Databases
Scope Notes
Science Citation Index�
Science Citation Index Expanded(TM)
The Scope Note for each category defines that category by describing the nature of the
literature it contains.
- Category Name:
- Acoustics
- Category Description:
- The Acoustics category contains journals that cover the study of the generation,
control, transmission, reception, and effects of sounds. Journals in this area also cover
general acoustics; linear and nonlinear acoustics; atmospheric sound; underwater sound;
the effects of mechanical vibrations, shock waves, and noise; architectural acoustics;
audio engineering; audiology; and ultrasound applications.
- Category Name:
- Aerospace Engineering & Technology
- Category Description:
- Journal coverage in the Aerospace Engineering & Technology category encompasses the
engineering-based literature of astronautics, aeronautics, aerospace, and aviation. Topics
include the design and construction of aircraft, space vehicles, missiles, satellites,
instrumentation, and power units, as well as the launch, flight, and guidance of crafts in
the earth's atmosphere or in space. Research in this category draws from many fields,
including mechanics and mechanical engineering, automation, instrumentation, and materials
science.
- Category Name:
- Agricultural Economics & Policy
- Category Description:
- The Agricultural Economics & Policy category focuses on journals covering the
production, distribution, and consumption of agricultural commodities, as well as
managerial and policy-making decisions concerning these commodities.
- Category Name:
- Agriculture
- Category Description:
- The Agriculture category covers journals in a number of agricultural sciences, including
agronomy, crop protection and science, agricultural water management, plant nutrition,
agricultural entomology and pesticide science, plant and soil science, agricultural
engineering, weed science, and agricultural chemistry. This category also includes general
agricultural journals that emphasize aspects of the selection, breeding, management, and
post-harvest treatment of crops.
- Category Name:
- Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
- Category Description:
- The Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science category covers journals concentrating on
the selection, breeding and management of livestock, including journals focusing on animal
science, animal nutrition, poultry science, animal breeding and genetics, dairy science,
and animal production science.
- Category Name:
- Agriculture, Soil Science
- Category Description:
- The category Agriculture, Soil Science, includes journals covering many aspects of the
nature, distribution, and utilization of soils, including soil biology and fertility, soil
biochemistry, soil conservation and tillage research, and soil chemistry and physics.
- Category Name:
- Allergy
- Category Description:
- The Allergy category includes journals dealing with the full spectrum of immunologically
mediated hypersensitivity reactions, including immediate or acute hypersensitivity,
dermatitis, and asthma. This category also covers literature on the underlying cellular
and molecular immunology specific to allergic reactivity, pathogenesis, tissue damage,
clinical presentation, and modes of treatment.
- Category Name:
- Anatomy & Morphology
- Category Description:
- The Anatomy & Morphology category includes journals describing the characteristics,
generation, and organization of structure in vertebrates or invertebrates. Topics cover
embryology, developmental morphology, and functional anatomy, as well as journals devoted
to a specific structure, system, or organism. Journals on plant structure and embryology
are placed preferentially in the Plant Science category.
- Category Name:
- Andrology
- Category Description:
- The Andrology category includes journals focused on the development, function, and
disorders of male morphology and reproductive systems. Topics include gonad formation,
gamete generation and function, male reproductive health and endocrinology, and sex
determination in the male embryo.
- Category Name:
- Anesthesiology
- Category Description:
- The Anesthesiology category covers journals that focus on the administration of
anesthetics, the treatment of pain, and the use of life support systems. This category
also includes specific journals on cardiovascular anesthesia, pediatric anesthesia, and
neurosurgical anesthesia.
- Category Name:
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Category Description:
- The Astronomy & Astrophysics category covers journals that focus on the science of
the celestial bodies and their magnitudes, motions, and constitution. Topics include the
properties of celestial bodies such as luminosity, size, mass, density, temperature, and
chemical composition, as well as their origin and evolution. This category sometimes may
include material on planetary science, which generally falls under Geochemistry
& Geophysics.
- Category Name:
- Behavioral Sciences
- Category Description:
- The Behavioral Sciences category focuses on journals dealing with the biological
correlates of observable action in humans or animals. These include sleep, aggression,
sexual behavior, and learning, as well as the various natural or pharmacologicalfactors
that alter such behaviors. Journals in this category cover neurobiology, experimental
psychology, ethology, cognitive assessment, and behavioral consequences of neurological
disorders.
- Category Name:
- Biochemical Research Methods
- Category Description:
- The Biochemical Research Methods category includes journals that describe specific
techniques used in biological and biochemical research, including methods for the
purification and analysis of biomolecules, the observation of the structure or function of
living organisms and tissues (exclusive of microscopy), and the alteration of biomolecules
for specific research or biotechnology applications. This category does not include
journals on clinical applications or the development and design of diagnostic tools.
- Category Name:
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Category Description:
- The Biochemistry & Molecular Biology category covers research on carbohydrates,
fats, proteins, nucleic acids, genes, drugs, toxic substances and other constituents of
cells, microbes, and higher plants and animals including humans. This category also
includes information on the technologies used to study biochemistry and biophysics, such
as the methods of the clinical laboratory, molecular biology, and pharmacology.
- Category Name:
- Biology
- Category Description:
- The Biology category includes journals that cover a range of topics in the biological
sciences, as well as journals focusing on various approaches to biological research, such
as applied biology, radiation biology, biological rhythm research, conservation biology,
developmental biology, human biology and evolutionary biology.
- Category Name:
- Biology, Miscellaneous
- Category Description:
- The Biology, Miscellaneous category includes journals that cover a specific area in
biology, such as mathematical biology, systematic biology, thermal biology, cryobiology,
and human evolution.
- Category Name:
- Biophysics
- Category Description:
- The Biophysics category covers journals that focus on the transfer and effects of
physical forces and energy---light, sound, electricity, magnetism, heat, cold, pressure,
mechanical forces, and radiation---within and on cells, tissues, and whole organisms.
- Category Name:
- Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
- Category Description:
- The Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology category covers journals that focus on the
use of organisms, especially microbes, in the production of foods and drugs; the
bioconversion of toxic and unsanitary wastes; and the use of recombinant DNA to produce
improved plants and animals and diagnostic products.
- Category Name:
- Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
- Category Description:
- The Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems category includes cardiology journals that deal
with the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Coverage focuses on cardiac disease
prevention, pharmacology, surgery, transplantation, and research. This category also
includes journal literature concentrating on cardiac testing, pacemakers, and medical
devices. Journals focusing on circulation, hypertension, arterial disease, and stroke are
under the category Peripheral Vascular Disease.
- Category Name:
- Cell Biology
- Category Description:
- The Cell Biology category includes journals dealing with all aspects of the structure
and function of eukaryotic cells. The principle characteristic of journals in this
category is an emphasis on the integration at the cellular level of biochemical, molecular
genetic, physiological, and pathological information. This category considers material on
specific tissues, differentiated as well as embryonic.
