The ACS Style is a set of standards for writing documents relating to chemistry, including a standard method of
citation
A citation is a reference to a source. More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression embedded in the body of an intellectual work that denotes an entry in the bibliographic references section of the work for the purpose o ...
in
academic publications, developed by the
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all ...
(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, and
Norbert Pienta. 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
The ''Journal of the American Chemical Society'' (also known as JACS) is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1879 by the American Chemical Society. The journal has absorbed two other publications in its history, the ...
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*''J. Phys. Chem.'' – ''
Journal of Physical Chemistry
''The Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' is a scientific journal which reports research on the chemistry of molecules - including their dynamics, spectroscopy, kinetics, structure, bonding, and quantum chemistry. It is published weekly by the Ame ...
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*''J. Phys. Chem. A'' – ''
Journal of Physical Chemistry
''The Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' is a scientific journal which reports research on the chemistry of molecules - including their dynamics, spectroscopy, kinetics, structure, bonding, and quantum chemistry. It is published weekly by the Ame ...
'' (A, B, or C)
*''J. Org. Chem.'' – ''
Journal of Organic Chemistry''
*''Org. Lett.'' – ''
Organic Letters''
*''Phys. Rev. Lett.'' – ''
Physical Review Letters
''Physical Review Letters'' (''PRL''), established in 1958, is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal that is published 52 times per year by the American Physical Society. The journal is considered one of the most prestigious in the field of physics ...
''
*''Tetrahedron'' – ''
Tetrahedron
In geometry, a tetrahedron (: tetrahedra or tetrahedrons), also known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four triangular Face (geometry), faces, six straight Edge (geometry), edges, and four vertex (geometry), vertices. The tet ...
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*''Tetrahedron Lett.'' – ''
Tetrahedron Letters
''Tetrahedron Letters'' is a weekly international journal for rapid publication of full original research papers in the field of organic chemistry. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 1.8
Indexing ...
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*''Acc. Chem. Res.'' – ''
Accounts of Chemical Research
Account (abbreviated a/c) may refer to:
* Account (bookkeeping)
* A report
* A bank account
** Deposit account
** Personal account
** Sweep account
** Transaction account
* User account, the means by which a user can access a computer syst ...
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;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.
See also
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AIP style
The AIP Style is a manual of style created and developed by the American Institute of Physics. It is the most common style used in physics publications.
AIP Style Guide
The ''AIP Style Guide'' is the book that defines the AIP style. It is dis ...
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IEEE style
External links
Summary of ACS citation style via University of Wisconsin library
Full 2020 online edition(subscription or institutional access required)
Style
Style, or styles may refer to:
Film and television
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Bibliography
Style guides for American English
Academic style guides
Style guides for technical and scientific writing