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Scanning (journal)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ7430058 ↗
Source-derived summary

SCANNING: The Journal of Scanning Microscopies is a defunct peer-reviewed scientific journal that covered all aspects of scanning microscopy, including scanning electron, scanning probe and scanning optical microscopies. It ceased publication in 2024. Since 1 January 2017, Scanning became open access. It was published by Wiley and then by the Hindawi Publishing Corporation.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Scanning (journal)” as scientific journal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024, 2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Scanning, journal and scientific can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as scientific journal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7430058. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024 and 2017.

Critical limits

A general summary may omit uncertainty, sample limits or methodological disagreement that is explicit in the technical record. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Scanning (journal)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.