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I.01 - Fields of science and study
I.02 - Scientific disciplines
I.03 - Multidisciplinary research
I.04 - Scientific theories, methods and approaches
I.05 - Scientific activities/Organization of research
I.06 - Research policy/Science policy

I.01 - Fields of science and study ↑ top

Comparative science 🔎
Delimitation of scientific disciplines and fields 🔎
Fields of science 🔎
Humanities 🔎
Natural sciences 🔎
Science studies 🔎
Sciences 🔎
Scientific disciplines 🔎
Scientific schools 🔎
Social sciences 🔎

I.02 - Scientific disciplines ↑ top

I.02.01 Engineering/Technical sciences

Aviation technology 🔎
Computer science 🔎
Construction engineering 🔎
Electrical engineering 🔎
Energy technology 🔎
Engineering/technical sciences 🔎
Materials research 🔎
Medical technology 🔎
Metallurgy 🔎
Nuclear technology 🔎
Robotics 🔎
Shipbuilding technology 🔎
Space technology 🔎
Transport technology 🔎

I.02.02 Physical sciences/Mathematics

Acoustics 🔎
Aerodynamics 🔎
Astronomy/astrophysics 🔎
Mathematics 🔎
Mechanics 🔎
Nuclear physics 🔎
Nuclear research 🔎
Optics 🔎
Physics 🔎
Quantum physics 🔎
Solid state physics 🔎
Theoretical physics 🔎
Thermodynamics 🔎

I.02.03 Chemistry

Biochemistry 🔎
Chemistry 🔎
Geochemistry 🔎
Metallurgy 🔎
Petrochemistry 🔎

I.02.04 Life sciences

Agronomy 🔎
Bacteriology 🔎
Biochemistry 🔎
Biology 🔎
Biotechnology 🔎
Botany 🔎
Environmental sciences 🔎
Forestry (science) 🔎
Genetics 🔎
Life sciences 🔎
Medicine/medical sciences 🔎
Microbiology 🔎
Nutritional sciences 🔎
Pharmacology 🔎
Physiology 🔎
Soil sciences 🔎
Toxicology 🔎
Zoology 🔎

I.02.05 Earth sciences

Cartography 🔎
Climatology 🔎
Earth sciences 🔎
Economic geography 🔎
Geochemistry 🔎
Geodesy 🔎
Geography 🔎
Geology 🔎
Geomorphology 🔎
Geophysics 🔎
Human geography 🔎
Hydrology 🔎
Industrial geography 🔎
Meteorology 🔎
Mineralogy 🔎
Oceanography 🔎
Physical geography 🔎
Political geography 🔎
Population geography 🔎
Seismology 🔎
Settlement geography 🔎
Social geography 🔎
Transport geography 🔎

I.02.06 Psychology

Anthropological psychology 🔎
Behavioural psychology 🔎
Cultural psychology 🔎
Individual psychology 🔎
Industrial and organizational psychology 🔎
Political psychology 🔎
Psychoanalysis 🔎
Psychology 🔎
Psychology of social development 🔎
Social psychology 🔎

I.02.07 Anthropology

Anthropology 🔎
Cultural anthropology 🔎
Ethnology 🔎
Social anthropology 🔎

I.02.08 Sociology

Comparative sociology 🔎
Cultural sociology 🔎
Demography 🔎
Educational sociology 🔎
Election research/electoral analysis 🔎
Empirical social research 🔎
Ethnosociology 🔎
Family sociology 🔎
Industrial sociology 🔎
Labour and occupational sociology 🔎
Medical sociology 🔎
Military sociology 🔎
Political sociology 🔎
Population theory 🔎
Rural sociology 🔎
Sociology 🔎
Sociology of economics 🔎
Sociology of knowledge and science 🔎
Sociology of law 🔎
Sociology of religion 🔎
Sociology of social development 🔎
Sociology of youth 🔎
Special sociologies 🔎

I.02.09 Economics

Business administration (academic discipline) 🔎
Comparative economics 🔎
Economics 🔎
Energy economics 🔎
Finance (academic discipline) 🔎
Macroeconomics 🔎
Mathematical statistics 🔎
Microeconomics 🔎
Theoretical economics approach 🔎

I.02.10 Political economy

Economic theory of bureaucracy 🔎
Economic theory of democracy 🔎
Economic theory of politics 🔎
Economic theory of pressure groups 🔎
Marxist political economics 🔎
Political economics of socialism 🔎
Political economy 🔎

I.02.11 Political science

Comparative government 🔎
International politics (academic discipline) 🔎
Political economy 🔎
Political institutions (academic discipline) 🔎
Political philosophy 🔎
Political science 🔎
Political science theories 🔎
Political sociology 🔎
Political theory 🔎
Public administration (academic discipline) 🔎
Theory of society 🔎
Theory of the state 🔎

I.02.12 Jurisprudence

Civil law 🔎
Constitutional law 🔎
Criminal law 🔎
Criminology 🔎
Ecclesiastical law 🔎
History of law 🔎
International law 🔎
International law theory 🔎
Islamic law 🔎
Jurisprudence 🔎
Legal theory 🔎
Philosophy of law 🔎
Private law 🔎
Procedural law 🔎
Public law 🔎
Roman law 🔎
Sociology of law 🔎

