Journal abbreviation: Communicable disease report. CDR weekly

The abbreviation of the journal title "Communicable disease report. CDR weekly" is "Commun. Dis. Rep. CDR Wkly.". 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
CommunicableCommun.matches the stem "communica-"
diseaseDis.matches the stem "disease-"
report.Rep.matches the word "report"
CDRCDRRule 4.4: Acronyms shall be retained in the abbreviated title.
weeklyWkly.No abbreviation listed in TWA.

Abbreviation systems

The International Organization for Standardization has developed the ISO 4 abbreviation system as a means of creating uniform abbreviations for journal titles. This allows researchers and academics to easily recognize and refer to journals in a consistent manner.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization), NLM (National Library of Medicine), and CASSI (CAS Source Index) represent three distinct journal title abbreviation systems, with ISO being universal, NLM specific to biomedical fields, and CASSI focusing on chemistry-related subjects.

About the journal

Full journal titleCommunicable disease report. CDR weekly
AbbreviationCommun. Dis. Rep. CDR Wkly.
ISSN (print)1350-9357
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalog9312012

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