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The ambiguous word '''Informatics''' may refer to:
The ambiguous word '''Informatics''' may refer to:


===On the general topic of informatics===
===On the general topic of informatics===


* [[Informatics (academic field)]], an increasingly broad academic field encompassing the concepts, structure, algorithms, theories, and human behavior associated with information processing, accessing, and sharing
* [[Informatics (academic field)]], an increasingly broad academic field encompassing the concepts, structure, algorithms, theories, and human behavior associated with information accessing, processing, and sharing


Subcategories of this general topic include:
Subcategories of this general topic include:
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====<u>Humanistic</u>====
====<u>Humanistic</u>====


'''Educational science informatics'''
''Educational science informatics''
* [[Education informatics]]
* [[Education informatics]]


'''Library and information science informatics'''
''Library and information science informatics''
* [[Archival informatics]]
* [[Archival informatics]]
* [[Library informatics]]
* [[Library informatics]]


'''Social science informatics'''
''Social science informatics''
* [[Social informatics]]
* [[Social informatics]]


====<u>Natural</u>====
====<u>Natural</u>====


'''[[Chemical informatics]]'''
''[[Chemical informatics]]''
* [[Drug informatics]]
* [[Molecular informatics]]
* [[Molecular informatics]]
* [[Pharmacoinformatics]]


'''Earth science informatics'''
''Earth science informatics''
* [[Environmental informatics]]
* [[Environmental informatics]]
** [[Ecoinformatics]]
* [[Forest informatics]]
* [[Forest informatics]]
* [[Geoinformatics]]
* [[Geoinformatics]]
* [[Hydroinformatics]]
* [[Hydroinformatics]]
** [[Irrigation informatics]]


'''[[Health informatics]]'''
''[[Health informatics]]''
* [[Consumer health informatics]]
* [[Consumer health informatics]]
* [[Disease informatics]]
* [[Imaging informatics]]
* [[Imaging informatics]]
* [[Infectious disease informatics]]
* [[Public health informatics]]
* [[Public health informatics]]
* [[Translational research informatics]]
* [[Translational research informatics]]


'''Life science informatics'''
''Life science informatics''
* [[Bioinformatics]]
* [[Bioinformatics]]
** [[Bioimage informatics]]
** [[Bioimage informatics]]
** [[Biodiversity informatics]]
** [[Biodiversity informatics]]
** [[Cancer informatics]]
** [[Evolutionary informatics]]
** [[Evolutionary informatics]]
** [[Genome informatics]]
** [[Genome informatics]]
** [[Immunoinformatics]]
** [[Molecular informatics]]
** [[Molecular informatics]]
** [[Neuroinformatics]]
** [[Neuroinformatics]]
** [[Toxicoinformatics]]


'''Miscellaneous'''
''Miscellaneous''
* [[Computational informatics]]
* [[Engineering informatics]]
* [[Engineering informatics]]
* [[Laboratory informatics]]
* [[Laboratory informatics]]

Latest revision as of 15:26, 6 August 2014

The ambiguous word Informatics may refer to:

On the general topic of informatics

  • Informatics (academic field), an increasingly broad academic field encompassing the concepts, structure, algorithms, theories, and human behavior associated with information accessing, processing, and sharing

Subcategories of this general topic include:

  • Computer science, the study of complex systems, information and computation using applied mathematics, electrical engineering, and software engineering techniques
  • Information science, the study of the processing, management, and retrieval of information

Informatics as it relates to science

Humanistic

Educational science informatics

Library and information science informatics

Social science informatics

Natural

Chemical informatics

Earth science informatics

Health informatics

Life science informatics

Miscellaneous

Formal