Journal abbreviation: Sign language studies

The abbreviation of the journal title "Sign language studies" is "Sign Lang. Stud.". 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
SignSignNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
languageLang.matches the stem "language-"
studiesStud.matches the word "studies"

Abbreviation systems

The International Organization for Standardization has developed the ISO 4 abbreviation system as a means of creating uniform abbreviations for journal titles. This allows researchers and academics to easily recognize and refer to journals in a consistent manner.

The abbreviation of journal titles follows ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for an array of subjects, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and related disciplines.

About the journal

Full journal titleSign language studies
AbbreviationSign Lang. Stud.
ISSN (print)0302-1475
ISSN (online)1533-6263
NLM catalog0415764

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