Last Updated: 2002, December 21

Scholarly Societies Project

Likely Candidates for the Scholarly Societies Project


  1. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES / CIEM) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  2. International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA) [email: isca@ipass.net; founded: ????; subjects: compsci_soc.html, eleceng_soc.html] OK with founding year
  3. International Society for Preventive Oncology (ISPO) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: healthsci_soc.html]
  4. International Society of Computerized Dentistry (ISCD) [relatively little info] [email: ; founded: ????; subjects: compsci_soc.html, healthsci_soc.html]
  5. Biofeedback Foundation of Europe (BFE) [email: ; founded: ????; subjects: ] OK with FOUNDING YEAR
  6. Society for Theriogenology [email: therio@wmgt.org; founded: ???; subjects: reprodobgyn_soc.html, vetmed_soc.html] OK with FOUNDING DATE
  7. International Map Trade Association (IMTA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  8. National Association of Aerial Photographic Libraries (NAPLIB) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  9. International Isotope Society (IIS) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  10. International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  11. International Society for Analytical Cytology (ISAC) [email: ; founded: ????; subjects: ] OK with FOUNDING DATE
  12. Welding Technology Institute of Australia (WTIA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  13. Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  14. International Titanium Association (ITA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  15. International Zinc Association (IZA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  16. American Zinc Association (AZA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  17. International Tin Research Institute (ITRI) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  18. Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  19. Hong Kong Dental Association (HKDA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  20. International Federation of Ageing (IFA) [In English and French.] [scholarly society???] [email: ; founded: 1973; subjects: biol_soc.html, healthsci_soc.html, psychol_soc.html, sociol_soc.html]
  21. Petroleum Society [of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum] [email: info@petsoc.org; founded: ; subjects: ]
  22. Anthroposophical Society (AS)= Anthroposophische Gesellschaft (AG) [email: sekretariat@Goetheanum.ch; founded: 1924; subjects: philos_soc.html, religion_soc.html] PERMANENT
  23. Artificial Intelligence Societies and Organizations Directory [Maintained jointly by ACM SIGART, IJCAI, and CSCSI.] PROCESS!
  24. International AI-ED Society [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] seems to be the same as AI-ED Society and is more uptodate verify that they are the same and then update.
  25. International Chiropractors Association [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  26. Society for Neuronal Regulation (SNR) [email: ; founded: ; ["From 1995 through 1998 this organization had a slightly longer name, Society for the Study of Neuronal Regulation (SSNR), but it was shortened for simplicity and to better convey its purposes."] subjects: ] NAME CHANGE + CHANGE of permanent URL
  27. European Association for NeuroOncology (EANO) Webpage [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] &&&
  28. International Spinal Injection Society [email: ; founded: ????; subjects: ] &&& OK with FOUNDING DATE
  29. Sociedad Mexicana de Neurología Pediátrica [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] [DNS lookup failure: 20020329]
  30. Society for Research on Biological Rhythms [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] &&& [this requires a password as of 20020329]
  31. American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) [email: ; founded: ???; subjects: ] OK with FOUNDING YEAR
  32. European Federation of Profesional Psychologists Association (EFPPA) = Fédération Européenne des Associations de Psychologues (FEAP) = Europäische Föderation des Berusfsverbände von Psychologen (EFBP) = [email: ; founded: 1981; subjects: ] &&& [new name, new URL - in .be domain]
  33. International Psychoanalytic Association (???) Webpage [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] &&& [.uk domain]
  34. National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] &&& [This is a training insitute, not a membership-based scholarly society.]
