Journal abbreviation: World development indicators
The abbreviation of the journal title "World development indicators" is "World Dev. Indic.". 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 |
|---|---|---|
| World | World | No abbreviation listed in TWA. |
| development | Dev. | matches the stem "develop-" |
| indicators | Indic. | matches the stem "indicat-" |
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.
Journal title abbreviations come in three primary forms: 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 associated fields.
About the journal
| Full journal title | World development indicators |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | World Dev. Indic. |
| ISSN (print) | 1029-4325 |
| ISSN (online) | NA |
| NLM catalog | NA |