The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic periodical publication, rather than individual articles or books.

Prefix
issn
Links
Homepage
Identifier Standards
Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in International Standard Serial Number should match this regular expression:
^\d{4}-\d{3}[\dX]$

Example Local Unique Identifier
0745-4570   Resolve
Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from International Standard Serial Number should match this regular expression:
^issn:\d{4}-\d{3}[\dX]$

Example CURIE
issn:0745-4570
Contacts
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Mappings to External Registries

Mappings from records in Bioregistry to external registries comprises the metaregistry. This resource has 5 mappings to external registries with 1 unique external prefixes.

Registry Name Registry Metaprefix External Prefix Curate
BioContext biocontext ISSN
Biolink Biolink Model Registry logo biolink issn
GO Gene Ontology Registry logo go ISSN
Identifiers.org Identifiers.org logo miriam issn
N2T Name-to-Thing logo n2t issn
Providers

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 0745-4570 is used to demonstrate the providers available for International Standard Serial Number. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Provider Name Provider Code URI
International Standard Serial Number issn https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/0745-4570
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/issn:0745-4570
Identifiers.org miriam https://identifiers.org/issn:0745-4570
Name-to-Thing n2t https://n2t.net/issn:0745-4570
Extra Providers

Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.

Provider Name Provider Code URL
ISSN at Library of Congress https://search.catalog.loc.gov/search?option=keyword&query=0745-4570