National Research Foundation

autonomous statutory body of South Africa
Organization government_agency Q6978050
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Summary

National Research Foundation is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Research Foundation was a member of ORCID, Inc.[3].
  • National Research Foundation was a member of Committee on Space Research[4].
  • National Research Foundation was a member of South African National Library and Information Consortium[5].
  • National Research Foundation was a member of DataCite[6].
  • National Research Foundation was a member of International Science Council[7].
  • National Research Foundation is located in Pretoria[8].
  • National Research Foundation is in the country of South Africa[9].
  • National Research Foundation's instance of is recorded as government agency[10].
  • National Research Foundation's instance of is recorded as research institute[11].
  • National Research Foundation's ISNI is recorded as 0000000093996812[12].
  • National Research Foundation's ISNI is recorded as 0000000110901986[13].
  • National Research Foundation's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 137694659[14].
  • National Research Foundation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no00086694[15].
  • National Research Foundation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bgzgv[16].
  • National Research Foundation's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko2009537004[17].
  • National Research Foundation's official website is recorded as https://www.nrf.ac.za/[18].
  • National Research Foundation's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NRF'}[19].
  • National Research Foundation's X is recorded as nrf_news[20].
  • National Research Foundation's X is recorded as NRF_News[21].
  • National Research Foundation's Facebook username is recorded as NRFSouthAfrica[22].
  • National Research Foundation's YouTube channel ID is recorded as UCsof_PNs5UoAiEK7CbUNIaQ[23].
  • National Research Foundation's GRID ID is recorded as grid.425534.1[24].
  • National Research Foundation's Open Funder Registry funder ID is recorded as 501100001321[25].
  • National Research Foundation's Ringgold ID is recorded as 61801[26].
  • National Research Foundation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 866804994[27].

Body

Identity

National Research Foundation's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NRF'}[19].

Why It Matters

National Research Foundation ranks in the top 6% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . ilo.org. ilo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . orcid.org. Retrieved . orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . cosparhq.cnes.fr. Retrieved . cosparhq.cnes.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . council.science. Retrieved . council.science. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . GRID Release 2015-12-14. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Microsoft Academic Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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