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The Astronomical Journal

Summary

The Astronomical Journal is a scientific journal[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of scientific_journal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Astronomical Journal's field of work was astronomy[3].
  • The Astronomical Journal is in the country of United States[4].
  • The Astronomical Journal's instance of is recorded as scientific journal[5].
  • The Astronomical Journal's instance of is recorded as open-access journal[6].
  • The Astronomical Journal's instance of is recorded as APC-funded journal[7].
  • The Astronomical Journal's instance of is recorded as academic journal[8].
  • The Astronomical Journal's editor is recorded as Ethan Vishniac[9].
  • The Astronomical Journal's founder is recorded as Benjamin Apthorp Gould[10].
  • The Astronomical Journal's publisher is recorded as IOP Publishing[11].
  • The Astronomical Journal's publisher is recorded as American Astronomical Society[12].
  • The Astronomical Journal's ISSN is recorded as 0004-6256[13].
  • The Astronomical Journal's ISSN is recorded as 1538-3881[14].
  • The Astronomical Journal's OCLC number is recorded as 1518488[15].
  • The Astronomical Journal's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International[16].
  • The Astronomical Journal's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution[17].
  • The Astronomical Journal's place of publication is recorded as New York City[18].
  • The Astronomical Journal's language of work or name is recorded as English[19].
  • The Astronomical Journal's archives at is recorded as Portico[20].
  • The Astronomical Journal's country of origin is recorded as United States[21].
  • +1849-11-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Astronomical Journal[22].
  • The Astronomical Journal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dn54[23].
  • The Astronomical Journal's location of formation is recorded as Cambridge[24].
  • The Astronomical Journal's official website is recorded as http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881[25].
  • The Astronomical Journal's official website is recorded as https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1538-3881[26].
  • The Astronomical Journal's official website is recorded as https://journals.aas.org/astronomical-journal/[27].

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Career and Affiliations

The Astronomical Journal's field of work was astronomy[3].

Why It Matters

The Astronomical Journal ranks in the top 2% of scientific_journal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

astronomy New York City scientific journal United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . journals.aas.org. journals.aas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . journals.aas.org. Retrieved . journals.aas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . journals.aas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Publons. Retrieved . iopscience.iop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . journals.aas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ERA 2012 journal list. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . journals.aas.org. journals.aas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ISSN Portal. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved . journals.aas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . iopscience.iop.org. Retrieved . iopscience.iop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . WorldCat. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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