# 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 | www.amamanualofstyle.com |
| AP | AP Stylebook | Associated Press | Journalism | American English | www.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 | www.chicagomanualofstyle.org |
| CMOS | The Chicago Manual of Style | University of Chicago Press | General, publishing | American English | www.chicagomanualofstyle.org |
| CMS | The Chicago Manual of Style | University of Chicago Press | General, publishing | American English | www.chicagomanualofstyle.org |
| CSE | Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual 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 | 2016 edition |
| 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 | www.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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| OSCOLA | 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 | 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 | |