List of style guide abbreviations

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.

Abbr. 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
Chicago The Chicago Manual of Style University of Chicago Press General, publishing American English chicagomanualofstyle.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
ISNAD The ISNAD Citation Style Sivas Cumhuriyet University - Abdullah Demir General, publishing Arabic, English, Persian, Turkish isnadsistemi.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
MLA MLA Handbook
MLA 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
OSCOLA Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities Faculty of Law, University of Oxford Law British English law.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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