This paper introduces informaciology — a cross‑disciplinary framework for studying information processes across all forms of matter within the “Seven Forms of Matter” (7FM) model. The necessity for such a discipline arises from the fragmentation of information research among information theory, cybernetics, semiotics, biology, and the social sciences. It is shown that information is present (in different modes) in all forms — from the physical (fundamental constants, quantum correlations) to the highest (hypothetical forms of information existence beyond space‑time). The structure of informaciology includes a general theory of information (invariants, conservation laws, units of measurement) and specialized sections: physio‑informatics (Form 1), bio‑informaciology (Form 2), civilizational informaciology (Form 3), and meta‑informaciology (hypothetical Forms 4–7). For the biological and civilizational forms, metrological systems have already been developed: BioMU (bit, Shannon, Berridge, Pöppel, Merker) and Cognitium (seme, Dawkins, Otto, Turchin), with the Semantic Quantum (SQ) proposed as a cross‑form unit. Civilizational informaciology also includes previously developed concepts: Hierarchical Informational Immunity (HII), the Information‑Distorting Circuit (IDC), and cognitive stratification. Informaciology does not replace existing information sciences but offers a meta‑level for their interaction, creating a common language for describing information in genetics, neurophysiology, the social sciences, and hypothetical extraterrestrial civilizations. The paper lays the foundation for building a general theory of information applicable to all levels of material organization.
Alexander Yourievitch Kotelnikov (Mon,) studied this question.