Optica

American scientific society for optics and photonics
Organization scientific_society Q2027280
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Optica

Summary

Optica is a scientific society[1]. Optica draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_society category, ranking #25 of 165).[2]

Key Facts

  • Optica was a member of ORCID, Inc.[3].
  • Optica was a member of Committee on Publication Ethics[4].
  • Optica was a member of American Institute of Physics[5].
  • Optica was a member of CHORUS[6].
  • Optica was a member of International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers[7].
  • Optica is in the country of United States[8].
  • Optica's instance of is recorded as scientific society[9].
  • Optica's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[10].
  • Optica's instance of is recorded as association[11].
  • Optica's instance of is recorded as academic publisher[12].
  • Optica's founder is recorded as Perley G. Nutting[13].
  • Optica's logo image is recorded as Optica logo.png[14].
  • Optica's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[15].
  • Optica's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404666096[16].
  • Optica's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 149938319[17].
  • Optica's GND ID is recorded as 2743-1[18].
  • Optica's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82091895[19].
  • Optica's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA00534515[20].
  • Optica's archives at is recorded as Hagley Museum and Library[21].
  • Optica's archives at is recorded as Niels Bohr Library & Archives[22].
  • Optica's archives at is recorded as Niels Bohr Library & Archives[23].
  • +1916-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Optica[24].
  • Optica's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dgpl[25].
  • Optica's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2634594A[26].
  • Optica's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as nlk20040157455[27].

Body

Founding

Optica's founder is recorded as Perley G. Nutting[13]. +1916-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Optica[24].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Optical Society'}[28] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Optica'}[29].

Operations

Optica's headquarters location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[15].

Why It Matters

Optica draws 46 Wikipedia views per month (scientific_society category, ranking #25 of 165).[2] Optica has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Optica is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . Society Open Access Research (SOAR) Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . wikidata.org.
  12. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [20] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [4] . publicationethics.org. Retrieved . publicationethics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [5] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [6] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [7] . stm-assoc.org. Retrieved . stm-assoc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . findingaids.hagley.org. findingaids.hagley.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . history.aip.org. history.aip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . history.aip.org. history.aip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . A century of light. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . lightwaveonline.com. lightwaveonline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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