Fields of Science and Technology at Frascati Manual

Fields of science and technology at Frascati Manual

NATURAL SCIENCES

Mathematics and computer sciences

o Mathematics and other allied fields
o Computer sciences and other allied subjects (software development only; hardware development should be classified in the engineering fields)

Physical sciences

o Astronomy and space sciences
o Physics
o Other allied subjects

Chemical sciences

o Chemistry
o Other allied subjects

Earth and related environmental sciences

o Geology
o Geophysics
o Mineralogy
o Physical geography other geosciences
o Meteorology atmospheric sciences including climatic researchother
o Oceanography
o Vulcanology
o Palaeoecology
o Other allied sciences

Biological sciences (excluding clinical and veterinary sciences)

o Biology
o Botany
o Bacteriology
o Microbiology
o Zoology
o Entomology
o Genetics
o Biochemistry
o Biophysics and other allied sciences

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Civil engineering

o Architecture engineering
o Building science and engineering
o Construction engineering
o Municipal and structural engineering and other allied subjects

Electrical engineering

Electronics

o Electrical engineering
o Electronics
o Communication engineering and systems,
o Computer engineering (hardware only) and other allied subjects

Other engineering sciences

o Chemical
o Aeronautical and space
o Mechanical
o Metallurgical and materials engineering, and their specialised subdivisions
o Forest products
o Applied sciences such as geodesy
o Industrial chemistry, etc.
o The science and technology of food production
o Specialised technologies of interdisciplinary fields

* Systems analysis
* Metallurgy
* Mining
* Textile technology and other allied subjects

MEDICAL SCIENCES

Basic medicine

o Anatomy
o Cytology
o Physiology
o Genetic
o Pharmcsacy
o Pharmacology
o Toxicology
o Immunology and immunohaematology
o Clinical chemistry
o Clinical microbiology
o Pathology

Clinical medicine

o Anaesthesiology
o Paediatrics
o Obstetrics and gynaecology
o Internal medicine
o Surgery
o Dentistry
o Neurology
o Psychiatry
o Radiology
o Therapeutics
o Otorhinolaryngology
o Ophthalmology

Health sciences

o Public health services
o Social medicine
o Hygiene
o Nursing
o Epidemiology)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Agriculture
Forestry
Fisheries and allied sciences

o Agronomy
o Animal husbandry
o Fisheries
o Forestry
o Horticulture and other allied subjects

Veterinary

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Psychology
Economics
Educational sciences
Other social sciences

o Anthropology (social and cultural) and ethnology
o Demography
o Geography (human, economic and social)
o Town and country planning
o Management
o Law
o Linguistics
o Political sciences
o Sociology
o Organisation and methods
o Miscellaneous social sciences and interdisciplinary, methodological and historical S&T activities relating to subjects in this group.

HUMANITIES

History

o History
o Prehistory and history
o Together with auxiliary historical disciplines

* Archaeology
* Numismatics
* Palaeography
* Genealogy

Other humanities

o philosophy (including the history of science and technology)
o history of art
o musicology
o other fields and subjects pertaining to the humanities, methodological, historical and other S&T activities relating to the subjectsin this group