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Purpose: the present paper aims to describe the history, dimensions, andresearch and application areas of information credibility especially in the webinformation environment.methodology: reviewing related literature in communication, sociology,information science and computer science.findings: credibility is a multidimensional and expansive concept for which anagreement has not been reached. credibility is basically an evaluation related to theuser by which both objective judgments like quality and accuracy of information andsubjective judgments like trustworthiness and expertise should be took intoconsideration. research area of credibility conducted usually by checklist andsurvey approaches comes across many challenges especially in the webenvironment.originality/value: information credibility is a major concern in newinformation and media environments and needs serious consideration. furthermore,the present paper is the first in persian language concerning the concept.