ANZSRC FoR Codes 2020 edition
title: "ANZSRC FoR Codes 2020 edition" description: "The 2020 ANZSRC Field of Research codes in a searchable HTML table, because the ABS only publishes them in a spreadsheet." tags: - research - policy
import ForCodesTableLoader from "@/components/ForCodesTableLoader.astro";
The Australian Research Council (well, technically the Australian Bureau of Statistics and their NZ counterparts) have updated the Field of Research codes which Aussie/NZ academics use to classify their work.[^interdisciplinary-complaint]
[^interdisciplinary-complaint]: I'm not the first interdisciplinary academic to complain about these types of classifications, and I'm sure I won't be the last, but that's not what this post is about.
I was trying to browse these new codes recently, and had a hard time trying to find the actual classification scheme (codes, hierarchy & code names). The official page seems to be this one, but the data is only available on sheet 3 of an excel spreadsheet, which is just a bummer when all you want to do is ctrl+F your way around an HTML table in your web browser.
So, I've copied the relevant part of that spreadsheet into a regular-ol' webpage here for your browsing pleasure.[^hosting]
[^hosting]: Hopefully this is ok---the real data is © ABS and you should always go there for the canonical version. ABS people, if I've done something naughty with this publicly-available data then please let me know and I'll make it right.
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