The ACS Style is a set of standards for writing documents relating to chemistry, including a standard method of citation 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.

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;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'' 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 ''Journal of Analytic ...

'' *''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 Amer ...

'' *''J. Phys. Chem. A'' – ''

'' (A, B, or C) *''J. Org. Chem.'' – ''

Journal of Organic Chemistry ''The Journal of Organic Chemistry'', colloquially known as ''JOC'', is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for original contributions of fundamental research in all branches of theory and practice in organic and bioorganic chemistry. It is publi ...

'' *''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. As also confirmed by various measurement standards, which include the ''Journa ...

'' *''Tetrahedron'' – ''

Tetrahedron In geometry, a tetrahedron (plural: tetrahedra or tetrahedrons), also known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, six straight edges, and four vertex corners. The tetrahedron is the simplest of all th ...

'' *''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 2020 impact factor of 2.415. Index ...

'' *''Acc. Chem. Res.'' – ''

Accounts of Chemical Research ''Accounts of Chemical Research'' is a semi-monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society containing overviews of basic research and applications in chemistry and biochemistry. It was established in 1968 and th ...

'' ;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.

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