Editing Information science (section)

== Disciplines and related fields ==

Historically, information science has evolved as a transdisciplinary field, both drawing from and contributing to diverse domains.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yan |first1=Xue-Shan |title=Information Science: Its Past, Present and Future |journal=Information |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=510–527 |date=2011-07-23 |doi=10.3390/info2030510 |doi-access=free }}</ref> 

=== Core foundations ===

* Technical and computational: [[informatics]], [[computer science]], [[data science]], [[network science]], [[information theory]], [[discrete mathematics]], [[statistics]] and [[analytics]]

* Information organization: [[library science]], [[archival science]], [[documentation science]], [[knowledge representation language|knowledge representation]], [[Ontology (information science)|ontologies]], [[organization studies]]

* Human dimensions: [[human-computer interaction]], [[cognitive psychology]], [[information behavior]], [[social epistemology]],<ref>{{cite journal |last=Fallis |first=Don |title=Social Epistemology and Information Science |journal=[[Annual Review of Information Science and Technology]] | year=2007 |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=475-519 |doi=10.1002/aris.1440400119}}</ref> [[philosophy of information]], [[information ethics]] and [[science and technology studies]]

=== Applied contexts ===

Information science methodologies are applied across numerous domains, reflecting the discipline's versatility and relevance. Key application areas include:

* Health and life sciences: [[health informatics]], [[bioinformatics]]
* Cultural and social contexts: [[digital humanities]],  [[computational social science]], [[social media analytics]], [[social informatics]], [[computational linguistics]]
* Spatial information: [[geographic information science]], [[environmental informatics]]
* Organizational settings: [[knowledge management]], [[business analytics]], [[decision support system]]s, [[information economics]]
* Security and governance: [[cybersecurity]], [[intelligence analysis]], [[information policy]], [[IT law]], [[legal informatics]]
* Education and learning: [[educational technology]], [[learning analytics]]

The interdisciplinary nature of information science continues to expand as new technological developments and social practices emerge, creating innovative research frontiers that bridge traditional disciplinary boundaries.