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About controlled vocabularies

When you are depositing an item, you are given the option to enter Subject Keywords, which use a controlled vocabulary (aka an ontology) based on what appears to be a variant of the Swedish Research Subject Categories. Listed on this page are the terms that you can use in for this field (which has been lifted from the Northern Territory Government Health Library Services ePublications subject search page, since they appear to use the same controlled vocabulary.)


On the one hand, it's good to have a controlled vocabulary that allows you to choose from a well-defined list of subject keywords. On the other hand, it might overly constrain you. It might also be confusing given that a term can appear in multiple places in the hierarchy. For example, "biochemistry" could resolve to

  • NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry > Biochemistry; or
  • ODONTOLOGY > Biochemistry.


What if I want to use my own set of keywords?

You can enter your own, unconstrained keywords in the Description section of the item entry form. 


You are also welcome to use an ontology that is more appropriate to your field, though you still have to enter it in the Description section (and not the Subject Keywords section) of the item entry form. For example, for a work related to digital technology, you might find it useful to use the ACM Computing Classification System, which features a code-generation system.


The controlled vocabulary used in the UPOU Repository field Subject Keywords


Collapse search term categoryHUMANITIES and RELIGION

  • expand search term categoryReligion/Theology
    • search term History of religion
    • search term Church studies
    • search term Missionary studies
    • search term Systematic theology
    • search term Islamology
    • search term Faith and reason
    • search term Sociology of religion
    • search term Psychology of religion
    • search term Philosophy of religion
    • search term New Testament exegesis
    • search term Old Testament exegesis
    • search term Dogmatics with symbolics
  • expand search term categoryHistory and philosophy subjects
    • expand search term categoryPhilosophy subjects
      • search term Logic
      • search term Practical philosophy
      • search term Theoretical philosophy
      • search term Theory of science
    • expand search term categoryArchaeology subjects
      • search term Archaeology
      • search term Archaeology, classical
      • search term Archaeology, medieval
      • search term Archaeology, North European
      • search term Archaeology, Non-European
      • search term African and comparative archaelogy
      • search term Historical osteology
    • expand search term categoryHistory subjects
      • search term History
      • search term History of science and ideas
      • search term Economic history
      • search term Church history
      • search term History of technology
      • search term Technology and culture
      • search term History of technology and industry
      • search term History of science
      • search term Legal history
      • search term History of medicine
      • search term Agricultural history
      • search term Book and library history
    • expand search term categoryEthnology
      • search term Human ecology
      • search term Cultural anthropology
    • expand search term categoryHistorical cultures
      • search term Classical archaeology and ancient history
      • search term Byzantinology
  • expand search term categoryAesthetic subjects
    • search term Aesthetics
    • search term Film
    • search term Art
    • search term Literature
    • search term Music
    • search term Rhetoric
    • search term Theatre
    • search term Settlement studies
  • expand search term categoryLanguages and linguistics
    • expand search term categoryScandinavian languages
      • search term Swedish language
      • search term Sami language
      • search term Norwegian language
      • search term Danish language
    • expand search term categoryOther Germanic languages
      • search term Germanic languages
      • search term English language
      • search term German language
      • search term Dutch language
    • expand search term categoryRomance languages
      • search term French language
      • search term Italian language
      • search term Spanish language
      • search term Portugese language
      • search term Romanian language
    • expand search term categoryFinno-Ugric languages
      • search term Finnish language
      • search term Estonian language
    • expand search term categorySlavic languages
      • search term Russian language
      • search term Polish language
    • expand search term categoryClassical philology
      • search term Latin language
      • search term Classical Greek language
      • search term Modern Greek language
    • expand search term categoryOther languages
      • search term Sanskrit language with Indo-European lingustics
      • search term Celtic languages
      • search term Baltic languages
      • search term East Asian languages
      • search term Turkic languages
      • search term Iranian languages
      • search term Arabic language
      • search term Chinese language
      • search term Egyptology
      • search term Indonesian language
      • search term African languages
      • search term Bantu languages
      • search term Caucasian languages
      • search term Semitic languages
      • search term Altaic languages
      • search term Assyriology
      • search term Indology
      • search term Japanology
      • search term Koreanology
    • search term Sign language
    • expand search term categoryLinguistic subjects
      • search term Linguistics
      • search term Phonetics
      • search term Children's language
      • search term Bilingualism
      • search term Language technology
      • search term Computational linguistics
  • search term Other humanities and religion
