Skill Set 2: Scholarly Communication / Structure of Disciplines
Number of Questions by Topic in Project SAILS Survey
| # of Questions |
Topic |
| 5 |
Major disciplines of knowledge |
| 1 |
Length of time to pubish in a journal |
What are the major disciplines of knowledge?
- Humanities
- Science
- Social Science
What subject fields belong in each?
| Humanities |
Science |
Social Science |
| All languages |
Astronomy |
Anthropology |
| Literature |
Physics |
Sociology |
| Arts (Music, Theatre, Visual Art, Dance) |
Chemistry |
Social Psychology |
| History (also crosses with Social Science) |
Earth Sciences |
Political Science |
| Philosophy |
Biology |
Business |
| |
Medicine |
History (also crosses with Humanities) |
| |
Engineering |
|
Possible topics for discussion
- Types of research tools common across all disciplines (see Skill sets
3 and 4)
- Specialized research tools for each area
- Trends in scholarly communication in Humanities
- Trends in scholarly communication in Social Sciences
- Trends in scholarly communication in the sciences
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