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


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


* [[Informatics (academic field)]]
* [[Informatics (academic field)]], an increasingly broad academic field encompassing the concepts, structure, algorithms, theories, and human behavior associated with information processing, accessing, 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 ===
====<u>Humanistic</u>====
'''Educational science informatics'''
* [[Education informatics]]
'''Library and information science informatics'''
* [[Archival informatics]]
* [[Archival informatics]]
* [[Computer Science informatics]]
* [[Library informatics]]
* [[Education informatics]]
 
'''Social science informatics'''
* [[Social informatics]]
 
====<u>Natural</u>====
 
'''[[Chemical informatics]]'''
* [[Drug informatics]]
* [[Molecular informatics]]
 
'''Earth science informatics'''
* [[Environmental informatics]]
** [[Ecoinformatics]]
* [[Forest informatics]]
* [[Geoinformatics]]
* [[Hydroinformatics]]
** [[Irrigation informatics]]
 
'''[[Health informatics]]'''
* [[Consumer health informatics]]
* [[Disease informatics]]
* [[Imaging informatics]]
* [[Public health informatics]]
* [[Translational research informatics]]
 
'''Life science informatics'''
* [[Bioinformatics]]
** [[Bioimage informatics]]
** [[Biodiversity informatics]]
** [[Evolutionary informatics]]
** [[Genome informatics]]
** [[Molecular informatics]]
** [[Neuroinformatics]]


'''Miscellaneous'''
* [[Engineering informatics]]
* [[Laboratory informatics]]
* [[Laboratory informatics]]
** [[Bioinformatics]]
* [[Materials informatics]]
*** [[Bioimage informatics]]
*** [[Biodiversity informatics]]
*** [[Evolutionary informatics]]
*** [[Genome informatics]]
*** [[Molecular informatics]]
*** [[Neuroinformatics]]
** [[Chemical informatics]]
*** [[Drug informatics]]
*** [[Molecular informatics]]
** [[Earth Science informatics]]
*** [[Conservation Science informatics]]
*** [[Geoinformatics]]
*** [[Space Science informatics]]
** [[Engineering Informatics]]
** [[Environmental informatics]]
*** [[Ecoinformatics]]
*** [[Forest informatics]]
** [[Forensic Science informatics]]
** [[Health informatics]]
*** [[Consumer health informatics]]
*** [[Disease informatics]]
*** [[Imaging informatics]]
*** [[Public Health informatics]]
*** [[Translational Research informatics]]
** [[Hydroinformatics]]
*** [[Irrigation informatics]]
** [[Manufacturing Science informatics]]
** [[Materials informatics]]
* [[Life Science informatics]]
* [[Social informatics]]
* [[Visual informatics]]
* [[Visual informatics]]
====<u>Formal</u>====


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Revision as of 21:29, 22 November 2011

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 processing, accessing, 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