Wikidata:WikiProject Periodicals

WikiProject Periodicals

The aim of of the WikiProject Periodicals is:

to define a set of properties from w:Template:Infobox_journal and w:Template:Infobox_magazine (and other languages), especially prior names with year ranges, and standard abbreviations
to define a set of properties about periodical publishers, including learned societies
to map and import 'Journals cited by Wikipedia'
to map and import all relevant data to the Wikipedia collection of journal articles at w:Category:Academic journal articles / w:Category:Magazine articles (and other languages), and link these items to the reason for their notability - e.g. the discovery that was made, or event it records.
prepare for linking Wikisource collection of journal/magazine articles into Wikidata.
to map and import all other relevant data that currently is spread in Commons, Wikipedia, and Wikisource.
establish methods to interact with this data from different projects

Periodical properties

Venue item properties

These properties apply to journals/magazines as a publishing venue.

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform)	Süddeutsche Zeitung <instance of> newspaper	-
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform)	The Economist <instance of> magazine	-
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform)	Trends in Genetics <instance of> scientific journal	-
ISSN	P236	External identifier	International Standard Serial Number (print or electronic)	Süddeutsche Zeitung <ISSN> 0174-4917	-
ZDB ID	P1042	External identifier	German Union Catalogue of Serials: identifier for serials German National Serials Database	Pan <ZDB ID> 513414-6	-
title	P1476	Monolingual text	original title and title: published name of a work, such as a newspaper article, a literary work, piece of music, a website, or a performance work	Epoch <title> Эпоха	-
place of publication	P291	Item	place of publication and place of first publication: geographical place of publication of the edition (use 1st edition when referring to works)	Süddeutsche Zeitung <place of publication> Munich	-
publisher	P123	Item	publishing company and publisher: organization or person responsible for publishing books, periodicals, printed music, podcasts, games or software	Süddeutsche Zeitung <publisher> Süddeutscher Verlag	-
issuing agent of work	P9901	Item	issuing agent and publication: organization, agency, or other entity responsible for issuing a serial or other continuing resource, such as the official publication of the entity; distinct from commercial publisher of the resource	Knowledge Organization <issuing agent of work> International Society for Knowledge Organization	house publication
language of work or name	P407	Item	language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412))	Epoch <language of work or name> Russian	-
editor	P98	Item	editor: person who checks and corrects a work (such as a book, newspaper, academic journal, etc.) to comply with a rules of certain genre. Also applies to person who establishes the text of an ancient written work or manuscript.	The Silmarillion <editor> Christopher Tolkien	-
printed by	P872	Item	printing: organization or person who printed the creative work (if different from "publisher")	Gutenberg Bible <printed by> Johannes Gutenberg	-
distribution format	P437	Item	method (or type) of distribution for the subject	Grand Theft Auto V <distribution format> Blu-ray Disc	-
inception	P571	Point in time	date of establishment, founding and date of the first award: time when an entity begins to exist; for date of official opening use P1619	Epoch <inception> 1864	-
dissolved, abolished or demolished date	P576	Point in time	date of dissolution, abolition or demolition: point in time at which the subject (organisation, building) ceased to exist; see "date of official closure" (P3999) for closing a facility, "service retirement" (P730) for retiring equipment, "discontinued date" (P2669) for stopping a product	Epoch <dissolved, abolished or demolished date> 1865	-
publication interval	P2896	Quantity	frequency: standard publication interval for daily or periodical publications	The New York Times <publication interval>	-
part of	P361	Item	part: object of which the subject is a part (if this subject is already part of object A which is a part of object B, then please only make the subject part of object A), inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670))	European Physical Journal C <part of> European Physical Journal	has part(s)
separated from	P807	Item	separation: subject was founded or started by separating from identified object	Presbyterian Church in America <separated from> Presbyterian Church in the United States	merged into
supplement to	P9234	Item	supplement: subject work or edition updates or otherwise complements the object work or edition	Kidney International. Supplement <supplement to> Kidney International	-
indexed in bibliographic review	P8875	Item	bibliographic review(s) and/or database(s) which index this academic journal	JLIS.it <indexed in bibliographic review> Emerging Sources Citation Index	-

Organisation item properties

These properties apply to journals/magazines as a organisation.

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
logo image	P154	Commons media file	logo: graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and products	Kansas City Royals <logo image> Kansas City Royals Insignia.svg	-
headquarters location	P159	Item	headquarters, siège social réel, seat, episcopal see and titular see: city or town where an organization's headquarters is or has been situated. Use P276 qualifier for specific building	Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries <headquarters location> Vienna	-
founded by	P112	Item	organizational founder: founder or co-founder of this organization, religion, place or entity	Apple <founded by> Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne	-
chairperson	P488	Item	chairperson, leader and president: presiding member of an organization, group or body	German Bundestag <chairperson> Norbert Lammert	-
part of	P361	Item	part: object of which the subject is a part (if this subject is already part of object A which is a part of object B, then please only make the subject part of object A), inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670))	ear <part of> head	has part(s)
separated from	P807	Item	separation: subject was founded or started by separating from identified object	Presbyterian Church in America <separated from> Presbyterian Church in the United States	merged into

Volume item properties

These properties are for items that represents volumes of periodicals.

