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academic discipline

field of study organized around a distinct body of knowledge, theories, methods, or subject matter
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Summary

academic discipline is a knowledge classification[1]. It draws 3,547 Wikipedia views per month (knowledge classification category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: field of study[3]
  • Commons category: Academic disciplines[4]
  • Said to be the same as: branch of science[5], field of study[6], field of work[7], school subject[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Academic disciplines[9]
  • Facet of: science[10]
  • Main Wikidata property: P2579[11]
  • Different from: Disziplin[12], Disciplina[13], Fach[14], Discipline[15]
  • Properties for this type: P2184[16]
  • Wikimedia outline: outline of academic disciplines[17]

Why It Matters

academic discipline has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 127 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 6838
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 6838, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7331559|discipline (#7331559)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 15d ago · Shanekusch · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → field of study organized around a distinct body of knowledge, theories, methods,
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bar', 'bew', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et',
    Sitelink count → 53
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ja, en */"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Academic disciplines
    Wikimedia outline → outline of academic disciplines
    Subclass of → field of study
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007566085605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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