  • expand search term categoryLAW/JURISPRUDENCE
    • expand search term categoryPublic law
      • search term Administrative law
      • search term Constitutional law
      • search term Social welfare law
    • expand search term categoryProcedural law
      • search term Civil procedure
      • search term Criminal procedure
      • search term Administrative procedure
      • search term Arbitration
    • search term Criminal law
    • search term Financial law
    • expand search term categoryPrivate law
      • search term Contract law
      • search term Labour law
      • search term Commercial and company law
      • search term Company law
      • search term Insurance law
      • search term Intellectual property law
      • search term Property and real estate law
      • search term Tort law
      • search term Contract law
    • expand search term categoryOther law
      • search term Jurisprudence
      • search term European law
      • search term International law
      • search term International private law and international procedural law
      • search term Comparative law
      • search term Competition law
      • search term Environmental law
  • expand search term categorySOCIAL SCIENCES
    • expand search term categorySocial sciences
      • expand search term categoryEducation
        • search term Subject didactics
        • search term Nursing education
        • search term Music education
        • search term International education
      • expand search term categoryPsychology
        • search term Applied psychology
        • search term Environmental psychology
        • search term Cognitive science
      • expand search term categorySocial anthropology/ethnography
        • search term Social anthropology
        • search term Ethnography
      • expand search term categorySocial work
        • search term Family research
        • search term Youth research
        • search term Disability research
        • search term Sports research
      • expand search term categoryCriminology
        • search term Criminal science
      • expand search term categorySociology
        • search term Sociology of Law
      • search term Demography
      • expand search term categoryPolitical science
        • search term Peace and conflict research
        • search term Peace and development research
        • search term Empirical conflict research
        • search term Research on Europe
      • search term Pedgogical work
    • expand search term categoryBusiness and economics
      • search term Business studies
      • expand search term categoryHuman geography, economic geography
        • search term Human geography
        • search term Economic geography
      • expand search term categoryEconomics
        • search term Econometrics
    • expand search term categoryStatistics, computer and systems science
      • expand search term categoryInformatics, computer and systems science
        • search term Informatics
        • search term Informatics and systems science
        • search term ADP
        • search term Computer and systems science
        • search term Databases
        • search term Data processing
        • search term Information and language technology
        • search term Information processing
        • search term Information technology
      • expand search term categoryStatistics
        • search term Biostatistics
    • expand search term categoryOther social sciences
      • search term Mass communication
      • search term Media and communication studies
      • search term Library and information science
      • search term Labour market research
      • search term European research cooperation
      • search term Public sector research
      • search term Research policy
      • search term Military intelligence and security service
  • expand search term categoryMATHEMATICS
    • expand search term categoryAlgebra, geometry and mathematical analysis
      • search term Algebra and geometry
      • search term Mathematical analysis
      • search term Mathematical logic
      • search term Discrete mathematics
    • expand search term categoryApplied mathematics
      • search term Numerical analysis
      • search term Mathematical statistics
      • search term Optimization, systems theory
      • search term Theoretical computer science
    • search term Other mathematics
  • expand search term categoryNATURAL SCIENCES
    • expand search term categoryPhysics
      • expand search term categoryElementary particle physics
        • search term Astroparticle physics
        • search term Ion physics
      • expand search term categoryNuclear physics
        • search term Heavy ion physics
        • search term Middle energy physics
        • search term Low energy physics
      • expand search term categoryAtomic and molecular physics
        • search term Atomic physics
        • search term Molecular physics
        • search term Chemical physics
      • expand search term categoryCondensed matter physics
        • search term Magnetism
        • search term Surfaces and interfaces
        • search term Semiconductor physics
        • search term Electronic structure
        • search term Superconductivity
        • search term Defects and diffusion
        • search term Structural and vibration physics
        • search term Critical phenomena (phase transitions)
        • search term Liquid physics
        • search term Low temperature physics
        • search term Macromolecular physics
        • search term Mesoscopic physics
        • search term Biological physics
      • expand search term categoryAstronomy and astrophysics
        • search term Astronomy
        • search term Astroparticle physics
        • search term High energy astrophysics
        • search term Solar physics
        • search term Planetary system
        • search term Galactical astronomy
        • search term Extragalactical astronomy
        • search term Formation and development of stars
        • search term Cosmology
      • expand search term categoryGeocosmophysics and plasma physics
