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Journal and Conference Abbreviations


The table below includes the journal and conference abbreviations used in the NIST Time and Frequency Publication database. It only includes the abbreviations used by five or more publications in the database.


Full Name of Place of Publication Abbreviation Type of Publication
American Journal of Physics Am. J. Phys. Journal
Applied Optics Appl. Optics Journal
Applied Physics B Appl. Phys. B Journal
Applied Physics Letters Appl. Phys. Lett. Journal
Astrophysical Journal Astrophys. J. Journal
Cal Lab: The International Journal of Metrology Cal Lab Int. J. Metrology Journal
Chemical Physics Letters Chem. Phys. Lett. Journal
Proceedings of Conference on Precision Electromagnetic
Measurements (CPEM)
IEEE CPEM Conf. Dig. Conference
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics IEEE J. Quantum Elect. Journal
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement IEEE T. Instrum. Meas. Journal
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics
and Frequency Control
IEEE T. Ultrason. Ferr. Journal
International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves Int. J. Infrared Milli. Journal
Journal of Applied Physics J. Appl. Phys. Journal
Journal of Chemical Physics J. Chem. Phys. Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research J. Geophys. Res. Journal
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy J. Mol. Spectrosc. Journal
Journal of Optical Society of America B J. Opt. Soc. Am. B Journal
Journal of Physics B J. Phys. B Journal
Journal of Physical Chemistry J. Phys. Chem. Journal
Journal of Quantatative Spectroscopy and
Radiative Transfer
J. Quant. Spectrosc. Ra. Journal
Journal of Research of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology
J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stan. Journal
Nature Nature Journal
Optics Communications Opt. Commun. Journal
Optics Letters Opt. Lett. Journal
Physical Review Phys. Rev. Journal
Physical Review A Phys. Rev. A Journal
Physical Review Letters Phys. Rev. Lett. Journal
Physica Scripta Phys. Scripta Journal
Physics Today Phys. Today Journal
Proceedings of the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF) Proc. EFTF Conf. Conference
Proceedings of the IEEE Proc. IEEE Journal
Proceedings of the IEEE International Frequency Control
Symposium
Proc. IEEE Intl. Freq. Cont. Symp. Conference
Proceedings of International Conference on Atomic
Physics (ICAP)
Proc. ICAP Conf. Conference
Proceedings of International Conference on Laser
Spectroscopy (ICOLS)
Proc. ICOLS Conf. Conference
Proceedings of International Society for Optical
Engineering (SPIE)
Proc. SPIE Conf. Conference
Proceedings of Institute of Navigation Global Positioning
System Conference (ION GPS)
Proc. ION GPS Conf. Conference
Proceedings of Measurement Science Conference (MSC) Proc. Meas. Sci. Conf. Conference
Proceedings of National Conference of Standards Laboratories
International (NCSLI)
Proc. NCSLI Conf. Conference
Proceedings of Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI)
Meeting
Proc. PTTI Mtg. Conference
Radio Science Radio Sci. Journal
Review of Scientific Instruments Rev. Sci. Instrum. Journal
Science Science Journal
Scientific American Sci. Am. Journal


Created May 17, 2010, Updated September 21, 2016