International Standard Serial Number

E7642

bibliographic identifier identifier standard linking ISSN

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
ISSN	8
International Standard Serial Number canonical	8
International Standard Serial Number system	3
ISSN-L	2
ISSN Register	1
ISSN system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T68093 — 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: International Standard Serial Number
Context triple: [Library of Congress Online Catalog, usesIdentifier, International Standard Serial Number]

A. International Standard Book Number
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a globally recognized numeric identifier assigned to books and similar publications to uniquely distinguish and catalog them.
B. Library of Congress Control Number
The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.
C. DOI
DOI is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Department of the Interior, the federal executive department responsible for managing the nation’s natural resources and public lands.
D. Library of Congress Classification
Library of Congress Classification is a comprehensive alphanumeric library classification system used primarily by academic and research libraries to organize and arrange their collections by subject.
E. MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
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: International Standard Serial Number
Target entity description: The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit code used worldwide to uniquely identify serial publications such as journals, magazines, and newspapers.

A. International Standard Book Number
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a globally recognized numeric identifier assigned to books and similar publications to uniquely distinguish and catalog them.
B. Library of Congress Control Number
The Library of Congress Control Number is a unique identification system used by the Library of Congress to catalog and organize bibliographic records for books and other materials.
C. DOI
DOI is the commonly used abbreviation for the United States Department of the Interior, the federal executive department responsible for managing the nation’s natural resources and public lands.
D. Library of Congress Classification
Library of Congress Classification is a comprehensive alphanumeric library classification system used primarily by academic and research libraries to organize and arrange their collections by subject.
E. MARC standards
MARC standards are a set of bibliographic data formats used worldwide to structure and exchange library catalog information in a consistent, machine-readable way.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bibliographic identifier ⓘ identifier standard ⓘ linking ISSN ⓘ
abbreviation	ISSN ⓘ
administeredThrough	ISSN National Centres network ⓘ linked to: ISSN International Centre
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	ISSN Register ⓘ linked to: International Standard Serial Number
hasDigitCount	8 ⓘ
hasFormat	eight-digit code ⓘ
hasSeparator	hyphen between fourth and fifth digit ⓘ
hasVariant	ISSN-L ⓘ linked to: International Standard Serial Number
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 ⓘ linked to: Digital Object Identifier system 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Library of Congress Online Catalog → usesIdentifier → International Standard Serial Number ⓘ

Library of Congress Control Number → relatedTo → International Standard Serial Number ⓘ

International Standard Serial Number → hasDatabase → ISSN Register ⓘ