Take the 2-minute tour ×  This is kind of embarrassing, but I
never figured out how to cite journal names in the bibliography,
especially when to abbreviate and how. For example, do we write
"Adv. in Math." or "Advances in Math."? Or is "Trans. of AMS"
OK? So:  Is there any formal guideline on how to cite and
abbreviate journals names in a math paper?  I googled and found
one resources which says: follow Math Sci Net. But it is not
very convenient, since I would have to go to Math Sci Net and
search for such journal every time I need to cite it.  And while
we are at it, what is the protocol on arxiv links? Do we keep
them in the citation after the paper is published, since it is
still the most accessible source?  Thank you!  share|improve
this question You might find the resources listed in the
following question helpful :
mathoverflow.net/questions/20551/sources-for-bibtex-entries/….
Personally, I just use AMS's mref to typeset each of my
bibliographic entries, and it uses the standard abbreviations.
–  Andy