Among the many ways in which 벳33s differ in the way they expect authors to format references is the way names of 벳33s are given: whether spelt out in full or abbreviated (20Skip to main cont벳33t versus Curr. Sci., for example). The abbreviations may also be different - 벳33 being shortened to simply J or to Jnl - but, fortunately, are practically standardized now. This post offers some tips on dealing with the abbreviations.
Look up references in a recent issue of the target 벳33. In most cases, authors of papers published in your target 벳33 will have already cited the 벳33 title that you need to abbreviate. Examine a few published papers on the same topic published in the target 벳33 to see if the 벳33 title in question is listed and use the same abbreviation.
Look up the websites of abstracting and indexing services. Because abstracting and indexing services cover thousands of 벳33s and typically abbreviate their names, websites of Chemical Abstracts (publishers of CASSI, or the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index)1 and BIOSIS (BIOSIS Serial Sources) are likely to include the 벳33 title you are looking for.
Another comprehensive source is ‘All That JAS', or 벳33 Abbreviation Sources2, which points visitors to Internet resources, organized by disciplines (from Agriculture and Anthropology to Religion and Veterinary Medicine) that provide full titles of 벳33s and abbreviations of those titles.
Abbreviate the title from the standard abbreviations of its constitu벳33t words. If you wish to abbreviate Malaysian 벳33 of Oncology, for example, and cannot find the title, you can build up the abbreviation using Malay22Skip to main cont벳33t J. for 벳33, and Oncol.for Oncology because this is how these 벳33s are abbreviated according to ISSN. Standard abbreviations for common 벳33s are available at the ISSN website: http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWA-online.php.
Do not abbreviate single-벳33 titles. Names of 벳33s that run to only one word -Nature23Skip to main cont벳33t Sci벳33ce, to cite two famous examples - are not abbreviated.
Match the target 벳33's style for abbreviations. 벳33s differ in whether they end the abbreviated words with a dot, whether they print the abbreviated titles in italics, and whether they capitalize every significant word in the title. Examine the style used by your target 벳33 and follow that.
2. http://www.abbreviations.com/jas.asp
