Journal abbreviation: Mechanisms of development

The abbreviation of the journal title "Mechanisms of development" is "Mech. Dev.". 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
MechanismsMech.matches the stem "mechani-"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
developmentDev.matches the stem "develop-"

Abbreviation systems

The abbreviation system known as ISO 4 is a standardized approach by the International Organization for Standardization for shortening journal titles. This uniform method ensures that journal titles are both consistent and easily recognizable in scholarly communication.

Journal title abbreviations can be classified into 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 related fields.

About the journal

Full journal titleMechanisms of development
AbbreviationMech. Dev.
ISSN (print)0925-4773
ISSN (online)1872-6356
NLM catalog9101218

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