materials science

research, discovery and design of physical materials (especially solids)
Intangible academic_discipline Q228736
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materials science

Summary

materials science is an academic discipline[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,745 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • materials science's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • materials science's instance of is recorded as branch of engineering[4].
  • materials science's instance of is recorded as branch of science[5].
  • materials science is a type of interdisciplinary science[6].
  • materials science is a type of natural science[7].
  • materials science's Commons category is recorded as Materials science[8].
  • materials science's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Materials science[9].
  • materials science's partially coincident with is recorded as building materials science[10].
  • materials science's topic has template is recorded as Template:Branches of materials science[11].
  • materials science's different from is recorded as materials engineering[12].
  • materials science's is the study of is recorded as material[13].
  • materials science's is the study of is recorded as material property[14].
  • materials science's practiced by is recorded as materials scientist[15].
  • materials science's practiced by is recorded as materials chemist[16].
  • materials science's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • materials science's P10203 is recorded as 2500[18].
  • materials science's P10203 is recorded as 2501[19].
  • materials science's P10203 is recorded as 25[20].
  • materials science's P10203 is recorded as 2211[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include academic discipline[3], branch of engineering[4], and branch of science[5]. Recorded subclass of include interdisciplinary science[6] and natural science[7].

Why It Matters

materials science ranks in the top 6% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,745 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005442-nauka-o-materialu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0005442-nauka-o-materialu, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Art & architecture thesaurus id → 300054496, 300251959
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14779, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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