Journal abbreviation: American journal of clinical pathology

The abbreviation of the journal title "American journal of clinical pathology" is "Am. J. Clin. Pathol.". 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
AmericanAm.matches the stem "america-"
journalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
clinicalClin.matches the stem "clinic-"
pathologyPathol.matches the stem "patholog-"

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 are divided into ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for broad 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 titleAmerican journal of clinical pathology
AbbreviationAm. J. Clin. Pathol.
ISSN (print)0002-9173
ISSN (online)1943-7722
NLM catalog0370470

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