Journal abbreviation: Preventive medicine reports

The abbreviation of the journal title "Preventive medicine reports" is "Prev. Med. Rep.". 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
PreventivePrev.matches the stem "prevent-"
medicineMed.matches the word "medic"
reportsRep.matches the word "report"

Abbreviation systems

In academic research, the ISO 4 abbreviation is a standardized system devised by the International Organization for Standardization for the purpose of abbreviating journal titles consistently. This facilitates ease of reference and improved communication within the research community.

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 titlePreventive medicine reports
AbbreviationPrev. Med. Rep.
ISSN (print)NA
ISSN (online)2211-3355
NLM catalog101643766

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