Journal abbreviation: Topical problems of psychotherapy

The abbreviation of the journal title "Topical problems of psychotherapy" is "Top. Probl. Psychother.". 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
TopicalTop.matches the stem "topic-"
problemsProbl.matches the stem "problem-"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
psychotherapyPsychother.matches the stem "psychotherap-"

Abbreviation systems

ISO 4 abbreviation, as put forth by the International Organization for Standardization, is a method for creating standardized journal title abbreviations. This system ensures that journal titles are easily identifiable and referenced across various academic platforms.

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 titleTopical problems of psychotherapy
AbbreviationTop. Probl. Psychother.
ISSN (print)0082-4925
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalog7511370

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