branches-veins

[Buno]

Hi Everyone,

could you help me with this?

If i have to describe the main theories in my field of research, what terms may I use?
in stead of saying always: "branches of researches" can i say for instance: "vein of reseach"?

Do you have any other suggestion?

thank you!

 

[Barb_D]

Hi Buno,
I don't think I've heard "veins" used that way.

Area of research - 86 million hits on Google, with plural "areas" around 2 million
Field of research - 86 million, but only 400,000 for the plural "Fields"
Lines of research - 35.6 million Google hits

However, a respectable number of hits for vein and veins: 738,000 and 387,000, respectively.

 

[Buno]

Thank you for the advise and for the statistical contribution! :lol:

 

[Barb_D]

So the answer is - use the one that feels right to you!

 

[BobK]

My impression is that 'vein' tends not to be used so much in the context 'vein of X', but rather at the end of a clause: 'He was also doing research, in a similar vein.'

b