ISO 4
ISO 4 is an international standard for the abbreviation of titles of journals and other periodicals.[1] It was developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1972 and is maintained by the ISSN International Centre since 1974. The latter organization maintains the List of Title Word Abbreviations (LTWA), which includes 55,650 words in about 70 languages.[2]
The current version (1997) of ISO 4 supercedes the 1984 and 1972 versions as well as ISO 833:1974, which was withdrawn in 1979.[3] It has the ICS code 01.140.40 and is under the responibility of TC46/SC9.
The construction of abbreviations under ISO 4 is relatively straightforward:[4]
- One-word titles are not abbreviated, even if the word would be abbreviated in a longer title: hence the journal Naturwissenschaften ("Natural Sciences") does not have its title abbreviated, although the word Naturwissenschaften is abbreviated as Naturwiss. in other titles.
- Articles and conjunctions are not included in abbreviations, eg "and", "the", "de", "der", "von", etc.
- Other words are abbreviated as per the LTWA.[Note 1]
Titles in Chinese or Japanese are transliterated into Latin script but are not abbreviated.
See also
- CAS Source Index (CASSI), which defines a similar system of journal abbreviations for use in chemistry
Notes and references
Notes
- ↑ For German compound nouns, only the last part is abbreviated: hence Sitzungberichte is abbreviated as Sitzungber., while Sitzung on its own (or as plural Sitzungen) is abbreviated as Sitz.
References
- ↑ International Standard ISO 4:1997 – Information and documentation – Rules for the abbreviation of title words and titles of publications; International Organization for Standardization, 1997.
- ↑ LTWA; ISSN International Centre, <http://www.issn.org/2-22660-LTWA.php>. (accessed 26 August 2010).
- ↑ Withdrawal of ISO 833-1974; International Organization for Standardization, <http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=5196>. (accessed 26 August 2010).
- ↑ Ebel, Hans F.; Bliefert, Claus; Russey, William E. The Art of Scientific Writing; VCH: New York, 1987; pp 411–16. ISBN 0-89573-495-8.
External links
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- LTWA online, journal title abbreviations from the ISSN International Centre
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