Journal abbreviation: AACN clinical issues

The abbreviation of the journal title "AACN clinical issues" is "AACN Clin. Issues". 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
AACNAACNRule 4.4: Acronyms shall be retained in the abbreviated title.
clinicalClin.matches the stem "clinic-"
issuesIssuesNo abbreviation listed in TWA.

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 come in three primary forms: 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 associated fields.

About the journal

Full journal titleAACN clinical issues
AbbreviationAACN Clin. Issues
ISSN (print)1079-0713
ISSN (online)1538-9812
NLM catalog9508191

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