social science
branch of science that systematically studies societies, institutions, social relationships, and human behavior using theoretical and empirical methods
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Summary
social science is a class used in Universal Decimal Classification[1]. It draws 12,836 Wikipedia views per month (class used in universal decimal classification category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: branch of science[3], academic discipline[4], field of study[5]
- Subclass of: social sciences and humanities[6], humanities, arts and social sciences[7]
- Commons category: Social sciences[8]
- Said to be the same as: social studies[9]
- Has part(s): economics[10], political science[11], anthropology[12], sociology[13], psychology[14], social statistics[15], newspaper studies[16], business studies[17], geography[18], social psychology[19], legal science[20], demography[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Social sciences[22]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Human and social sciences[23]
- Facet of: democratic competence[24]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25]
- Partially coincident with: humanities[26]
- Topic has template: Template:Social sciences[27]
- Has characteristic: social science award[28]
- History of topic: history of the social sciences[29]
- Is the study of: society[30]
- Practiced by: social scientist[31], school of social sciences[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
Why It Matters
social science has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]