ACS style

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Style guides

ACS Style Guide The Associated Press Stylebook The Chicago Manual of Style The Elements of Typographic Style ISO 690 MHRA Style Guide The MLA Handbook The MLA Style Manual The New York Times Manual The Oxford Guide to Style New Hart's Rules The Publication Manual of the APA

The ACS style, a standard method of citation in academic publications, originated with the American Chemical Society (ACS). The printed versions of the ACS style manual are entitled ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information, 3rd ed. (2006), edited by Anne M. Coghill and Lorrin R. Garson, and ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors (1997).

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Abbreviations

Titles of journals are abbreviated; e.g.:

J. Am. Chem. Soc. – Journal of the American Chemical Society
J. Phys. Chem. – Journal of Physical Chemistry
J. Phys. Chem. A – Journal of Physical Chemistry (A, B, or C)
J. Org. Chem. – Journal of Organic Chemistry
Org Lett – Organic Letters
Phys. Rev. Lett. – Physical Review Letters
Tetrahedron – Tetrahedron
Tetrahedron Lett – Tetrahedron Letters
Acc. Chem. Res. – Accounts of Chemical Research

Article published in a journal

Last Name, First Initial.; Last Name, First Initial. Journal. Year, Volume, Pages.

Example of a journal citation

Deno, N. C.; Richey, H. G.; Liu, J. S.; Lincoln, D. N.; Turner, J. O. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1965, 87, 4533-4538.

[edit] Further reading

Anne M. Coghill (Editor), Lorrin R. Garson (Editor). The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. 3rd ed. American Chemical Society, 2006.