Journal abbreviation: Laboratory medicine
The abbreviation of the journal title "Laboratory medicine" is "Lab. Med.". 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Laboratory | Lab. | matches the stem "laborator-" |
| medicine | Med. | matches the word "medic" |
Abbreviation systems
An ISO 4 abbreviation refers to a standardized method for abbreviating journal titles as defined by the International Organization for Standardization. This system ensures consistency and easy identification of journal titles across various databases and citation formats.
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 title | Laboratory medicine |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Lab. Med. |
| ISSN (print) | 0007-5027 |
| ISSN (online) | 1943-7730 |
| NLM catalog | 0250641 |