Journal abbreviation: Social psychology quarterly

The abbreviation of the journal title "Social psychology quarterly" is "Soc. Psychol. Q.". 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
SocialSoc.matches the word "social"
psychologyPsychol.matches the stem "psycholog-"
quarterlyQ.matches the word "quarterly"

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 (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 titleSocial psychology quarterly
AbbreviationSoc. Psychol. Q.
ISSN (print)0190-2725
ISSN (online)1939-8999
NLM catalog7910380

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