        • search term Space physics
        • search term Plasma physics
        • search term Fusion
      • expand search term categoryOther physics
        • search term Optics
        • search term Geophysics
        • search term Mathematical physics
        • search term Computational physics
        • search term Theory of relativity, gravitation
        • search term Statistical physics
        • search term Non-linear dynamics, chaos
    • expand search term categoryChemistry
      • expand search term categoryTheoretical chemistry
        • search term Quantum chemistry
        • search term Statistical mechanics
        • search term Bioinformatics
      • expand search term categoryPhysical chemistry
        • search term Biophysical chemistry
        • search term Kinetics
        • search term Spectroscopy
        • search term Surface and colloid chemistry
        • search term Chemical physics
      • expand search term categoryAnalytical chemistry
        • search term Separation methods
        • search term Electrochemistry
        • search term Spectroscopy
      • search term Molecular biophysics
      • expand search term categoryInorganic chemistry
        • search term Coordination chemistry
        • search term Solution chemistry
        • search term Solid state chemistry
        • search term Bio-inorganic chemistry
      • expand search term categoryOrganic chemistry
        • search term Organic synthesis
        • search term Physical organic chemistry
        • search term Bioorganic chemistry
        • search term Polymer chemistry
        • search term Pharmaceutical chemistry
      • expand search term categoryBiochemistry
        • search term Molecular biology
        • search term Toxicology
        • search term Structural biology
        • search term Functional genomics
      • expand search term categoryEnvironmental chemistry
        • search term Persistent organic compounds
        • search term Heavy metals and other metals
        • search term Environmental toxicology
      • search term Other chemistry
    • expand search term categoryBiology
      • expand search term categoryTerrestrial, freshwater and marine ecology
        • search term Terrestrial ecology
        • search term Freshwater ecology
        • search term Marine ecology
        • search term Ethology and behavioural ecology
      • expand search term categoryOrganism biology
        • search term Microbiology
        • search term Morphology
        • search term Systematics and phylogenetics
        • search term Plant physiology
        • search term Animal physiology
        • search term Developmental biology
      • expand search term categoryCell and molecular biology
        • search term Cell biology
        • search term Molecular biology
        • search term Immunology
        • search term Toxicology
        • search term Neurobiology
        • search term Genetics
      • expand search term categoryOther biology
        • search term Bioinformatics
        • search term Functional genomics
    • expand search term categoryEarth sciences
      • expand search term categoryEndogenous earth sciences
        • search term Solid earth geology and petrology
        • search term Mineralogy
        • search term Solid earth physics
      • expand search term categoryExogenous earth sciences
        • search term History of geology and palaeontology
        • search term Quaternary geology
        • search term Physical geography
        • search term Exogenous geochemistry
        • search term Sedimentology
      • expand search term categoryAtmosphere and hydrosphere sciences
        • search term Meteorology
        • search term Hydrology
        • search term Oceanography
        • search term Climatology
      • search term Other earth sciences
  • expand search term categoryTECHNOLOGY
    • expand search term categoryInformation technology
      • expand search term categoryComputer science
        • search term Computer science
        • search term Software engineering
        • search term Cognitive science
      • search term Automatic control
      • expand search term categoryTelecommunication
        • search term Telecommunication theory
        • search term Teletransmission theory
        • search term Teletraffic systems
        • search term Datatransmission
      • search term Signal processing
      • search term Image analysis
      • search term Computer engineering
      • search term Systems engineering
      • search term Other information technology
    • expand search term categoryEngineering physics
      • search term Optical physics
      • search term Acoustics
      • search term Material physics with surface physics
      • search term Plasma physics with fusion
      • search term Biophysics
      • search term Other engineering physics
    • expand search term categoryElectrical engineering, electronics and photonics
      • search term Electrical engineering
      • search term Electronics
      • search term Electrophysics
      • search term Photonics
      • search term Electronic measurement and instrumentation
      • search term Electric power engineering
      • search term Other electrical engineering, electronics and photonics
    • expand search term categoryChemical engineering
      • expand search term categoryChemical process and manufacturing engineering
        • search term Process chemistry
        • search term Catalysis
        • search term Molecular transport processes in chemical process engineering
        • search term Chemical energy engineering
        • search term Cellulose and paper engineering
        • search term Materials chemistry
        • search term Electrochemistry
        • search term Surface and colloid chemistry
        • search term Nuclear chemistry
        • search term Chemical process equipment
        • search term Chemical manufacturing engineering
      • expand search term categoryMetallurgical process and manufacturing engineering
        • search term Metallurgical process engineering
