If

American science fiction magazine
Periodical magazine Q4382305
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If

Summary

If is a magazine[1]. If ranks in the top 4% of magazine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • If's image is recorded as If cover May 1955.jpg[3].
  • If's instance of is recorded as magazine[4].
  • If's editor is recorded as James L. Quinn[5].
  • If's founder is recorded as James L. Quinn[6].
  • If's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[7].
  • If's ISSN is recorded as 0896-2030[8].
  • If's ISSN is recorded as 0043-9312[9].
  • If's place of publication is recorded as New York City[10].
  • If's Commons category is recorded as If (magazine)[11].
  • If's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • If's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • +1952-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of If[14].
  • If was dissolved in +1974-12-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • If's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014cvr[16].
  • If's Internet Archive ID is recorded as ifmagazine[17].
  • If's ISFDB series ID is recorded as 40361[18].
  • If's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'If'}[19].
  • If's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Worlds of if'}[20].
  • If's different from is recorded as If Magazine[21].
  • If's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as if[22].
  • If's Online Books Page publication ID is recorded as if1952[23].
  • If's ISSN-L is recorded as 0896-2030[24].

Why It Matters

If ranks in the top 4% of magazine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2] If has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] If is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_if-q4382305_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{If}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/if-q4382305}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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