Journal abbreviation: Australian journal of general practice

The abbreviation of the journal title "Australian journal of general practice" is "Aust. J. Gen. Pract.". 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-"
journalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
generalGen.matches the stem "general-"
practicePract.matches the stem "practi-"

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 include ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for a wide range of subjects, 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 titleAustralian journal of general practice
AbbreviationAust. J. Gen. Pract.
ISSN (print)2208-794X
ISSN (online)2208-7958
NLM catalog101718099

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