scientist

person who systematically observes and analyzes phenomena and tests hypotheses using scientific methods
Intangible profession Q901
scientist
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Summary

scientist is a profession[1]. scientist ranks in the top 4% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,774 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: position[3]
  • Subclass of: researcher[4], scholar[5]
  • Commons category: Scientists[6]
  • Field of this occupation: science[7]
  • Said to be the same as: researcher[8], scholar[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scientists[10]
  • Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox scientist[12], Template:Scientist-stub[13]
  • Has effect: scientific viewpoint[14]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Scientist[15]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C28249[16]
  • Properties for this type: P69[17], P101[18], P1053[19], P496[20], P2650[21]
  • Uses: scientific method[22], scientific terminology[23], scientific term[24], academic conference[25], philosophy of science[26], scientific literature[27]
  • Has list: lists of scientists[28]
  • Female form of label: científica[29], scienziata[30], учёный[31], Wissenschaftlerin[32], vědkyně[33], wetenschapster[34], znanstvenica[35], sciencistino[36], عالمة[37], Wëssenschaftlerin[38], scientifique[39], ciencistino[40], jinolavan[41], wittenskipster[42]
  • Union of: list of values as qualifiers[43]
  • Male form of label: sientiisto[44]

Body

Influence

Things named for scientist include Scientific of the year[45], an award[46], in Canada[47], founded in 1987[48].

Why It Matters

scientist has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] scientist is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for scientist include Scientific of the year[45], an award[46], in Canada[47], founded in 1987[48].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  30. [32] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [48] ↑ . 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. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 2d ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['anp', 'ar', 'ast', 'awa', 'az', 'azb', 'bcl', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn', 'ca', 'c
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-VfE7-ZjWj-Q2uV
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  2. 4w ago · Shanekusch · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → person who systematically observes and analyzes phenomena and tests hypotheses u
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, ja */"
  3. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Scientist_5852
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Scientist_5852, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  4. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Solidus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295807, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → scientist, scientists
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: scientist, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962348|scientist (#289962348)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  6. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004146-vedci
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004146-vedci, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Nl cr aut id → ph127356
    Wikidata description → person who systematically observes and analyzes phenomena and tests hypotheses u
    Gnd id → 4066567-7
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|17 */ Yso id: 39409, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  8. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Nci thesaurus id: C28249"
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