Journal abbreviation: Nigerian Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

The abbreviation of the journal title "Nigerian Journal of Postgraduate Medicine" is "Niger. J. Postgrad. 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.

TitleAbbreviationWord/Stem/Rule
NigerianNiger.matches the stem "nigeria-"
JournalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
PostgraduatePostgrad.matches the word "postgraduate"
MedicineMed.matches the word "medic"

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.

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 titleNigerian Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
AbbreviationNiger. J. Postgrad. Med.
ISSN (print)2006-8530
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalogNA

Other journal abbreviations