Based on your comments on this post, as well as responses on Twitter and input from the Research Blogging editors, here’s a proposed revised set of topic tags. When bloggers register for the site, they may pick one major tag (in bold) and are urged to select just one secondary tag (in regular type). These are the default tags selected when bloggers create citations, but bloggers are free to override these defaults and select as many tags as they like for individual posts.
Here are the major changes:
- Secondary Astronomy tags revised to match the arXiv
- A new major tag, Ecology / Conservation, with several secondary tags
- The major tag, Clinical Research, has been renamed to Medicine, and some secondary tags from Health have been moved to this tag
- Computer Science and Engineering were merged into a single major tag
- Several new secondary tags were added to the Psychology tag
Of course, other changes have been made as well. Below is the full proposed list of recommended tags. Please let us know if you have any last-minute suggestions before they are implemented.
Anthropology
Applied Anthropology, Archeology, Biological Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Language, Life History Theory, Medical Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology
Astronomy
Astrobiology, Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Galaxy Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Search for ETI, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Theoretical Astrophysics
Biology
Anatomy, Behavioral Biology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Chemical Biology, Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Paleontology, Reproduction, Structural Biology, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology, Taxonomy, Virology, Zoology
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biological Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Cheminformatics, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Nanoscience, Nuclear Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry
Computer Science / Engineering
Aerospace Engineering, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computational Theory, Databases, Electrical Engineering, Encryption, Environmental Engineering, Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Engineering, Languages and Compilers, Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Nanoscience, Networks, Operating Systems, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Robotics, Software Engineering
Ecology / Conservation
Agriculture, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Environmental Health, Marine Ecology, Oceanography, Public Policy, Sustainability
Geosciences
Atmosphere Science, Biogeosciences, Climate Science, Energy, Geochemistry, Geodysy, Geology, Geophysics, Glaciology, Hydrology, Oceanography, Paleontology, Planetary Science, Seismology, Soil Science, Sustainability
Health
Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology, Gene Therapy, Health Policy, Kinesiology, Medical Ethics, Nutrition, Public Health, Rehabilitation, Reproductive Health, Substance Abuse
Mathematics
Applied Mathematics, Combinatorics, Discrete Math, Logic and Foundations, Probability and Statistics, Pure Mathematics
Medicine
Aging, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Clinical Research, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Genetics, Hematology, Immunology, Metabolism, Neurology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Stem Cells, Toxicology, Veterinary Medicine
Neuroscience
Affective Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Neuroscience, Neural Engineering, Neurolinguistics
Philosophy
Aesthetics, Continental Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, History of Philosophy, Logic, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Political Science
Physics
Astrophysics, Atomic Physics, Biophysics, Condensed Matter, Continuum Mechanics, Electronics, Experimental Physics, High-Energy Physics, Molecular Physics, Nanoscience, Nuclear Physics, Optics, Particle Physics, Plasma Physics, Precision Measurement, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics
Psychology
Abnormal Psychology, Affective Psychology, Behavioral Economics, Cognitive Psychology, Comparative Psychology, Consciousness, Decision-Making, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Emotion, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Factors, Intelligence, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Language, Learning, Personality, Quantitative Psychology, Sensation and Perception, Social Psychology
Social Science
Economics, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Political Science, Sociology
Research / Scholarship
Career, Education, Ethics, Funding, Library Science, Policy, Publishing, Science Communication
Other
