Citing in the Sciences

The ACS Style Guide, from the American Chemical Society, is the most prevalent citation style for chemical publications.

The most up-to-date version, titled ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication of the is available online. There is also a print copy of The ACS Style Guide located in the Reference collection in the library.

You can also use the ACS Style Quick Guide for quick reference.

The boxes below outline how to format particular types of references in ACS format. Example citations on this page are taken from The ACS Style Guide.

Reference List—Journal Articles

Author, A. A; Author, B. B; Author, C. C. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation, [Online if online] Year, Volume, Pagination. Web address.

• Borman, S. Protein Sequencing For The Masses. Chem. Eng. News 2004, 82 (28), 22-23. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC386476/
• Slunt, K. M.; Giancarlo, L. C. Student-Centered Learning: A Comparison of Two Different Methods of Instruction. J. Chem. Educ, 2004 81, 985-988. https://doi.org/10.1021/ed081p985

Tips

Journal name and volume number are in italics, the year is bolded.