World Scientific

academic publisher headquartered in Singapore
Organization publishing_house Q1357666
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World Scientific

Summary

World Scientific is a publishing house[1]. It draws 104 Wikipedia views per month (publishing_house category, ranking #111 of 994).[2]

Key Facts

  • World Scientific was a member of International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers[3].
  • World Scientific is in the country of Singapore[4].
  • World Scientific's instance of is recorded as publishing house[5].
  • World Scientific's instance of is recorded as academic publisher[6].
  • World Scientific's founder is recorded as Phua Kok Khoo[7].
  • World Scientific's headquarters location is recorded as Hong Kong[8].
  • World Scientific's headquarters location is recorded as Singapore[9].
  • 1981 marks the founding of World Scientific[10].
  • World Scientific's official website is recorded as http://www.worldscientific.com[11].
  • World Scientific's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher[12].
  • World Scientific's number of viewers/listeners is recorded as {'amount': '+621396'}[13].
  • World Scientific's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+2444'}[14].
  • World Scientific's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+2253'}[15].

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Founding

World Scientific's founder is recorded as Phua Kok Khoo[7]. 1981 marks the founding of it[10].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Hong Kong[8], a special administrative region of China[16], in People's Republic of China[17], founded in 1997[18] and Singapore[9], a sovereign state[19], in Singapore[20], founded in 1965[21].

Why It Matters

World Scientific draws 104 Wikipedia views per month (publishing_house category, ranking #111 of 994).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . stm-assoc.org. Retrieved . stm-assoc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] . 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. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · Frettie · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
    Country Singapore
    Official website http://www.worldscientific.com
    Member of International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P691]]: xx0344391, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780641539499"
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