The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information.

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.

• Foreword p. vii Madeleine Jacobs
• Preface p. ix
• Contributors p. xiii
• Part 1 Scientific Communication
• 1 Ethics in Scientific Communication p. 3 Gordon G. Hammes
• Appendix 1-1 Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research p. 11
• 2 Scientific Papers p. 17
• 3 The Editorial Process p. 27
• Appendix 3-1 Proofreaders' Marks p. 36
• 4 Writing Style and Word Usage p. 41
• 5 Electronic Submission of Manuscripts Using Web-Based Systems p. 59 Sarah C. Blendermann
• Appendix 5-1 Online Submission at Selected Scientific Publishers and Research Grant Agencies p. 65
• Appendix 5-2 Key Features of Selected Online Submission Systems p. 68
• 6 Peer Review p. 71 Barbara A. Booth
• 7 Copyright Basics p. 77 Karen S. Buehler and C. Arleen Courtney and Eric S. Slater
• 8 Markup Languages and the Datument p. 87 Peter Murray-Rust and Henry S. Rzepa
• Appendix 8-1 The IUPAC International Chemical Identifier, InChI p. 101 Stephen R. Heller and Alan D. McNaught
• Part 2 Style Guidelines
• 9 Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling p. 105
• Appendix 9-1 Recommended Spelling List p. 129
• 10 Editorial Style p. 135
• Appendix 10-1 Computer and Internet Terms p. 163
• Appendix 10-2 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols p. 169
• 11 Numbers, Mathematics, and Units of Measure p. 203
• Appendix 11-1 The International System of Units (SI) p. 228
• 12 Names and Numbers for Chemical Compounds p. 233
• Appendix 12-1 End-of-Line Hyphenation of Chemical Names p. 247
• Appendix 12-2 Representation of Combinatorial Chemistry p. 250 Derek Maclean
• Appendix 12-3 CAS Registry Numbers p. 253
• 13 Conventions in Chemistry p. 255
• Appendix 13-1 Symbols for Commonly Used Physical Quantities p. 277
• Appendix 13-2 The Crystallographic Information File p. 284 Frank H. Allen
• 14 References p. 287 Janet S. Dodd and Leah Solla and Paula M. Berard
• Appendix 14-1 CASSI Abbreviations for the 1000+ Most Commonly Cited Journals p. 328
• Appendix 14-2 A Sample CASSI Entry p. 340
• 15 Figures p. 343 Betsy Kulamer
• 16 Tables p. 369 Betsy Kulamer
• 17 Chemical Structures p. 375 Antony Williams
• 18 Selected Bibliography p. 385
• Index p. 389