diff --git a/MNRAS_abbreviations.txt b/MNRAS_abbreviations.txt
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+++ b/MNRAS_abbreviations.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Acta Astronomica = Acta Astron.
-Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics = ARA\&A
+Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics = ARA&A
 Astronomische Nachrichten = Astron. Nachrichten
-Astronomy and Astrophysics = A\&A
-Astrophysics and Space Science = Ap\&SS
+Astronomy and Astrophysics = A&A
+Astrophysics and Space Science = Ap&SS
 GRB Coordinates Network = NASA-GCN
-Journal of Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics = J. Cosmology \& Astro-Part. Phys.
+Journal of Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics = J. Cosmology & Astro-Part. Phys.
 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society = MNRAS
 Nature = Nat
 New Astronomy Review = New Astron. Rev.