The ACS Style is a set of standards for writing documents relating to chemistry, including a standard method of
citation
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in
academic publication
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s, developed by the
American Chemical Society (ACS).
Previous editions 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).
As of 2020, ACS style guidance and best practices for scholarly communication in the sciences are incorporated into the ''ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication'', edited by Gregory M. Banik, Grace Baysinger,
Prashant V. Kamat
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, and
Norbert Pienta
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. The ''Guide'' is published online by ACS Publications.
Citation format
;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
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''
*''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:
The are optional.
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. . .
*Gregory M. Banik (Editor), Grace Baysinger (Editor), Prashant V. Kamat (Editor), Norbert Pienta (Editor). ''The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication''. American Chemical Society, 2020.
doi: 10.1021/acsguide {{ISBN, 9780841235861.
External links
ACS Style Guidelines
Style
Bibliography
Style guides for American English
Academic style guides
Style guides for technical and scientific writing