RE: Journal abbreviations (ISO journal abbreviations)

RE: Journal abbreviations (ISO journal abbreviations)
Author: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns?= Eriksson    Posted: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:29:18 +0100
Thank You for answering! Måns Eriksson >(slightly off topic) > >>>From the issn site: > >What is the ISO 4 standard? > >The ISO 4 standard defines the rules for the abbreviation of title words and >titles of publications. The words of the List of Title Word Abbreviations >are abbreviated in accordance with this standard, for which the ISSN >International Centre is the maintenance agency since 1974. In conformity >with the field of application of this standard, the abbreviations can also >be used for the abbreviations of titles of non serial publications. > >You can order it from ISSN (probably for 100 eur) > >http://www.issn.org:8080/English/pub/products/lstwa ><http://www.issn.org:8080/English/pub/products/lstwa> > > > >regards > >Wouter Gerritsma > > > >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >Van: namens Mˆ*ns Eriksson >Verzonden: di 2004-02-10 8:23 >Aan: Endnote-Interest >CC: >Onderwerp: Re: Journal abbreviations (slightly off-topic) > > > >Journal abbreviation is troublesome, no doubt about it. I can't give >you the answer you ask for, but I want to ask about the ISO standard >you mention. What is this, and where can I find it? > >Mˆ*ns Eriksson _________________________________________________ > >Department of Linguistics Phone: + 46 31 7735229 >Gˆ�teborg University Fax: + 46 31 7734853 >Box 200 Phone home: + 46 31 7759010 >SE 405 30 GˆñTEBORG E-mail: /> >SWEDEN > > >>Just out of interest, has anybody ever heard of a manuscript being >>returned because the journal titles in the reference list weren't >>abbreviated according to the correct abbreviation style? I'm not >>convinced that editors really understand what they're asking for some >>of the time. I've often seen instructions to authors referring to >>abbreviations according to a BIOSIS document that I've never been able >>to track down (not the BIOSIS List of Serials). I once asked a senior >>member of staff at BIOSIS UK about it. He had been asked about it >>many times, and has never found the document himself: he told me that >>they actually use the ISO standard. >> >>Whenever I do any EndNote training I always point out the >>multiplicity of output styles and question the need for so many, >>asking any members of staff who are on editorial boards to take this >>back and see if they could standardize more. Perhaps if we all did >>this the message might start to sink in. >> >>I'd be interested to hear from anybody who has seen such a rejection, >>but please don't shower the list with lots of "Nos" :-) >> >>Ian >> >>===================================================== >>Ian McCulloch >>Electronic Resources Librarian >>Centre for Ecology and Hydrology >>CEH Lancaster >>Lancaster Environment Centre >>Bailrigg >>Lancaster LA1 4AP >>UK http://www.ceh.ac.uk <http://www.ceh.ac.uk> >> >>Tel. 01524 595905 >>Fax 01524 61536 >> >> >> >> >>________________________________________________________________________ >>This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email >>Security System. > > > >________________________________________________________________________ >This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email >Security System. > > >________________________________________________________________________ >This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email >Security System. ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

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