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform)	Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) <instance of> volume	-
part of the series	P179	Item	sequence, series of creative works, event sequence, book series, painting series, video game series and model series: series which contains the subject	Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) <part of the series> Post- och Inrikes Tidningar	-
has part(s)	P527	Item	has part, consist of and meronymy: part of this subject; inverse property of "part of" (P361). See also "has parts of the class" (P2670).	Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) <has part(s)> Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645), No. 4	part of
followed by	P156	Item	followed by: immediately following item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has been replaced, e.g. political offices, use "replaced by" (P1366)]	Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645) <followed by>	follows
follows	P155	Item	follows: immediately prior item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has replaced the preceding item, e.g. political offices, use "replaces" (P1365)]	<follows> Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645)	followed by
publication date	P577	Point in time	publication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or released	Biographical Memoirs. Vol. 1. <publication date> 1877	-

Issue item properties

These properties are for items that represents individual issues of periodicals (FRBR work level). These properties are mainly for items linked to Wikisource pages.

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform)	Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <instance of> issue	-
language of work or name	P407	Item	language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412))	Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <language of work or name> Swedish	-
publication date	P577	Point in time	publication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or released	Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <publication date> 2 January 1821	-
issue	P433	String	issue: issue of a newspaper, a scientific journal or magazine for reference purpose	Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <issue> 1	-
volume	P478	String	volume: volume of a book or music release in a collection/series or a published collection of journal issues in a serial publication	Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (2nd Jan 1821) <volume> 1821	-
followed by	P156	Item	followed by: immediately following item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has been replaced, e.g. political offices, use "replaced by" (P1366)]	Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645), No. 4 <followed by> Ordinari Post Tijdender Anno (1645), No. 5	follows
follows	P155	Item	follows: immediately prior item in a series of which the subject is a part, preferably use as qualifier of P179 [if the subject has replaced the preceding item, e.g. political offices, use "replaces" (P1365)]	Ordinari Post Tijdender Anno (1645), No. 5 <follows> Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645), No. 4	followed by
part of	P361	Item	part: object of which the subject is a part (if this subject is already part of object A which is a part of object B, then please only make the subject part of object A), inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670))	Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645), No. 4 <part of> Ordinari Post Tijdender (1645)	has part(s)

Article item properties

This properties are for the first item that represents a book (FRBR work level). These properties are mainly for items linked to Wikipedia pages, and wikisource pages.

Title	ID	Data type	Description	Examples	Inverse
instance of	P31	Item	instance of: that class of which this subject is a particular example and member; different from P279 (subclass of); for example: K2 is an instance of mountain; volcano is a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform)	Our Fragile Intellect <instance of> article	-
author	P50	Item	author, writer and creator: main creator(s) of a written work (use on works, not humans); use P2093 (author name string) when Wikidata item is unknown or does not exist	Our Fragile Intellect <author> Gerald Crabtree	-
title	P1476	Monolingual text	original title and title: published name of a work, such as a newspaper article, a literary work, piece of music, a website, or a performance work	Our Fragile Intellect <title> Our Fragile Intellect	-
subtitle	P1680	Monolingual text	subtitle: for works, when the title is followed by a subtitle	Les Rougon-Macquart <subtitle> Histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le Second Empire	-
language of work or name	P407	Item	language: language associated with this creative work (such as books, shows, songs, broadcasts or websites) or a name (for persons use "native language" (P103) and "languages spoken, written or signed" (P1412))	Our Fragile Intellect <language of work or name> English	-
publication date	P577	Point in time	publication date: date or point in time when a work was first published or released	Our Fragile Intellect <publication date> 13 November 2012	-
published in	P1433	Item	publishing: larger work that a given work was published in, like a book, journal or music album	Our Fragile Intellect <published in> Trends in Genetics	-
issue	P433	String	issue: issue of a newspaper, a scientific journal or magazine for reference purpose	Our Fragile Intellect <issue> 29	-
volume	P478	String	volume: volume of a book or music release in a collection/series or a published collection of journal issues in a serial publication	Our Fragile Intellect <volume> 1	-
DOI	P356	External identifier	digital object identifier: serial code used to uniquely identify digital objects like academic papers (use upper case letters only)	Our Fragile Intellect <DOI> 10.1016/j.tig.2012.10.002	-

Article properties volume (P478), issue (P433), page(s) (P304) can be used as qualifiers for the published in (P1433) statement. For multi-part articles that were published in installments across more than one issue, the article gets as many statements published in (P1433) as needed to neatly group the details for each installment. See for example Daseinskampf und gegenseitige Hilfe in der Entwicklung (Q19154093) and Jeux de hasard sur papier : les «loteries» de salon (Q111293309).

Qualifiers

List of qualifiers for using an article item as a source for a claim.

Property	Datatype	Description
page(s) (P304)	String	Location of the claim
quotation (P1683)	String	Relevant citation

Author item properties

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property	count
instance of	115711
title	107854
language of work or name	103341
inception	14600
dissolved, abolished or demolished date	1910
short name	1885

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