BISAC Subject Headings List, Science
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An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2012 Edition.
For subheadings that overlap those in the TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING section, use subjects in this section for works of a theoretical or historical nature and use subjects in the TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING section for works dealing with practical applications.
If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area.
NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE
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All rights reserved. No part of the attached documents may be distributed or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
If you can't find the code you're looking for please go back and review other Major Subjects to find an alternate code or use our Contact Form to suggest revisions to the next version of the list.
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SCIENCE
For subheadings that overlap those in the NATURE section, use subjects in this section for scholarly works and/or works aimed at professionals and use subjects in the NATURE section for works aimed at a lay audience.For subheadings that overlap those in the TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING section, use subjects in this section for works of a theoretical or historical nature and use subjects in the TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING section for works dealing with practical applications.
| SCI000000 | SCIENCE / General |
| SCI001000 | SCIENCE / Acoustics & Sound |
| SCI003000 | SCIENCE / Applied Sciences |
| SCI004000 | SCIENCE / Astronomy |
| SCI010000 | SCIENCE / Biotechnology |
| SCI012000 | SCIENCE / Chaotic Behavior in Systems |
| SCI013000 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / General |
| SCI013010 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / Analytic |
| SCIENCE / Chemistry / Biochemistry see Life Sciences / Biochemistry | |
| SCI013020 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / Clinical |
| SCI013070 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / Computational & Molecular Modeling |
| SCI013080 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / Environmental (see also Environmental Science) |
| SCI013060 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical |
| SCI013030 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / Inorganic |
| SCI013040 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic |
| SCI013050 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical |
| SCI013090 | SCIENCE / Chemistry / Toxicology |
| SCI090000 | SCIENCE / Cognitive Science |
| SCI015000 | SCIENCE / Cosmology |
| SCI019000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General |
| SCI030000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography |
| SCI031000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology |
| SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geophysics see Physics / Geophysics | |
| SCI081000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology |
| SCI083000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology |
| SCI042000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology |
| SCI048000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy |
| SCI052000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography |
| SCI091000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy |
| SCI082000 | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism |
| SCI023000 | SCIENCE / Electron Microscopes & Microscopy |
| SCI024000 | SCIENCE / Energy |
| SCI026000 | SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental) |
| SCI080000 | SCIENCE / Essays |
| SCI028000 | SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects |
| SCI092000 | SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change |
| SCI033000 | SCIENCE / Gravity |
| SCI034000 | SCIENCE / History |
| SCI093000 | SCIENCE / Laboratory Techniques |
| SCI086000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General |
| SCI056000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (see also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology) |
| SCI006000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Bacteriology |
| SCI007000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry |
| SCI088000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity |
| SCI008000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology |
| SCI009000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics |
| SCI011000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany |
| SCI017000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology |
| SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cytology see Life Sciences / Cell Biology | |
| SCI072000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology |
| SCI020000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology |
| SCI027000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution |
| SCI029000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics |
| SCI073000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture |
| SCI036000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology |
| SCI039000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology |
| SCI045000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology |
| SCI049000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology |
| SCI094000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Mycology |
| SCI089000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience |
| SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Physiology see Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology | |
| SCI087000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Taxonomy |
| SCI099000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Virology * |
| SCI070000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General |
| SCI025000 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology |
| SCI070010 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ichthyology & Herpetology |
| SCI070020 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates |
| SCI070030 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals |
| SCI070040 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology |
| SCI070050 | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology |
| SCIENCE / Light see Physics / Optics & Light | |
| SCI041000 | SCIENCE / Mechanics / General |
| SCI084000 | SCIENCE / Mechanics / Aerodynamics |
| SCI018000 | SCIENCE / Mechanics / Dynamics |
| SCI085000 | SCIENCE / Mechanics / Fluids |
| SCI095000 | SCIENCE / Mechanics / Hydrodynamics |
| SCIENCE / Mechanics / Materials Science see TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science | |
| SCI096000 | SCIENCE / Mechanics / Solids |
| SCI079000 | SCIENCE / Mechanics / Statics |
| SCI065000 | SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics |
| SCIENCE / Methodology see Research & Methodology | |
| SCI047000 | SCIENCE / Microscopes & Microscopy |
| SCI050000 | SCIENCE / Nanoscience |
| SCI100000 | SCIENCE / Natural History * |
| SCI054000 | SCIENCE / Paleontology |
| SCI075000 | SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| SCI055000 | SCIENCE / Physics / General |
| SCI005000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics |
| SCI074000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular |
| SCIENCE / Physics / Biophysics see Life Sciences / Biophysics | |
| SCI077000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter |
| SCI016000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Crystallography |
| SCI021000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity |
| SCI022000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Electromagnetism |
| SCI032000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics |
| SCI038000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Magnetism |
| SCI040000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational |
| SCI051000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear |
| SCI053000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light |
| SCI097000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Polymer |
| SCI057000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory |
| SCI061000 | SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity |
| SCIENCE / Projects see Experiments & Projects | |
| SCI058000 | SCIENCE / Radiation |
| SCI059000 | SCIENCE / Radiology |
| SCI060000 | SCIENCE / Reference |
| SCI043000 | SCIENCE / Research & Methodology |
| SCI076000 | SCIENCE / Scientific Instruments |
| SCIENCE / Social Aspects see Philosophy & Social Aspects | |
| SCIENCE / Sound see Acoustics & Sound | |
| SCI098000 | SCIENCE / Space Science |
| SCI078000 | SCIENCE / Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis |
| SCI063000 | SCIENCE / Study & Teaching |
| SCI064000 | SCIENCE / System Theory |
| SCI066000 | SCIENCE / Time |
| SCI067000 | SCIENCE / Waves & Wave Mechanics |
| SCI068000 | SCIENCE / Weights & Measures |
If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area.
NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE
Please note that the BISAC Subject Headings List is governed by the following copyright notice.
© 2012, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of the attached documents may be distributed or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.