Journal abbreviation: South African review of sociology

The abbreviation of the journal title "South African review of sociology" is "S. Afr. Rev. Sociol.". 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
SouthS.matches the word "South in the term South Africa"
AfricanAfr.matches the word "Africa in the term South Africa"
reviewRev.matches the stem "review-"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
sociologySociol.matches the stem "sociolog-"

Abbreviation systems

ISO 4 abbreviation is a system established by the International Organization for Standardization, specifically for shortening journal titles. This uniform approach to abbreviations enables efficient and accurate communication of journal names in academic research.

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 titleSouth African review of sociology
AbbreviationS. Afr. Rev. Sociol.
ISSN (print)2152-8586
ISSN (online)2072-1978
NLM catalogNA

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