Journal abbreviation: Water resources research

The abbreviation of the journal title "Water resources research" is "Water Resour. Res.". 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
WaterWaterNo abbreviation listed in TWA.
resourcesResour.matches the stem "resource-"
researchRes.matches the stem "research-"

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.

ISO, standing for International Organization for Standardization, is a universal abbreviation system for journal titles across disciplines. NLM, or National Library of Medicine, is specific to biomedical sciences, and CASSI, the CAS Source Index, caters to chemistry-related disciplines.

About the journal

Full journal titleWater resources research
AbbreviationWater Resour. Res.
ISSN (print)0043-1397
ISSN (online)1944-7973
NLM catalog7501965

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