Journal abbreviation: San Francisco medicine

The abbreviation of the journal title "San Francisco medicine" is "San Franc. Med.". 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
SanSanmatches the word "San in the term San Francisco"
FranciscoFranc.matches the word "Francisco in the term San Francisco"
medicineMed.matches the word "medic"

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, standing for International Organization for Standardization, is a universal abbreviation system for journal titles across disciplines. NLM, or National Library of Medicine, is specific to biomedical sciences, and CASSI, the CAS Source Index, caters to chemistry-related disciplines.

About the journal

Full journal titleSan Francisco medicine
AbbreviationSan Franc. Med.
ISSN (print)0361-705X
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalog7605445

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