The works listed here are books and other sources useful in scientific writing, editing, and publishing. Additional sources, many of them with a narrower scope, are listed under “References” or “Additional References” at the end of each chapter.
Style Manuals
General
Australian Public Service Commission. Style manual. Commonwealth of Australia; c2022. https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/
The Chicago manual of style: the essential guide for writers, editors, and publishers. 17th ed. The University of Chicago Press; 2017. Also available at https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/
Columbia Law Review, Harvard Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Yale Law Journal, compilers. The bluebook: a uniform system of citation. 21st ed. The Harvard Law Review Association; 2020. Also available at https://www.legalbluebook.com/
Hacker D, Sommers N. A pocket style manual. 9th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s; c2021.
Kanigel R, editor. The diversity style guide. https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/
Lunsford AA. Easy writer: a pocket guide. 8th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s; c2022.
Modern Language Association. MLA handbook. 9th ed. Modern Language Association of America; 2021.
New Hart’s rules: the Oxford style guide. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press; 2014.
Public Services and Procurement Canada, Translation Bureau. Writing tips plus; [modified 5 May 2022]. https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-tips-plus/index-eng
Skillin ME, Gay RM. Words into type. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall; 1974.
Strunk W, White EB. The elements of style. 4th ed. Simon and Schuster Trade; 1999.
Turabian KL. A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers. 9th ed. The University of Chicago Press; 2018.
US Government Publishing Office. Style manual: an official guide to the form and style of federal government publishing. US Government Publishing Office; 2016. https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/gpo-style-manual
Virag K, editor. Editing Canadian English: a guide for editors, writers, and everyone who works with words. 3rd ed. Editors’ Association of Canada; 2015.
Waddingham A. New Oxford style manual. Oxford University Press; 2016.
Yin K. Conscious style guide. https://consciousstyleguide.com/
Younging G. Elements of Indigenous style. Brush; 2018.
Scientific
AIP style manual. 4th ed. American Institute of Physics; 1990. https://publishing.aip.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AIP_Style_4thed.pdf
American Society of Agronomy. Publications handbook and style manual. American Society of Agronomy; [updated November 2021]. Jointly published with the Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America. https://www.agronomy.org/publications/journals/author-resources/style-manual/
ASA style guide. 6th ed. American Sociological Association; 2019.
ASM style manual for journals and books. American Society for Microbiology; 1991.
Banik GM, Baysinger G, Kamat PV, Pienta NJ, editors. ACS guide to scholarly communications. American Chemical Society; c2022. https://pubs.acs.org/page/acsguide
Bates RL, Adkins-Heljeson MD, Buchanan RC, editors. Geowriting: a guide to writing, editing, and printing in earth science. 5th rev. ed. American Geological Institute; 2004.
Browner WS. Publishing and presenting clinical research. 3rd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; c2012.
Day RA, Gastel B. How to write and publish a scientific paper. 9th ed. Greenwood; 2022.
Day RA, Sakaduski N. Scientific English: a guide for scientists and other professionals. 3rd ed. Greenwood; 2011.
Gustavii B. How to write and illustrate a scientific paper. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press; 2008. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/how-to-write-and-illustrate-a-scientific-paper/2703C27BA4D7E6244E6B3DDE4EC2FF86
Hall GM, editor. How to write a paper. 5th ed. BMJ Books; 2012.
Hansen WR, editor. Suggestions to authors of the reports of the United States Geological Survey. 7th ed. United States Geological Survey; 1991. https://doi.org/10.3133/7000088
Huth EJ. Writing and publishing in medicine. 3rd ed. Williams & Wilkins; 1999.
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing, and publication of scholarly work in medical journals. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors; [updated 2022 May] https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/
JAMA Network Editors. AMA manual of style: a guide for authors and editors. 11th ed. Oxford University Press; 2020. Also available at https://www.amamanualofstyle.com
Lang TA, Secic M. How to report statistics in medicine: annotated guidelines for authors, editors, and reviewers. 2nd ed. American College of Physicians; 2006.
Matthews JR, Matthews RW. Successful scientific writing: a step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences. 4th ed. Cambridge University Press; 2014. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107587915
McMillan VE. Writing papers in the biological sciences. 7th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s; 2021.
Montgomery SL. The Chicago guide to communicating science. 2nd ed. The University of Chicago Press; 2017.
Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers. 2nd ed. National Library of Medicine; 2007 [updated 2015 Oct 2]. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7256/
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th ed. American Psychological Association; 2020.
Swanson E, O’Sean A, Schleyer A. Mathematics into type. Updated ed. American Mathematical Society; 1999.
Terryberry KJ. Writing for the health professions. 2nd ed. XanEdu; 2017.
Waldron A, Judd P, Miller V, editors. Physical Review style and notation guide. American Physical Society; 1983 [revised 1993 Feb; minor revision 2005 Jun; minor revision 2011 Jun]. https://cdn.journals.aps.org/files/styleguide-pr.pdf
Wheatley D. Scientific writing and publishing: a comprehensive manual for authors. Cambridge University Press; 2021. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108891899
WHO style guide. 2nd ed. World Health Organization; 2013.
Wilkins GA. IAU style manual. International Astronomical Union; 1989. https://www.iau.org/static/publications/stylemanual1989.pdf
Zeiger M. Essentials of writing biomedical research papers. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division; 2000.