- Category Name:
- Chemistry
- Category Description:
- The Chemistry category covers journals that are general in nature and cover a broad
spectrum of topics in the chemical sciences. Journals specifically covering analytical chemistry, inorganic and
nuclear chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and polymer science
are classified in those specific categories. Miscellaneous and applied chemistry journals
may be placed in this general chemical category when not appropriate for the
aforementioned subfields in chemistry.
- Category Name:
- Chemistry, Analytical
- Category Description:
- The Chemistry, Analytical category covers journals that deal with techniques that yield
any type of information about chemical systems. It includes chromatography, thermal
analysis, chemometrics, separation techniques, pyrolysis, and electroanalytical and
radioanalytical chemistry. Some spectroscopy journals may be included in this category
depending on the specific focus of the journal.
- Category Name:
- Chemistry, Applied
- Category Description:
- The Chemistry, Applied category contains journals that report on the application of
basic chemical sciences to other sciences, engineering, and industry. Topics include
chemical engineering (catalysis, fuel processing, microencapsulation, functional
polymers); food science and technology (cereals, hydrocolloids, food additives); medicinal
chemistry (pharmacology); dyes and pigments; coatings technology; and cosmetics.
- Category Name:
- Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
- Category Description:
- The Chemistry, Inorganic category covers journals that are concerned with non-carbon
elements and with the preparation, properties, and reactions of their compounds. The
category also includes studies on certain simple carbon compounds, including the oxides,
carbon disulfide, the halides, hydrogen cyanide, and salts, such as the cyanides,
cyanates, carbonates, and hydrogencarbonates. Also included are journals on coordination
chemistry and organo-metallic compounds (those containing a carbon-metal bond).
The
Chemistry, Nuclear category contains those journals on the study of the atomic nucleus,
including fission and fusion reactions and their products. This category also covers
radiochemistry. Radiochemistry concerns radioactive isotopes of elements, including such
topics as the preparation of radioactive compounds, the separation of isotopes by chemical
reactions, the use of radioactive labels in studies of mechanisms, and experiments on the
chemical reactions and compounds of transuranic elements.
- Category Name:
- Chemistry, Medicinal
- Category Description:
- The Chemistry, Medicinal category includes journals emphasizing the isolation and study
of substances with therapeutic potential. Topics cover are quantitative structure-function
relationships, structural characterization and organic syntheses of naturally occurring
compounds, and chemical and analytical techniques used in rational drug design. See also
the Pharmacology & Pharmacy category.
- Category Name:
- Chemistry, Organic
- Category Description:
- The Chemistry, Organic category encompasses the literature that deals with compounds of
carbon. Originally, the term "organic" referred to chemical compounds present in
living matter, but now it refers to any carbon compound with the exception of certain
simple ones, such as the carbon oxides, carbonates, cyanides, and cyanates (see Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear). This category includes
research on synthetic and natural organic compounds that may include other elements, such
as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, halogens, sulfur, and phosphorous. This category also
includes research on hydrocarbons. These compounds contain only the elements carbon and
hydrogen and include the alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, and aromatics, such as benzene and
naphthalene.
- Category Name:
- Chemistry, Physical
- Category Description:
- The Chemistry, Physical category includes those journals covering photochemistry, solid
state chemistry, kinetics, catalysis, quantum chemistry, surface chemistry,
electrochemistry, chemical thermodynamics, thermophysics, colloids,
fullerenes, and zeolites. This category also covers journals dealing with liquid crystals and
crystallography.
- Category Name:
- Clinical Neurology
- Category Description:
- The Clinical Neurology category includes journals that cover all areas of clinical
research and medical practice in neurology. The focus is on traditional neurological
illnesses and diseases such as dementia, stroke, epilepsy, headache, multiple sclerosis,
and movement disorders that have clinical and socio-economic importance. This category
also encompasses journals on medical specialties, such as pediatric neurology,
neurosurgery, neuroradiology, and neuropsychiatry, that affect neurological diagnosis and
treatment.
- Category Name:
- Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
- Category Description:
- The Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence category covers journals that focus on
research and techniques to create machines that exhibit such characteristics of human
intelligence as efficient representation of knowledge, reasoning, deduction, problem
solving, heuristics, and analysis of contradictory or ambiguous information. This category
also includes material on artificial intelligence technologies, such as expert systems,
fuzzy systems, natural language processing, speech recognition, pattern recognition,
computer vision, decision-support systems, knowledge-bases, and neural networks.
- Category Name:
- Computer Science, Cybernetics
- Category Description:
- The Computer Science, Cybernetics category contains journals that focus on the control
and information flows within and between artificial (machine) and living or natural
systems. Related fields include artificial intelligence and automatic control.
- Category Name:
- Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
- Category Description:
- The Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture category contains information on the
physical components (hardware) of a computer system, such as chips, cards, boards,
computers, disks and other storage media, keyboards, printers, plotters, video equipment,
scanners, modems, and so on. This category also encompasses journals on the structure and
specifications of the relationship among the parts of a computer system, including chips,
circuits, system programs, and operating systems (e.g., open architecture, closed
architecture, and complex instruction set computing [CISC] or reduced instruction set
computing [RISC] processes).
- Category Name:
- Computer Science, Information Systems
- Category Description:
- The Computer Science, Information Systems category encompasses the technology-based
literature on information systems concerning the acquisition, processing, storage,
management, and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual, and numerical information
through a combination of computing and telecommunications systems. This category also
includes some discipline-specific journals, such as medical informatics, chemical
information, geographical information systems, information science, and library science.
- Category Name:
- Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
- Category Description:
- The Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications category contains journals that
broadly focus on the application of computer technology and methodology to other
disciplines, such as information management, engineering, biology, medicine, environmental
studies, geosciences, arts and humanities, agriculture, chemistry, and physics. Journals
selected for coverage in this category have the use of computers or computational methods
as a primary focus of their scope.
- Category Name:
- Computer Science, Software, Graphics, Programming
- Category Description:
- The Computer Science, Software, Graphics, Programming category contains journals that
report on computer software, the programmed instructions that allow the hardware to work,
with an emphasis on application software, network software, language software, and
software engineering. Journals selected for this category also focus on computer graphics,
the generation, display, processing, and storage of non-textual information or images. An
additional topic covered is programming languages, the artificial languages that can be
used to define a sequence of instructions that ultimately can be processed by a computer.
- Category Name:
- Computer Science, Theory & Methods
- Category Description:
- The Computer Science, Theory & Methods category covers journals that emphasize
specialized computer processing methods or programming techniques such as parallel
computing, distributed computing, logic programming, object-oriented programming,
high-speed computing, image and vision computing, supercomputing, and signal processing.
