American Physical Society

professional organization of physicists
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American Physical Society

Summary

American Physical Society is a scientific society[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of scientific_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • American Physical Society's field of work was physics[3].
  • American Physical Society was a member of ORCID, Inc.[4].
  • American Physical Society was a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association[5].
  • American Physical Society was a member of Committee on Publication Ethics[6].
  • American Physical Society was a member of American Institute of Physics[7].
  • American Physical Society was a member of Society Publishers' Coalition[8].
  • American Physical Society was a member of Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers[9].
  • American Physical Society is in the country of United States[10].
  • American Physical Society's instance of is recorded as scientific society[11].
  • American Physical Society's instance of is recorded as publishing house[12].
  • American Physical Society's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[13].
  • American Physical Society's instance of is recorded as learned society[14].
  • American Physical Society's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[15].
  • American Physical Society's founder is recorded as Arthur Gordon Webster[16].
  • American Physical Society's logo image is recorded as APS.png[17].
  • American Physical Society's headquarters location is recorded as College Park[18].
  • American Physical Society's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121623467[19].
  • American Physical Society's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404381592[20].
  • American Physical Society's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134867078[21].
  • American Physical Society's GND ID is recorded as 955-6[22].
  • American Physical Society's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80096507[23].
  • American Physical Society's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 123272160[24].
  • American Physical Society's IdRef ID is recorded as 03219420X[25].
  • American Physical Society's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA01962208[26].
  • American Physical Society's Commons category is recorded as American Physical Society[27].

Body

Founding

American Physical Society's founder is recorded as Arthur Gordon Webster[16]. +1899-05-20T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[28].

Identity

American Physical Society's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'APS'}[29].

Operations

American Physical Society's headquarters location is recorded as College Park[18].

Industry

American Physical Society's industry is recorded as higher education[30]. Its field of work was physics[3].

Why It Matters

American Physical Society ranks in the top 7% of scientific_society entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . Society Open Access Research (SOAR) Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] . projects.propublica.org. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Physics Today. Retrieved . physicstoday.scitation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  13. [21] . wikidata.org.
  14. [22] . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] . wikidata.org.
  16. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [27] . wikidata.org.
  20. [30] . wikidata.org.
  21. [4] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [5] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [6] . publicationethics.org. Retrieved . publicationethics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [7] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [8] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [9] . alpsp.org. Retrieved . alpsp.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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