BISAC Subject Headings List
Science
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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.
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SCI000000 |
SCIENCE / General |
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SCI001000 |
SCIENCE / Acoustics & Sound |
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SCI003000 |
SCIENCE / Applied Sciences |
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SCI102000 |
SCIENCE / Bioinformatics |
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SCI010000 |
SCIENCE / Biotechnology |
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SCI012000 |
SCIENCE / Chaotic Behavior in Systems |
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SCI013000 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / General |
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SCI013010 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Analytic |
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SCIENCE / Chemistry / Biochemistry see Life Sciences / Biochemistry |
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SCI013020 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Clinical |
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SCI013070 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Computational & Molecular Modeling |
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SCI013100 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Electrochemistry |
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SCI013080 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Environmental (see also Environmental Science) |
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SCI013060 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical |
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SCI013030 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Inorganic |
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SCI013040 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic |
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SCI013050 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical |
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SCI013090 |
SCIENCE / Chemistry / Toxicology |
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SCI090000 |
SCIENCE / Cognitive Science |
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SCI019000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General |
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SCI030000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography |
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SCI031000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology |
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SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geophysics see Physics / Geophysics |
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SCI081000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology |
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SCI083000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology |
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SCI042000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology |
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SCI048000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy |
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SCI052000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography |
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SCI091000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy |
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SCI082000 |
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism |
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SCI023000 |
SCIENCE / Electron Microscopes & Microscopy |
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SCI024000 |
SCIENCE / Energy |
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SCI026000 |
SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental) |
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SCI080000 |
SCIENCE / Essays |
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SCI101000 |
SCIENCE / Ethics |
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SCI028000 |
SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects |
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SCI092000 |
SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change |
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SCI034000 |
SCIENCE / History |
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SCI093000 |
SCIENCE / Laboratory Techniques |
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SCI086000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General |
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SCI056000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (see also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology) |
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SCI006000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Bacteriology |
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SCI007000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry |
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SCI088000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity |
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SCI008000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology |
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SCI009000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics |
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SCI011000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany |
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SCI017000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology |
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cytology see Life Sciences / Cell Biology |
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SCI072000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Developmental Biology |
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SCI020000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology |
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SCI027000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution |
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SCI029000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics |
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SCI073000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture |
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SCI036000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology |
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SCI039000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology |
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SCI045000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology |
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SCI049000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology |
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SCI094000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Mycology |
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SCI089000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience |
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SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Physiology see Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology |
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SCI087000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Taxonomy |
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SCI099000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Virology |
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SCI070000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General |
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SCI025000 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology |
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SCI070060 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior) |
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SCI070010 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ichthyology & Herpetology |
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SCI070020 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates |
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SCI070030 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals |
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SCI070040 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology |
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SCI070050 |
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology |
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SCIENCE / Light see Physics / Optics & Light |
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SCI041000 |
SCIENCE / Mechanics / General |
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SCI084000 |
SCIENCE / Mechanics / Aerodynamics |
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SCI018000 |
SCIENCE / Mechanics / Dynamics |
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SCI085000 |
SCIENCE / Mechanics / Fluids |
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SCI095000 |
SCIENCE / Mechanics / Hydrodynamics |
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SCIENCE / Mechanics / Materials Science see headings under TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science |
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SCI096000 |
SCIENCE / Mechanics / Solids |
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SCI079000 |
SCIENCE / Mechanics / Statics |
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SCI065000 |
SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics |
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SCIENCE / Methodology see Research & Methodology |
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SCI047000 |
SCIENCE / Microscopes & Microscopy |
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SCI050000 |
SCIENCE / Nanoscience |
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SCI100000 |
SCIENCE / Natural History |
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SCI054000 |
SCIENCE / Paleontology |
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SCI075000 |
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects |
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SCI055000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / General |
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SCI005000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics |
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SCI074000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular |
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SCIENCE / Physics / Biophysics see Life Sciences / Biophysics |
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SCI077000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter |
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SCI016000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Crystallography |
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SCI021000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity |
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SCI022000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Electromagnetism |
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SCI032000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics |
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SCI033000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Gravity |
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SCI038000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Magnetism |
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SCI040000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational |
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SCI051000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear |
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SCI053000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light |
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SCI103000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Particle |
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SCI097000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Polymer |
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SCI057000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory |
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SCI061000 |
SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity |
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SCIENCE / Projects see Experiments & Projects |
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SCI058000 |
SCIENCE / Radiation |
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SCI059000 |
SCIENCE / Radiography |
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SCI060000 |
SCIENCE / Reference |
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SCI043000 |
SCIENCE / Research & Methodology |
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SCI076000 |
SCIENCE / Scientific Instruments |
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SCIENCE / Social Aspects see Philosophy & Social Aspects |
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SCIENCE / Sound see Acoustics & Sound |
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SCI098000 |
SCIENCE / Space Science / General |
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SCI004000 |
SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy |
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SCI015000 |
SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology |
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SCI098010 |
SCIENCE / Space Science / Planetary |
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SCI098020 |
SCIENCE / Space Science / Space Exploration |
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SCI098030 |
SCIENCE / Space Science / Stellar & Solar |
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SCI078000 |
SCIENCE / Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis |
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SCI063000 |
SCIENCE / Study & Teaching |
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SCI064000 |
SCIENCE / System Theory |
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SCI066000 |
SCIENCE / Time |
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SCI067000 |
SCIENCE / Waves & Wave Mechanics |
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SCI068000 |
SCIENCE / Weights & Measures |
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