This category also contains journals that cover broad computer systems and theoretical and
practical methodology.
- Category Name:
- Construction & Building Technology
- Category Description:
- The Construction & Building Technology category is an eclectic field that draws from
civil engineering, materials science, and metallurgy. It includes journals that provide
information on the physical features and design of structures and the materials used to
construct them. Other topics covered in this category include heating and air
conditioning, energy systems, and indoor air quality.
- Category Name:
- Crystallography
- Category Description:
- The Crystallography category covers journals that This category also includes material
on X-ray crystallography, the study of the internal structure of crystals through the use
of X-ray diffraction.
- Category Name:
- Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
- Category Description:
- The Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine category covers journals that focus on the
anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pathology of the teeth and oral cavity. This
category includes specific journals on periodontal disease, dental implants, oral and
maxillofacial surgery, oral pathology, and oral surgery. There is additional coverage on
community dentistry, public health dentistry, and pediatric dentistry.
- Category Name:
- Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
- Category Description:
- The Dermatology & Venereal Diseases category covers journals that focus on the
anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the skin. It contains journals on investigative and
experimental dermatology, contact dermatitis, dermatologic surgery, dermatologic
pathology, dermatologic oncology, and venereal diseases. This category also includes
specific journals on burns, wounds, and leprosy.
- Category Name:
- Developmental Biology
- Category Description:
- The Developmental Biology category includes journals focused on the specific mechanisms
of cell, tissue, and organism development, as well as gametogenesis,
fertilization,biochemistry and molecular genetic control of development, cell biology of
gametes and zygotes, and embryology.
- Category Name:
- Ecology
- Category Description:
- The Ecology category covers journals in many subjects relating to the study of the
interrelationship of organisms and their environments, including ecological economics,
ecological engineering, ecotoxicology, ecological modeling, evolutionary ecology,
biogeography, chemical ecology, marine ecology, wildlife research, microbial ecology,
molecular ecology, and population ecology. This category also includes general ecology
journals and journals devoted to particular ecological systems.
- Category Name:
- Education, Scientific Disciplines
- Category Description:
- The Education, Scientific Disciplines category covers all education journals in the
scientific disciples, such as biology, pharmacy, biochemistry, engineering, chemistry,
nutrition, and medicine.
- Category Name:
- Electrochemistry
- Category Description:
- The Electrochemistry category covers journals that deal with the chemical changes
produced by electricity and the generation of electricity by chemical reactions.
Applications include dry cells, lead plate, storage batteries, electroplating,
electrodeposition (electrolysis), purification of copper, production of aluminum, fuel
cells, and corrosion of metals.
- Category Name:
- Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
- Category Description:
- The Emergency Medicine & Critical Care category covers journals focusing on accident
and emergency medicine. This category also contains journals on anesthesia, critical care,
intensive care, injury, trauma, burn treatment, and resuscitation.
- Category Name:
- Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Category Description:
- The Endocrinology & Metabolism category includes journals focused on endocrine
glands; the regulation of cell, organ, and system function by the action of secreted
hormones; the generation and chemical/biological properties of these substances; and the
pathogenesis and treatment of disorders associated with either source or target organs.
This category also includes journals that focus on neuroendocrinology, reproductive
endocrinology, pancreatic hormones and diabetes, regulation of bone formation and loss,
and control of growth.
- Category Name:
- Energy & Fuels
- Category Description:
- The Energy & Fuels category covers material on the development, production, use,
application, conversion, and management of nonrenewable (combustible) fuels (such as wood,
coal, petroleum, and gas) and renewable energy sources (solar, wind, biomass, geothermal,
and hydroelectric). Journals dealing with nuclear energy and nuclear technology appear in
the Nuclear Science & Technology category.
- Category Name:
- Engineering
- Category Description:
- The Engineering category, in its broadest sense, is defined as the application of
mathematics and science to generate useful structures, machines, products, systems, and
processes. This category contains engineering journals with a broad, general scope, as
well as those journals that do not fit neatly into any of the other engineering
categories. Examples of topics include computer science and mathematics in engineering,
aquacultural engineering, agricultural engineering, combustion and fuel science and
technology, reliability studies, audio engineering, and nanotechnology.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Biomedical
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Biomedical category covers journals that apply engineering technology
to solving medical problems. The category spans a wide range of applications including
applied biomechanics, biorheology, medical imaging, medical monitoring equipment,
artificial organs, and implanted materials and devices.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Chemical
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Chemical category encompasses those journals that present material on
the chemical conversion of raw materials into a variety of products. Topic areas include
chemical reaction engineering, which involves the design and use of chemical reactors
based on an understanding of the chemical and physical properties of the raw materials.
Work in this area draws from several disciplines, including thermodynamics, applied
chemistry, and applied physics. This category also contains journals that deal with the
design and operation of efficient and cost-effective plants and equipment for the
production of the various end products.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Civil
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Civil category covers the engineering- based literature on the
subfields of structural engineering, geotechnics, earthquake engineering, ocean
engineering, water resources and supply, naval engineering, marine engineering,
transportation engineering, and municipal engineering.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Electrical & Electronic category contains journals that deal with
the applications of electricity, with a focus on those involving current flow through
conductors. This category also contains literature on the examination of the conduction of
electricity through gases or a vacuum as well as through semiconducting materials. Topics
include image and signal processing, electromagnetics, electronic components and
materials, microwave technology, and microelectronics.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Environmental
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Environmental category includes journals that discuss the effects of
human beings on the environment and the development of controls to minimize environmental
degradation. Topics found in this category include water pollution control, air pollution
control, hazardous waste management, land reclamation, pollution prevention,
bioremediation, incineration, management of sludge problems, landfill and waste repository
design and construction, facility decommissioning, and environmental policy and
compliance.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Geological
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Geological category includes the multidisciplinary literature that
encompasses the knowledge and experience drawn from both the geosciences and various
engineering disciplines, primarily civil engineering. Journals in this category cover
geotechnical engineering, geotechnics, soil dynamics, earthquake engineering,
geotextiles,
and geomembranes, engineering geology, and rock mechanics.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Industrial
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Industrial category contains journals that focus on engineering systems
that integrate people, materials, capital, and equipment to provide products and services.
