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[ 1]
AMA Manual of Style
American Medical Association
Medicine , health care
American English
www.amamanualofstyle.com
AP[ 1]
AP Stylebook
Associated Press
Journalism
American English
www.apstylebook.com
APA[ 2]
APA style
American Psychological Association
Psychology , social sciences
American English
apastyle.apa.org
CBE[ 3]
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th edition [ a]
Council of Biology Editors
Science , especially life sciences
American English
CGEL [ 4]
Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
Cambridge University Press
Grammar and usage
British English
CGEU [ 5]
Cambridge Guide to English Usage
Cambridge University Press
Grammar and usage
British English
Chicago[ 6]
The Chicago Manual of Style
University of Chicago Press
General, publishing
American English
www.chicagomanualofstyle.org
CMOS[ 1]
CMS[ 7]
CSE[ 8]
Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
Council of Science Editors
Science , especially life sciences
American English
GMAU [ 9]
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
2016 edition
GRM[ 10]
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
www.isnadsistemi.org
ISO 690
ISO 690 [ b]
International Organization for Standardization
General
American English
ISO 690:2021
IEEE[ 1]
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Style (IEEE style )
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Electrical engineering , electronics , computer engineering
American English
MHRA[ 12]
MHRA Style Guide
Modern Humanities Research Association
Humanities
British English
MLA[ 6]
MLA Handbook MLA Style Manual
Modern Language Association
Humanities
American English [ c]
style.mla.org
MSTP[ 14]
Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications
Microsoft
Technical writing
American English
MWDEU[ 15]
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
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 [ 16]
Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors
Oxford University Press
General
British English
OED [ 17]
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford University Press
General
British English
OSCOLA[ 18]
Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities
Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Law
British English
www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola
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[ 19]
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
Kate L. Turabian
General, especially academic papers
American English
URMs[ 20]
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals [ d]
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Scientific journals , especially life sciences and medical journals
International English
Notes
References
^ a b c d "Style Guide Overview" . Purdue Online Writing Lab . Purdue University. Archived from the original on December 31, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2024 .
^ "APA Style Introduction" . Purdue Online Writing Lab . Purdue University. Archived from the original on December 26, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2025 .
^ "CSE / CBE Style" . Leland Speed Library . Mississippi College. Archived from the original on January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2025 .
^ Swan, Michael (January 2007). "Cambridge Grammar of English" . ELT Journal . 61 (1): 75– 78. doi :10.1093/elt/ccl048 .
^ Peters, Pam (2004). The Cambridge Guide To English Usage . Cambridge University Press. p. n1. ISBN 978-0-521-62181-6 .
^ a b "Why Are there Different Citation Styles?" . Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning . Yale University. Archived from the original on January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2025 .
^ "Chicago Manual Style" . University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center . Archived from the original on September 8, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2024 .
^ "CSE Scientific Style" . Iowa State University Library . Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025 .
^ Garner, Bryan A. (2009). Garner's Modern American Usage (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. xi, 434. ISBN 978-0-19-538275-4 .
^ "The Gregg Reference Manual" . McGraw Hill Higher Education . Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2025 .
^ "ISO 690:2021" . ISO . 2021. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025 .
^ "MHRA Referencing Style Guide" . University of Waikato Library Guides . Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025 .
^ "Manual MLA" . MLA . Retrieved January 2, 2025 .
^ Hawley, Todd (February 2005). "Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications" . Technical Communication . 52 (1). Society for Technical Communication. Archived from the original on January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 2, 2025 – via Gale .
^ R.L.G. (July 11, 2011). "Hippies at the National Security Agency" . The Economist . Archived from the original on January 3, 2025. Retrieved January 3, 2025 .
^ Ritter, Robert, ed. (2002). The Oxford Guide to Style (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 31. ISBN 0-19-869175-0 .
^ "Oxford English Dictionary" . Rutgers University Libraries . Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025 .
^ Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (2012). OSCOLA (PDF) (4th ed.). Hart Publishing. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025 .
^ "Turabian Home Page" . The Chicago Manual of Style Online . Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025 .
^ "ICMJE Recommendations ("The Uniform Requirements")" . International Committee of Medical Journal Editors . Archived from the original on January 1, 2025. Retrieved January 1, 2025 .