periodical

publication type, serial publication that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule
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periodical

Summary

periodical is a type of mass media[1]. periodical draws 432 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_mass_media category, ranking #8 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • periodical's instance of is recorded as type of mass media[3].
  • periodical's instance of is recorded as type of publication[4].
  • periodical's instance of is recorded as form of creative work[5].
  • periodical's main regulatory text is recorded as Freedom of the Press Act[6].
  • periodical's main regulatory text is recorded as Q4153453[7].
  • periodical is a type of serial[8].
  • periodical is a type of communications media[9].
  • periodical's Commons category is recorded as Periodicals[10].
  • periodical is the opposite of non-periodical publication[11].
  • periodical comprises issue[12].
  • periodical comprises volume[13].
  • periodical's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Periodicals[14].
  • periodical's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Periodicals[15].
  • periodical's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • periodical's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • periodical's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18].
  • periodical's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • periodical's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • periodical's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • periodical's has characteristic is recorded as periodicity[22].
  • periodical's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/PeriodicalLiterature[23].
  • periodical's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Periodical[24].
  • periodical's properties for this type is recorded as P2896[25].
  • periodical's properties for this type is recorded as P1042[26].
  • periodical's properties for this type is recorded as P1058[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of mass media[3], type of publication[4], and form of creative work[5]. Recorded subclass of include serial[8] and communications media[9]. periodical is the opposite of non-periodical publication[11].

Use and Application

Components include issue[12], a counting unit[28] and volume[13], a counting unit[29].

Why It Matters

periodical draws 432 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_mass_media category, ranking #8 of 13).[2] periodical has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] periodical is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . 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. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Periodicals
    Has characteristic periodicity
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1188, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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