We'd like to use analytics cookies to understand which symbols people look up, so we know what to research next. They are not used for advertising and we set none of them unless you say yes. What we store.
An eight-digit number identifying a serial publication.
Also known as: Serial number publication, Journal identifier
An ISSN identifies a periodical as a continuing publication rather than any single issue. A journal that changes title gets a new ISSN, and print and electronic versions carry separate numbers, so one magazine can hold several.
Identifies a continuing publication such as a journal or newspaper, in an eight-digit number with a check character.
Contexts: History
Is assigned to a title rather than an issue, and changes when the title changes, so a magazine's history can span several numbers.
Contexts: History
Is issued separately for print and electronic versions of the same serial.
Contexts: History
Four letters followed by two groups of four numerals separated by a hyphen.