Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and PublishersScientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, Sixth Edition, is a detailed and authoritative manual recommending both general and scientific publication styles and formats for journals, books, and other forms of publication. It covers all sciences, not just biology and the medical sciences, and both American and British preferences are recognised. Every author of a scientific paper or book will profit from this essential resource. Editors and publishers engaged in the sciences, students in the sciences, and translators of scientific papers destined for English-language publication will also find this manual an invaluable resource. It is far more up-to-date, more specific, more authoritative, and easier to use than any other reference to scientific style and format. |
Contents
About This Manual | 3 |
Scientific Notation A Brief History | 9 |
ix | 27 |
Punctuation and Related Marks | 36 |
Spelling Word Formation and Division | 72 |
Prose Style and Word Choice | 101 |
Names Terms of Address Degrees | 134 |
Capitalization | 145 |
Cells Chromosomes and Genes | 334 |
Viruses | 381 |
Bacteria | 395 |
Plants Fungi Lichens and Algae | 411 |
Human and Animal Life | 446 |
Human History and Society | 486 |
The Earth | 498 |
Astronomical Objects and Time Systems | 532 |
Type Styles Excerpts Quotations | 168 |
Numbers Units Mathematical Expressions | 183 |
Time and Dates | 222 |
Addresses and Geographic Descriptions | 230 |
SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC CONVENTIONS | 243 |
The Electromagnetic Spectrum | 245 |
Subatomic Particles Chemical Elements | 251 |
Chemical Names and Formulas | 260 |
Chemical Kinetics and Thermodynamics | 305 |
Analytical Methods | 315 |
Drugs and Pharmacokinetics | 322 |
JOURNALS AND BOOKS | 555 |
Journal Style and Format | 557 |
Books Technical Reports and Monographs | 594 |
Citations and References | 617 |
Accessories to Text Tables Figures and | 677 |
Typography and Manuscript Preparation | 711 |
Proof Correction | 726 |
Abbreviated Forms of Journal Titles | 743 |
Annotated Bibliography | 751 |
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Common terms and phrases
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