The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coghill, Anne M.

Garson, Lorrin R.

American Chemical Society.

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemical literature--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Chemical literature.

Scientific literature--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Scientific literature.

English language--Style--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

English language.

English language--Style.

Authorship.

Chemical literature--Authorship.

Authorship--Style manuals.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Style manuals.

Physical Description:

xiv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Third edition / Anne M. Coghill, Lorrin R. Garson, editors.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

In the time since the second edition of The ACS Style Guide was published, the rapid growth of electronic communication has dramatically changed the scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publication world. This dynamic mode of dissemination is enabling scientists, engineers, and medical practitioners all over the world to obtain and transmit information quickly and easily. An essential constant in this changing environment is the requirement that information remain accurate, clear, unambiguous, and ethically sound.

This extensive revision of The ACS Style Guide thoroughly examines electronic tools now available to assist STM writers in preparing manuscripts and communicating with publishers. Valuable updates include discussions of markup languages, citation of electronic sources, online submission of manuscripts, and preparation of figures, tables, and structures. In keeping current with the changing environment, this edition also contains references to many resources on the internet.

With this wealth of new 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. The Third Edition is the definitive source for all information needed to write, review, submit, and edit scholarly and scientific manuscripts.

Contents:

Part 1 Scientific Communication

1 Ethics in Scientific Communication / Gordon G. Hammes 3

Appendix 1-1 Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research 11

2 Scientific Papers 17

3 The Editorial Process 27

Appendix 3-1 Proofreaders' Marks 36

4 Writing Style and Word Usage 41

5 Electronic Submission of Manuscripts Using Web-Based Systems / Sarah C. Blendermann 59

Appendix 5-1 Online Submission at Selected Scientific Publishers and Research Grant Agencies 65

Appendix 5-2 Key Features of Selected Online Submission Systems 68

6 Peer Review / Barbara A. Booth 71

7 Copyright Basics / Karen S. Buehler, C. Arleen Courtney, Eric S. Slater 77

8 Markup Languages and the Datument / Peter Murray-Rust, Henry S. Rzepa 87

Appendix 8-1 The IUPAC International Chemical Identifier, InChI / Stephen R. Heller, Alan D. McNaught 101

Part 2 Style Guidelines

9 Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling 105

Appendix 9-1 Recommended Spelling List 129

10 Editorial Style 135

Appendix 10-1 Computer and Internet Terms 163

Appendix 10-2 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols 169

11 Numbers, Mathematics, and Units of Measure 203

Appendix 11-1 The International System of Units (SI) 228

12 Names and Numbers for Chemical Compounds 233

Appendix 12-1 End-of-Line Hyphenation of Chemical Names 247

Appendix 12-2 Representation of Combinatorial Chemistry / Derek Maclean 250

Appendix 12-3 CAS Registry Numbers 253

13 Conventions in Chemistry 255

Appendix 13-1 Symbols for Commonly Used Physical Quantities 277

Appendix 13-2 The Crystallographic Information File / Frank H. Allen 284

Appendix 14-1 CASSI Abbreviations for the 1000+ Most Commonly Cited Journals 328

Appendix 14-2 A Sample CASSI Entry 340

17 Chemical Structures / Antony Williams 375.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-388) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

0841239991

0841274002

OCLC:

62872860

Publisher Number:

9780841239999

9780841274006