Journal title abbreviations

Abbreviations of titles of journals should generally follow the forms adopted by Chemical Abstracts. 

Secondary references should be avoided if possible. If an original source is not examined, the secondary source should be given along with the original reference if possible, a secondary source should in any case be given for references to originals in Russian, Japanese, and other less widely read languages. 

Authors initials should always precede the surname. Commas should be placed after the surname, except when a reference contains only two authors. The word and should precede the last name of all multiauthored references. There should be a comma after the volume number or after the abbreviated journal title if there is no volume number (not both). The year should always appear at the end of references to journals, in parentheses. (See examples below). 

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Further steps toward universality are taken by the replacement of element and compound names wherever possible by symbols and formulas, and by adding to data in older units their recalculated SI equivalents. The usefulness of the reference sections has been increased by giving journal-title abbreviations according to the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index, by listing in each reference all of its authors and by accompanying references to patents and journals that may be difficult to access by their Chemical... 

The entries of this index were derived directly by computer program from the lists of references. The accuracy of the references was the sole responsibility of the authors. No editorial check, except for format and journal-title abbreviation, was applied. Consequently, errors occurring in authors names in the references will recur in this index. 

Table 17.1 Sample journal-title abbreviations according to CASSI.

In journal format, the series title is used as a journal title, abbreviated according to CASSI and italicized, and the series number is used as a journal volume number. 

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