Joint Research Centre

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Joint Research Centre

Summary

Joint Research Centre is a research institute[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Joint Research Centre is in the country of Belgium[3].
  • Joint Research Centre's instance of is recorded as research institute[4].
  • Joint Research Centre's instance of is recorded as Directorate-General of the European Commission[5].
  • Joint Research Centre's instance of is recorded as government organization[6].
  • Joint Research Centre's instance of is recorded as government agency[7].
  • Joint Research Centre's logo image is recorded as JRC logo.gif[8].
  • Joint Research Centre's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels[9].
  • Joint Research Centre's ISNI is recorded as 000000012232416X[10].
  • Joint Research Centre's ISNI is recorded as 000000040635247X[11].
  • Joint Research Centre's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107299736[12].
  • Joint Research Centre's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152397847[13].
  • Joint Research Centre's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152418620[14].
  • Joint Research Centre's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no96064565[15].
  • Joint Research Centre's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n77000349[16].
  • Joint Research Centre's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13333001s[17].
  • Joint Research Centre's IdRef ID is recorded as 035735376[18].
  • Joint Research Centre's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute for Prospective Technological Studies[19].
  • Joint Research Centre's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements[20].
  • Joint Research Centre's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen[21].
  • Joint Research Centre's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute for Health and Consumer Protection[22].
  • Joint Research Centre's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute for Transuranium Elements[23].
  • Joint Research Centre's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute for Environment and Sustainability[24].
  • Joint Research Centre's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute for Energy[25].
  • Joint Research Centre's Commons category is recorded as Joint Research Centre[26].
  • +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Joint Research Centre[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z[27] and +1961-01-01T00:00:00Z[28].

Operations

Joint Research Centre's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels[9]. Parent organizations include European Research Council[29], an agency of the European Union[30], in Belgium[31], founded in 2007[32], headquartered in Brussels[33] and European Commission[34], an institutions of the European Union[35], in Belgium[36], founded in 1958[37], headquartered in Brussels[38]. Subsidiaries include Institute for Prospective Technological Studies[19], a research institute[39], in Spain[40], founded in 1994[41], headquartered in World Trade Center Seville[42]; Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements[20], a research institute[43], in Belgium[44], founded in 1957[45]; Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen[21], an institute[46], in Italy[47]; Institute for Health and Consumer Protection[22], a research institute[48], in Italy[49], headquartered in Ispra[50]; Institute for Transuranium Elements[23], an institute[51], in Germany[52]; and Institute for Environment and Sustainability[24], a research institute[53], in Italy[54].

Why It Matters

Joint Research Centre ranks in the top 4% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . GRID Release 2018-02-08. wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . GRID Release 2018-02-08. wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . GRID Release 2018-02-08. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  17. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  19. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  23. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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