Data structuring and classification in newly-emerging scientific fields

The article addresses a methodological procedure based on keyword analysis and structuring of data into information systems in the field of functional foods as a newly emerging scientific field within the broader scope of food sciences and technology. Experiment was based on selection of a research field or research subject, selection of search profile, selection and processing of relevant databases, keyword analysis, and arranging of data (keywords) according to tree-structures. Keyword analysis was employed to identify narrower research fields within the broader scientific field. Structuring of data into systems was used to systematically classify the terms within the particular narrow field.