I.02.13 Educational sciences

Comparative approaches to education 🔎
Didactics 🔎
Education sciences 🔎
Educational research 🔎

I.02.14 Art studies

Architecture 🔎
Art history 🔎
Art studies 🔎
Musicology 🔎
Study of literature 🔎
Theatre studies 🔎

I.02.15 Philosophy

Aesthetics 🔎
Ethics 🔎
Hermeneutics 🔎
Idealism (philosophy) 🔎
Logic 🔎
Materialism (philosophy) 🔎
Natural philosophy 🔎
Philosophy 🔎
Philosophy of culture 🔎
Philosophy of history 🔎
Philosophy of law 🔎
Philosophy of religion 🔎
Political philosophy 🔎
Positivism (philosophy) 🔎
Social philosophy 🔎

I.02.16 Theology

Buddhist studies 🔎
Christian theology 🔎
Islamic studies 🔎
Philosophy of religion 🔎
Religious studies 🔎

I.02.17 Information and communication sciences

Communication studies 🔎
Information and communication sciences 🔎
Media studies 🔎

I.02.18 History (academic discipline)

Agricultural history 🔎
Archaeology 🔎
Art history 🔎
Chronologies 🔎
Colonial history 🔎
Constitutional history 🔎
Contemporary history 🔎
Cultural history 🔎
Ecclesiastical history 🔎
Economic history 🔎
Historians 🔎
Historical awareness 🔎
Historical experience 🔎
Historical method 🔎
Historiography 🔎
History 🔎
History (academic discipline) 🔎
History of dogma 🔎
History of engineering 🔎
History of geographical discoveries 🔎
History of ideas 🔎
History of law 🔎
History of literature 🔎
History of political parties 🔎
History of religion 🔎
History of science 🔎
International relations history 🔎
Military history 🔎
Oral history 🔎
Philosophy of history 🔎
Political history 🔎
Precolonial period 🔎
Prehistory 🔎
Social history 🔎
Structural history 🔎
Theory of history 🔎
Tribal history 🔎
Views of history 🔎
War history 🔎
World history 🔎

I.02.19 Philology

Linguistics 🔎
Philology 🔎
Semiotics 🔎
Study of literature 🔎

I.02.20 Area studies/Regional languages and literatures

African studies 🔎
American studies 🔎
Arab studies 🔎
Area studies 🔎
Asian studies 🔎
Developing countries research 🔎
East Asian studies 🔎
East European studies 🔎
English studies 🔎
European studies 🔎
Iberoamerican studies 🔎
Indology 🔎
Iranian studies 🔎
Japanese studies 🔎
Latin American studies 🔎
Near and Middle East studies 🔎
Romance studies 🔎
Sinology/China studies 🔎
Slavic studies 🔎
South Asian studies 🔎
Southeast Asian studies 🔎
Southeast European studies 🔎
Soviet studies 🔎
Studies in German language and literature 🔎
Turkish studies 🔎

I.03 - Multidisciplinary research ↑ top

Area studies 🔎
Artificial intelligence 🔎
Behavioural research 🔎
Cultural studies 🔎
Defence policy studies 🔎
Developing countries research 🔎
Development process research 🔎
Elites research 🔎
Futurology 🔎
Labour market/occupational research 🔎
Media studies 🔎
Military science/defence studies 🔎
Multidisciplinary research 🔎
Nuclear research 🔎
Space research 🔎
Space sciences 🔎
Transformation studies 🔎

I.04 - Scientific theories, methods and approaches ↑ top

I.04.01 Theory of science

Concept formation 🔎
Falsification 🔎
Hypothesis 🔎
Operationalization 🔎
Revision of opinions/of perceived knowledge 🔎
Science studies 🔎
Scientific logic 🔎
Theory 🔎
Theory formation 🔎
Theory of cognition 🔎
Theory of science 🔎
Validity of theories 🔎
Value criteria (social sciences) 🔎
Verification (social sciences) 🔎

I.04.02 Research methodology

Case studies 🔎
Classifications 🔎
Comparative analysis 🔎
Content analysis 🔎
Correlation 🔎
Cost-benefit analysis 🔎
Data processing/evaluation 🔎
Definition/comprehension of concepts 🔎
Empirical analysis 🔎
Experiments 🔎
Field research 🔎
Forecast procedures 🔎
Historical method 🔎
Impact assessment 🔎
Interaction analysis 🔎
International/country comparison 🔎
Interviews 🔎
Mathematical analysis 🔎
Mathematical models 🔎
Mathematical statistics 🔎
Measurement/measurement systems 🔎
Methodology 🔎
Methods of assessment 🔎
Model theory 🔎
Models (theoretical) 🔎
Participant observation 🔎
Pilot projects 🔎
Qualitative methods 🔎
Quantitative methods 🔎
Regression 🔎
Research methods 🔎
Research techniques 🔎
Scientific forecast 🔎
Scientific theoretical analysis 🔎
Simulation 🔎
Statistical methods 🔎
Surveys (interrogation) 🔎
Terminology 🔎
Typology 🔎

