Journal abbreviation: Nigerian Journal of Science

The abbreviation of the journal title "Nigerian Journal of Science" is "Niger. J. Sci.". 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.
ScienceSci.matches the stem "scienc-"

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.

The abbreviation of journal titles follows ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for an array of subjects, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and related disciplines.

About the journal

Full journal titleNigerian Journal of Science
AbbreviationNiger. J. Sci.
ISSN (print)0029-0114
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalogNA

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