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[Richard Jones]

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On Saturday 19 Jun 2004 11:26, Richard Jones wrote:
> > Re: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
> >    (It might be good to get input from someone who cares about this
> >    area)
>
> I can actually have a good crack at this - I'm doing a review of Field Of
> Knowledge classification systems for work.

There's two reasonable Field of Knowledge standards in the world. The 
Australian Standard Research Classification and the OECD's Frascati Manual. 
Together, they specify around 1100 actual fields. The following are the 
logical groupings of those fields (with each group holding between 5 and 20 
fields).

 Humanities
       Philosophy
       Cultural Studies
       Archaeology
       Anthropology
       History
       Linguistics
       Languages
       Literature
       Media
       Curatorial Sciences
       The Arts
       Religion
 Social Sciences
       Sociology
       Politics
       Human Geography
       Demography
       Psychology
       Cognitive Science
       Education
       Social Work
       Economics
       Business
       Law
       Media
 Sciences
       Mathematics
       Statistics
       Astronomy
       Physics
       Chemistry
       Earth Sciences
       Biology
       Medicine
       Alternative Medicine
       Public Health
       Nursing
       Human Movement and Sport
       Environmental Sciences
       Built Environment
       Engineering
       Information and Communication Sciences

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