International Standard Serial Number

E7642

The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit code used worldwide to uniquely identify serial publications such as journals, magazines, and newspapers.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
ISSN 3
ISSN-L 1
International Standard Serial Number system 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bibliographic identifier
identifier standard
linking ISSN
abbreviation ISSN
administeredThrough ISSN International Centre
surface form: ISSN National Centres network
appliesTo CD-ROM serials
electronic serials
online journals
print serials
benefit disambiguation of serial titles
facilitation of interlibrary loan
support for electronic resource management
category standard for identification of serials
checkDigitAlgorithm modulus 11
countryOfHeadquarters France
databaseMaintainedBy ISSN International Centre
firstPublishedYear 1975
governedBy ISO 3297
ISSN Manual
hasComponent check digit
seven identifying digits
hasDatabase International Standard Serial Number self-linksurface differs
surface form: ISSN Register
hasDigitCount 8
hasFormat eight-digit code
hasSeparator hyphen between fourth and fifth digit
hasVariant International Standard Serial Number self-linksurface differs
surface form: ISSN-L
headquarteredIn Paris
language multilingual documentation
managedBy ISSN International Centre
notUsedFor monographs
single-volume books
purpose collocation of different media versions of the same serial
unique identification of serial publications
relatedStandard Digital Object Identifier system
surface form: Digital Object Identifier

International Standard Book Number
International Standard Name Identifier
representationExample ISSN 1234-5679
scope worldwide
standardizedBy International Organization for Standardization
usedFor academic journals
continuing resources
magazines
newspapers
serial publications
usedIn citation systems
library cataloguing
publishing industry
serials management

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ISSN International Centre appliesStandard International Standard Serial Number
this entity surface form: ISSN
ISSN Manual concerns International Standard Serial Number
ISO 3297 defines International Standard Serial Number
ISO 3297 defines International Standard Serial Number
this entity surface form: ISSN
International Standard Serial Number hasDatabase International Standard Serial Number self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ISSN Register
International Standard Serial Number hasVariant International Standard Serial Number self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ISSN-L
ISSN International Centre maintains International Standard Serial Number
this entity surface form: International Standard Serial Number system
International Standard Book Number relatedStandard International Standard Serial Number
International Standard Name Identifier relatedStandard International Standard Serial Number
this entity surface form: ISSN
International Standard Music Number relatedTo International Standard Serial Number
Library of Congress Control Number relatedTo International Standard Serial Number
ISSN International Centre subjectOf International Standard Serial Number
this entity surface form: International Standard Serial Number system
ISSN Manual subjectOf International Standard Serial Number
this entity surface form: International Standard Serial Number system
Library of Congress Online Catalog usesIdentifier International Standard Serial Number