I.04.03 Methodological research approaches in the social sciences

Comparative analysis 🔎
Conflict approach 🔎
Empirical approach 🔎
Historical approach 🔎
Institutional approach 🔎
Macropolitical-statistical approach 🔎
Marxist approach 🔎
Methodological approaches 🔎
Normative approach 🔎
Positivist approach 🔎
Power approach 🔎
Property rights 🔎
Socio-psychological approach 🔎
Systems approach 🔎
Theoretical economics approach 🔎

I.04.04 Econometrics/Economic and social statistics

Econometrics 🔎
Economic and social statistics 🔎
Economic forecasting 🔎
Industrial statistics 🔎
Input-output-analysis 🔎
International financial statistics 🔎
National accounts 🔎
Official statistics 🔎

I.04.05 Cybernetics

Cost estimation methods 🔎
Cost-effectiveness method 🔎
Cybernetics 🔎
Decision theory 🔎
Game theory 🔎
Information theory 🔎
Model theory 🔎
Operations research 🔎
Simulation 🔎
Systems analysis 🔎
Systems engineering 🔎
Systems theory 🔎
Zero-sum-games 🔎

I.04.06 Social science theories

Behavioural theory 🔎
Bureaucracy model 🔎
Capitalism theory 🔎
Communication theory 🔎
Conflict theory 🔎
Convergence theory 🔎
Critical rationalism 🔎
Critical theory 🔎
Democracy theory 🔎
Dependency theory 🔎
Economic theory 🔎
Elite theory 🔎
Functionalism theory 🔎
Imperialism theory 🔎
Integration theory 🔎
International relations theory 🔎
Modernization theory 🔎
Organization theory 🔎
Peacekeeping theory 🔎
Population theory 🔎
Revolution theories 🔎
Totalitarianism theory 🔎

I.04.07 Economic theories

Circular flow theory (economics) 🔎
Classical economic theory 🔎
Cost theory 🔎
Development theory 🔎
Distribution theory 🔎
Economic cycle theory 🔎
Economic policy theory 🔎
Economic systems theory 🔎
Economic theory 🔎
Economic theory of democracy 🔎
Economic theory of politics 🔎
Income and employment theory 🔎
International economics theory 🔎
Peripheral capitalism theory 🔎
Price theory 🔎
Production theory 🔎
Purchasing power parity theory 🔎
Rational expectations theory 🔎
Socialist economic theory 🔎
Supply-oriented economic theory 🔎
Theory of welfare economics 🔎
Underdevelopment theory 🔎

I.05 - Scientific activities/Organization of research ↑ top

I.05.01 Research and development

Application-oriented fundamental research 🔎
Applied research 🔎
Commissioned research 🔎
Economic surveys 🔎
Experimental research 🔎
Fundamental and theoretical research 🔎
Historical surveys 🔎
International economic surveys 🔎
International research and development programmes 🔎
Non-university research 🔎
Progress reports 🔎
Research 🔎
Research and development 🔎
Research in industry 🔎
Research planning 🔎
Research programmes 🔎
Research progress 🔎
Research projects 🔎
Research reports 🔎
Research results 🔎
Scientific/academic activities 🔎
Social surveys 🔎
State of research 🔎
Subjects of research 🔎
University research 🔎

I.05.02 Scientific community

Academic and research units 🔎
Academic and research units of international organizations 🔎
Academics/researchers 🔎
Academies of sciences/learned societies 🔎
Contract research institutes 🔎
Corporate research units 🔎
Defence studies organizations 🔎
International academic and research units 🔎
International scientific organizations/associations 🔎
Large scale research centres 🔎
New generations of scientists 🔎
Private academic and research units 🔎
Public academic and research units 🔎
Research community 🔎
Research groups 🔎
Research institutes 🔎
Science parks 🔎
Scientific and research associations 🔎
Scientific community 🔎
Scientific/academic bodies 🔎
University departments/faculties 🔎
University institutes 🔎
University research units 🔎

I.05.03 Organization of research

Academic and research communication 🔎
Academic and research conferences/meetings 🔎
Academic and research cooperation 🔎
Access to research results 🔎
Brain drain 🔎
Dependence/independence of research 🔎
Exchange of scientists/researchers 🔎
Follow-up contacts 🔎
International mobility of scientists 🔎
International scientific-technical communication 🔎
Organization of research 🔎
Public control of research 🔎
Research and teaching 🔎
Research capacity 🔎
Research facilities provision 🔎
Research management 🔎
Supply of scientists/researchers 🔎

I.06 - Research policy/Science policy ↑ top

I.06.01 Research policy/Research planning

Innovation policy 🔎
International scientific-technological cooperation 🔎
Relations between science and politics/society 🔎
Research planning 🔎
Science and research policy 🔎

I.06.02 Research financing/Research support

Business research expenditure 🔎
Government research support 🔎
Institutions funding research 🔎
Private support of research 🔎
Research support/research funding 🔎

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