Journal abbreviation: Current drug targets

The abbreviation of the journal title "Current drug targets" is "Curr. Drug Targets". 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
CurrentCurr.matches the stem "current-"
drugDrugNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
targetsTargetsNo abbreviation listed in TWA.

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.

Abbreviating journal titles involves ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for various fields, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical and life sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and associated disciplines.

About the journal

Full journal titleCurrent drug targets
AbbreviationCurr. Drug Targets
ISSN (print)1389-4501
ISSN (online)1873-5592
NLM catalog100960531

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