Journal abbreviation: Journal of antimicrobial agents

The abbreviation of the journal title "Journal of antimicrobial agents" is "J. Antimicrob. Agents". 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
JournalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
antimicrobialAntimicrob.matches the stem "antimicrobi-"
agentsAgentsNo abbreviation listed in TWA.

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.

Journal title abbreviations include ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for a wide range of subjects, 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 titleJournal of antimicrobial agents
AbbreviationJ. Antimicrob. Agents
ISSN (print)NA
ISSN (online)2472-1212
NLM catalog101685132

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