Societies and associations that bring together the practitioners of a single discipline or profession, such as physicists, chemists, statisticians, linguists and computing professionals, publish journals and hold meetings. A body belongs here when its cited article calls it a society or association of a field. It excludes national academies, which elect their members from every field and sit in their own group. Browse By lists these entries together so that a reader can move from one to the next and compare how each is described in the sources of the atlas.
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American Anthropological Association (Wikipedia)
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is an American organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology
Linguistic Society of America (Wikipedia)
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is a learned society for the field of linguistics
Ecological Society of America (Wikipedia)
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is a professional organization of ecological scientists
American Statistical Association (Wikipedia)
Has Member: American Statistical Association, LeadQuote, Has Member: American Statistical Association, Lead
is the main professional organization for statisticians and related professionals in the United States
Biochemical Society (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Biochemical Society, LeadQuote, Has Member: Biochemical Society, Lead
is a learned society in the United Kingdom in the field of biochemistry, including all the cellular and molecular biosciences
British Computer Society (Wikipedia)
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is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in information technology (IT), computing, software engineering, computer engineering, information e
Geological Society of London (Wikipedia)
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is a learned society based in the United Kingdom
Philosophy of Science Association (Wikipedia)
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is an international academic organization (founded in 1933 in the United States) that promotes research, teaching, and free discussion of issues in the philosophy of science fr
American Society for Virology (Wikipedia)
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is an American scientific society serving the community of researchers in virology
American Physical Society (Wikipedia)
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is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units
Cognitive Science Society (Wikipedia)
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is a professional society for the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Wikipedia)
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is a United States-based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific respon
American Chemical Society (Wikipedia)
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is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry
Association for Computing Machinery (Wikipedia)
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is an international learned society for computing founded on September 15, 1947, and headquartered in New York City
Royal Astronomical Society (Wikipedia)
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is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science
London Mathematical Society (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: London Mathematical Society, Article textQuote, Has Member: London Mathematical Society, Article text
The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's learned societies for mathematics, the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and the Operational Research Society (ORS).
Botanical Society of America (Wikipedia)
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It functions as a United States nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership society. == History == The society was first established in 1893 as an outgrowth from the Botanical Club of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at a meeting in Rochester, New York, on August 22, 1892.
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Article textQuote, Has Member: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Article text
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology is organized to integrate the many fields of specialization which occur in the broad field of biology.
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