Address Abbreviations

Words that appear in author addresses are frequently abbreviated, and you should use the abbreviations when entering search terms in the General Search or Place Search address fields. ISI abbreviates address words based on the following list. Other address elements such as corporate and institution names and state/country names are also abbreviated. To be sure that you enter the exact abbreviation, you can highlight the abbreviation and then use your browser's copy and paste functions to copy the abbreviation from this page and paste it into the Address field on the General Search or Place Search pages. Note that if the original publisher has abbreviated an address, it appears in the ISI database in this abbreviated form, which may not conform to ISI's standards for abbreviation. Click on a letter to move through the abbreviation list alphabetically.  A-K A B C D E F G H I J K Abteilung Abt Academy Acad Accident Accid Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIDS Administration Adm Advance(d) Adv Aerospace Aerosp Agency Agcy Agriculture Agr Air Force AF Air Force Base AFB Akademy Akad America(n) Amer Analysis Anal Angewandte Angew Animal Anim Anthropol (any ending, e.g. Anthropology, Anthropologist) Anthropol Apparatus Apparat Applied Appl Arch (any ending, e.g. Archive, Archives) Arch Arthritis Arthrit Association Assoc Avenue Ave Behavior(al) Behav Bibliog (any ending, e.g. Bibliography, Bibliographies) Bibliog Biochemistry Biochem Bio l(any ending, e.g. Biology, Biologist) Biol Botany Bot Boulevard Blvd Brothers Bros Building Bldg Bureau Bur Cancer Canc Center Ctr Central Cent Chem (any ending, e.g. Chemistry, Chemical) Chem Chimie Chim Chirurgie Chirurg Cientificas Cient Clin (any ending, e.g. Clinic, Clinical) Clin College Coll Comite Com Committee Comm Communication Commun Company Co Comparat (any ending, e.g. Comparative) Comparat Compounds Cpds Computer Comp Conference Conf Corporation Corp County Cty Defence Def Dental Dent Department Dept Deutsch Deutsch Development Dev Diabetes Diabet Diagnosis Diag Disease Dis District Dist Division Div Drive Dr East E Econ (any ending, e.g. Economy, Economist) Econ Education Educ Egyetem Egyet Electric/Electronic Elect Electroencephalographic Eeg Elektrische/Elektronik Elekt Engineering Engn Environment Environm Establishment/Establissement Estab Étude Etud Experiment(al) Expt Faculty Fac Fakulty Fak Farmacia Farm Federal Fed Fisica Fis Forschung Forsch Fort Ft Foundation Fdn Fysica Fys General Gen Gesellschaft Gesell Government Govt Graduate Grad Group Grp Health Hlth Heights Hts History Hist Hochschule Hsch Hogeskole Hgsk Hopital Hop Horticulture Hort Hospital Hosp Husbandry Husb Hygiene Hyg Incorporated Inc Industry Ind Infectious Infect Infirmary Infirm Ingegneria Ingn Institute Inst Istituto Ist International Int Intro (any ending, e.g. Introduction) Intro Investigation Invest Island Isl Junior Jr Kemiai Kem Klinik Klin Konference/Konferenz Konf   L-Z L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Laboratories Labs Laboratory Lab Lecture Lect Library Lib Limited Ltd Maladies Malad Manufacturing Mfg Marketing Mkt Material Mat Mathematics Math Mechanical Mech Medecine Med Medicine Med Meditskkaya Med Medizin Med Memorial Mem Metabolic Metab Metal Met Military Mil Mining Min Ministry Minist Molecular/Molecule/Molekular Mol Mount Mt Nacional Nacl National Natl Natural Nat Navigation Nav Nazionale Nazl North N Northeast Ne Northern No Northwest Nw Nuclear Nucl Nuklear Nukl Nutrition Nutr Observatory Observ Obstetrics Obstet Office Off Organization Org Ospedale Osped Paediatrics Paediat Park Pk Parkway Pkwy Pediatrics Pediat Petroleum Petr Pharmaceut (any ending, e.g. Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceuticals) Pharmaceut Pharmacol (any ending, e.g. Pharmacology, Pharmacologist) Pharmacol Pharmacy Pharm Physiol (any ending, e.g. Physiology, Physiologist) Physiol Place Pl Post Office Po Post Office Box Pob Process Proc Products Prod Professor Prof Propulsion Prop Protein Prot Province Prov Psychiatry Psychiat Psychol (any ending, e.g. Psychology, Psychologist) Psychol Pulmonary Pulm Quimica Quim Radiat (any ending, e.g. Radiation) Radiat Recherche Rech Rehabilitation Rehabil Reproduction Reprod Research Res Respiratory Resp Ricerca Ric Road Rd Saint St Sanatorium Sanat Sanitary Sanit School Sch Science Sci Semiconductor Semicond Service Serv Society Soc South S Southeast Se Southern So Southwest Sw Spectroscopy Spect Square Sq Standard Stand Station Stn Statistics Stat Strasse Str Street St Structure Struct Substance Subst Superior Super Surgery Surg Synthesis Synth System Syst Technical, Techische Tech Technical High School/Technische Hochschule TH Telephone Tel Temperature Temp Territory Terr Textile Text Transact (any ending, e.g. Transactions) Transact Tuberculosis Tb Tudomanyos Tud United States US University Univ Vascular Vasc Veterans Administration Vet Adm Veterinary Vet Weapons Weap Welfare Welf West W Wissenschaft Wissensch Zentral Zent

