The ACS Style Guide by ACS Citation Style is used by journals of the American Chemical Society and by scientific journals in the field of chemistry. For additional citation examples, visit the ACS Style Quick Guide page.
Organize your ACS References in one of two distinct ways:
Include up to ten (10) authors in the order they appear - if there are more authors, include "et al." after the tenth author.
Author, A. A.; Author, B. B. Title of Book; Publisher, Year.
Examples:
Frankel, F. Picturing Science and Engineering; MIT Press, 2018.
Author, A. A.; Author, B.B. Title of Chapter. In Title of Book, [x] ed.; Publisher, Year; pp [xxx-xxx].
Examples:
Bard, A. J.; Faulkner, L. R. Double-Layer Structure and Absorption. In Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd ed.; John Wiley & Sons, 2001; pp 534−579.
Author, A. A.; Author, B. B. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation Year, Volume (Issue), Pages. DOI
Examples:
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. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (7), 2742−2753. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08648
Increasingly, journal articles are being published with an article ID rather than specific page numbers. If that's the case, include the article ID in your reference where you would have placed the page numbers.
For journal abbreviations, use the NLM Catalog Journal Reference or Web of Science Journal Abbreviations.
Title of Webpage. URL (accessed Year-MM-DD).
Examples:
ACS Publications Home Page. https://pubs.acs.org/ (accessed 2019-02-21).