Journal abbreviation: South African dental journal
The abbreviation of the journal title "South African dental journal" is "S. Afr. Dent. J.". 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.
| Title | Abbreviation | Word/Stem/Rule |
|---|---|---|
| South | S. | matches the word "South in the term South Africa" |
| African | Afr. | matches the word "Africa in the term South Africa" |
| dental | Dent. | matches the stem "denta-" |
| journal | J. | matches the word "journal" |
About the journal
| Full journal title | South African dental journal |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | S. Afr. Dent. J. |
| ISSN (print) | 0375-1562 |
| ISSN (online) | NA |
| NLM catalog | NA |