Journal abbreviation: Minimally invasive surgery

The abbreviation of the journal title "Minimally invasive surgery" is "Minim. Invasive Surg.". 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
MinimallyMinim.matches the word "minimally"
invasiveInvasiveNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
surgerySurg.matches the word "surgery"

Abbreviation systems

Developed by the International Organization for Standardization, the ISO 4 abbreviation system provides a standardized way of abbreviating journal titles. This consistency enables researchers to efficiently identify and cite journals in their work.

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 titleMinimally invasive surgery
AbbreviationMinim. Invasive Surg.
ISSN (print)2090-1445
ISSN (online)2090-1453
NLM catalog101566870

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