A Review on Science Clasification Studies in Iran

Classification of science has been emerged with development and extension of knowledge simultaneously and multiple researches are done in this subject.

This research intends to provide a clear image based on truth of the researches which are done in Iran. These researches are investigated in Persian language. The research method of this article is a documental-analytical review. The researches which were done in this subject including books, articles and thesis studied and compilation of websites, databases and libraries.  

Finding shows the beginning of the publication of the references related to this field referred to the 60s. Done researches in this field in terms of quantitatively and somewhat qualitatively are seemed to grow. The vector of study of previous researches in the field of classification of science reveals that the research moved towards critical, comparative studies and also lately towards the interdisciplinary approach. Mostly the maximum issued works in this field are published in papers form which have scientific credibility. Also there is some books which are written down in this field and few theses regarding this issues are done. Some articles in this issue also are compiled by librarians and experts of information published by knowledge and information science journals.