International Standard Serial Number

unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic periodical publication
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International Standard Serial Number
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International Standard Serial Number

Summary

International Standard Serial Number is a publication identifier[1]. It draws 612 Wikipedia views per month (publication_identifier category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • International Standard Serial Number's instance of is recorded as publication identifier[3].
  • International Standard Serial Number's instance of is recorded as communications media[4].
  • International Standard Serial Number's instance of is recorded as technical standard[5].
  • International Standard Serial Number's maintained by is recorded as ISSN International Centre[6].
  • International Standard Serial Number is a type of URN[7].
  • International Standard Serial Number's Commons category is recorded as ISSN[8].
  • International Standard Serial Number comprises Linking ISSN[9].
  • International Standard Serial Number's official website is recorded as https://www.issn.org/[10].
  • International Standard Serial Number's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.iso.org/standard/73846.html[11].
  • International Standard Serial Number's described at URL is recorded as http://www.bne.es/es/LaBNE/CentroEspanolISSN/QueEsElISSN/[12].
  • International Standard Serial Number's described at URL is recorded as https://www.issn.org/es/comprender-el-issn/que-es-el-numero-issn/[13].
  • International Standard Serial Number's described at URL is recorded as https://www.une.org/encuentra-tu-norma/busca-tu-norma/norma?c=N0041811[14].
  • International Standard Serial Number's described at URL is recorded as https://www.iso.org/standard/84536.html[15].
  • International Standard Serial Number's external data available at URL is recorded as https://road.issn.org/[16].
  • International Standard Serial Number's external data available at URL is recorded as https://portal.issn.org/[17].
  • International Standard Serial Number's main Wikidata property is recorded as P236[18].
  • International Standard Serial Number's equivalent class is recorded as http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Issn[19].
  • International Standard Serial Number's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ISSN'}[20].
  • International Standard Serial Number's studied by is recorded as library science[21].
  • International Standard Serial Number's exact match is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/resource/International_Standard_Serial_Number[22].
  • International Standard Serial Number's exact match is recorded as http://yago-knowledge.org/resource/International_Standard_Serial_Number[23].
  • International Standard Serial Number's GS1 country code is recorded as 977[24].
  • International Standard Serial Number's P6009 is recorded as 11693[25].
  • International Standard Serial Number's identifies is recorded as serial[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include publication identifier[3], communications media[4], and technical standard[5]. International Standard Serial Number is a type of URN[7].

Use and Application

International Standard Serial Number comprises Linking ISSN[9].

Why It Matters

International Standard Serial Number draws 612 Wikipedia views per month (publication_identifier category, ranking #2 of 10).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . gs1.org. Retrieved . gs1.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558031705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  2. 18d ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1476]]: Wikitólica"
  3. 20d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27523, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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