Journal abbreviation: Journal of mental health counseling
The abbreviation of the journal title "Journal of mental health counseling" is "J. Ment. Health Couns.". 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.
| Title | Abbreviation | Word/Stem/Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Journal | J. | matches the word "journal" |
| of | Rule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations. | |
| mental | Ment. | matches the stem "mental-" |
| health | Health | No abbreviation listed in TWA. |
| counseling | Couns. | matches the stem "counsel-" |
Abbreviation systems
ISO 4 abbreviation is a system established by the International Organization for Standardization, specifically for shortening journal titles. This uniform approach to abbreviations enables efficient and accurate communication of journal names in academic research.
Abbreviating journal titles involves ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for various fields, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical and life sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and associated disciplines.
About the journal
| Full journal title | Journal of mental health counseling |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | J. Ment. Health Couns. |
| ISSN (print) | 1040-2861 |
| ISSN (online) | 2163-5749 |
| NLM catalog | 8812598 |