Journal abbreviation: Indicator South Africa

The abbreviation of the journal title "Indicator South Africa" is "Indic. S. Afr.". 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
IndicatorIndic.matches the stem "indicat-"
SouthS.matches the word "South in the term South Africa"
AfricaAfr.matches the word "Africa in the term South Africa"

Abbreviation systems

The abbreviation system known as ISO 4 is a standardized approach by the International Organization for Standardization for shortening journal titles. This uniform method ensures that journal titles are both consistent and easily recognizable in scholarly communication.

Journal title abbreviations come in three primary forms: ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for general disciplines, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical and life sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and associated fields.

About the journal

Full journal titleIndicator South Africa
AbbreviationIndic. S. Afr.
ISSN (print)0259-188X
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalogNA

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