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Also known as SciAm

American popular science magazine

Key facts

Discipline
Popular science
Language
English
History
Since August 28, 1845 ; 180 years ago ( 1845-08-28 )
Publisher
Springer Nature (United States)
Frequency
Monthly
Open access
Yes
Impact factor
3.1 (2023)
Iso 4
Sci. Am.
Issn
0036-8733
Lccn
sf92091111

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Official website

Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

scientificamerican.com

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Wikidata facts

Field of work
social science
Headquarters
Los Angeles
Parent organization
Springer Nature
Country of origin
United States
Main subject
popular science
Collection
JSTOR
Image
SciAmer.gif
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title
Scientific American
short name
SciAm
Commons category
Scientific American
topic's main category
Category:Scientific American
inception
1845-08-28
language of work or name
English language
place of publication
New York City
Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator level
1
indexed in bibliographic review
Science Citation Index Expanded
social media followers
434000
start time
1845-08-28
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Encyclopedic overview

"Men of Progress", published by the magazine in 1862, showing American inventors such as Samuel Morse, Samuel Colt, Cyrus McCormick, Charles Goodyear, Peter Cooper, and others Scientific American Office, New York, 37 Park Row, 1859, next to Munn & Co. on the right

Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it, with more than 150 Nobel Prize-winners having been featured since its inception.

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