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In the field of Chemistry, The American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Guide is widely used for citation formating.
ACS Style (Online)
ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication
The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication provides students, researchers, educators, and librarians with the instruction and advice they need to master the art of scholarly communication. The new Guide covers all instructions from previous editions of The ACS Style Guide - completely updated and modernized - as well as a wealth of brand new chapters covering everything from preprints, Open Access, machine-readable data, and much more.
ACS Style (Print)
ACS Style Guide: effective communication of scientific information
OTHER STYLE FORMATS
Scientific Style and Format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association : the official guide to APA style
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the official source for APA Style. It is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and other fields.