The ACS Style Guide Effective Communication of Scientific Information

by Coghill, Anne M.; Garson, Lorrin R.

• ISBN13: 9780841239999
• ISBN10: 0841239991
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-20
• Publisher: OUP

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 medicalpractitioners 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 ofmanuscripts, 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 STMauthor, reviewer, or editor. The Third Edition is the definitive source for all information needed to write, review, submit, and edit scholarly and scientific manuscripts.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Madeleine Jacobs
Preface	ix
Contributors	xiii
Part 1. Scientific Communication
1. Ethics in Scientific Communication	3	(14)
Gordon G. Hammes
APPENDIX 1-1: Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research	11	(6)
2. Scientific Papers	17	(10)
3. The Editorial Process	27	(14)
APPENDIX 3-1: Proofreaders' Marks	36	(5)
4. Writing Style and Word Usage	41	(18)
5. Electronic Submission of Manuscripts Using Web-Based Systems	59	(1)
Sarah C. Blendermann
APPENDIX 5-1: Online Submission at Selected Scientific Publishers and Research Grant Agencies	65	(3)
APPENDIX 5-2: Key Features of Selected Online Submission Systems	68	(3)
6. Peer Review	71	(1)
Barbara A. Booth
7. Copyright Basics	77	(1)
Karen S. Buehler, C. Arleen Courtney, and Eric S. Slater
8. Markup Languages and the Datument	87	(1)
Peter Murray-Rust and Henry S. Rzepa
APPENDIX 8-4: The IUPAC International Chemical Identifier, InChI	101	(1)
Stephen R. Heller and Alan D. McNaught
Part 2. Style Guidelines
9. Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling	105	(30)
APPENDIX 9-1: Recommended Spelling List	129	(6)
10. Editorial Style	135	(68)
APPENDIX 10-1: Computer and Internet Terms	163	(6)
APPENDIX 10-2: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols	169	(34)
11. Numbers, Mathematics, and Units of Measure	203	(30)
APPENDIX 11-i: The International System of Units (SI)	228	(5)
12. Names and Numbers for Chemical Compounds	233	(22)
APPENDIX 12-1: End-of-Line Hyphenation of Chemical Names	247	(3)
APPENDIX 12-2: Representation of Combinatorial Chemistry	250	(1)
Derek Maclean
APPENDIX 12-3: CAS Registry Numbers	253	(2)
13. Conventions in Chemistry	255	(32)
APPENDIX 13-1: Symbols for Commonly Used Physical Quantities	277	(7)
APPENDIX 13-2: The Crystallographic Information File	284	(1)
Frank H. Allen
14. References	287	(41)
Janet S. Dodd, Leah Solla, and Paula M. Berard
APPENDIX 14-1: CASSI Abbreviations for the 1000+ Most Commonly Cited Journals	328	(12)
APPENDIX 14-2: A Sample CASSI Entry	340	(3)
15. Figures	343	(26)
Betsy Kulamer
16. Tables	369	(6)
Betsy Kulamer
17. Chemical Structures	375	(10)
Antony Williams
18. Selected Bibliography	385	(4)
Index	389