The following geographic address items are abbreviated: U.S. states are abbreviated using the standard two-characters abbreviations The names of foreign countries with more than 15 characters in their names are abbreviated. (Also listed here are country name changes made in the database). You should use the abbreviations when entering search terms in the General Search or Place Search address fields. Other address elements such as corporate and institution names and street address and department/division names are also abbreviated. To be sure that you enter the exact abbreviation, you can highlight the abbreviation and then use your browser's copy and paste functions to copy the abbreviation from this page and paste it into the Address field on the General Search or Place Search pages. Note that if the original publisher has abbreviated an address, it appears in the ISI database in this abbreviated form, which may not conform to ISI's standards for abbreviation.

U.S. State Abbreviations Alaska-Kansas Alaska AK Alabama AL Arkansas AR American Samoa AS Arizona AZ California CA Colorado CO Connecticut CT Canal Zone CZ District of Columbia DC Delaware DE Florida FL Georgia GA Guam GU Hawaii HI Iowa IA Idaho ID Illinois IL Indiana IN Kansas KS Kentucky-Ohio Kentucky KY Louisiana LA Massachusetts MA Maryland MD Maine ME Michigan MI Minnesota MN Missouri MO Mississippi MS Montana MT North Carolina NC North Dakota ND Nebraska NE Nevada NV New Hampshire NH New Jersey NJ New Mexico NM New York NY Northern Mariana Islands CM Ohio OH Oklahoma-Wyoming Oklahoma OK Oregon OR Pennsylvania PA Puerto Rico PR Rhode Island RI South Carolina SC South Dakota SD Tennessee TN Trust Territories TT Texas TX US Overseas Military AA, AE, AP Utah UT Virginia VA Virgin Islands VI Vermont VT Washington WA Wisconsin WI West Virginia WV Wyoming WY Country Name Abbreviations Names of foreign countries are spelled out in the database as space permits (up to 15 characters). The abbreviations currently used for countries with names longer than 15 characters are listed in the left-hand column below. The right-hand column below lists the country name changes made to the database in the years listed. Country Name Abbreviations Antigua & Barbuda Antigua & Barbu Bosnia & Hercegovina Bosnia & Herceg Central African Republic Cent Afr Republ Dominican Republic Dominican Rep Equatorial Guinea Equat Guinea French Austral Lands Fr Austr Lands French Polynesia Fr Polynesia Malagasy Republic Malagasy Republ Mongolian People's Republic Mongol Peo Rep Netherlands Antilles Neth Antilles Northern Ireland North Ireland Papua New Guinea Papua N Guinea People's Republic of China Peoples R China Republic of Georgia Rep of Georgia Sao Tome E Principe Sao Tome E Prin Saint Kitts & Nevis St Kitts & Nevi Trinidad & Tobago Trinid & Tobago United Arab Emirates U Arab Emirates Additions/Deletions/Changes 1994 Deleted Czechoslovakia Added Czech Republic Added Slovakia Changed Congo Peopl Rep to Congo Changed Spanish Sahara to Western Sahara Deleted Senegambia Added Senegal Added Gambia Changed St Christ & Nev to St Kitts & Nevi Added Eritrea   1993 Deleted USSR Added: Armenia Azerbaijan Byelarus Estonia Rep of Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Moldova Tajikstan Turkmenistan Russia Ukraine Uzbekistan Added Bosnia & Herceg Added Croatia Added Macedonia Added Slovenia   1991 Deleted Fed Rep Ger Deleted Ger Dem Rep Added Germany   1989 Changed Afars & Issas to Djibouti Changed Belau to Palau Changed Cent Afr Empire to Cent Afr Republ Added Ciskei Changed Portuguese Guin to Guinea Bissau Changed Ivory Coast to Cote Ivoire Changed Khmer Republic to Cambodia Corrected Leichtenstein to Liechtenstein Madagascar changed to Malagassy Republ Added Namibia Added Transkei Added Venda