sciencefictionlevel
Sciencefictionlevel is a term used to describe a proposed metric for the degree to which a work of fiction foregrounds science and science-inspired elements. It is not an official standard but a descriptive concept used in critical discourse, cataloging, and recommendation systems to classify science fiction content along a continuum rather than as a binary genre label.
The concept typically rests on several dimensions, including the presence and centrality of scientific or engineering
Methodologically, sciencefictionlevel can be assigned by human reviewers who rate works on a defined scale (for
Critiques of the concept note that sciencefictionlevel is inherently subjective and dependent on criteria chosen by