Journal abbreviation: Contemporary problems of social work
The abbreviation of the journal title "Contemporary problems of social work" is "Contemp. Probl. Soc. Work". 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.
| Title | Abbreviation | Word/Stem/Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary | Contemp. | matches the stem "contempor-" |
| problems | Probl. | matches the stem "problem-" |
| of | Rule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations. | |
| social | Soc. | matches the word "social" |
| work | Work | No 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.
The abbreviation of journal titles follows ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for an array of subjects, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and related disciplines.
About the journal
| Full journal title | Contemporary problems of social work |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Contemp. Probl. Soc. Work |
| ISSN (print) | 2412-5466 |
| ISSN (online) | 2412-527X |
| NLM catalog | NA |