Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

non profit research institute and higher education facility
Organization research_institute Q1404053
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a 501(c)(3) organization[1].

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Summary

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a research institute[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's field of work was oceanography[3].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's field of work was marine biology[4].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's field of work was ocean chemistry[5].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's field of work was submarine geology[6].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's field of work was physical oceanography[7].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's field of work was oceanographic research[8].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was a member of Council on Governmental Relations[9].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was a member of Association of Independent Research Institutes[10].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is in the country of United States[11].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's image is recorded as Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Village Campus.jpg[12].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's instance of is recorded as research institute[13].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's instance of is recorded as educational institution[14].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[15].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's headquarters location is recorded as Woods Hole[16].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's ISNI is recorded as 0000000405047510[17].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139421251[18].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's GND ID is recorded as 1022147-5[19].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80044903[20].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 123718434[21].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's IdRef ID is recorded as 032748140[22].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA16512227[23].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's child organization or unit is recorded as Ocean Life Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution[24].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's child organization or unit is recorded as Woods Hole Sea Grant[25].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Commons category is recorded as Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution[26].
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's SBN author ID is recorded as UFIV085452[27].

Body

Founding

+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution[28].

Operations

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's headquarters location is recorded as Woods Hole[16]. Subsidiaries include Ocean Life Institute, it[24] and Woods Hole Sea Grant[25], a facility[29], in United States[30], founded in 1977[31].

Industry

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's industry is recorded as research[32]. Fields of work include oceanography[3], a field of study[33]; marine biology[4], a branch of biology[34]; ocean chemistry[5], a science[35]; submarine geology[6], an academic discipline[36]; physical oceanography[7], a field of study[37]; and oceanographic research[8].

Why It Matters

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ranks in the top 2% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

It is credited with the discovery of 52-hertz whale[40], a whale[41].

FAQs

What did Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discover?

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is credited as discoverer of 52-hertz whale[40].

References

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  13. [17] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [32] . wikidata.org.
  25. [9] . cogr.edu. Retrieved . cogr.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [10] . airi.org. Retrieved . airi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [41] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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