Journal abbreviation: Australian family physician

The abbreviation of the journal title "Australian family physician" is "Aust. Fam. Physician". 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
AustralianAust.matches the stem "australi-"
familyFam.matches the stem "famil-"
physicianPhysicianNo 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 titleAustralian family physician
AbbreviationAust. Fam. Physician
ISSN (print)0300-8495
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalog0326701

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