Journal abbreviation: Technical services quarterly
The abbreviation of the journal title "Technical services quarterly" is "Tech. Serv. 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.
| Title | Abbreviation | Word/Stem/Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | Tech. | matches the stem "techni-" |
| services | Serv. | matches the stem "servic-" |
| quarterly | Q. | matches the word "quarterly" |
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.
Journal title abbreviations are divided into ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for broad disciplines, NLM (National Library of Medicine) for biomedical and life sciences, and CASSI (CAS Source Index) for chemistry and related fields.
About the journal
| Full journal title | Technical services quarterly |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Tech. Serv. Q. |
| ISSN (print) | 0731-7131 |
| ISSN (online) | 1555-3337 |
| NLM catalog | NA |