Journal abbreviation: Pacific Medical Journal

The abbreviation of the journal title "Pacific Medical Journal" is "Pac. Med. J.". 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
PacificPac.matches the word "Pacific"
MedicalMed.matches the word "medical"
JournalJ.matches the word "journal"

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.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization), NLM (National Library of Medicine), and CASSI (CAS Source Index) represent three distinct journal title abbreviation systems, with ISO being universal, NLM specific to biomedical fields, and CASSI focusing on chemistry-related subjects.

About the journal

Full journal titlePacific Medical Journal
AbbreviationPac. Med. J.
ISSN (print)1609-1175
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalogNA

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