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Every journal and book covered by Web of Science Core Collection is assigned to at least one of the following subject categories. Every record in Web of Science Core Collection contains the subject category of its source publication in the Web of Science Categories field.

Acoustics

Agricultural Economics & Policy

Agricultural Engineering

Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science

Agriculture, Multidisciplinary

Agronomy

Allergy

Anatomy & Morphology

Andrology

Anesthesiology

Anthropology

Archaeology

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

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Results Page - Refine Results

From the Results page, you can further refine the results of your search by selecting specific category terms listed under the Web of Science Categories list in the left-hand panel.

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Results Analysis Option

From the Analyze Results page, you can group and rank records in a results set by selecting the Web of Science Categories option. Use this feature to view a ranking by field, record count, and percentage of each Web of Science category within the results set.

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Web of Science Categories - Scope Notes

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Web of Science Categories - Examples

WC=Agricultural Engineering retrieves records in which this term appears in the Web of Science Categories field of a Full Record.
WC=(Biochemical Research Methods AND Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) retrieves records in which both terms must appear in the Web of Science Categories field on a Full Record.
WC=(Cell Biology OR Cell & Tissue Engineering) retrieves records in which either (or both) terms appear in the Web of Science Categories field on a Full Record.
WC=(Cell Biology NOT Cell & Tissue Engineering) retrieves records in which the term Cell Biology appears in the Web of Science Categories field on a Full Record, but the term Cell & Tissue Engineering cannot appear in that same field.

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Did You Know ...

Web of Science Categories are subject categories assigned to journals. In a full record these terms are found in the Web of Science Categories field.

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Searching the Research Area Field

You can also search the Research Areasfield within a Full Record by using the Advanced Search SU= (Research Area) field tag. Would you like to see a list of Research Areas?