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.
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
SCI102000 SCIENCE / Bioinformatics
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
SCI013100 SCIENCE / Chemistry / Electrochemistry
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
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
SCI101000 SCIENCE / Ethics
SCI028000 SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects
SCI092000 SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change
SCI034000 SCIENCE / History
SCI104000 SCIENCE / Indigenous Knowledge & Perspectives *
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
SCI070060 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior)
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 headings under 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
SCI033000 SCIENCE / Physics / Gravity
SCI038000 SCIENCE / Physics / Magnetism
SCI040000 SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational
SCI051000 SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear
SCI053000 SCIENCE / Physics / Optics & Light
SCI103000 SCIENCE / Physics / Particle
SCI097000 SCIENCE / Physics / Polymer
SCI057000 SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory
SCI061000 SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity
SCIENCE / Projects see Experiments & Projects
SCI058000 SCIENCE / Radiation
SCI059000 SCIENCE / Radiography
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 / General
SCI004000 SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy
SCI015000 SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology
SCI098010 SCIENCE / Space Science / Planetary
SCI098020 SCIENCE / Space Science / Space Exploration
SCI098030 SCIENCE / Space Science / Stellar & Solar
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
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