Journal abbreviation: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes

The abbreviation of the journal title "Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes" is "J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr.". 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
JournalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
acquiredAcquir.matches the stem "acquir-"
immuneImmuneNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
deficiencyDefic.matches the stem "deficienc-"
syndromesSyndr.matches the stem "syndrom-"

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.

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 titleJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
AbbreviationJ. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr.
ISSN (print)0894-9255
ISSN (online)2331-2289
NLM catalog8812597

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