Journal abbreviation: U.S. Army Medical Department journal
The abbreviation of the journal title "U.S. Army Medical Department journal" is "US Army Med. Dep. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. | US | Rule 4.4: Acronyms shall be retained in the abbreviated title. |
| Army | Army | No abbreviation listed in TWA. |
| Medical | Med. | matches the word "medical" |
| Department | Dep. | matches the stem "department-" |
| journal | J. | matches the word "journal" |
Abbreviation systems
An ISO 4 abbreviation refers to a standardized method for abbreviating journal titles as defined by the International Organization for Standardization. This system ensures consistency and easy identification of journal titles across various databases and citation formats.
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 | U.S. Army Medical Department journal |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | US Army Med. Dep. J. |
| ISSN (print) | 1524-0436 |
| ISSN (online) | 1946-1968 |
| NLM catalog | 9617037 |