Journal abbreviation: Orthopaedic physical therapy clinics of North America

The abbreviation of the journal title "Orthopaedic physical therapy clinics of North America" is "Orthop. Phys. Ther. Clin. N. Am.". 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
OrthopaedicOrthop.matches the stem "orthopaedi-"
physicalPhys.matches the stem "physica-"
therapyTher.matches the stem "therap-"
clinicsClin.matches the stem "clinic-"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
NorthN.matches the word "North in the term North America"
AmericaAm.matches the word "America in the term North America"

Abbreviation systems

The International Organization for Standardization has developed the ISO 4 abbreviation system as a means of creating uniform abbreviations for journal titles. This allows researchers and academics to easily recognize and refer to journals in a consistent manner.

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About the journal

Full journal titleOrthopaedic physical therapy clinics of North America
AbbreviationOrthop. Phys. Ther. Clin. N. Am.
ISSN (print)1059-1516
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalog9310814

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