Journal abbreviation: South African journal of business management
The abbreviation of the journal title "South African journal of business management" is "S. Afr. J. Bus. Manag.". 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.
Title | Abbreviation | Word/Stem/Rule |
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South | S. | matches the word "South in the term South Africa" |
African | Afr. | matches the word "Africa in the term South Africa" |
journal | J. | matches the word "journal" |
of | Rule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations. | |
business | Bus. | matches the word "business" |
management | Manag. | matches the stem "manag-" |
Abbreviation systems
Developed by the International Organization for Standardization, the ISO 4 abbreviation system provides a standardized way of abbreviating journal titles. This consistency enables researchers to efficiently identify and cite journals in their work.
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 title | South African journal of business management |
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Abbreviation | S. Afr. J. Bus. Manag. |
ISSN (print) | 2078-5585 |
ISSN (online) | 2078-5976 |
NLM catalog | NA |