The American weekly journal Science ( Science was founded by Thomas Edison in 1880 and has been the official journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1900, a comprehensive scientific journal with a strong reputation in the international academic community. Science is an independently edited, comprehensive weekly scientific journal, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science consistently ranks the papers published in Science as among the most frequently cited research reports in the world. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) was founded in 1848 to advance science and serve society by promoting scholarly communication, science education, and the development of science and technology human resources and infrastructure, and by providing active advice to the U.S. government on science and technology policy. AAAS publications include Science, Science Signaling, and other publications.