Journal abbreviation: International development abstracts

The abbreviation of the journal title "International development abstracts" is "Int. Dev. Abstr.". 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
InternationalInt.matches the stem "internation-"
developmentDev.matches the stem "develop-"
abstractsAbstr.matches the stem "abstract-"

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.

ISO, or International Organization for Standardization, is a journal title abbreviation system for multiple fields. NLM (National Library of Medicine) abbreviations are used in biomedical sciences, while CASSI (CAS Source Index) abbreviations apply to chemistry and associated fields.

About the journal

Full journal titleInternational development abstracts
AbbreviationInt. Dev. Abstr.
ISSN (print)0262-0855
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalogNA

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