extraction, analysis, and data quality evaluation. The statistical population comprises 83 studies indexed in Persian databases (Elmnet, Irandoc, Magiran, Noormags, SID, Civilica, ISC) published in scientific and social networks. Findings showed that the study of scientific, social networks has been started since 2012, and about 84 studies have been published in this field. Among different years, in 2018, the most works were published. About 215 authors were involved in writing these works, of which 51.6% were women and 48.4% were men, 48.8 were faculty members and 50.2 were non-faculty members. The specialty of most writers was knowledge and information science. Thematically, the study of indicators and capabilities of scientific social networks with 23 studies is in the first place, presence and use of scientific social networks with 20 titles in the second, review of various aspects of social networks with 15 titles in the third, cooperation networks with 12 titles in the fourth and general scientific social networks and construction of research profiles in them with four titles placed in the fifth rank. In conclusion, researchers try to study the activities of the universities of the Ministry of Science and the activities of medical universities. Most of the published research was in the form of articles published in scientific journals or at scientific conferences. Also, most were published in collaboration with three or four authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Communication is the most fundamental process in research; therefore, scientific communication is the main center of the growth and development of the scientific community. Scientific communication means how scientists in each discipline can disseminate their information and knowledge through formal and informal channels. This is usually done through various media such as books, articles, conference papers, etc. This research has been conducted to investigate the scientific collaborations of Dr. Mehrad, "as an impressive specialist" of knowledge and information science in Iran, using the bibliometric method. The findings showed that about 180 works (including 57 books, 52 Persian articles, 22 English articles, 11 research projects and 38 dissertations) had been published by him. The study of Dr. Mehrad's scientific collaborations showed that 27.8% of the works were published as single authors and 72.2% as the group works. Dr. Dayani is at the top of his scientific colleagues with the publication of 9 works. The journals "Library and Information Science", "Social Sciences and Humanities of Shiraz University", "Information Processing and Management," and" Journal of Academic librarianship and information research" were the four journals in which most of Dr. Mehrad's works were published. The fields of "Library and Information Science", "Databases", "Shiraz University", and "Evaluation" are the core topics in which most of his works have been published. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]