Journal abbreviation: PLoS clinical trials
The abbreviation of the journal title "PLoS clinical trials" is "PLoS Clin. Trials". 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.
| Title | Abbreviation | Word/Stem/Rule |
|---|---|---|
| PLoS | PLoS | Rule 4.4: Acronyms shall be retained in the abbreviated title. |
| clinical | Clin. | matches the stem "clinic-" |
| trials | Trials | No abbreviation listed in TWA. |
About the journal
| Full journal title | PLoS clinical trials |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PLoS Clin. Trials |
| ISSN (online) | 1555-5887 |
| NLM catalog | 101257529 |