International Standard Serial Number International Standard Serial Number An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication. The ISSN is especially helpful in distinguishing between serials with the same title. ISSN are used in ordering, cataloging, interlibrary loans, and other practices in connection with serial literature. The ISSN system was first drafted as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) international standard in 1971 and published as ISO 3297 in 1975. ISO subcommittee TC 46/SC 9 is responsible for maintaining the standard. When a serial with the same content is published in more than one media
International Standard Serial Number with also an optional label. All are used in standard metadata context like JATS, and the labels also, frequently, as abbreviations. "p-ISSN" is a standard label for "Print ISSN", the ISSN for the print media (paper) version of a serial. Usually it is the "default media", so the "default ISSN". "e-ISSN" (or eISSN) is a standard label for "Electronic ISSN", the ISSN for the electronic media (online) version of a serial. "ISSN-L" is a unique identifier for all versions of the serial containing the same content across different media. As defined by "ISO 3297:2007", the "linking ISSN (ISSN-L)" provides a