Journal abbreviation: Acta gastroenterologica Latinoamericana

The abbreviation of the journal title "Acta gastroenterologica Latinoamericana" is "Acta Gastroenterol. Latinoam.". 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
ActaActaNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
gastroenterologicaGastroenterol.matches the stem "gastroenterolog-"
LatinoamericanaLatinoam.matches the stem "latinoamerican-"

Abbreviation systems

In academic research, the ISO 4 abbreviation is a standardized system devised by the International Organization for Standardization for the purpose of abbreviating journal titles consistently. This facilitates ease of reference and improved communication within the research community.

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 titleActa gastroenterologica Latinoamericana
AbbreviationActa Gastroenterol. Latinoam.
ISSN (print)0300-9033
ISSN (online)2469-1119
NLM catalog0261505

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