social science

academic disciplines concerned with society and the relationships between individuals in society
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social science

Summary

social science is a class used in Universal Decimal Classification[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • social science's instance of is recorded as class used in Universal Decimal Classification[3].
  • social science's instance of is recorded as branch of science[4].
  • social science's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[5].
  • social science's instance of is recorded as field of study[6].
  • social science's instance of is recorded as field of study[7].
  • social science is a type of social sciences and humanities[8].
  • social science is a type of humanities, arts and social sciences[9].
  • social science's Commons category is recorded as Social sciences[10].
  • social science's said to be the same as is recorded as social studies[11].
  • social science comprises economics[12].
  • social science comprises political science[13].
  • social science comprises anthropology[14].
  • social science comprises sociology[15].
  • social science comprises psychology[16].
  • social science comprises social statistics[17].
  • social science comprises newspaper studies[18].
  • social science comprises business studies[19].
  • social science comprises geography[20].
  • social science comprises social psychology[21].
  • social science comprises legal science[22].
  • social science comprises demography[23].
  • social science's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Social sciences[24].
  • social science's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Human and social sciences[25].
  • social science's facet of is recorded as democratic competence[26].
  • social science's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include class used in Universal Decimal Classification[3], branch of science[4], academic discipline[5], and field of study[6]. Recorded subclass of include social sciences and humanities[8] and humanities, arts and social sciences[9].

Use and Application

Components include economics[12], an academic discipline[28]; political science[13], an academic major[29]; anthropology[14], an academic discipline[30]; sociology[15], an academic discipline[31]; psychology[16], an academic discipline[32]; and social statistics[17].

Why It Matters

social science has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . acss.org.uk. acss.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . investopedia.com. investopedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . uis.unesco.org. uis.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . acss.org.uk. acss.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . acss.org.uk. acss.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . investopedia.com. investopedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . cambridge.org. cambridge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . education.nationalgeographic.org. education.nationalgeographic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag social-sciences
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: social-sciences, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960094|social sciences (#289960094)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  2. 5w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id ['h0005060-socialni-vedy', 'h0001984-spolecenske-vedy']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001984-spolecenske-vedy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  3. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id ['h0005060-socialni-vedy', 'h0001984-spolecenske-vedy']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0005060-socialni-vedy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  4. 11w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by social scientist
    Aliases
    Image purged at
    Is the study of society
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P10283]]: C36289849, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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