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Abbreviate all journal names according to the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI). The
appropriate journal abbreviations can be found at cassi.cas.org.
References
Journal Article
Basic Format:
Author 1; Author 2; Author 3, etc. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation Year, Volume, Inclusive
Pagination.
Example:
Reinke, A. A.; Gestwicki, J. E. Insight into Amyloid Structure Using Chemical Probes. Chem. Biol.
Drug Des. 2011, 77, 399-411.
Online Periodicals
Basic Format:
Author 1; Author 2; Author 3, etc. Title of Article. Journal Abbreviation [Online] Year, Volume,
Inclusive pagination or other identifying information. URL (accessed Month Day, Year).
Example:
Jiang, Q.; Zhai, C.; Xiong, Z. Chemical Compound Classification Based on Improved Max-Min Kernel.
J. Chem. Pharm. Res. [Online] 2014, 6, 368-372. jocpr.com/vol6-iss2-2014/JCPR-2014-6-2-
368-372.pdf (accessed July 06, 2015).
Note: If the article was retrieved from a database provider, the name of the database provider should be
listed before the URL and followed by a period.
Books without editors
Basic Format:
Author 1; Author 2; Author 3; etc. Chapter Title. Book Title, Edition number; Series Information (if
any); Publisher: Place of Publication, Year; Volume Number, Pagination.
Example:
Le Couteur, P.; Burreson, J. Napeleon’s Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History; Jeremy P.
Tarcher/Putnam: New York, 2003; pp 32-47.
Books with editors
Basic Format:
Author 1; Author 2; Author 3; etc. Chapter Title. In Book Title, Edition Number; Editor 1, Editor 2,
etc., Eds.; Series Information (if any); Publisher: Place of Publication, Year; Volume Number,
Pagination.
Example:
Almlof, J.; Gropen, O. Relativistic Effects in Chemistry. In Reviews in Computational Chemistry; Lip
kowitz, K. B., Boyd, D. B., Eds.; VCH: New York, 1996; Vol. 8, pp 206-210.