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{{short description|Standards for writing documents relating to chemistry}}
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The '''ACS Style''' is a set of standards for writing documents relating to chemistry, including a standard method of [[citation]] in [[academic journal|academic publication]]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]], 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]]''
*''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 (journal)|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. {{red|"Title".}} ''Journal''{{red|,}} '''Year''', ''Volume''{{red| (issue)}}, Pages.

;Example of a journal citation:
{{quotation|Deno, N. C.; Richey, H. G.; Liu, J. S.; Lincoln, D. N.; Turner, J. O. {{red|"Carbonium Ions. XIX. The Intense Conjugation in Cyclopropyl Carbonium Ions".}} ''J. Am. Chem. Soc.''{{red|,}} '''1965''', ''87''{{red| (20)}}, 4533–4538.}}
The {{red|red texts}} 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.  {{doi|10.1021/bk-2006-STYG}}. {{isbn|9780841239999}}.
*Gregory M. Banik (Editor), Grace Baysinger (Editor), Prashant V. Kamat (Editor), Norbert Pienta (Editor). ''The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication''. American Chemical Society, 2020.  [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/book/10.1021/acsguide doi: 10.1021/acsguide]. {{ISBN|9780841235861}}.

== See also ==
* [[AIP style]]
* [[IEEE style]]

== External links ==
* [https://researchguides.library.wisc.edu/acsstyle Summary of ACS citation style], via University of Wisconsin library
* [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/book/10.1021/acsguide Full 2020 online edition] (subscription or institutional access required)

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