Postdoctoral Participant Survey

Appendix H.1: Research Disciplines

RESPONDENT FIRST SELECTS A GENERAL AREA:

• Natural Sciences/Mathematics (Biological/Life; Chemical; Computer/Information sciences; Environmental sciences; Earth, Atmospheric & Oceanographic sciences; Geosciences, Mathematical/Statistical sciences; Physics; Psychology)

• Social Sciences (Economics, Sociology, Anthropology/Archaeology, Political Science, Geography, Linguistics, other)

• Engineering (Biochemical engineering, Chemical engineering, Civil engineering, etc.)

After selecting one of the general areas, respondent selects one of the FIELDS from the LEFT column (subfields are shown to assist respondents in making a selection)

NATURAL SCIENCES

Field	Subfield
Agricultural/food sciences	Animal sciences	Plant sciences
	Food sciences/technology	OTHER agricultural sciences
Biological sciences Bioengineering, see ENGINEERING, next page	Biochemistry/biophysics	Microbiological sciences/immunology
	Biology, general	Nutritional sciences
	Botany	Pharmacology, human/animal
	Cell/molecular biology	Physiology and pathology,
	Ecology	human/animal
	Genetics, animal/plant	Zoology, general
		OTHER Biological sciences
Environmental life sciences	Environmental science/studies	Forestry sciences
Computer and information sciences For Computer Engineering, see ENGINEERING, next page	Computer/information	Computer systems analysis
	sciences, general	Information services/systems
	Computer programming	OTHER computer/information sciences
	Computer science
Mathematics and statistics	Applied mathematics	Statistics
	Mathematics, general	OTHER mathematics
	Operations research
Chemistry For biochemistry, see Biological sciences	Chemistry except biochemistry (biochemistry, see Biological sciences)
Earth, atmospheric, and	Atmospheric	Geological sciences, other
ocean sciences	sciences/meteorology	Oceanography
	Earth sciences	OTHER physical sciences
	Geology
Physics Biophysics, see Biological Sciences	Astronomy/astrophysics	Physics
Psychology	Clinical psychology	General psychology
	Counseling	Industrial/organizational psychology
	Educational psychology	Social psychology
	Experimental psychology	OTHER psychology

ENGINEERING

Biochemical engineering, see Bioengineering/biomedical under OTHER Engineering
Chemical engineering	Chemical engineering
Civil/architectural eng.	Architectural engineering	Civil engineering
Electrical/computer engineering	Computer/systems engineering	Electrical/electronics/communications
		engineering
Industrial engineering	Industrial/manufacturing engineering
Mechanical engineering	Mechanical engineering
OTHER engineering	Aerospace/aeronautical/	Geophysical/geological engineering
	astronautical engineering	Materials engineering, including
	Agricultural engineering	ceramics/textiles
	Bioengineering/biomedical	Metallurgical engineering
	engineering	Mining/minerals engineering
	Engineering, general	Naval architecture/marine engineering
	Engineering sciences/	Nuclear engineering
	mechanics/physics	Petroleum engineering
	Environmental engineering	OTHER engineering

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Economics	Agricultural economics	Economics
Political and related sciences	International relations	Public policy studies
	Political science/government
Sociology/Anthropology	Anthropology/archaeology	Sociology
	Criminology
OTHER social sciences	Area/ethnic studies	Linguistics
	Education, general	Philosophy of science
	Geography	OTHER social sciences
	History of science

Source: SESTAT education codes in NSRCG major fields

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