The Web of Science schema comprises approximately 250 subject areas in science, social sciences, and arts & humanities. Many broad areas such as physics and materials science are represented by smaller sub-fields. Selecting subject areas from this list enables you to make comparisons in targeted areas such as Applied Chemistry or Geriatrics & Gerontology. To see the journals assigned to each category, click one of the following links:
- Science Citation Index Expanded Journals (see scope notes)
- Social Sciences Citation Index Journals (see scope notes)
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index Journals (see scope notes)
Articles from multidisciplinary journals may be reclassified into specific subject areas. See Reclassification of Papers in Multidisciplinary and Medical Journals.
| Research Areas | ||
|---|---|---|
| ACOUSTICS | AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY | AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING |
| AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE | AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | AGRONOMY |
| ALLERGY | ANATOMY & MORPHOLOGY | ANDROLOGY |
| ANESTHESIOLOGY | ANTHROPOLOGY | ARCHEOLOGY |
| ARCHITECTURE | AREA STUDIES | ART |
| ASIAN STUDIES | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY |
| AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS | BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS |
| BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION | BIOLOGY |
| BIOPHYSICS | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | BUSINESS |
| BUSINESS, FINANCE | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | CELL & TISSUE ENGINEERING |
| CELL BIOLOGY | CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL | CHEMISTRY, APPLIED |
| CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR | CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY |
| CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | CLASSICS |
| CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | COMMUNICATION | COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS | COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE | COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS |
| CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY | CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE |
| CRYSTALLOGRAPHY | CULTURAL STUDIES | DANCE |
| DEMOGRAPHY | DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE | DERMATOLOGY |
| DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY | ECOLOGY | ECONOMICS |
| EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH | EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES | EDUCATION, SPECIAL |
| ELECTROCHEMISTRY | EMERGENCY MEDICINE | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM |
| ENERGY & FUELS | ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE | ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL |
| ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC |
| ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL | ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL |
| ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING | ENGINEERING, MARINE | ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL |
| ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | ENGINEERING, OCEAN | ENGINEERING, PETROLEUM |
| ENTOMOLOGY | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES |
| ERGONOMICS | ETHICS | ETHNIC STUDIES |
| EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | FAMILY STUDIES | FILM, RADIO, TELEVISION |
| FISHERIES | FOLKLORE | FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY |
| FORESTRY | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | GENETICS & HEREDITY |
| GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | GEOGRAPHY | GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL |
| GEOLOGY | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY |
| GERONTOLOGY | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES |
| HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | HEMATOLOGY | HISTORY |
| HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES | HORTICULTURE |
| HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM | HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | IMAGING SCIENCE & PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY |
| IMMUNOLOGY | INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR | INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
| INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE | INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION | INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE |
| INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS | LAW |
| LIMNOLOGY | LINGUISTICS | LITERARY REVIEWS |
| LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM | LITERATURE | LITERATURE, AFRICAN, AUSTRALIAN, CANADIAN |
| LITERATURE, AMERICAN | LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES | LITERATURE, GERMAN, DUTCH, SCANDINAVIAN |
| LITERATURE, ROMANCE | LITERATURE, SLAVIC | LOGIC |
| MANAGEMENT | MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY | MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS |
| MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS | MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHARACTERIZATION & TESTING | MATERIALS SCIENCE, COATINGS & FILMS |
| MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | MATERIALS SCIENCE, PAPER & WOOD |
| MATERIALS SCIENCE, TEXTILES | MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY | MATHEMATICS |
| MATHEMATICS, APPLIED | MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | MECHANICS |
| MEDICAL ETHICS | MEDICAL INFORMATICS | MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY |
| MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | MEDICINE, LEGAL | MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL |
| MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES | METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES |
| MICROBIOLOGY | MICROSCOPY | MINERALOGY |
| MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | MUSIC |
| MYCOLOGY | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | NEUROIMAGING |
| NEUROSCIENCES | NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | NURSING |
| NUTRITION & DIETETICS | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | OCEANOGRAPHY |
| ONCOLOGY | OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | OPHTHALMOLOGY |
| OPTICS | ORNITHOLOGY | ORTHOPEDICS |
| OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY | PALEONTOLOGY | PARASITOLOGY |
| PATHOLOGY | PEDIATRICS | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE |
| PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY | PHILOSOPHY | PHYSICS, APPLIED |
| PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | PHYSICS, FLUIDS & PLASMAS |
| PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL | PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | PHYSICS, NUCLEAR |
| PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS | PHYSIOLOGY | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT |
| PLANT SCIENCES | POETRY | POLITICAL SCIENCE |
| POLYMER SCIENCE | PRIMARY HEALTH CARE | PSYCHIATRY |
| PSYCHOLOGY | PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED | PSYCHOLOGY, BIOLOGICAL |
| PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL | PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL | PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL |
| PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL | PSYCHOLOGY, MATHEMATICAL | PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY |
| PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOANALYSIS | PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
| PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING | REHABILITATION |
| RELIGION | REMOTE SENSING | REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY |
| RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | RHEUMATOLOGY | ROBOTICS |
| SOCIAL ISSUES | SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL | SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS | SOCIAL WORK | SOCIOLOGY |
| SOIL SCIENCE | SPECTROSCOPY | SPORT SCIENCES |
| STATISTICS & PROBABILITY | SUBSTANCE ABUSE | SURGERY |
| TELECOMMUNICATIONS | THEATER | THERMODYNAMICS |
| TOXICOLOGY | TRANSPLANTATION | TRANSPORTATION |
| TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | TROPICAL MEDICINE | URBAN STUDIES |
| UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | VETERINARY SCIENCES | VIROLOGY |
| WATER RESOURCES | WOMEN'S STUDIES | ZOOLOGY |
