GENOMIC PRESS COPYEDITING

Specifications For Authors

1. Introduction and Target Audience

The target audience for this document is Genomic Press authors, as we provide a comprehensive set of style rules and guidelines for Genomic Press manuscript contributors.

2. Reference to other documents

2.1 General issues this document does not cover, Chicago Manual of Style

The Chicago Manual of Style provides guidelines on any general issues, such as issues not specific to a particular area. www.chicagomanualofstyle.org. provides the recent edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.

2.2 Style guides

There are various external guides that you can refer to as agreed with your Genomic Press project contact. They include;

AMA Manual of Style (for medical books)

APA Style Publication Manual (for psychology books)

ACS Style Guide (for chemistry books)

AGPS Style Manual (Australian titles only)

2.3 Dictionaries

Spelling and reference dictionaries are necessary for specific topic areas. Useful dictionaries include;

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (this dictionary can be used for general terms)

Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary (this dictionary is ideal for medical terms)

Dorland’s Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations

Dorland’s uses abbreviations that do not exist in Chicago or AMA and should only be referred to after exhausting other references.