Journal abbreviation: California law review

The abbreviation of the journal title "California law review" is "Calif. Law Rev.". 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
CaliforniaCalif.matches the word "california"
lawLawNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
reviewRev.matches the stem "review-"

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.

ISO, standing for International Organization for Standardization, is a universal abbreviation system for journal titles across disciplines. NLM, or National Library of Medicine, is specific to biomedical sciences, and CASSI, the CAS Source Index, caters to chemistry-related disciplines.

About the journal

Full journal titleCalifornia law review
AbbreviationCalif. Law Rev.
ISSN (print)0008-1221
ISSN (online)1942-6542
NLM catalog100883491

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