Table A-5. Aggregated fields and their constituent fine fields: 2015
| Aggregated field name and constituent fields |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources |
| Agronomy, horticulture science, plant breeding, plant pathology, plant sciences-other |
| Agricultural and horticultural plant breeding |
| Agronomy and crop science |
| Horticulture science* |
| Plant pathology and phytopathology, agricultural |
| Plant sciences, other |
| Animal nutrition, poultry science |
| Animal nutrition |
| Animal science, poultry or avian* |
| Food science, food technology-other |
| Food science |
| Food science and technology, other* |
| Forest biology, forest management, wood science, forestry sciences-other |
| Forest management, forest resources management* |
| Forest sciences and biology* |
| Wood science, pulp and paper technology* |
| Forestry, other* |
| Natural resources and conservation, wildlife range management |
| Natural resources and conservation |
| Wildlife, range management* |
| Soil chemistry, soil sciences-other |
| Soil chemistry, microbiology* |
| Soil sciences, other |
| Agricultural sciences, aggregated |
| Natural resources and environmental economics (agricultural sciences)* |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources, general* |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources, other* |
| Biological and biomedical sciences |
| Anatomy, developmental biology |
| Anatomy* |
| Developmental biology and embryology |
| Bacteriology, parasitology |
| Bacteriology* |
| Parasitology* |
| Botany, plant pathology, plant physiology |
| Botany and plant biology |
| Plant pathology and phytopathology (biological sciences)* |
| Plant physiology* |
| Endocrinology, human/animal pathology |
| Endocrinology* |
| Pathology, human and animal |
| Biotechnology, biology/biomedical sciences-other |
| Biotechnology* |
| Biological and biomedical sciences, other |
| Environmental toxicology, toxicology |
| Environmental toxicology |
| Toxicology |
| Genetics-human/animal, plant genetics |
| Genetics, genomics, human and animal |
| Plant genetics |
| Health sciences |
| Environmental health, public health |
| Environmental health |
| Public health |
| Health sciences, aggregated |
| Gerontology (health sciences)* |
| Oral biology, oral pathology* |
| Veterinary sciences* |
| Health sciences, general |
| Health sciences, other |
| Atmospheric science and meteorology |
| Atmospheric physics, meteorology |
| Atmospheric physics and dynamics |
| Meteorology |
| Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric sciences-general, atmospheric sciences-other |
| Atmospheric chemistry and climatology |
| Atmospheric science and meteorology, general |
| Atmospheric science and meteorology, other* |
| Geological sciences |
| Geochemistry, mineralogy |
| Geochemistry |
| Mineralogy and petrology* |
| Geomorphology, geological sciences-general, geological sciences-other |
| Geomorphology, glacial geology* |
| Geological sciences, general |
| Geological sciences, other |
| Paleontology, stratigraphy |
| Paleontology* |
| Stratigraphy and sedimentation* |
| Ocean/marine sciences, aggregated |
| Hydrology and water resources |
| Marine sciences |
| Ocean and marine sciences, other* |
| Physics |
| Acoustics, optics/photonics |
| Acoustics* |
| Optics, photonics |
| Atomic physics, polymer physics |
| Atomic, molecular, chemical physics |
| Polymer physics* |
| Mathematics and statistics |
| Applied mathematics, computing theory |
| Applied mathematics |
| Computing theory and practice* |
| Logic, topology/foundations |
| Logic* |
| Topology and foundations |
| Operations research, mathematics/statistics-general, mathematics/statistics-other |
| Operations research (mathematics)* |
| Mathematics and statistics, general |
| Mathematics and statistics, other |
| Psychology |
| Family psychology, human development and family studies |
| Family psychology |
| Human development and family studies |
| Psychology, aggregated |
| Personality psychology* |
| Psychometrics and quantitative psychology |
| Psychology, other |
| Social sciences |
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies |
| Area, ethnic, cultural studies |
| Gender and women's studies* |
| Econometrics, economics |
| Econometrics* |
| Other economics |
| Demography, gerontology, statistics, urban affairs, social sciences-general, social sciences-other |
| Demography and population studies* |
| Gerontology (social sciences)* |
| Statistics (social sciences)* |
| Urban studies, affairs* |
| Social sciences, general |
| Social sciences, other |
| Other engineering, aggregated |
| Agricultural engineering* |
| Communications engineering* |
| Engineering management, administration* |
| Engineering mechanics* |
| Engineering physics* |
| Engineering science* |
| Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering* |
| Metallurgical engineering* |
| Ocean engineering* |
| Operations research (engineering) |
| Petroleum engineering* |
| Polymer, plastics engineering* |
| Transportation and highway engineering |
| Engineering, general* |
| Engineering, other |
| Education |
| Educational/instructional technology, media design |
| Educational and instructional media design* |
| Educational and instructional technology |
| Other education, aggregated |
| Workforce education and development |
| Education, other |
| Teacher education, aggregated |
| Adult and continuing teacher education |
| Elementary teacher education |
| Pre-elementary, early childhood teacher education |
| Secondary teacher education |
| Teaching fields, aggregated |
| Agricultural education |
| Art education |
| Bilingual and multilingual education* |
| English education |
| Family, consumer, and human sciences* |
| Foreign languages education* |
| Nursing education |
| Social science education* |
| Teacher education and professional development, other |
| Foreign languages and literature |
| French, Italian |
| French language and literature |
| Italian language and literature* |
| Other aggregated languages |
| Arabic language and literature* |
| Chinese language and literature* |
| Japanese language and literature* |
| Russian language and literature* |
| Foreign languages and literatures, other |
| History, aggregated |
| African history* |
| History, other |
| Letters, aggregated |
| Creative writing |
| Folklore* |
| Letters, general* |
| Letters, other* |
| Other humanities and arts |
| Philosophy, ethics |
| Ethics* |
| Philosophy |
| Religion/religious studies, Jewish/Judaic studies |
| Jewish, Judaic Studies* |
| Religion, religious studies |
| Other humanities, aggregated |
| Bible, biblical studies |
| Music, other* |
| Humanities, general* |
| Humanities, other |
| Business management and administration |
| Other aggregated business fields |
| Business, managerial economics* |
| Hospitality, food service, and tourism management* |
| International business, trade, commerce* |
| Operations research (business) |
| Business management and administration, general |
| Business management and administration, other |
| Communication, aggregated |
| Communication theory |
| Film, radio, TV and digital communication |
| Communication, other |
| Fields not elsewhere classified, aggregated |
| Law* |
| Library science |
| Other fields not elsewhere classified* |