Journal abbreviation: Journal of music theory

The abbreviation of the journal title "Journal of music theory" is "J. Music Theory". 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.
musicMusicNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
theoryTheoryNo abbreviation listed in TWA.

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.

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About the journal

Full journal titleJournal of music theory
AbbreviationJ. Music Theory
ISSN (print)0022-2909
ISSN (online)1941-7497
NLM catalogNA

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