Journal abbreviation: Handbook of development economics

The abbreviation of the journal title "Handbook of development economics" is "Handb. Dev. Econ.". 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
HandbookHandb.matches the word "handbook"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
developmentDev.matches the stem "develop-"
economicsEcon.matches the stem "econom-"

Abbreviation systems

ISO 4 abbreviation is a uniform system created by the International Organization for Standardization to abbreviate journal titles in a consistent manner. It serves to facilitate effective communication and reference within the academic community.

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 titleHandbook of development economics
AbbreviationHandb. Dev. Econ.
ISSN (print)1573-4471
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalogNA

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