  35. Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology (SIOP) [Division 14 of the American Psychological Association] [email: lnader@siop.bgsu.edu; founded: ????; subjects: ] OK with FOUNDING YEAR
  36. National Safety Council (NSC) Webpage [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] &&&
  37. Society of Financial Studies (SFS) [email: ; founded: ????; subjects: ???] OK with FOUNDING YEAR
  38. International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  39. International Tungsten Industry Association (ITIA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  40. Nickel Development Institute (NiDI) [email: ; founded: 1984; subjects: ]
  41. Gold Institute (GI) [email: info@goldinstitute.org; founded: ; subjects: ]
  42. Silver Institute (SI) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  43. Sufi Psychology Association (SPA) [email: sufipsy@pacbell.net; founded: ???? (not EA); subjects: psychol_soc.htmlreligion_soc.html] OK with founding date
  44. National Association of Communication Systems Engineers (NACSE) Webpage [email: info@nacse.com; founded: ???? not EA; subjects: compsci_soc.html, eleceng_soc.html] OK with founding date
  45. International Society for Computer Aided Surgery (ISCAS) [email: hul@cs.tu-berlin.de; founded: ???? [not in EA or YIO]; subjects: compsci_soc.html, eleceng_soc.html, healthsci_soc.html] OK with founding year
  46. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) Webpage [email: Feedback@SLS.org; founded: not given; full: SLS Report: http://www.sls.org/TheSLSReport.html; [The SLS membership newsletter.] meetings: Meetings & Conferences (SLS & Others): http://www.sls.org/Conferences.html; subjects: healthsci_soc.html] [founding year not in EofA] OK with founding year
  47. very useful list of mental health & related societies
  48. International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA) = Fédération Internationale de l'Industrie du Médicament (FIIM) = Federación Internacional de l'Industria del Medicamento (FIIM) Webpage [In English.] [email: m.cone@ifpma.org; founded: 1968; federations: IFPMA/FIIM Member Associations: http://www.ifpma.org/ifpma3.html; subjects: pharm_soc.html] added to db as #1321 and HTML code now; [there is a long list of federation members; consider processing]
  49. Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) = Société canadienne des Relations publiques (SCRP) Webpage [email: ; founded: ; subjects: communmedia_soc.html]
  50. Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  51. useful dermatology links [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  52. National Association for Interpretation (NAI) Webpage ["... the advancement of the profession of interpretation (on-site informal education programs at parks, zoos, nature centers, museums, and aquaria)."] [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  53. Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) Webpage [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  54. Cercle Namurois d'Informarique Médicale (CENIM) = Webpage [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  55. European Geophysical Society (EGS) [email: egs@copernicus.org; founded: 1971; subjects: earthsci_soc.html, physics_soc.html] NON-PERMANENT URL [but co-publisher with AGU of Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics]
  56. American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Webpage [This seems to be a joint site for the AANS and also the Congress of Neurological Surgeons] [email: ; founded: ; subjects: healthsci_soc.html]
  57. American Wood Council (AWC) Webpage ["AWC is the wood products division of the American Forest & Paper Association."] [email: awcinfo@afandpa.org; founded: ; subjects: ]
  58. SAV [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] The English isn't working, but the Slovenian or Slovakian is....
  59. National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) Webpage [email: ; founded: 1979; subjects: ]
  60. Nautical Institute [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  61. Neurosciences organizations [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  62. useful list of links to medical society websites [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  63. Centro Nacional de Informa44o Geogr4fica (CNIG) Webpage [a society?] [email: ; founded: ; subjects: compsci_soc.html, geog_soc.html]
  64. (ULI) = ... Webpage [email: ; founded: ; subjects: compsci_soc.html, geog_soc.html ]
  65. Australian Psychoanalytic Society (???) Webpage [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] Non-permanent URL
  66. Hispanic Society of America (HSA) Webpage [is this really a scholarly society, or just a museum?] [email: info@hispanicsociety.org; founded: 1904; subjects: ] NEW
  67. Very Large Data Bases Endowment (VLDB) Webpage [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  68. lots of Chilean societies [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  69. Estevanico Society [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
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  71. Society For California Archaeology (SCA) Webpage [email: webmaster@scanet.org; founded: not in EA; subjects: archaeol_soc.html]
  72. International Federation of Butterfly Enthusiasts (IFBE) Webapge [request received 19980105; is this a scholarly society?] [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  73. Association for Informatics in Medicine, Singapore (AIMS) Webpage [not much info about AIMS there] [email: pkwong@mailhost.net; founded: ???; subjects: compsci_soc.html, healthsci_soc.html] *****
  74. Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA) [email: ; founded: ?????; subjects: ]
  75. Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) [Based in South Africa.]0 [email: ; founded: ?????; subjects: ]
  76. South African Pulmonology Society (SAPS) [email: ; founded: ?????; subjects: ]
  77. Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa [is there any info here? Still fragmentary: 19990223] [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  78. Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA) Webpage [email: usahydro@usahydrosoc.org; founded: ????; subjects: civileng_soc.html, geog_soc.html] OK with date
  79. American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) Webpage [the domain name seems to be for an entity more general than the ACP; also the ACP portion has little info as of July 27, 1998.] [email: ; founded: ; subjects: healthsci_soc.html]
  80. Sociedad Mexicana de Física (SMF) = Mexican Society of Physics Webpage [In Spanish.] [email: sweb@www.smf.mx; founded: ; subjects: physics_soc.html] OK with founding year
  81. Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Webpage [several of the links from the top level don't function properly] [email: ????; founded: ????; subjects: healthsci_soc.html, pharm_soc.html]
  82. Society of Crystallogaphers in Australia (SCA) [email: bws@crystal.uwa.edu.au ; founded: ???; subjects: ] no founding date
  83. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Webpage [email: mmeeks@usasbe.org (Michael D. Meeks); founded: 1981; [Founded in 1981 as the U.S. Affiliate of the (ICSB)International Council for Small Business; assumed its present name in 1985.] full-text: usasbe.org/pubs/index.htm; meetings: http://www.usasbe.org/call/index.htm http://www.usasbe.org/conferences/index.htm; subjects: business_soc.html] [comments from sender: USASBE is an eclectic group of government officials, directors of small business development centers, and academics in fields like finance, marketing, management, and economics united by their common interest in entrepreneurship and small business. As leaders in their fields, they are making an impact on government policy and on the development of small business and entrepreneurship. USASBE's forward-looking members are determined to remain on the cutting edge of research; they are extending the field of knowledge and shaping entrepreneurial thinking for the new millenium.]
