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subcampo

Subcampo is a term used in several Romance languages, notably Spanish and Portuguese, to denote a subfield or a more specialized area within a broader field of study or activity. In English, it is commonly translated as subfield. Etymologically, it derives from sub- meaning under or below, and campo meaning field, reflecting a hierarchical relation within knowledge or practice.

Usage and scope

In scholarly discourse, subcampo identifies a distinct arena of inquiry with its own questions, methods, journals,

Other uses

In bibliographic and data-management contexts, the term subcampo appears as a subfield in metadata schemas to

See also

Subfield, field, discipline.

and
professional
communities.
Subfields
can
emerge
as
disciplines
mature
or
as
new
methodologies
and
technologies
enable
new
lines
of
investigation.
Examples
within
the
sciences
include
condensed
matter
physics,
high-energy
physics,
and
cosmology
as
subfields
of
physics;
molecular
biology
and
systems
biology
as
subfields
of
biology;
and
artificial
intelligence
as
a
subfield
of
computer
science.
In
the
humanities
and
social
sciences,
subfields
can
include
areas
such
as
historical
linguistics
within
linguistics
or
cultural
anthropology
within
anthropology.
Interdisciplinarity
often
blurs
traditional
boundaries,
giving
rise
to
cross-cutting
subfields
and
new
research
areas.
tag
specific
pieces
of
information
within
a
record.
In
everyday
language,
subcampo
can
describe
a
narrower
scope
within
a
project,
profession,
or
organization.