Journal abbreviation: British journal of mental health nursing

The abbreviation of the journal title "British journal of mental health nursing" is "Br. J. Ment. Health Nurs.". 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
BritishBr.matches the word "british"
journalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
mentalMent.matches the stem "mental-"
healthHealthNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
nursingNurs.matches the word "nursing"

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 titleBritish journal of mental health nursing
AbbreviationBr. J. Ment. Health Nurs.
ISSN (print)2049-5919
ISSN (online)2052-496X
NLM catalogNA

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