  84. National Association of Scholars (NAS) Webpage [This seems more like a political, rather than academic, group] [email: rcz@nas.org (Rita Zurcher); founded: 1987; full-text: http://www.nas.org/nassnl.htmhttp://www.nas.org/aq.htm http://www.nas.org/newsletters/news.htm; meetings: http://www.nas.org/conf.htm; subjects: ]
  85. Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB) = Institute of Architects of Brazil Webpage [In Portuguese.] [email: brasil@dn.iab.org.br; founded: 1921; subjects: architect_soc.html] OK [!!!PASSWORD NOW REQUIRED!!!]
  86. Sociedad Española de Alergología e Inmunología Clínica (SEAIC) = Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Webpage [In Spanish.] [email: seaic@seaic.es; founded: 1993?; subjects: healthsci_soc.html]
  87. Nederlandse Vereniging voor Obstetrie en Gynaecologie (NVOG) = Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Webpage [email: info@nvog.nl; founded: not in DEPLS; subjects: healthsci_soc.html]
  88. Marine Society (MS) Webpage [scholarly society?] [email: bgt@marine-society.org.uk; founded: 1756; subjects: ]
  89. Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) Webpage [email: iand@austms.org.au (Ian Doust); founded: 1956; full-text: The Society's publications are gradually being made available electronically: http://www.austms.org.au/Publ/; meetings: http://www.austms.org.au/People/Conf/; subjects: ] PERMANENT URL All processed, except full-text: a bit confusing
  90. IGS (?) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] www.geosynthetics.org is Under Construction [last checked: 1998, Mar.4; Apri.14; May 28; Aug.17]
  91. American Communication Association ??? [this doesn't look like the right one] [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ] This site is under construction and will be available soon [last checked: 1998, Mar.4; ]
  92. Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC) ["Website Coming Soon!"] [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
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  93. Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Geädsschirurgie (SGG) = Société Suisse de Chirurgie Vasculaire (SSCV) = Swiss Society for Vascular Surgery [In German.] [email: contact@swissvasc.ch; founded: ????; subjects: healthsci_soc.html] OK with founding year
  94. European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  95. European Evaluation Society (EES) [email: ; founded: 1994; subjects: ] manage, polisci, sociol, econ?
  96. American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS) ["Notice: the visitor logon has been disabled"] [email: ; founded: 1921; subjects: healthsci_soc.html]
  97. Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  98. International Association for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  99. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) [academy???] [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  100. list of actuarial societies across the world [email: ; founded: ; subjects: ]
  101. European Association of Surgical Sciences (EASS) [In English and Italian.] [email: ; founded: ????; subjects: healthsci_soc.html] OK with founding date
  102. European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR) Webpage [email: gghanem@resulb.ulb.ac.be; founded: 1985; subjects: biol_soc.html, chem_soc.html, healthsci_soc.html, pharm_soc.html] NON-PERMANENT URL
  103. Svenska Fysikersamfundet (SFS) = Swedish Physical Society Webpage [Mostly in Swedish; some English.] [email: olle.sundberg@tsl.uu.se (Olle Sundberg); founded: 1920; subjects: physics_soc.html] NON-PERMANENT URL

Scholarly Societies Project