        • search term Metallurgical manufacturing engineering
      • search term Food technology
      • search term Other chemical engineering
    • expand search term categoryBioengineering
      • search term Genetic engineering including functional genomics
      • search term Structural biochemistry
      • search term Biochemical process engineering
      • search term Enzyme engineering
      • search term Immunology engineering
      • search term Biotechnological separation
      • search term Bioanalytical engineering
      • search term Bioorganical synthesis
      • search term Plant biotechnology
      • search term Bioinformatics
      • search term Other bioengineering
    • expand search term categoryEngineering mechanics
      • search term Solid mechanics
      • search term Fluid mechanics
      • search term Construction engineering
      • search term Mechanical manufacturing engineering
      • expand search term categoryMechanical and thermal engineering
        • search term Mechanical energy engineering
        • search term Thermal energy engineering
      • search term Vehicle engineering
      • search term Other engineering mechanics
    • expand search term categoryMaterials science
      • search term Functional materials
      • search term Construction materials
      • search term Surface engineering
      • search term Other processing/assembly
      • search term Other materials science
    • expand search term categoryCivil engineering and architecture
      • expand search term categoryGeoengineering and mining engineering
        • search term Geoengineering
        • search term Mining engineering
      • search term Building engineering
      • search term Building manufacturing engineering
      • search term Water engineering
      • search term Surveying
      • expand search term categoryArchitecture and architectural conservation and restoration
        • search term Architecture
        • search term Architectural conservation and restoration
      • search term Other civil engineering and architecture
    • expand search term categoryIndustrial engineering and economy
      • expand search term categoryManufacturing engineering and work sciences
        • search term Manufacturing engineering
        • search term Work sciences and ergonomics
      • search term Industrial organisation, administration and economics
      • search term Physical planning
      • search term Other industrial engineering and economics
    • expand search term categoryOther technology
      • search term Medical engineering
      • search term Environmental engineering
      • search term Space engineering
  • expand search term categoryFORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING
    • expand search term categorySoil science
      • search term Soil physics
      • search term Soil chemistry
      • search term Soil biology
      • search term Pedology
    • expand search term categoryPlant production
      • search term Plant breeding
      • search term Horticulture
      • search term Agronomy
      • search term Forestry
      • search term Plant and forest protection
    • expand search term categoryAnimal production
      • search term Animal breeding
      • search term Animal nutrition and management
      • search term Aquaculture
      • search term Fishery
    • expand search term categoryProduct science
      • search term Food science
      • search term Wood fibre and forest products
      • search term Phytochemistry including algae and industrial bio-raw materials
    • expand search term categoryLandscape planning
      • search term Landscape architecture
      • search term Planting design
      • search term Nature conservation and landscape management
      • search term Comprehensive planning
    • expand search term categoryArea technology
      • search term Agricultural engineering
      • search term Agricultural building engineering
      • search term Forest engineering
      • search term Remote sensing
    • expand search term categoryArea economics
      • search term Agricultural economics
      • search term Forest economics
      • search term Forest mensuration
      • search term Information science
  • expand search term categoryMEDICINE
    • expand search term categorySurgery
      • expand search term categoryAnaesthetics and intensive care
        • search term Anaesthetics
        • search term Intensive care
        • search term Diasaster medicine
        • search term Traumatology
      • expand search term categorySurgical research
        • search term Endocrine surgery
        • search term Hand surgery
        • search term Surgery
        • search term Vascular surgery
        • search term Neurosurgery
        • search term Orthopaedics
        • search term Otoneurology
        • search term Pediatric surgery
        • search term Plastic surgery
        • search term Thoracic surgery
        • search term Transplantation surgery
        • search term Urology and andrology
      • expand search term categoryObstetrics and women's diseases
        • search term Obstetrics and gynaecology
        • search term Reproductive health
        • search term Reproductive and perinatal care
      • search term Oncology
      • expand search term categoryOtorhinolaryngology
        • search term Audiology
        • search term Logopedics and phoniatrics
    • expand search term categoryMorphology, cell biology, pathology
      • expand search term categoryCell biology
        • search term Neuroscience
        • search term Neurobiology
        • search term Medical cell biology
      • expand search term categoryMorphology
        • search term Anatomy
        • search term Biomaterials
        • search term Histology
        • search term Tumour biology
      • expand search term categoryPathology
        • search term Forensic medicine
        • search term Molecular medicine
    • expand search term categoryDermatology and venerology,clinical genetics, internal medicine