Industrial engineering combines technical expertise in a particular enterprise with the
tools of automation, robotics, computer- integrated manufacturing (CIM), decision support
systems, total quality management (TQM), participative management, intelligent
manufacturing systems, knowledge engineering, and expert systems. Journals addresses these
issues are included. Related fields include operations research, production engineering,
productivity engineering, manufacturing, CIM, TQM, industrial economics, and design
engineering.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Manufacturing
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Manufacturing category encompasses journals that focus on the
conversion of raw materials into end-use products or processed materials. Topics include
computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM), computer-aided design (CAD), and computer-aided
manufacturing (CAM); design of products, tools, and machines; quality control; scheduling;
production; and inventory control. This category overlaps in part with Engineering, Industrial; however, it emphasizes the
manufacturing process.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Marine
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Marine category includes journals that focus on the environmental and
physical constraints an engineer must consider in the design, construction, and navigation
of ships and other sea vessels; offshore drilling for marine resources; coastal
engineering; waterways and ports; and underwater technology.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Mechanical
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Mechanical category contains the literature concerned with the
generation, transmission, and use of heat and mechanical power, as well as with the
production and operation of tools, machinery, and their products. Topics in this category
include heat transfer, fatigue and fracture, wear, tribology, hydraulics, pneumatics,
plasticity, strain analysis, and aerosol technology.
- Category Name:
- Engineering, Petroleum
- Category Description:
- The Engineering, Petroleum category encompasses those journals that report on a
combination of engineering concepts, methods, and techniques on drilling and extracting
hydrocarbons and other fluids from the earth (e.g., chemical flooding, thermal flooding,
miscible displacement techniques, and horizontal drilling) and on the refining process.
Related engineering subfields also covered in this category include: drilling engineering,
which involves the mechanics of fluids and solids as well as the mechanical design of well
equipment; production engineering, which is concerned with surface equipment, subsurface
pumping methods, and automated production techniques; reservoir engineering, which
evaluates methods of achieving maximum extraction of petroleum from a site; and formation
evaluation, which infers reservoir properties through indirect measurements.
- Category Name:
- Entomology
- Category Description:
- The Entomology category contains journals covering many aspects of the study of insects,
including general entomology, applied entomology, regional entomology,
apidology, aquatic
insects, insect biochemistry and physiology, economic entomology, integrated pest
management, environmental entomology, and pesticide science.
- Category Name:
- Environmental Sciences
- Category Description:
- The Environmental Sciences category includes journals concerning many aspects of the
study of the environment, among them environmental contamination and toxicology,
environmental health, environmental monitoring, environmental engineering, environmental
geology, and environmental management. This category also covers soil science and
conservation, water resources research and engineering, climate change, and biodiversity
conservation.
- Category Name:
- Fisheries
- Category Description:
- The Fisheries category includes journals dedicated to numerous aspects of fisheries
science, technology, and industry, including fish pathology, fish physiology and
biochemistry, fish diseases, aquaculture, and aquacultural engineering.
- Category Name:
- Food Science & Technology
- Category Description:
- The Food Science & Technology category covers journals dedicated to various aspects
of food research and production, including food additives and contaminants, food chemistry
and biochemistry, meat science, food microbiology and technology, dairy science, food
engineering and processing, cereal science, brewing, and food quality and safety.
- Category Name:
- Forestry
- Category Description:
- The Forestry category includes journals relating to the science and technology involved
in establishing, maintaining, and managing forests for various uses, including wood
production, water resource management, wildlife conservation, and recreation.
- Category Name:
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Category Description:
- The Gastroenterology & Hepatology category covers journals that focus on the
anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pathology of the digestive system. This category
includes specific journals on the prognosis and treatment of digestive diseases; stomach
ulcers; metabolic, genetic, infectious and chemically induced diseases of the liver;
colitis; and diseases of the rectum.
- Category Name:
- Genetics & Heredity
- Category Description:
- The Genetics & Heredity category includes journals that deal with the structure,
functions, and properties of genes, and the characteristics of inheritance. This category
also considers heritable traits, population genetics, frequency and distribution of
polymorphism, as well as inherited diseases and disorders of the replicative process. The
category is distinguishable from Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology by its specific emphasis on the gene as a single functional unit, and on the
gene's effect on the organism as a whole.
- Category Name:
- Geochemistry & Geophysics
- Category Description:
- The Geochemistry category covers journals that deal with the chemical composition and
chemical changes in the Earth or other planets or asteroids. Topics include research on
related chemical and geological properties of substances, applied geochemistry, organic
geochemistry, and biogeochemistry.
The Geophysics category covers journals on the
application of the methods and techniques of physics to the study of the structure of the
Earth and the processes affecting it. Topics included in this field are seismology,
tectonics, tectonophysics, geomagnetism, radioactivity, and rock mechanics. Journals in
this category may focus on either Geochemistry or Geophysics or both.
- Category Name:
- Geography
- Category Description:
- The Geography category covers journals dealing with the differentiation of areas of the
Earth's surface as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world
of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use,
industries, or states, as well as the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual
elements. Geography journals in the Science Citation Index concentrate on the
physical, i.e., Earth-related aspects of the science, as opposed to journals covered in
the Social Science Citation Index under this category, which deal with economic,
human, and urban topics.
- Category Name:
- Geology
- Category Description:
- The Geology category covers journals that focus on sedimentology,
stratigraphy,
hydrogeology, ore geology, structural geology, regional geology, and petrology.
- Category Name:
- Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
- Category Description:
- The Geosciences, Interdisciplinary category includes any journal that, through its scope
notes, statement of purpose, or actual contents, purports to cover a wide range of fields
or subfields in the Earth Sciences, identifying itself as interdisciplinary,
multidisciplinary, or cross-disciplinary in nature.
- Category Name:
- Geriatrics & Gerontology
- Category Description:
- The Geriatrics & Gerontology category covers journals on the aged and the aging
process. This category includes the clinical, biochemical, histological, and psychological
aspects of aging. Coverage also includes specific clinical problems in the treatment of
elderly patients, as well as research on the cellular and animal correlates of age and
senescence. Journals that focus on the psychological, social, and political aspects of
aging are covered in the Social Science Citation Index.
- Category Name:
- Health Care Sciences & Services
- Category Description:
- The Health Care Sciences & Services category includes journals on health services,
hospital administration, health care management, health care financing, health policy and
planning, health economics, and nursing.
- Category Name:
- Hematology
- Category Description:
- The Hematology category focuses on journals that deal with blood and blood-forming
tissues, as well as the functions, diseases, and treatments of these systems. Topics of
particular interest include hemophilia, neoplastic disorders of the blood or lymphoid
tissues, and mechanisms and disorders of thrombosis.
- Category Name:
- History & Philosophy of Science
- Category Description:
- The History & Philosophy of Science category includes journals that cover the
historical and logical connections in the development of the scientific method and in
scientific discoveries.
- Category Name:
- Horticulture
- Category Description:
- The Horticulture category includes journals concerned with the cultivation of flowers,
fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants, in gardens, orchards, or nurseries.
