Journal abbreviation: Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy

The abbreviation of the journal title "Hong Kong journal of occupational therapy" is "Hong Kong J. Occup. Ther.". 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
HongHongNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
KongKongNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
journalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
occupationalOccup.matches the stem "occupation-"
therapyTher.matches the stem "therap-"

Abbreviation systems

In academic research, the ISO 4 abbreviation is a standardized system devised by the International Organization for Standardization for the purpose of abbreviating journal titles consistently. This facilitates ease of reference and improved communication within the research community.

Journal title abbreviations can be classified into ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for general disciplines, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical and life sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and related fields.

About the journal

Full journal titleHong Kong journal of occupational therapy
AbbreviationHong Kong J. Occup. Ther.
ISSN (print)1569-1861
ISSN (online)1876-4398
NLM catalog101175716

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