ISO 4^* of the International Standards Organization is the recognized authority for abbreviating words in journal titles. The database for this standard, maintained by the ISSN International Centre in Paris, is available only by subscription.

The Source List below locates alternative sources for journal title abbreviations for titles not covered by the List of Journals Indexed for MEDLINE. These sources are considered authoritative within their specific area or discipline. Be aware that some do not use the ISO standard as their basis. For example, ISO does not permit abbreviations of the romanized words from titles appearing in character-based languages, eg., Chinese, Japanese, Korean, but some of these sources do permit it.

For abbreviations of individual words in a journal title, see Appendix A: Abbreviations for Commonly Used English Words in Journal Titles. Please note that you may see contradictory abbreviations for some words in titles since journal title abbreviations do not usually change when rules for specific words change.

Source List

AIP style manual [Internet]. 4th ed. New York (NY): American Institute of Physics; c1990-1997 [cited 2008 Oct 17]. Appendix G: Journal title abbreviations; p. 46-54. Available from: http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style/4thed/AIP_Style_4thed.pdf

Alkire LG, Jr, editor. Periodical title abbreviations. 16th ed. Detroit (MI): Thompson Gale; c2006. 2 vol. Vol. 1, By abbreviation; vol. 2, By title.

Authors' guide [Internet]. 4th ed. Version 20081103. Boston (MA): American Meteorological Society; c2008 [cited 2008 Oct 17]. Appendix C: Standard journal abbreviations; [6 p]. Available from: http://www.ametsoc.org/PUBS/Authorsguide/pdf_vs/authguide.pdf

BIOSIS serial sources. Philadelphia (PA): Thomson; 2004.

CAS: a division of the American Chemical Society [Internet]. Columbus (OH): Chemical Abstracts Service; c2008. CAplus core journal coverage list; [updated 2008 Aug 8; cited 2008 Oct 17]; [about 67 p.]. Available from: http://www.cas.org/expertise/cascontent/caplus/corejournals.html

Coghill AM; Garson LR, editors. The ACS style guide: effective communication of scientific information. 3rd ed. Washington (DC): American Chemical Society; 2006. CASSI abbreviations for the 1000+ most commonly cited journals; p.328-39.

EMBASE list of journals indexed. St. Louis (MO): Elsevier; 2006. Also available online: http://www.embase.com/journals/.

Frontiers in Bioscience [Internet]. Albertson (NY): Frontiers in Bioscience; c1995. Journal name abbreviation, ISSN number and coverage; [revised 2007 Jan 20; cited 2008 Oct 17]; [290 p.]. Available from: http://www.bioscience.org/atlases/jourabbr/list.htm

Genamics JournalSeek [Internet]. Hamilton (New Zealand): Genamics; [date unknown] - [updated 2008 Oct 15; cited 2008 Oct 21]. Available from: http://journalseek.net/index.htm

HCMR Library. List of journal titles abbreviations [Internet]. Anavyssos (Greece): Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (GR), Library, Documentation & Information Centre; [c2008-2009] [cited 2009 Aug 31]; [about 65 p.]. Available from: http://www-new.ath.hcmr.gr/listview3.php?id=703

Inspec list of journals. London (England): Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET); 2007. 550 p.

ISI journal title abbreviations [Internet]. Pasadena (CA): Caltech Library System; c2008 [cited 2008 Oct 21]. Available from: http://library.caltech.edu/reference/abbreviations/

Journal Citation Reports® [Internet]. Sci. ed. New York: Thomson Reuters; 1998 -   [updated 2008 Jun 23; cited 2008 Oct 24]. Available from: http://www.thomsonreuters.com/products_services/scientific/Journal_Citation_Reports By subscription only.

Journals indexed in AGRICOLA (JIA) [Internet]. Beltsville (MD): National Agricultural Library (US). 1992 -   [modified 2008 Sep 24; cited 2008 Oct 21]. Available from: http://riley.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=8&tax_level=2&tax_subject=157&topic_id=2010

Journal titles and abbreviations (BIOSIS format) [Internet]. Gainesville (FL): University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Entomology and Nematology Department; [revised 1998 May; cited 2008 Oct 21]; [about 26 p.]. Available from: http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/all_journals.htm

List of journals indexed for MEDLINE. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2008. (NIH publication; no. 08-267). Also available online: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html

MR serials abbreviations [Internet]. Providence (RI): American Mathematical Society; c2008. Abbreviations of names of serials; [cited 2008 Oct 17]; [32 p.]. Available from: http://www.ams.org/msnhtml/serials.pdf

ProQuest CSA [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): ProQuest; c2008. Serials source list for Aerospace & High Technology Database; [cited 2008 Oct 22]; [about 88 p.]. Available from: http://www.csa.com/ids70/serials_source_list.php?db=aerospace-set-c

ProQuest CSA [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): ProQuest; c2008. Serials source list for Aqualine; [cited 2008 Oct 22]; [about 10 p.]. Available from: http://www.csa.com/ids70/serials_source_list.php?db=aqualine-set-c

ProQuest CSA [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): ProQuest; c2008. Serials source list for ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts; [cited 2008 Oct 22]; [about 122 p.]. Available from: http://www.csa.com/ids70/serials_source_list.php?db=aquclust-set-c

ProQuest CSA [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): ProQuest; c2008. Serials source list for BioEngineering Abstracts; [cited 2008 Oct 22]; [about 12 p.]. Available from: http://www.csa.com/ids70/serials_source_list.php?db=bioengineering-set-c

ProQuest CSA [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): ProQuest; c2008. Serials source list for Environmental Sciences and Pollution Mgmt; [cited 2008 Oct 22]; [about 148 p.]. Available from: http://www.csa.com/ids70/serials_source_list.php?db=envclust-set-c

ProQuest CSA [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): ProQuest; c2008. Serials source list for Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts; [cited 2008 Oct 22]; [about 88 p.]. Available from: http://www.csa.com/ids70/serials_source_list.php?db=mechtrans-set-c

ProQuest CSA: [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): ProQuest; c2008. Serials source list for Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts; [cited 2008 Oct 22]; [about 21 p.]. Available from: http://www.csa.com/ids70/serials_source_list.php?db=mga-set-c

ProQuest CSA: [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): ProQuest; c2008. Serials source list for Oceanic Abstracts; [cited 2008 Oct 22]; [about 15 p.]. Available from: http://www.csa.com/ids70/serials_source_list.php?db=oceanic-set-c