Journal abbreviation: Eastern Africa journal of rural development

The abbreviation of the journal title "Eastern Africa journal of rural development" is "East. Afr. J. Rural Dev.". 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
EasternEast.matches the word "eastern"
AfricaAfr.matches the stem "Africa-"
journalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
ruralRuralNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
developmentDev.matches the stem "develop-"

Abbreviation systems

An ISO 4 abbreviation refers to a standardized method for abbreviating journal titles as defined by the International Organization for Standardization. This system ensures consistency and easy identification of journal titles across various databases and citation formats.

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 titleEastern Africa journal of rural development
AbbreviationEast. Afr. J. Rural Dev.
ISSN (print)0377-7103
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalog101085816

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