| Scientific Style Manuals |
| The ACS Style Guide: A Manual
for Authors and Editors, 2nd ed.
Janet S Dodd (ed.) Washington: American Chemical
Society; 1997.
Contains chapters on all aspects of writing
a scientific paper, communicating in other formats,
grammar, punctuation, spelling, editorial style,
numbers, mathematics, units of measure, references,
names and numbers for chemical compounds, conventions
in chemistry, illustrations and tables, peer
review, copyright and permissions, and making
effective oral presentations. |
| The AIP Style Manual. 4th
ed. New York: American Institute of Physics;
1990 |
| American Medical Association
Manual of Style. 9thed. Baltimore:
Williams and Wilkins; 1998
A comprehensive guide to publication in the
medical sciences. Contains chapters on preparing
an article for publication, ethical and legal
considerations, style (including grammar, punctuation,
plurals, capitalisation, correct and preferred
usage, and non-English words and phrases), terminology,
quantification and measurement, and technical
information. |
| American Sociological
Association Style Guide, 2nd ed.
Washington, DC: American Sociological Association;
1997.
The ASA Style Guide is meant not to be as comprehensive
as either the APA Publications Manual or the
Chicago Manual of Style, but more as a companion
product to cover the particulars of ASA style. |
| The ASM Style Manual for
journals and books. Washington: American Society
for Microbiology; 1991
In addition to its detailed sections on style
and nomenclature in bacteriology and virology,
this manual is notably useful for its extensive
and detailed sections on illustrations and tables. |
| Author's Guide to the
Journals of the American Meteorological Society.
Boston: American Meteorological Society; 1983 |
| Scientific Style and Format:
The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers.
6thed. CBE Style Manual Committee.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; Council
of Biology Editors 1999.
Highly recommended. A very detailed volume
covering general style conventions, special
scientific conventions in all scientific disciplines,
preparation of books and journals and the publishing
process. |
| Guidelines for preparing
electronic manuscripts: AMS-LATEX.
Providence (RI): American Mathematical Society;
1991. |
| The IAU Style Manual (1989):
the preparation of astronomical papers and reports.
GA Wilkins. Paris: International Astronomical
Union; 1989 |
| A Manual for Authors of
Mathematical Papers. Providence (RI): American
Mathematical Society; 1990. |
| Mathematics into Type: Copy
Editing and Proofreading of Mathematics for
Editorial Assistants and Authors. Providence
(RI): American Mathematical Society; 1979. |
| Medical Style and Format:
an international manual for authors, editors
and publishers. EJ Huth. Philadelphia (PA):
ISI Press; 1987. Available from Williams and
Wilkins, Baltimore (MD). |
| National Library of Medicine
recommended formats for bibliographic citation.
Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine;
1991 |
| Physical Review Style and
Notation Guide. A Waldron, P Judd. Woodbury
(NY): American Physical Society; 1983. |
| Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association, 4thed.
Washington: American Psychological Association;
1994.
Heavily revised from the 3rd edition.
Offers guidance on writing papers for psychology,
reporting statistics, refining prose style,
avoiding biased writing, and following ethical
principles. In addition to the expected content
on style matters (references, abbreviations,
and other details), describes the editorial
and production procedures of the association's
journals. |
| Publications Handbook and
Style Manual. Madison (WI): American Society
of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America,
Soil Science Society of America; 1988. |
| Science and Technical Writing:
a manual of style. P Rubens, editor. New York:
Henry Holt; 1992.
Nomenclature, symbolisation, and style in scientific
fields. Chapter 2 offers guidance in many problems
of prose style. The chapters on mathematical
style and on illustrations, tables, charts and
diagrams are notably helpful. Has an extensive
appended bibliography, but recommendations on
details of scientific style are not supported
in the text. |
| Suggestions to authors
of the reports of the United States Geological
Survey. W R Hansen. Washigton: US Government
Printing Office; 1990
The authoritative US manual for geology and
earth related sciences. Especially useful for
chronostratigraphic nomenclature and style. |
| Uniform requirements for
manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals.
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
JAMA 1993 May 5; 269:2282-6. |
| WHO editorial style manual.
Geneva: World Health Organisation;1993.
A short but comprehensive manual. Recommendations
on formats for references are essentially those
of the International Committee of Medical Journal
Editors. Scientific notation and symbolisation
are covered briefly. Has useful sections on
nondiscriminatory language and politically and
legally sensitive topics. Helpful information
on proper formal names of countries and international
agencies. Prefers British spelling. |
