Table 1-7a. Fields and subfields of scientific literature, 1973 



Clinical medicine 

 General and internal medicine 

 Allergy 



Anesthesiology 

 Cancer 



Cardiovascular system 

 Dentistry 



Dermatology & venereal diseases 

 Endocrinology 

 Fertility 



Gastroenterology 

 Geriatrics 

 Hematology 

 Immunology 

 Obstetrics & gynecology 

 Neurology & neurosurgery 

 Ophthalmology 

 Orthopedics 

 Arthritis & rheumatism 

 Otorhinolaryngology 

 Pathology 

 Pediatrics 

 Pharmacology 

 Pharmacy 

 Psychiatry 



Radiology & nuclear medicine 

 Respiratory system 

 Surgery 



Tropical medicine 

 Urology 

 Nephrology 

 Veterinary medicine 

 Addictive diseases 

 Hygiene & public health 

 Miscellaneous clinical medicine 

 Biology and biomedical research 

 Biomedical research 



Physiology 



Anatomy & morphology 



Embryology 



Genetics & heredity 



Nutrition & dietetics 



Biochemistry & molecular biology 



Biophysics 



Cell biology cytology & histology 



Microbiology 



Virology 



Parasitology 



Biomedical engineering 



Microscopy 



Miscellaneous biomedical research 



General biomedical research 

 Biology 

 General biology 

 General zoology 

 Entomology 

 Miscellaneous zoology 

 Marine biology & hydrobiology 

 Botany 

 Ecology 



Agriculture & food science 

 Dairy & animal science 

 Miscellaneous biology 



Chemistry 



Analytical chemistry 



Organic chemistry 



Inorganic & nuclear chemistry 



Applied chemistry 



General chemistry 



Polymers 



Physical chemistry 

 Physics 



Chemical physics 



Solid state physics 



Fluids & plasmas 



Applied physics 



Acoustics 



Optics 



General physics 



Nuclear & particle physics 



Miscellaneous physics 

 Earth and space science 



Astronomy & astrophysics 



Meteorology and atmospheric science 



Geology 



Earth & planetary science 



Geography 



Oceanography & limnology 

 Engineering and technology 



Chemical engineering 



Mechanical engineering 



Civil engineering 



Electrical engineering & electronics 



Miscellaneous engineering & technology 



Industrial engineering 



General engineering 



Metals & metallurgy 



Materials science 



Nuclear technology 



Aerospace technology 



Computers 



Library & information science 



Operations research & management science 

 Psychology 



Clinical psychology 



Personality & social psychology 



Developmental & child psychology 



Experimental psychology 



General psychology 



Miscellaneous psychology 



Behavioral science 

 Mathematics 



Algebra 



Analysis & functional analysis 



Geometry 



Logic 



Number theory 



Probability 



Statistics 



Topology 



Computing theory & practice 



Applied mathematics 



Combinatorics & finite mathematics 



Physical mathematics 



General mathematics 



Miscellaneous mathematics 



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