The ACS citation style is often used in Chemistry and Biochemistry courses. This guide provides an example of ACS Journal Article citation. The ACS Style Quick Guide provides additional examples for a variety of sources.
Most commonly, professors ask for citations to be organized By Name. If you are asked to organized your citation By Number, you'll list the references in your bibliography sequentially by number.
Reference Components
Author A. A.; Author B.B.; Author C.C.; etc. Title of article:Subtitle. Journal Year, Volume (issue), Inclusive Pagination. DOI:
Note: You can check how to abbreviate the journal title on the Chemical Abstract Service Source Index.
Reference List Example
Foster, J. C.; Varlas, S.; Couturaud, B.; Coe, J.; O'Reilly, R.K. Getting into shape: Reflections on a new
generation of cylindrical nanostructures' self-assembly using polymer building block. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141 (7), 2742-2753. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08648
Reference List Tips
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