Journal abbreviation: World journal of urology

The abbreviation of the journal title "World journal of urology" is "World J. Urol.". 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
WorldWorldNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
journalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
urologyUrol.matches the stem "urolog-"

Abbreviation systems

The International Organization for Standardization has developed the ISO 4 abbreviation system as a means of creating uniform abbreviations for journal titles. This allows researchers and academics to easily recognize and refer to journals in a consistent manner.

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 titleWorld journal of urology
AbbreviationWorld J. Urol.
ISSN (print)0724-4983
ISSN (online)1433-8726
NLM catalog8307716

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