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Research Areas (Categories / Classification)

Research areas constitute a subject categorization scheme that is shared by all Web of Science product databases. As a result, you can identify, retrieve and analyze documents from multiple databases that pertain to the same subject.

Every Major Concept is mapped to at least one research area.

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Research Areas

Research areas are classified into five broad categories:

Arts & Humanities
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences
Technology

Arts & Humanities	Life Sciences & Biomedicine	Physical Sciences	Social Sciences	Technology
Architecture	Agriculture	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Archaeology	Acoustics
Art	Allergy	Chemistry	Area Studies	Automation & Control Systems
Arts & Humanities Other Topics	Anatomy & Morphology	Crystallography	Biomedical Social Sciences	Computer Science
Asian Studies	Anesthesiology	Electrochemistry	Business & Economics	Construction & Building Technology
Classics	Anthropology	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Communication	Energy & Fuels
Dance	Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology	Geology	Criminology & Penology	Engineering
Film, Radio & Television	Behavioral Sciences	Mathematics	Cultural Studies	Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
History	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Demography	Information Science & Library Science
History & Philosophy of Science	Biodiversity & Conservation	Mineralogy	Development Studies	Instruments & Instrumentation
Literature	Biophysics	Mining & Mineral Processing	Education & Educational Research	Materials Science
Music	Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology	Oceanography	Ethnic Studies	Mechanics
Philosophy	Cardiovascular System & Cardiology	Optics	Family Studies	Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
Religion	Cell Biology	Physical Geography	Geography	Microscopy
Theater	Critical Care Medicine	Physics	Government & Law	Nuclear Science & Technology
	Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine	Polymer Science	International Relations	Operations Research & Management Science
	Dermatology	Thermodynamics	Linguistics	Remote Sensing
	Developmental Biology	Water Resources	Mathematical Methods In Social Sciences	Robotics
	Emergency Medicine		Psychology	Science & Technology Other Topics
	Endocrinology & Metabolism		Public Administration	Spectroscopy
	Entomology		Social Issues	Telecommunications
	Environmental Sciences & Ecology		Social Sciences Other Topics	Transportation
	Evolutionary Biology		Social Work
	Fisheries		Sociology
	Food Science & Technology		Urban Studies
	Forestry		Women's Studies
	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
	General & Internal Medicine
	Genetics & Heredity
	Geriatrics & Gerontology
	Health Care Sciences & Services
	Hematology
	Immunology
	Infectious Diseases
	Integrative & Complementary Medicine
	Legal Medicine
	Life Sciences Biomedicine Other Topics
	Marine & Freshwater Biology
	Mathematical & Computational Biology
	Medical Ethics
	Medical Informatics
	Medical Laboratory Technology
	Microbiology
	Mycology
	Neurosciences & Neurology
	Nursing
	Nutrition & Dietetics
	Obstetrics & Gynecology
	Oncology
	Ophthalmology
	Orthopedics
	Otorhinolaryngology
	Paleontology
	Parasitology
	Pathology
	Pediatrics
	Pharmacology & Pharmacy
	Physiology
	Plant Sciences
	Psychiatry
	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
	Rehabilitation
	Reproductive Biology
	Research & Experimental Medicine
	Respiratory System
	Rheumatology
	Sport Sciences
	Substance Abuse
	Surgery
	Toxicology
	Transplantation
	Tropical Medicine
	Urology & Nephrology
	Veterinary Sciences
	Virology
	Zoology

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Results Page Option

From the Results page, you can refine the results of your search by selecting specific research area terms listed under the Research Areas option.

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Analyze Results Option

From the Analyze Results page, you can group and rank records in a results set by selecting the Research Areas option. Use this feature to view a ranking by field, record count, and percentage of each research area within the results set.

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Research Area Examples

SU=Infectious Diseases retrieves records in which this term appears in the Research Areas field on a Full Record.
SU=(Fisheries AND Forestry) retrieves records in which both terms must appear in the Research Areas field on a Full Record.
SU=(Chemistry OR Electrochemistry) retrieves records in which either (or both) terms appear in the Research Areas field on a Full Record.
SU=(Chemistry NOT Electrochemistry) retrieves records in which the term Chemistry appears in the Research Areas field on a Full Record, but the term Electrochemistry cannot appear in that same field.

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Did You Know ...

Every journal indexed in Web of Science Core Collection is assigned to at least one research area. Research areas can help you filter a set of search results by the broad subject represented by the research area.