- Category Name:
- Immunology
- Category Description:
- The Immunology category covers journals dedicated to all aspects of immune response and
regulation, at the cellular-molecular level as well as the clinical level. Other topics
include studies of the interaction between pathogens and host immunity, as well as
clinical immunology, emerging immunotherapies, and the immunologic contribution to disease
course.
- Category Name:
- Infectious Disease
- Category Description:
- The Infectious Disease category includes journals dealing with all aspects of the
pathogenesis of clinically significant viral or bacterial diseases. This category also
considers studies of host-pathogen interactions, as well as the prevention, diagnosis,
treatment, and epidemiology of disease.
- Category Name:
- Instruments & Instrumentation
- Category Description:
- The Instruments & Instrumentation category covers journals on the application of
instruments for observation, measurement, or control of physical and/or chemical systems.
This category also includes journals on the development and manufacture of instruments.
- Category Name:
- Limnology
- Category Description:
- The Limnology category includes journals relating to the study of the physical,
chemical, meteorological, biological, and ecological aspects of freshwaters.
- Category Name:
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- Category Description:
- The Marine & Freshwater Biology category contains journals representing many aquatic
sciences, including marine ecology and environmental research, aquatic biology, marine
pollution and toxicology, aquatic botany and plant management, estuarine and coastal
research, diseases of aquatic organisms, molluscan and shellfish research, fish biology,
and biofouling.
- Category Name:
- Materials Science
- Category Description:
- The Materials Science category contains journals concerned with the study of the nature,
behavior, and use of materials applied to science and technology. It deals with the
physics and chemistry of materials. Topics covered in this category include ceramics,
composites, alloys, metals and metallurgy, nanotechnology, nuclear materials, and adhesion
and adhesives. This is a general category so that journals dealing with a specific area of
Materials Science may be listed under a subcategory of Materials Science. Journals on
polymeric materials are under the Polymer Science category.
- Category Name:
- Materials Science, Biomaterials
- Category Description:
- The Materials Science, Biomaterials category includes journals that analyze the physical
characteristics of living tissue to aid in the development of synthetic replacements for
repairs or augmentation of functions. Journals in this category cover the development,
testing, performance, and biocompatibility of engineered biomaterials in vitro and in vivo
for purposes such as medical implants, devices, and sensors.
- Category Name:
- Materials Science, Ceramics
- Category Description:
- The Materials Science, Ceramics category covers journals that deal with high-melting,
inorganic materials, including silicates and aluminosilicates, refractory metal oxides and
metal nitrides, and borides.
- Category Name:
- Materials Science, Characterization & Testing
- Category Description:
- The Materials Science, Characterization & Testing category contains journals that
focus on techniques used to evaluate and test materials. These techniques include
nondestructive testing, diffraction analysis, electron microscopy, electron spectroscopy,
ion beam analysis, mechanical testing, optical characterization, and scanning tunneling
microscopy.
- Category Name:
- Materials Science, Coatings & Films
- Category Description:
- The Materials Science, Coatings & Films category contains journals that concentrate
on research in coatings and films applied to a base material (substrate).
- Category Name:
- Materials Science, Composites
- Category Description:
- The Materials Science, Composites category covers those journals that focus on
composites, which are mixtures or mechanical combinations on a macro scale of two or more
materials that are solid in the finished state, are mutually insoluble, and differ in
chemical nature.
- Category Name:
- Materials Science, Paper & Wood
- Category Description:
- The Materials Science, Paper & Wood category contains those journals that cover all
aspects of wood and/or paper production. Topics include cellulose chemistry and
technology, pulp and paper science, paper fabrication techniques, and wood and fiber
science and technology.
- Category Name:
- Materials Science, Textiles
- Category Description:
- The Materials Science, Textiles category includes journals that focus on the production
of materials made of natural and/or synthetic fibers used for the manufacture of clothing
and furniture fittings. Related topics include dyes and colors and fiber chemistry.
- Category Name:
- Mathematics
- Category Description:
- Mathematics is a general category. It contains journals that deal with the relationship
and symbolism of numbers and magnitudes and includes quantitative operations and the
solutions to quantitative problems. This category is concerned with numbers and their
operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions. It is also
concerned with space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and
generalizations. This category includes journals in specific fields of basic research in
Mathematics, such as topology, algebra, functional analysis, combinatorial theory,
differential geometry and number theory.
- Category Name:
- Mathematics, Applied
- Category Description:
- The Mathematics, Applied category covers journals concerned with applications of
mathematics to other fields of sciences. Specifically, it includes areas such as
differential equations, numerical analysis, nonlinearity, control, software, systems
analysis, computational mathematics and mathematical modeling. The category also may
include journals on mathematical physics, mathematical chemistry, and engineering
mathematics.
- Category Name:
- Mathematics, Miscellaneous
- Category Description:
- The Mathematics, Miscellaneous category includes journals in specific areas of
mathematics that would not be considered in the mainstream of mathematics, such as an
educational, historical, or mathematical biology.
- Category Name:
- Mechanics
- Category Description:
- The Mechanics category encompasses journals that cover the study of the behavior of
physical systems under the action of forces. Topics in this field include fluid mechanics,
solid mechanics, gas mechanics, mathematical modeling (chaos and fractals, finite element
analysis), thermal engineering, fracture mechanics, heat and mass flow and transfer, phase
equilibria studies, plasticity, adhesion, rheology, gravity effects, vibration effects,
and wave motion analysis.
- Category Name:
- Medical Informatics
- Category Description:
- The Medical Informatics category covers journals that focus on health care information
in clinical studies and medical research. This category contains journals that focus on
the evaluation, assessment, and use of health care technology; its consequences for
patients; and its impact on society.
- Category Name:
- Medical Laboratory Technology
- Category Description:
- The Medical Laboratory Technology category covers journals focused on the testing,
methods, and equipment used in clinical, medical, hospital, and pathology laboratories,
including clinical chemistry and biochemical analysis of laboratory samples. Coverage also
includes the development and refinement of diagnostic applications for cytology,
immunology, and pathology, as well as technologies for clinical monitoring and computing.
- Category Name:
- Medicine, General & Internal
- Category Description:
- The Medicine, General & Internal category covers journals that focus on general
topics in clinical medicine. It includes medical specialties such as family medicine,
general practice, hospital medicine, and internal medicine. The category also includes
journals on post- graduate medical education and medical associations and regional medical
journals.
- Category Name:
- Medicine, Legal
- Category Description:
- The Medicine, Legal category covers journals dealing with the various branches of
forensic sciences, including forensic pathology and clinical forensic pathology; forensic
hemogenetics with an emphasis on the recent advances in DNA technology and
PCR; forensic
toxicology as it relates, for example, to alcohol and drug addiction; and recent
technology. This category also includes journals on the forensic-oriented aspects of the
social sciences.
