Journal abbreviation: Respiratory care clinics of North America

The abbreviation of the journal title "Respiratory care clinics of North America" is "Respir. Care 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
RespiratoryRespir.matches the stem "respirat-"
careCareNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
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

ISO 4 abbreviation is a uniform system created by the International Organization for Standardization to abbreviate journal titles in a consistent manner. It serves to facilitate effective communication and reference within the academic community.

ISO, or International Organization for Standardization, is a journal title abbreviation system for multiple fields. NLM (National Library of Medicine) abbreviations are used in biomedical sciences, while CASSI (CAS Source Index) abbreviations apply to chemistry and associated fields.

About the journal

Full journal titleRespiratory care clinics of North America
AbbreviationRespir. Care Clin. N. Am.
ISSN (print)1078-5337
ISSN (online)1558-3155
NLM catalog9612026

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