Journal abbreviation: Drug discovery today
The abbreviation of the journal title "Drug discovery today" is "Drug Discov. Today". 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 derived the abbreviation.
| Title | Abbreviation | Word/Stem/Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Drug | Drug | No abbreviation listed in TWA. |
| discovery | Discov. | matches the stem "discover-" |
| today | Today | No abbreviation listed in TWA. |
About the journal
| Full journal title | Drug discovery today |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Drug Discov. Today |
| ISSN (print) | 1359-6446 |
| ISSN (online) | 1878-5832 |