- Category Name:
- Medicine, Research & Experimental
- Category Description:
- The Medicine, Research & Experimental category includes journals describing general
medical research with a particular emphasis on extremely novel techniques and clinical
interventions in a broad range of medical specializations and applications, including
vaccine development, tissue replacement, immunotherapies, and other experimental
therapeutic strategies. Journals in this category reflect clinical interventions that are
in early stages of development, using in vitro or animal models, and small- scale clinical
trials.
- Category Name:
- Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering
- Category Description:
- The Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering category contains those journals that
cover the numerous chemical and physical processes used to isolate a metallic element from
its naturally occurring state, refine it, and convert it into a useful alloy or product.
Topics in this category include corrosion prevention and control, hydrometallurgy,
pyrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, phase equilibria, iron-making, steel- making,
oxidation, plating and finishing, powder metallurgy, and welding.
- Category Name:
- Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
- Category Description:
- The Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences category covers those journals that deal with
the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially weather and weather forecasting. This
category focuses on the atmosphere's temperature, density, winds, clouds, precipitation
and other characteristics, as well as the structure and evolution of the atmosphere in
terms of external influences and the basic laws of physics. This category also includes
journals dealing with climatology.
- Category Name:
- Microbiology
- Category Description:
- The Microbiology category includes journals dealing with all aspects of fundamental and
applied studies of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This category
also considers journals on the clinical aspects of the occurrence and treatment of
microbial pathogens, basic science studies of microbial biochemistry and function,
environmental microbiology, and bacterial/viral uses in biotechnology.
- Category Name:
- Microscopy
- Category Description:
- The Microscopy category covers those journals that focus on the interpretative
application of microscope magnification to the study of materials that cannot be seen
properly by the unaided eye.
- Category Name:
- Mineralogy
- Category Description:
- The Mineralogy category contains journals that deal with the science of minerals, their
crystallography, physical and chemical properties, classification, and the ways of
distinguishing them.
- Category Name:
- Mining & Mineral Processing
- Category Description:
- The Mining & Mineral Processing category encompasses the literature on locating and
evaluating mineral deposits; designing and constructing mines; developing mining
equipment; supervising mining operations and safety; and extracting, cleaning, sizing, and
dressing the mined material. Related topics include exploration and mining geology, rock
mechanics, geophysics, and mining science and technology.
- Category Name:
- Multidisciplinary Science
- Category Description:
- The Multidisciplinary Science category includes journals of a very broad or general
character in the sciences. It covers the spectrum of major scientific disciplines such as
Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, etc. Nature and Science are the preeminent
journals in this category. Some specialized journals that have a wide range of
applications in the sciences also may fall under this category. Fractals---An
Interdisciplinary Journal on the Complex Geometry of Nature would be an example of such a
journal.
- Category Name:
- Mycology
- Category Description:
- The Mycology category includes journals that range from the general biology of fungi to
fungal diseases of humans, animals, and plants.
- Category Name:
- Neurosciences
- Category Description:
- The Neurosciences category covers journals on all areas of basic research on the brain,
neural physiology, and function in health and disease. The areas of focus include
neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, neurochemistry, neural development, and neural behavior.
Coverage also includes titles in neuro-endocrine and neuro-immune systems, somatosensory
system, motor system and sensory motor integration, autonomic system as well as diseases
of the nervous system.
- Category Name:
- Nuclear Science & Technology
- Category Description:
- The Nuclear Science & Technology category covers the literature on nuclear energy
(fission and fusion processes), nuclear energy and fuel, nuclear power, and nuclear
electric power generation. This category also contains journals on nuclear engineering,
the branch of technology that applies the nuclear fission process to power generation.
This field includes the design and construction of nuclear reactors and auxiliary
facilities, the development and fabrication of special materials, and the handling and
processing of reactor products. This category also contains literature on nuclear safety,
radiation effects, and radioactive waste management. Journals on nuclear physics
(low-energy physics) appear in the category Physics, Nuclear.
- Category Name:
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Category Description:
- The Nutrition & Dietetics category contains journals reporting on many aspects of
nutrition, including general nutrition, nutrition and metabolism, nutrition science,
clinical nutrition, vitamin research, and nutritional biochemistry. Dietetics, the
application of nutritional principles, also appears in this category.
- Category Name:
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Category Description:
- The Obstetrics & Gynecology category covers journals on the medical fields concerned
with women's reproductive function and reproductive organs. Obstetrics focuses on
pregnancy, fetal health, labor, and puerperium.
Gynecology deals with the health and
diseases of women's sex organs and their impact on women's overall health. This category
also includes journals on fertility, infertility, and contraception.
- Category Name:
- Oceanography
- Category Description:
- The Oceanography category encompasses the literature on the scientific study and
exploration of the oceans and seas in all their aspects, including the delimitation of
their extent and depth, the physics and chemistry of their waters, and the exploration of
their resources.
- Category Name:
- Oncology
- Category Description:
- The Oncology category includes journals concerned with the mechanisms, causes, and
treatments of cancer. Topics include environmental and genetic risk factors; cellular and
molecular carcinogenesis; all aspects of clinical oncology, including surgical,
radiological, and chemical treatments of cancer; as well as the indication, effectiveness,
and modes of action of existing and experimental interventions. This category also
contains journals on cancers of specific systems and organs, such as hematological
cancers, gynecological cancers, and lung cancers.
- Category Name:
- Operations Research & Management Science
- Category Description:
- The Operations Research & Management Science category includes journals on the
definition, analysis, and solution of complex problems. Topics in this category include
mathematical modeling, stochastic modeling, decision theory and systems, optimization
theory, logistics, and control theory.
- Category Name:
- Ophthalmology
- Category Description:
- The Ophthalmology category covers journals that focus on the eye, its diseases, and
refractive errors. Coverage includes research of the cornea, retina, and eye diseases.
This category also includes physiological optics and optometry as well as reconstructive
surgery.
- Category Name:
- Optics
- Category Description:
- The Optics category encompasses the literature on the study of the phenomena associated
with the generation, transmission and detection of electromagnetic radiation in the
spectral range It includes subject areas such as lasers and laser technology, infrared
physics and technology, microwave technology, quantum optics, lightwave technology, fiber
optics, opto-electronics, and photonics. It also includes photometry and luminescence.
- Category Name:
- Ornithology
- Category Description:
- The Ornithology category covers journals on the many aspects of the study of birds,
including avian biology, field ornithology, avian biochemistry and physiology, avian
systematics and taxonomy, raptor research, bird behavior, and migration.
- Category Name:
- Orthopaedics
- Category Description:
- The Orthopedics category covers journals that focus on surgery and medical appliances as
a means to preserve or restore function or alleviate pain in the musculoskeletal system,
particularly the bones and joints.
