Journal abbreviation: United States Armed Forces medical journal

The abbreviation of the journal title "United States Armed Forces medical journal" is "U. S. Armed Forces Med. 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.

TitleAbbreviationWord/Stem/Rule
UnitedU.matches the word "United in the term United States"
StatesS.matches the word "States in the term United States"
ArmedArmedNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
ForcesForcesNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
medicalMed.matches the word "medical"
journalJ.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.

ISO, or International Organization for Standardization, is a journal title abbreviation system for multiple fields. NLM (National Library of Medicine) abbreviations are used in biomedical sciences, while CASSI (CAS Source Index) abbreviations apply to chemistry and associated fields.

About the journal

Full journal titleUnited States Armed Forces medical journal
AbbreviationU. S. Armed Forces Med. J.
ISSN (print)0566-0777
ISSN (online)NA
NLM catalog21410750R

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