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Fields of science are widely-recognized categories of specialized expertise within science, and typically embody their own terminology and nomenclature. Each field will commonly be represented by one or more scientific journal, where peer reviewed research will be published.

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Natural sciences

  See also: Social sciences, below

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

Physics

Astronomy

Earth sciences

Environmental sciences

Life Sciences / Biology

Formal sciences

Computer sciences

See also Branches of Computer Science and ACM Computing Classification System

Mathematics

See also Branches of Mathematics and AMS Mathematics Subject Classification

Statistics

Systems science

Social sciences

  See also: Natural sciences, above

Anthropology

Economics

Psychology

See also Subfields of psychology

Geography

Philosophy

Not considered a science by some thinkers, instead considered a precursor of it. Several fields of philosophy are more directly relevant to the natural and social sciences than others. These include:

Political science

Sociology

See also Subfields of sociology

Applied sciences

Main article: Applied Science

Agronomy

Architecture

Cognitive sciences

Education

Engineering

Health sciences

Management

Military Science

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