- Category Name:
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Category Description:
- The Otorhinolaryngology category covers journals that focus on the basic and clinical
research and medicine of the ears, nose, and throat. This category also includes voice and
audiology journals.
- Category Name:
- Paleontology
- Category Description:
- The Paleontology category includes journals that focus on the study of life and physical
conditions, such as climate and geography, of past geological periods as recorded by
fossil remains. It is a subfield of the Geosciences.
- Category Name:
- Parasitology
- Category Description:
- The Parasitology category includes journals concerning many aspects of the study of
parasites, organisms that live in or on other living organisms, deriving benefits for
themselves and often causing harm to their hosts.
- Category Name:
- Pathology
- Category Description:
- The Pathology category includes journals specializing in the techniques, causes, and
developmental effect of disease on living tissue. This category also considers journals on
the medical and biomedical applications of histological and cytogenetic methods, the
development and use of novel techniques and diagnostic applications, and the pathologic
study of specific tissues or diseases.
- Category Name:
- Pediatrics
- Category Description:
- The Pediatrics category focuses on basic and clinical research in pediatrics. This
category covers journals on numerous pediatric specialties including, cardiology and
respiratory systems, dentistry, dermatology, developmental behavior,
gastroenterology,
hematology, immunology and infectious diseases, neurology, nutrition, oncology,
psychiatry, surgery, tropical medicine, urology, and nephrology. Coverage also includes
perinatology, neonatology, and adolescent medicine.
- Category Name:
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Category Description:
- The Peripheral Vascular Disease category includes journals on arterial occlusive disease
(atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries), venous obstruction and clotting, venous
incompetence/insufficiency, cerebrovascular disease (including carotid bruits),
aneuryms,
vasospastic disorders, and other vascular disorders. This category also covers journals on
hypertension, circulation, and stroke.
- Category Name:
- Pharmacology & Pharmacy
- Category Description:
- The Pharmacology & Pharmacy category covers journals on the discovery and testing of
bioactive substances, including animal research, clinical experience, delivery systems,
and dispensing of drugs. This category also includes literature on the biochemistry,
metabolism, and toxic or adverse effects of drugs.
- Category Name:
- Photographic Technology
- Category Description:
- The Photographic Technology category contains those journals that cover the different
aspects of the photographic process. These aspects include the engineering of photographic
devices and the chemistry of photography (film, emulsions, developing). Other topics in
this category are remote sensing, optical technology, electronic imaging, recording
materials, and visual communication and image representation.
- Category Name:
- Physics
- Category Description:
- The Physics category includes journals of a broad, general nature that contain articles
from all areas of physics. Physical Review Letters is an example of such a journal.
- Category Name:
- Physics, Applied
- Category Description:
- The Physics, Applied category encompasses those journals dealing with the applications
of condensed matter, optics, vacuum science, lasers, electronics, cryogenics, magnets and
magnetism, acoustical physics, and mechanics. This category also may include journals on
physics applications to other sciences, engineering, and industry.
- Category Name:
- Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
- Category Description:
- The Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical category covers journals concerned with
the physics of atoms and molecules. Topics include the structure of atoms and molecules,
atomic and molecular interactions with radiation, magnetic resonances and relaxation,
Mossbauer effect, and atomic and molecular collision processes and interactions.
- Category Name:
- Physics, Condensed Matter
- Category Description:
- The Physics, Condensed Matter category covers journals that deal with the study of the
structure and the thermal, mechanical, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of
condensed matter. Topics include superconductivity, surfaces, interfaces, thin films,
dielectrics, ferroelectrics, and semiconductors. This category also includes journals from
the former category of Solid State Physics as well as literature on condensed fluids.
- Category Name:
- Physics, Fluids & Plasmas
- Category Description:
- The Physics, Fluids & Plasmas category covers journals on the kinetic and transport
theory of fluids, the physical properties of gases, and the physics of plasmas and
electric discharges. This category may include journals on nuclear fusion as well.
- Category Name:
- Physics, Mathematical
- Category Description:
- The Physics, Mathematical category contains journals that focus on mathematical methods
in physics. It may include journals on logic, set theory, algebra, group theory, function
theory, analysis, geometry, topology, and probability theory.
- Category Name:
- Physics, Nuclear
- Category Description:
- The Physics, Nuclear category includes journals on the study of nuclear structure,
decay, radioactivity, reactions, and scattering. This category focuses on low-energy
physics as opposed to high-energy physics, which concerns particle physics (see Physics, Particles & Fields).
- Category Name:
- Physics, Particles & Fields
- Category Description:
- The Physics, Particles & Fields category encompasses the literature on the study of
the structure and properties of elementary particles and resonances and their
interactions. This category focuses on high-energy physics as opposed to low-energy
physics, which concerns nuclear physics (see Physics, Nuclear).
- Category Name:
- Physiology
- Category Description:
- The Physiology category includes journals concerned with the normal and pathologic
functioning of living cells, tissues, and organisms. Topics include comparative
physiology, molecular biochemistry of cell function, applied physiology, and
pharmacological intervention in pathophysiological process.
- Category Name:
- Plant Sciences
- Category Description:
- The Plant Sciences category covers journals that focus on research and applied studies
of plants including systematic, biochemical, agricultural, and pharmaceutical studies.
This category includes material on studies of higher and lower plants, terrestrial and
aquatic plants, cells, entire plants, and plant societies.
- Category Name:
- Polymer Science
- Category Description:
- The Polymer Science category includes all journals dealing with the study, production,
and technology of polymers.
- Category Name:
- Psychiatry
- Category Description:
- The Psychiatry category covers journals on the clinical, therapeutic, research, and
community aspects of human mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
- Category Name:
- Psychology
- Category Description:
- Psychology is a broad category that includes journals on the study of human behavior and
mental processes. The category ranges over the biological and neurological underpinnings
of perception, thought, and behavior; to psychological development and change over the
life span; through emotional and mental disturbances and diseases and their treatment.
This category also covers journals that report on animal behavior that illuminates human
behavior and mental processes.
- Category Name:
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Category Description:
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health is a broad category that covers journals
concerned with the study of the frequency, distribution, and causation of diseases in
order to safeguard, maintain, and improve the health of a population. This category also
may include journals on epidemiology and environmental and occupational health as well as
material on access to health education and medical services and the structure of the
medical services sector.
- Category Name:
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Category Description:
- The Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging category covers journals on
radiation research and biology and biophysics, focusing on interventional radiology,
investigative radiology, neuroradiology, and radiotherapy and oncology.
Nuclear Medicine
coverage focuses on the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnostic, therapeutic,
and investigative use of radionuclides.
Medical Imaging coverage focuses on topics in magnetic resonance imaging and
computerized medical imaging and graphics, including journals on ultrasonography and
computerized tomography.
