International Standard Serial Number

unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic periodical publication
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International Standard Serial Number
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Summary

International Standard Serial Number is a publication identifier[1]. It draws 3,769 Wikipedia views per month (publication identifier category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: communications media[3], technical standard[4]
  • Maintained by: ISSN International Centre[5]
  • Subclass of: URN[6], European Article Number[7]
  • Commons category: ISSN[8]
  • Has part(s): Linking ISSN[9]
  • Official website: https://www.issn.org/[10]
  • Work available at URL: https://www.iso.org/standard/73846.html[11]
  • Described at URL: http://www.bne.es/es/LaBNE/CentroEspanolISSN/QueEsElISSN/[12], https://www.issn.org/es/comprender-el-issn/que-es-el-numero-issn/[13], https://www.une.org/encuentra-tu-norma/busca-tu-norma/norma?c=N0041811[14], https://www.iso.org/standard/84536.html[15]
  • External data available at URL: https://road.issn.org/[16], https://portal.issn.org/[17]
  • Main Wikidata property: P236[18]
  • Equivalent class: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Issn[19]
  • Short name: ISSN[20]
  • Different from: International Standard Book Number[21]
  • Studied by: library science[22]
  • Exact match: http://dbpedia.org/resource/International_Standard_Serial_Number[23], http://yago-knowledge.org/resource/International_Standard_Serial_Number[24]
  • GS1 country code: 977[25]
  • Identifies: serial[26]
  • P14541: tJ5zI[27]
  • P14870: ont00000461[28]

Why It Matters

International Standard Serial Number has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . gs1.org. Retrieved . gs1.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . 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. 16d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'ban', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_o
    Lc and marc vocabularies id → identifiers/issn
    P14870 → ont00000461
    Sitelink count → 106
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Lc and marc vocabularies id: identifiers/issn, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/149288329|International standard serial number (#149288329)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → URN, European Article Number
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: European Article Number"
  3. 8w ago · 260306u · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → International Standard Book Number
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: International Standard Book Number"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Viaf cluster id → —
    P14541 → tJ5zI
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007558031705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  6. 21w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Title: Wikitólica"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 27523, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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