Journal abbreviation: Annals of human biology

The abbreviation of the journal title "Annals of human biology" is "Ann. Hum. Biol.". It is the recommended abbreviation to be used for abstracting, indexing and referencing purposes and meets all criteria of the ISO 4 standard for abbreviating names of scientific journals.

Abbreviation rules

The table below outlines in detail the ISO 4 rules and matches to the ISSN maintained list of title word abbreviations (TWA) to derive the abbreviation.

TitleAbbreviationWord/Stem/Rule
AnnalsAnn.matches the stem "annal-"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
humanHum.matches the word "human"
biologyBiol.matches the stem "biolog-"

Abbreviation systems

The abbreviation system known as ISO 4 is a standardized approach by the International Organization for Standardization for shortening journal titles. This uniform method ensures that journal titles are both consistent and easily recognizable in scholarly communication.

The abbreviation of journal titles follows ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for an array of subjects, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and related disciplines.

About the journal

Full journal titleAnnals of human biology
AbbreviationAnn. Hum. Biol.
ISSN (print)0301-4460
ISSN (online)1464-5033
NLM catalog0404024

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