Journal abbreviation: Southwestern journal of anthropology

The abbreviation of the journal title "Southwestern journal of anthropology" is "Southwest. J. Anthropol.". 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
SouthwesternSouthwest.matches the word "southwestern"
journalJ.matches the word "journal"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
anthropologyAnthropol.matches the stem "anthropolog-"

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.

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 titleSouthwestern journal of anthropology
AbbreviationSouthwest. J. Anthropol.
ISSN (print)0038-4801
ISSN (online)2328-1839
NLM catalog0410475

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