Oxford University Press

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Oxford University Press

Summary

Oxford University Press is a university press[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of university_press entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,603 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oxford University Press was a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association[3].
  • Oxford University Press was a member of Dryad[4].
  • Oxford University Press was a member of ORCID, Inc.[5].
  • Oxford University Press was a member of Committee on Publication Ethics[6].
  • Oxford University Press was a member of Publishers Association Limited[7].
  • Oxford University Press was a member of Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers[8].
  • Oxford University Press is in the country of United Kingdom[9].
  • Oxford University Press's instance of is recorded as university press[10].
  • Oxford University Press's instance of is recorded as book publisher[11].
  • Oxford University Press's instance of is recorded as organization[12].
  • Oxford University Press's instance of is recorded as publishing house[13].
  • Oxford University Press's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[14].
  • Oxford University Press is owned by University of Oxford[15].
  • University of Oxford is named after Oxford University Press[16].
  • Oxford University Press's headquarters location is recorded as Oxford[17].
  • Oxford University Press's postal code is recorded as OX2 6DD[18].
  • Oxford University Press's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford University Press Argentina SA[19].
  • Oxford University Press's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford University Press Australia and New Zealand[20].
  • Oxford University Press's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford University Press do Brasil[21].
  • Oxford University Press's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford University Press Canada[22].
  • Oxford University Press's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford University Press Czech Republic[23].
  • Oxford University Press's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford University Press France[24].
  • Oxford University Press's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford University Press Ghana[25].
  • Oxford University Press's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford University Press Greece[26].
  • Oxford University Press's child organization or unit is recorded as Oxford University Press China Ltd[27].

Body

Founding

1586 marks the founding of Oxford University Press[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as Oxford[29].

Operations

Oxford University Press's headquarters location is recorded as Oxford[17]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as University of Oxford[30]. Subsidiaries include Oxford University Press Argentina SA[19], Oxford University Press Australia and New Zealand[20], it do Brasil[21], Oxford University Press Canada[22], Oxford University Press Czech Republic[23], and Oxford University Press France[24].

Ownership

Oxford University Press is owned by University of Oxford[15].

Why It Matters

Oxford University Press ranks in the top 2% of university_press entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,603 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Works attributed to it include American National Biography Online[33], a website[34], founded in 2000[35], written by American Council of Learned Societies[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [14] . global.oup.com. Retrieved . global.oup.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [16] . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . WeChangEd. wechanged.ugent.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] . wikidata.org.
  13. [21] . wikidata.org.
  14. [22] . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] . wikidata.org.
  16. [24] . wikidata.org.
  17. [25] . wikidata.org.
  18. [26] . wikidata.org.
  19. [27] . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [4] . datadryad.org. Retrieved . datadryad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [6] . publicationethics.org. Retrieved . publicationethics.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [7] . publishers.org.uk. Retrieved . publishers.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [8] . alpsp.org. Retrieved . alpsp.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . 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. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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