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American Chemical Society (ACS) style
The American Chemical Society (ACS) style of citation writing was developed by the American Chemical Society. Research papers in the field of chemistry may be the right kind of academic paper for this type of citation writing style.

Within the premises of ACS style of citation writing, each citation is made up of two parts:

  1. In-text citation
  2. Reference list

In-text Citation:

Providing concise and to-the-point identifying information within the text is called in-text citation.

Reference List:

As the name indicates, it is a list of sources from where the information is taken.

Formatting In-Text Citation:

It can be formatted using any one of the following three formats:

Superscript Numbers

At the end of the cited information just put, in superscript, the number which represents the occurrence number of the information that is cited in your paper.

Within the cited information just put, in superscript and immediately after to the informational word, the number which represents the occurrence number of the information that is cited in your paper.

Italic Numbers

At the end of the cited information just put, in italic and in brackets, the number which represents the occurrence number of the information that is cited in your paper.

Within the cited information just put, in italic and in brackets and immediately after to the informational word, the number which represents the occurrence number of the information that is cited in your paper.

Author Name and Year of Publication

At the end of the cited information just put the author name and year of publication in your paper.

Within the cited information just put the author name and year of publication immediately after to the informational word, the number which represents the occurrence number of the information that is cited in your paper.

Formatting Reference List:

Formatting reference list goes like this:

Journal
Author, A. B.; Author, C. D. J. Abbrev. 19XX, vol, xx-yy.

Magazine with dates instead of volume numbers
Author, A. B.; Author, C. D. Magazine Abbrev. October 26, 1995, p. 20.

Book without editors:
Author, A. B.; Author, C. D. Book Title; Series Name and number; Publisher: City, STATE (2 letters), year; Vol. 1, pp xx-yy.

Book with editors, no authors named:
Book Title; Editor, A. B.; Editor, C. D., Eds.; Series Name and number; Publisher: City, STATE (2 letters), year; Vol. 2, pp xx-yy.

Book with editors and authors named:
Author, A. B. In Book Title; Editor, C. D.; Ed.; Series Name and number; Publisher: City, STATE (2 letters), year; Vol. 3, pp xx-yy.

Patent
Author, A. B. U.S. Patent 3,123,456, year.

Thesis
Author, A. B. Ph.D. thesis, Institution Name, City, STATE, year.

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