- Category Name:
- Rehabilitation
- Category Description:
- The Rehabilitation category covers journals on therapy to aid in the recovery or
enhancement of physical, cognitive, or social abilities diminished by birth defect,
disease, injury, or aging.
- Category Name:
- Remote Sensing
- Category Description:
- The Remote Sensing category encompasses the journal literature on the technique of
observing details of an object from a great distance and of obtaining reliable information
about physical objects and the environment through the process of recording, measuring,
and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiation from space.
This category classifies the technique, not just its applications in environmental,
atmospheric, meteorological, geographic, and geoscientific observations. It also could
include material on geographic information systems.
- Category Name:
- Reproductive Biology
- Category Description:
- The Reproductive Biology category includes journals that cover reproduction in humans,
animals, and plants. This category ranges from the molecular biology of reproduction
through reproductive nutrition, immunology, and toxicology.
- Category Name:
- Respiratory System
- Category Description:
- The Respiratory System category covers journals dealing with all aspects of respiratory
and lung diseases, including their relation to cardiovascular and thoracic surgery and
diseases.
- Category Name:
- Rheumatology
- Category Description:
- The Rheumatology category includes journals that report clinical, therapeutic, and
laboratory research about arthritis and rheumatism, the chronic degenerative autoimmune
inflammatory diseases that primarily affect joints and connective tissue.
- Category Name:
- Robotics & Automatic Control
- Category Description:
- The Robotics & Automatic Control category includes journals that focus on robotics
and automatic control.
Robotics coverage focuses on the methodology in this area,
drawing from mechanical and electrical engineering, cybernetics, bionics, and artificial
intelligence.
Automatic Control coverage focuses on literature that details the design and
development of processes and systems that minimize the necessity of human intervention.
Related subfields include control theory and control engineering.
- Category Name:
- Spectroscopy
- Category Description:
- The Spectroscopy category encompasses journals concerned with the production,
measurement, and interpretation of electromagnetic spectra arising from either emission or
absorption of radiant energy by various sources. It includes journals that report on any
of several techniques for analyzing the spectra of beams of particles or for determining
mass spectra. This category also may include material on spectrometry, which concerns the
instruments used to measure spectra.
- Category Name:
- Sport Sciences
- Category Description:
- The Sport Sciences category includes journals that cover the applied physiology of human
performance, physical conditioning for sports participation, optimal nutrition for sports
performance, and the prevention and treatment of sports-related injuries and diseases.
This category also contains journals on sport psychology, sociology, and history.
- Category Name:
- Statistics & Probability
- Category Description:
- The Statistics & Probability category encompasses the journal literature on these
two fields.
Statistics coverage focuses on methods of obtaining data, analyzing and
summarizing them, and drawing inferences from data samples by the use of probability
theory.
Probability covers the study of the mathematical structures and constructions used to
analyze the probability of a given set of events from a family of outcomes.
- Category Name:
- Substance Abuse
- Category Description:
- The Substance Abuse category covers the literature on the behavior, education,
treatment, and research of alcohol, drug, and other substances of addiction.
- Category Name:
- Surgery
- Category Description:
- The Surgery category covers journals on general surgical topics, types of surgery, and
specialized surgical topics focusing on allied disciplines or surgical techniques. It
includes official publications of surgical associations and societies; journals from
specific geographical areas; journals on general surgery; journals on types of surgery
(cardiovascular, neurosurgery, orthopedic, pediatric, or vascular); publications on allied
disciplines or aspects of surgery (e.g., surgical oncology, pathology, or radiology); and
journals on surgical techniques (e.g., arthroscopy, microscopy, or
endoscopy).
- Category Name:
- Telecommunications
- Category Description:
- The Telecommunications category contains journals on the technical and engineering
aspects of communications over long distances via telephone, television, cable, fiber
optics, radio, computer networks, telegraph, satellites, and so on. Topics also include
electronics, opto- electronics, radar and sonar navigation, communications systems,
microwaves, antennas, and wave propagation.
- Category Name:
- Thermodynamics
- Category Description:
- The Thermodynamics category includes journals that focus on thermodynamics and its
related applications and technology. Related topics include cooling and heating systems,
cryogenics, refrigeration, combustion, energy conversion, and thermal stresses.
- Category Name:
- Toxicology
- Category Description:
- The Toxicology category covers journals that focus on the identification, biochemistry,
and effects of harmful substances, including the side effects of drugs, in animals,
humans, and the environment.
- Category Name:
- Transplantation
- Category Description:
- The Transplantation category covers journals that focus on the assimilation of grafted
tissue and the reconstitution of removed organs or parts of organs. The coverage focuses
on transplantation procedures and the maintenance of transplanted tissues or organs.
Specific transplantation coverage focuses on heart, lung, kidney, and bone marrow.
- Category Name:
- Transportation
- Category Description:
- The Transportation category contains the literature on all aspects of transportation
studies. Topics include accident analysis and prevention, vehicular technology, policy,
economics, planning, and transportation science and technology.
- Category Name:
- Tropical Medicine
- Category Description:
- The Tropical Medicine category covers journals on the study and treatment of disease,
parasites, and other medical conditions unique to or originating in tropical regions.
- Category Name:
- Urology & Nephrology
- Category Description:
- The Urology & Nephrology category covers journals that focus on the diagnosis and
treatment of diseases of the genitourinary tract and kidneys. This category includes
general urology and nephrology titles as well as specialty journals on the prostate,
kidney dialysis, transplantation, purification, and renal failure.
- Category Name:
- Veterinary Sciences
- Category Description:
- The Veterinary Sciences category includes journals on both the research and clinical
aspects of animal health, diseases, injuries, nutrition, reproduction, and public health.
This category covers materials on companion, farm, zoo, laboratory, wild, and aquatic
animals.
- Category Name:
- Virology
- Category Description:
- The Virology category includes journals dealing with all aspects of viral organisms and
host-virus interactions. Journals in this category cover the molecular, biochemical, and
cellular studies of plant-, animal-, and human-specific viruses, as well as
bacteriophages. This category also contains materials on medical virology and pathogenesis
and treatment of viral diseases.
- Category Name:
- Water Resources
- Category Description:
- The Water Resources category is a broad category that covers journals on a number of
water-related topics. Topics include aquatic sciences, desalination, ground water
monitoring and remediation, hydrology, irrigation and drainage science and technology,
water quality, hydraulic engineering, ocean and coastal management, rivers research and
management, waterways, and ports.
- Category Name:
- Zoology
- Category Description:
- The Zoology category covers a broad range of journals that study animals. This category
ranges through animal behavior, animal physiology, and some aspects of animal ecology. The
category does not include journals on veterinary medicine, ornithology, or most aspects of
entomology.
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