The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
3rd ed. / Anne M. Coghill, Lorrin R. Garson, editors.
Published/​Created
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description
xiv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-388) and index.
Contents
  • 1. Ethics in scientific communication / Gordon G. Hammes
  • App. 1-1. Ethical guidelines to publication of chemical research
  • 2. Scientific papers
  • 3. The editorial process
  • App. 3-1. Proofreaders' marks
  • 4. Writing style and word usage
  • 5. Electronic submission of manuscripts using Web-based systems / Sarah C. Blendermann
  • App. 5-1. Online submission at selected scientific publishers and research grant agencies
  • App. 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
  • App. 8-1. The IUPAC international chemical identifier, InChI / Stephen R. Heller and Alan D. McNaught
  • 9. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling
  • App. 9-1. Recommended spelling list
  • 10. Editorial style
  • App. 10-1. Computer and Internet terms
  • App. 10-2. Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols
  • 11. Numbers, mathematics, and units of measure
  • App. 11-1. The international system of units (SI)
  • 12. Names and numbers for chemical compounds
  • App. 12-1. End-of-line hyphenation of chemical names
  • App. 12-2. Representation of combinatorial chemistry / Derek Maclean
  • App. 12-3. CAS registry numbers
  • 13. Conventions in chemistry
  • App. 13-1. Symbols for commonly used physical quantities
  • App. 13-2. The crystallographic information file / Frank H. Allen
  • 14. References / Janet S. Dodd, Leah Solla and Paula M. Berard
  • App. 14-1. CASSI abbreviations for the 1000+ most commonly cited journals
  • App. 14-2. A sample CASSI entry
  • 15. Figures / Betsy Kulamer
  • 16. Tables / Betsy Kulamer
  • 17. Chemical structures / Antony Williams.
ISBN
  • 0841239991 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0841274002 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006040668
OCLC
62872860
International Article Number
  • 9780841239999
  • 9780841274006
RCP
C - S
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