Journal Terms List -- Truncation of Entries

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I maintain a Word master list of journals which I import to Endnote’s (ver. X6) Journal Term List as a 3-column entry:

Full journal: the ISSN register’s serial key title, e.g., Journal of Modern Optics (Print)

Abbreviation 1: a full title based on the ISSN register serial key title, e.g., Journal of Modern Optics

Abbreviation 2: the ISSN register’s abbreviated key title (sometimes modified slightly), e.g., J. Mod. Opt.

Abbreviation 3 is not used.

I’ve noticed that with very long serial  titles, Abbreviations 1 and 2 may be truncated or missing. For example:

Full journal: Bulletin International de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences et des Lettres. Classe de Philologie, Classe d’Histoire et de Philosophie

Abbreviation 1: Bulletin International de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences et des Lettres. Classe de Philologie, Classe d’H [truncated halfway through Histoire]

Abbreviation 2: [blank]

It seems there is a character limit on each entry in the term list, somewhere around 240 characters. Could this character limit be expanded?

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Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that users have an option to increase the character number. You might submit a suggestion on the Product Suggestions of the forum.

You might also check if the publication or agency/organization you’re writing for may have specifications for journal titles as some prefer abbreviated or truncated titles. Lengthy titles take up more publication space so unless it’s required for your discipline or the publication  then shorter titles should be acceptable.