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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
- 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
- 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
- I.02.14 Art 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
- 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
- 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