Journal abbreviation: University of Western Ontario medical journal

The abbreviation of the journal title "University of Western Ontario medical journal" is "Univ. West. Ont. 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
UniversityUniv.matches the stem "universit-"
ofRule 4.3: prepositions shall be omitted from title abbreviations.
WesternWest.matches the stem "western-"
OntarioOnt.matches the word "Ontario"
medicalMed.matches the word "medical"
journalJ.matches the word "journal"

Abbreviation systems

ISO 4 abbreviation is a uniform system created by the International Organization for Standardization to abbreviate journal titles in a consistent manner. It serves to facilitate effective communication and reference within the academic community.

Journal title abbreviations can be classified into ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for general 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 titleUniversity of Western Ontario medical journal
AbbreviationUniv. West. Ont. Med. J.
ISSN (print)0042-0336
ISSN (online)2560-8274
NLM catalogNA

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