Journal abbreviation: Modern medicine of South Africa

The abbreviation of the journal title "Modern medicine of South Africa" is "Mod. Med. S. Afr.". 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
ModernMod.matches the stem "modern-"
medicineMed.matches the word "medic"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
SouthS.matches the word "South in the term South Africa"
AfricaAfr.matches the word "Africa in the term South Africa"

Abbreviation systems

ISO 4 abbreviation is a uniform system created by the International Organization for Standardization to abbreviate journal titles in a consistent manner. It serves to facilitate effective communication and reference within the academic community.

Journal title abbreviations come in three primary forms: 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 associated fields.

About the journal

Full journal titleModern medicine of South Africa
AbbreviationMod. Med. S. Afr.
ISSN (print)0259-9333
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalogNA

Other journal abbreviations