How to format your references using the ACS Energy Letters citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for ACS Energy Letters. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

(1)

Stewart, W. Applied Physics. The Power to Set You Free. Science 2007, 317 (5834), 55–56.

A journal article with 2 authors

(1)

Reysenbach, A.-L.; Shock, E. Merging Genomes with Geochemistry in Hydrothermal Ecosystems. Science 2002, 296 (5570), 1077–1082.

A journal article with 3 authors

(1)

Qvarnström, A.; Brommer, J. E.; Gustafsson, L. Testing the Genetics Underlying the Co-Evolution of Mate Choice and Ornament in the Wild. Nature 2006, 441 (7089), 84–86.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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Conboy, I. M.; Conboy, M. J.; Smythe, G. M.; Rando, T. A. Notch-Mediated Restoration of Regenerative Potential to Aged Muscle. Science 2003, 302 (5650), 1575–1577.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

(1)

Hopkins, D. Reading Paradise Lost; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Oxford, 2013.

An edited book

(1)

Awange, J. L. Solving Algebraic Computational Problems in Geodesy and Geoinformatics: The Answer to Modern Challenges; Grafarend, E. W., Ed.; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

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Kondo, K. Liquid Embolic Agents. In Transcatheter Embolization and Therapy; Kessel, D., Ray, C., Eds.; Springer: London, 2009; pp 51–59.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for ACS Energy Letters.

Blog post

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Andrew, E. What We Learned From Chernobyl About How Radiation Affects Our Bodies. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/what-we-learned-chernobyl-about-how-radiation-affects-our-bodies/ (accessed 2018-10-30).

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

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Government Accountability Office. District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program: Actions Needed to Address Weaknesses in Administration and Oversight; GAO-13-805; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2013.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

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Al khuwaildi, H. A. Green Techniques in the Healthcare System. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2010.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

(1)

Robbins, L. Despite ‘Sanctuary City’ Policy, Mayor Says New York Complies With U.S. Law. New York Times. June 29, 2017, p A19.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

This sentence cites one reference ¹.
This sentence cites two references ^1,2.
This sentence cites four references ^1–4.

About the journal

Full journal title	ACS Energy Letters
Abbreviation	ACS Energy Lett.
ISSN (online)	2380-8195
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