Dr. Mahdinia stated in the IRNA report: The increase in the visibility of the fake keyword is an alarm for the distortion of the name of the Persian Gulf.

The Persian Gulf contains the historical and cultural identity of Iran, which is rooted in the long history of our country. Since the beginning of the written history, the name of this water area has been mentioned everywhere in Persian and Arabic with the names of the Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf, and Persian Gulf, and the name Persian Gulf is very old..Some people believe: "The Persian Gulf is the cradle of world civilization or the origin of mankind.".

Among the different branches of science, marine science and oceanography have a special place in today's world because marine and oceanic environments with 71 The percentage of the earth's surface and its industrial, economic, scientific and technological capabilities have attracted the attention of many experts and policy makers..

According to the definitions of marine sciences, the countries that dominate the coasts of the seas and oceans are considered maritime, and Iran, having more than 2700 kilometers of coastline, dominance for the northern shores of the Persian Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz, is a maritime country.

The blue area of ​​the Persian Gulf is located along the Oman Sea and between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, which has the countries of Iran, Oman, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain in its vicinity, and is considered the third largest bay in the world after the Gulf of Mexico and the Hudson Bay. Its important islands are: Khark, Abu Musi, Big Tonb, Little Tonb, Kish, Qeshm and Lawan, all of which belong to Iran..

Although the Persian Gulf is a name for the water area in the south of Iran, it actually contains the historical and cultural identity of Iran, which is rooted in the long history of our country. From the beginning of the written history, the name of this water area has been mentioned everywhere in Persian and Arabic languages ​​with the names of the Persian Gulf, the Persian Gulf, the Persian Gulf, and the Persian Gulf.».

The Persian Gulf and its synonyms in other languages, the most original name left from the oldest sources, which has been used continuously in all languages ​​and world literature since centuries BC and is tied to Pars, Fars, Iran and Ajam. By referring to the book of the collection of historical covenants of Iran, it is clear that the name of the Persian Gulf at least in 30 The historical covenant has been used since the first and second millennium AD until half a century ago.

Among these agreements, the contract 1622 AD between Shah Abbas and the representative of the East India Company, Karim Khan Zand's order regarding the granting of powers to William Andrew Price, the agreement 1809 The year when Britain recognized Iran's sovereignty over the entire Persian Gulf, the treaty 12 Articles of the Iranian government and Sargorawazli (British ambassador), treaty 1882AD regarding the prohibition of slave trade, and the agreement between Iran and France 1808It is stated in the book Hudud al-Alam as the oldest geography book in Persian written about a thousand years ago: "The Gulf of Pars extends from the border of Pars, with a small width to the border of the Indus.»

It can be said that the sea separating the Iranian plateau from the Arabian Peninsula has been called "Persian Sea" or "Persian Gulf" since the beginning of human history writing, and no other name has been given to it in any of the historical periods..

In order to protect national interests and prevent the name of this water body from being distorted, it is necessary to provide a comprehensive picture of the state of scientific productions related to both keywords. The comparison of scientific productions related to two keywords clarifies the trajectory of scientific texts related to both keywords and provides the possibility of scientific and strategic planning and, accordingly, scientific and political authority to preserve the name of the Persian Gulf..

In addition, the United Nations had ۲Bar has announced the historical and original name of this waterway "Persian Gulf". The United Nations considers the Persian Gulf to be a new name that has replaced the old name of the Persian Sea since the beginning of the 20th century and has been used more than the Persian Sea. United Nations Secretariat in a dated document ۵ March of the year 1971 And in a statement dated August 10 1984 which is signed 22 The Arab country has also arrived, the water area between Iran from the north and east and a number of Arab countries from the south and west is called the Persian Gulf. This secretariat also apologized for the mistakes made by the United Nations in some documents in using the name of the Persian Gulf and considered it an inadvertent mistake (document 26 June 1991 AD in the United Nations) and asked the agents of the organization to always keep this position of Iran in mind. In addition, the annual conference of the United Nations on the coordination of geographical names has emphasized the name of the Persian Gulf every year.

