This list of style guide abbreviations provides the meanings of the abbreviations that are commonly used as short ways to refer to major style guides. They are used especially by editors communicating with other editors in manuscript queries, proof queries, marginalia, emails, message boards, and so on.
Style guide Author(s) or organization Field/subject Language(s) Website ACS ACS style American Chemical Society Chemistry American English pubs.acs.org AMA AMA Manual of Style American Medical Association Medicine, health care American English amamanualofstyle.com AP AP Stylebook Associated Press Journalism American English apstylebook.com APA APA style American Psychological Association Psychology, social sciences American English apastyle.apa.org CBE Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th edition Council of Biology Editors Science, especially life sciences American English CGEL Cambridge Grammar of the English Language Cambridge University Press Grammar and usage British English CGEU Cambridge Guide to English Usage Cambridge University Press Grammar and usage British English ChicagoThe Chicago Manual of StyleUniversity of Chicago PressGeneral, publishingAmerican Englishchicagomanualofstyle.org CMOS CMS CSE The CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format for Authors, Editors, and Publishers Council of Science Editors Science, especially life sciences American English GMAU Garner's Modern American Usage Oxford University Press Grammar and usage American English GPO U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual United States Government Publishing Office Government publishing American English govinfo.gov GRM The Gregg Reference Manual McGraw-Hill Higher Education Business American English, Canadian English ISNADThe ISNAD Citation StyleSivas Cumhuriyet University - Abdullah DemirGeneral, publishingArabic, English, Persian, Turkishisnadsistemi.org ISO 690 ISO 690 International Organization for Standardization General American English ISO 690:2021 IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Style(IEEE style) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Electrical engineering, electronics, computer engineering American English MHRA MHRA Style Guide Modern Humanities Research Association Humanities British English mhra.org.uk MLAMLA HandbookMLA Style Manual Modern Language Association Humanities American English style.mla.org MSTP Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications Microsoft Technical writing American English MWDEU Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage Merriam-Webster Grammar and usage American English NHR New Hart’s Rules Oxford University Press General, publishing British English NLM Citing Medicine National Library of Medicine Medicine, health care American English ncbi.nlm.nih.gov NOSM New Oxford Style Manual Oxford University Press General British English NYT New York Times Manual of Style and Usage The New York Times Journalism American English ODSWE Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors Oxford University Press Science writing, technical writing British English ODWE Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors Oxford University Press General British English OED Oxford English Dictionary Oxford University Press General British English OGS Oxford Guide to Style Oxford University Press General British English OSCOLAOxford Standard for Citation of Legal AuthoritiesFaculty of Law, University of OxfordLawBritish Englishlaw.ox.ac.uk OSM Oxford Style Manual Oxford University Press General British English RILM The RILM Manual of Style Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale Writing on music American English S&W Elements of Style (Strunk & White) William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White General American English Turabian A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations Kate L. Turabian General, especially academic papers American English URMs Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Scientific journals, especially life sciences and medical journals International English
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