      • search term Dermatology and venerology
      • expand search term categoryClinical genetics
        • search term Medical genetics
        • search term Forensic genetics
        • search term Molecular biology
        • search term Molecular ecogenetics
      • expand search term categoryInternal medicine
        • search term Paediatric cardiology
        • search term Diabetology
        • search term Endocrinology
        • search term Gastroenterology
        • search term Geriatrics and medical gerontology
        • search term Haematology
        • search term Cardiology
        • search term Cardiovascular medicine
        • search term Lung diseases
        • search term Molecular medicine (genetics and pathology)
        • search term Neurology
        • search term Kidney diseases
        • search term Palliative medicine
        • search term Paediatric medicine
        • search term Prenatal and perinatal research
        • search term Rheumatology
        • search term Transfusion medicine
    • expand search term categoryPhysiology and pharmacology
      • expand search term categoryPharmacological research
        • search term Pharmacology
        • search term Clinical pharmacology
        • search term Toxicology
      • expand search term categoryPhysiology
        • search term Experimental brain research
        • search term Laboratory animal science
        • search term Clinical physiology
        • search term Clinical neurophysiology
        • search term Medical informatics
        • search term Medical technology
        • search term Molecular neurobiology
        • search term Neurobiology
        • search term Neurophysiology
        • search term Nutrition
      • expand search term categoryOphtalmology
        • search term Ophtalmiatrics
        • search term Optometry
      • expand search term categoryRadiological research
        • search term Radiology
        • search term Diagnostic radiology
        • search term Radiological physics
        • search term Radiation biology
    • expand search term categorySocial medicine
      • expand search term categoryPublic health medicine research areas
        • search term Family medicine
        • search term Occupational physiology
        • search term Epidemiology
        • search term Public health science
        • search term Environmental medicine
        • search term Community medicine
        • search term Occupational medicine
    • expand search term categoryMicrobiology, immunology, infectious diseases
      • expand search term categoryImmunology
        • search term Allergology
        • search term Immunogenetics
        • search term Immunobiology
        • search term Clinical immunology
        • search term Tumour immunology
      • expand search term categoryMicrobiology
        • search term Bacteriology
        • search term Clinical bacteriology
        • search term Clinical virology
        • search term Medical microbiology
        • search term Virology
      • search term Infectious diseases
    • expand search term categoryChemistry
      • search term Biochemistry
      • search term Clinical chemistry
      • search term Neurochemistry
      • search term Forensic chemistry
    • expand search term categoryPsychiatry
      • search term Child and adolescent psychiatry
      • search term Addiction medicine
  • expand search term categoryODONTOLOGY
    • search term Biochemistry
    • search term Biomaterials
    • search term Cariology
    • search term Cell and molecular biology
    • search term Endodontology
    • search term Pharmacological research
    • search term Physiology
    • search term Gerodontology
    • search term Surgical research
    • search term Morphology
    • search term Odontological behavioural science
    • search term Oral microbiology
    • search term Oral pathology and forensic odontology
    • search term Oral prosthetics
    • search term Orthodontics
    • search term Periodontology
    • search term Paedodontics
    • search term Radiological research
    • search term Other odontology
  • expand search term categoryPHARMACY
    • search term Biopharmacy
    • search term Biological research on drug dependence
    • search term Pharmaceutical biochemistry
    • search term Pharmaceutical pharmacology
    • search term Pharmaceutical chemistry
    • search term Pharmaceutical microbiology
    • search term Toxicology
    • search term Pharmacognosy
    • search term Pharmaceutics
    • search term Community pharmacy services
    • search term Other pharmacy
  • expand search term categoryVETERINARY MEDICINE
    • search term Biochemistry and clinical chemistry
    • search term Cell biology and genome research
    • search term Ethology of domestic animals
    • search term Pharmacological research
    • search term Physiology and nutrition
    • search term Animal hygiene
    • search term Surgery
    • search term Food hygiene
    • search term Medicine
    • search term Microbiology and immunology
    • search term Morphology
    • search term Obstetrics and gynaecology
    • search term Pathology
    • search term Radiology
    • search term Veterinary epidemiology
    • search term Other veterinary medicine
  • expand search term categoryINTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS
    • search term Children
    • search term Domestic science and nutrition
    • search term Health and medical services in society
    • search term Human communication
    • search term Technology and social change
    • search term Water in nature and society
    • expand search term categoryCaring sciences
      • search term Occupational therapy
      • search term Medical laboratory science
      • search term Nursing
      • search term Physiotherapy
      • search term Social welfare/social pedagogics
      • search term Theory of science regarding care and nursing
    • search term Ethnicity
    • search term Gender studies
    • search term Cultural heritage and cultural production
    • search term Sports
    • search term Older people and ageing