Although this body of water has been called the Persian Gulf and the Persian Sea in all historical and geographical texts, however, this name has been used since the decade 1330 Sohri has been challenged by some Arab nationalists, and many experts, especially in official correspondence and scientific texts, including articles and books, have mentioned the name of the Arabian Gulf instead of the Persian Gulf..

Considering the solid background regarding the name of the Persian Gulf and the change of political views in the Persian Gulf countries and other European and American countries and the prejudice and insistence on distorting the name of this water basin, in official scientific databases such as WebOscience and Scopus, in addition to searching for the keyword Persian Gulf, you can also find an increase in search results for the keyword Arabian Gulf..

in the year 2020 Most of the scientific documents have been published with the fake name of the Arabian Gulf

on the website of WebOscience, respectively 7235 و 3520 Scientific degrees are indexed. The dominant language for the publications of the two fields is English, and most of the productions have been published in the form of research and review articles. The growth trend of scientific productions in different years has been different, but overall, their growth has been on the rise in the studied period. Descriptive analyzes show that in the year 2021 The most documents related to the keyword Persian Gulf and in the year 2020 Most of the scientific documents have been published with the fake name of the Arabian Gulf.

Based on the subject separation, the subject distribution of scientific outputs with the fake keyword of the Arabian Gulf is more than the Persian Gulf, and in both subject areas, the subject scope Environmental Science Ecology He received the highest number of scientific degrees.

The investigation on the cooperation level of educational and research institutions showed that in relation to the Persian Gulf; Islamic Azad University and in connection with the fake keyword Arabian Gulf, Kuwait University are at the top. Universities and educational and research centers of countries bordering this body of water have been the best centers in publishing scientific documents. The evaluation of the researchers' scientific participation indicated that 75 The percentage of the total scientific productions of the Persian Gulf and 79 The total percentage of productions with fake names in the Arabian Gulf have been compiled in a cooperative manner.

Regarding the mention of the fake keyword, it should be noted that not only the Persian Gulf countries, especially the countries that are members of the Persian Gulf Governors Council, have tended to publish scientific articles with the keyword of the Arabian Gulf..

The citation status of scientific productions revealed that seven thousand 235The document containing the keyword Persian Gulf 132 thousand and 885 Citation with Hersh index 129 in the year 2021 They have the most citations, while three thousand and 520 The document related to the fake name of the Arabian Gulf 72thousand and 204 have received citations with the Hersh index 95 in the year 2020 have received the most citations.

From the sum of the data and the results extracted from them, it can be seen that although the number of scientific documents indexed in the Web of Science database with the keyword Persian Gulf ۲ It is equal to the documents that were produced with the fake keyword of the Arabian Gulf, but the growth trend, the level of participation among researchers and educational and research centers as well as countries, the amount of influence of the authors and even the citations and the Hersh index in relation to the keyword of the Persian Gulf indicate the fact that fundamental steps must be taken to preserve this original name..

Of course, the increase in the results regarding the fake keyword of the Arabian Gulf, citing reliable and reliable sources, cannot show the validity of the claims of some false claimants regarding this fake name..

Regarding the protection of the name of the Persian Gulf, it should be suggested that at the macro level, comprehensive programs be developed to promote the scientific influence of researchers and establish communication with researchers from other countries. Addressing the quantity and quality of scientific productions related to this water area should be done in parallel. Necessary platforms for the publication of domestic publications and care should be taken regarding their indexing in reliable international databases. The relevant institutions should help the increase of scientific documentation on the Persian Gulf by holding seminars, conferences and international conferences in all branches of science related to the subject area of ​​the Persian Gulf and publishing the articles presented in these scientific events in the form of special issues..

The presented results are the result of a research project in the Library and Documentation Center of the National Research Institute of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences.