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The ACS style guide effective communication of scientific information.

"The ACS Style Guide's Third Edition continues its long tradition of providing invaluable insight on ethics in scientific communication, the editorial process, copyright, conventions in chemistry, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing style for any STM author, reviewer, or editor. Th...

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Other Authors: Coghill, Anne M., Garson, Lorrin R., American Chemical Society.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Washington, DC : Oxford ; New York : American Chemical Society ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
Physical Description: xiv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed. /
Subjects:
Chemistry -- Authorship -- Style manuals.
Technical writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language -- Style -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Scientific communication. 1.
  • Ethics in scientific communication /
  • Gordon G. Hammes.
  • Appendix 1-1: Ethical guidelines to publication of chemical research
  • 2.
  • Scientific papers
  • 3.
  • Editorial process.
  • Appendix 3-1: proofreaders' marks
  • 4.
  • Writing style and word usage
  • 5.
  • Electronic submission of manuscripts using web-based systems /
  • Sarah C. Blendermann.
  • Appendix 5-1: Online submission at selected scientific publishers and research grant agencies. Appendix 5-2: Key features of selected online submission systems
  • 6.
  • Peer review /
  • Barbara A. Booth
  • 7.
  • Copyright basics /
  • Karen S. Buehler, C. Arleen Courtney, and Eric S. Slater
  • 8.
  • Markup languages and the datument /
  • Peter Murray-Rust and Henry S. Rzepa.
  • Appendix 8-1:
  • IUPAC International Chemical Identifier, InChI /
  • Stephen R. Heller and Alan D. McNaught
  • Part 2. Style guidelines. 9.
  • Grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
  • Appendix 9-1: Recommended spelling list
  • 10.
  • Editorial style.
  • Appendix 10-1: Computer and internet terms. Appendix 10-2: Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols
  • 11.
  • Numbers, mathematics, and units of measure.
  • Appendix 11-1: The International System of Units (SI)
  • 12.
  • Names and numbers for chemical compounds.
  • Appendix 12-1: End-of-line hyphenation of chemical names. Appendix 12-2:
  • Representation of combinatorial chemistry /
  • Derek Maclean.
  • Appendix 12-3: CAS Registry Numbers
  • 13.
  • Conventions in chemistry.
  • Appendix 13-1: Symbols for commonly used physical quantities. Appendix 13-2:
  • Crystallographic Information File /
  • Frank H. Allen
  • 14.
  • References /
  • Janet S. Dodd, Leah Solla, and Paula M. Bérard.
  • Appendix 14-1: CASSI abbreviations for the 1000+ most commonly cited journals. Appendix 14-2: A sample CASSI entry
  • 15.
  • Figures /
  • Betsy Kulamer
  • 16.
  • Tables /
  • Betsy Kulamer
  • 17.
  • Chemical structures /
  • Antony Williams.
  • PART 1.
  • SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION.
  • 1.
  • Ethics in scientific communication.
  • Appendix 1-1:
  • Ethical guidelines to publication of chemical research
  • 2.
  • Scientific papers
  • 3.
  • The
  • editorial process.
  • Appendix 3-1: proofreaders' marks
  • 4.
  • Writing style and word usage
  • 5.
  • Electronic submission of manuscripts using web-based systems.
  • Appendix 5-1: Online submission at selected scientific publishers and research grant agencies.
  • Appendix 5-2: Key features of selected online submission systems
  • 6.
  • Peer review
  • 7.
  • Copyright basics
  • 8.
  • Markup languages and the datument.
  • Appendix 8-1: The IUPAC International Chemical Identifier, InChI
  • PART 2.
  • STYLE GUIDELINES.
  • 9.
  • Grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Appendix 9-1: Recommended spelling list
  • 10.
  • Editorial style.
  • Appendix 10-1: Computer and internet terms.
  • Appendix 10-2: Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols
  • 11.
  • Numbers, mathematics, and units of measure.
  • Appendix 11-1: The International System of Units (SI)
  • 12.
  • Names and numbers for chemical compounds.
  • Appendix 12-1: End-of-line hyphenation of chemical names.
  • Appendix 12-2: Representation of combinatorial chemistry.
  • Appendix 12-3: CAS Registry Numbers
  • 13.
  • Conventions in chemistry.
  • Appendix 13-1: Symbols for commonly used physical quantities.
  • Appendix 13-2: The Crystallographic Information File
  • 14.
  • References.
  • Appendix 14-1: CASSI abbreviations for the 1000+ most commonly cited journals.
  • Appendix 14-2: A sample CASSI entry
  • 15.
  • Figures
  • 16.
  • Tables
  • 17.
  • Chemical structures
  • 18.
  • Selected bibliography.

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