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principal investigator

person(s) in charge of conducting a research project
Intangible position Q7245082
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Summary

principal investigator is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,569 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: occupation[3], profession[4]
  • Subclass of: manager[5], investigator[6]
  • Said to be the same as: co-principal investigator[7], responsible party[8]
  • Main Wikidata property: P8329[9]
  • Short name: PI[10], IP[11]
  • Different from: project scientist[12]
  • Female form of label: investigadora principal[13], головна дослідниця[14], glavna raziskovalka[15], investigatrice principale[16], ĉefesplorantino[17]
  • Male form of label: investigateur principal[18], investigador principal[19], головний дослідник[20]

Why It Matters

principal investigator is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Benjamin Lawrence Titzer Juniper Lovato Manfred Hauswirth Phuong Cao Teresa Sancho Vinuesa Vasilios Mavroudis

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ClinicalTrials.gov Glossary of Common Site Terms. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → position, occupation, profession
    Subclass of → manager, investigator
    Different from → project scientist
    Isocat id → 5080
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 5080, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7330113|principal investigator (#7330113)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'm"
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