Journal abbreviation: History of religions

The abbreviation of the journal title "History of religions" is "Hist. Relig.". 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
HistoryHist.matches the stem "histor-"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
religionsRelig.matches the stem "religio-"

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.

Abbreviating journal titles involves ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for various fields, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical and life sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and associated disciplines.

About the journal

Full journal titleHistory of religions
AbbreviationHist. Relig.
ISSN (print)0018-2710
ISSN (online)1545-6935
NLM catalog100967852

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