AJS
E166701
AJS is the standard abbreviation for the American Journal of Science, a long-running, peer-reviewed scientific journal primarily focused on geology and related earth sciences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AJS canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1463368 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AJS Context triple: [American Journal of Science, abbreviation, AJS]
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A.
ABJ
ABJ is the vehicle registration code used for motor vehicles registered in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.
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B.
AJ
AJ is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal in astronomy and astrophysics, publishing research on the structure and evolution of the universe.
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C.
AAS
AAS is a major professional organization dedicated to the advancement of astronomy and related sciences in the United States.
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D.
AAS
AAS is a pan-African scientific organization that promotes excellence in science, technology, and innovation to drive sustainable development across the African continent.
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E.
Ajax
Ajax is a long-standing household cleaning product brand known for its powdered and liquid cleaners, owned by Colgate-Palmolive.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AJS Target entity description: AJS is the standard abbreviation for the American Journal of Science, a long-running, peer-reviewed scientific journal primarily focused on geology and related earth sciences.
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A.
ABJ
ABJ is the vehicle registration code used for motor vehicles registered in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.
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B.
AJ
AJ is a leading peer-reviewed scientific journal in astronomy and astrophysics, publishing research on the structure and evolution of the universe.
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C.
AAS
AAS is a major professional organization dedicated to the advancement of astronomy and related sciences in the United States.
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D.
AAS
AAS is a pan-African scientific organization that promotes excellence in science, technology, and innovation to drive sustainable development across the African continent.
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E.
Ajax
Ajax is a long-standing household cleaning product brand known for its powdered and liquid cleaners, owned by Colgate-Palmolive.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic journal
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academic journal ⓘ geology journal ⓘ geology journal ⓘ scientific journal ⓘ scientific journal ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | American Journal of Science ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yale University ⓘ |
| contentType |
research articles
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review articles ⓘ short communications ⓘ special issues ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| field |
earth sciences
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environmental sciences ⓘ geology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
geochemistry
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geology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ hydrology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ planetary science ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Benjamin Silliman ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
AJS
self-linksurface differs
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American Journal of Science ⓘ
surface form:
Am. J. Sci.
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| hasEISSN | 1945-452X ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
online
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print ⓘ |
| hasISSN | 0002-9599 ⓘ |
| hasPeerReviewPolicy | external peer review ⓘ |
| indexedIn |
Science Citation Index
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Scopus ⓘ Web of Science ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest scientific journals in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| peerReviewed | true ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| publisher |
Kline Geology Laboratory
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surface form:
Kline Geology Laboratory, Yale University
|
| startYear | 1818 ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
natural sciences
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physical sciences ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
academics
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professional geologists ⓘ researchers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: AJS Description of subject: AJS is the standard abbreviation for the American Journal of Science, a long-running, peer-reviewed scientific journal primarily focused on geology and related earth sciences.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
American Journal of Science